Important dates in Hanson History:
Let's begin our journey!

portrait by: Monica Geist

Page added on 4-29-99 Below is a list of events that lead up to Hanson being what they are today!
All info has been taken from the new book entitled "Dancin' with Hanson"
by: Ravi Hutheesing, Hanson's former backup guitarist.

Click here on to book to visit Ravi's official website!

After each item I have listed the page number where I have found the info. Some of the info in parenthesis are my own words and not Ravi's! I have a asterisk (*) next to it!

Hope you find the info enlightening, maybe you will learn something about them that you didn't know before! Thanks to Ravi he wrote down day to day events down in his journal. Now he shares the time he spent with Hanson with us!

I recommend the book to all Hanson fans! His book contains real stories of Hanson, find out what Ike, Tay, and Zac are like as people, musicians, brothers, and friends. Listen to private moments in restaurants, hotels, and dressing rooms. Grab a front row seat for the fun times!

Tay, Ravi and Zac posing for the camera! Ravi said he and Tay had alot in common, and were close friends! Tay surely has a big appetite! Look at the size of that hamburger! (I think it's a hamburger anyway!)

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This page is in no way associated with Hanson or their label 3CG.
Nor is this page in no way associated with Ravi or Lost Planet Records.
All thoughts and writings are the sole property of me other than information taken from Ravi's book.
Please email me with any comments or questions. No profane language or hate mail. Thanks, SYAH!

syahanson2006@yahoo.com

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On the road with Isaac, Taylor, and Zac
from the middle of nowhere to the top of the world:

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• Monday, March 10. 1997, Orlando Flordia, Hanson's first performance! pg.16
• Friday, May 2, 1997, 1st Rosie O'Donell Show, New York, pg. 20
• Tuesday, May 6, 1997, 1st David Letterman, New York, pg.22
• Wednesday, May 7, 1997, Paramus Mall, New Jersey, crowd exceeded 5 thousand. pg. 24
• Saturday, May 10, 1997, Sam Goody, Los Angeles, crowd of 25 hundred, pg.25
• Monday, May 12, 1997, The Today Show, New York, pg. 26
• Sunday, June 8, 1997, Pediatric AIDS Foundation benefit, Los Angeles, Several celebrities including Ted Danson, Howie Mandel, Adam Sandler, Tyra Banks, and others came to the show. pg.30
• Friday, June 13, 1997, Oklahomna City amusement Park, crowd of 15 thousand. pg.36
• Thursday, June 19, 1997, Outdoor Concert, Charlotte NC. 8 thousand in attendance. pg.40
• Thursday, June 26, 1997, Fox After Beakfast New York, a couple hundred in attendance, Next off to Access Hollywood for a quick interview, Entertainment weekly booked them all afternoon for a photo shoot in Manhattan, and finally an interview with Rolling Stone magazine in the late afternoon at Coney Island. *(a busy day for the Hanson's) pgs. 41, 42, & 43
• Friday, June 27, 1997, That morning Meadowlands Complex, New Jersey, about 3 thousand in attendance, Later that evening Jam for Hunger Minneapolis outside the mall of America concert. Pgs. 43 & 44
• Saturday, June 28, 1997, Minneapolis, rained out show! pg.46
• Thursday, July 10, 1997, Los Angeles, Weird Al Show, pg 50
• Friday, July 11, 1997, Los Angeles, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, pg. 51
• Saturday, August 16, 1997, Toronto Canada, YTV Psykoblast, 17,000 fans in attendance, noise level 140 decibels, equivalent to the noise of an aircraft carrier! *(This is where all 3 did the bungee jump thing that you see in the video TTMON!) pgs. 54 & 55
• Saturday, August 23, 1997, New York, Arthur Ashe Kids Day Show,
• Wednesday, August 28, 1998, New York, Beacon Theater, 2 identical sets where recorded, the directors would select the best of each set and compile them as one performance. *(if you own the video TTMON you will notice that 2 versions were recorded and put together, notice the white towel on Tay's keyboard how it appears and disappears) pgs. 61 & 62
• Thursday, October 30, 1997, Chicago B96, *(This is the show where Zac wore the yellow motorcycle outfit) Ravi says this was the worst show ever because everything went wrong! pgs. 64, 65 and 66
• Sunday, November 16, 1997, Miami, FL. Wing Ding in Hollywood Florida, an outdoor concert. 20 thousand in attendance. pg.69
• Saturday, November 22, 1997, Atlanta, This was a show for four hundred radio contest winners. pg. 73
• Tuesday, December 9, 1997, New York, Z100's Jingle Ball, Madison Square Garden, Other performers present were: Aerosmith, The Wallflowers, Sarah McLachlan, Backstreet Boys, Fiona Apple, Allure, Chumbawamba, Lisa Loeb and Savage Garden. pgs. 78 & 79
• Wednesday, December 10, 1997, Boston, Kissmas, other performers present where: The Wallflowers, Michael Bolton, Meredith Brooks, Fiona Apple, Chumbawamba and Robyn. pg. 80
• Saturday, Dec. 13, 1997, New York, Saturday Night Live. pg.83
• Sunday, Dec, 14, 1997, Washington, D.C. Christmas in Washington! pg.86

• The Hanson family are Evangelical Christian. pg.9
• Ashley Greyson, close friend and tutors Ike, Tay, and Zac in math. pg.9
• Peter Schwartz (keyboardist/musical director) Paul Mirkovich, replaced Peter on about November of 97 as a keyboardist and not as a director. pg. 10
• Scott Hogan (bass player) pg.10
• Hanson favorite fast food mexican place in Tulsa is called Taco Bueno. pg.10
• Laser Tag is Hanson's favorite game. pg.12
• Admiral Twin was once called the Mellow-Dramatic-Wallflowers! pg. 13
• Zac has a history of getting air sick. pg.37
• They never give autographs independently of one another. pg.37
• Ravi says, Tay is considerate of others and a sincerely generous person. pg. 40
• Hanson is a Danish name, It is originally spelled H-A-N-S-E-N, an ancestor of theirs came to America many years ago he mistakenly spelled it H-A-N-S-O-N. pg.64
• When Walker was 14 he was a cook in a restaurant. He dropped a stack of hamburger into a mop bucket. He was so afraid he might lose his job that he picked them up and threw them on the grill! Gross! pg.65
• Tay hates raisins! pg.86

• Guitar player, singer and songwriter.
• Ravi is of Indian and German descent.
• He was born in Washington, D.C.
• Moved to the suburbs of New York at the age of 4.
• Has 2 older brothers one named Nikhil, and the other is named Vivek. His father's name is Ajit, and his mother is named Amrita.
• Began performing instrumental music at age 8 and started performing original pop songs while in high school.
• Built his own digital recording facility, and started teaching guitar while still only a teenager.
• After working as a local musician for 7 years. He went on the road to play with Hanson.
• Is no longer with Hanson and is focousing on a solo career, recording CDs and performing around the world.
• Writes articles for music magazines in his spare time. Conducts music and industry-related clincs, and sits on panels as an (industry expert.)
• Visits schools to inspire young people to pursue their dreams and achieve their goals.
• For more info on Ravi visit: www.heyravi.com
• Write his company at Ravi Enterprises P.O. Box 314, Riverside, CT 06878, USA.
• E-mail him at: ravi@heyravi.com
• Ravi now resides in New Orleans Louisiana! (My home state!)

  This is the end of our journey for now! Hopefully it won't be the last!