{"id":128,"date":"2021-01-17T23:14:54","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T23:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nickeealdana.com\/?page_id=128"},"modified":"2026-02-24T02:24:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T02:24:41","slug":"http-www-thefirelightdimmers-com","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.nickeealdana.com\/index.php\/http-www-thefirelightdimmers-com\/","title":{"rendered":"The Firelight Dimmers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong>We are currently, unfortunately, on a hiatus for an unknown amount of time.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color\">The history of  the Firelight Dimmers, a Rockford, IL lounge band, began when lead vocalist Nickee reached out to her longtime friend David , the band\u2019s first pianist, with the idea to start a band that played homage to the lounge music of years past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color\">Nickee is now accompanied by Michael on piano. For each of them, the Firelight Dimmers is a source of enjoyment outside of their careers and an opportunity to re-invigorate the local music scene with elements of jazz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color\">Covering songs from the 1920s to 1950s, the band is known regionally for their renditions of \u201cIt Don\u2019t Mean a Thing\u201d, \u201cAll That Jazz\u201d, \u201cMack the Knife\u201d, \u201cFly Me to the Moon\u201d, \u201cMoondance\u201d, \u201cGoing Out of My Head\u201d, and many more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color\">The Firelight Dimmers and Nickee\u2019s sweet serenade and vintage appearance secured a hefty following throughout the stateline, playing private events and public shows at venues across the region. Their shows garner crowds of fans new and old, occasionally incorporating guest vocalists and musicians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are currently, unfortunately, on a hiatus for an unknown amount of time. The history of the Firelight Dimmers, a Rockford, IL lounge band, began when lead vocalist Nickee reached out to her longtime friend David , the band\u2019s first pianist, with the idea to start a band that played homage to the lounge music [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":256,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nickeealdana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nickeealdana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nickeealdana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nickeealdana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nickeealdana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.nickeealdana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277,"href":"http:\/\/www.nickeealdana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions\/277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nickeealdana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nickeealdana.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}