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Contact:MollySommerhalder
Phone:[email protected]
TheHillBenders’
Tommy:ABluegrassOpry
IsComingtotheMarcusCenter’sWilsonTheateratVogelHall
Wednesday,November9at7:30pm
TicketsOnSalethisFriday,August19
l-r:MarkCassidy,NolanLawrence,GaryRea,Chad(Gravy)Graves,JimRea.PhotoCredit:MaranieStaab
MILWLAUKEE,WI-Forty-fiveyearsafteritsinitialrelease,TheWho’srockoperaTommyhasbeentransformedbyTheHillbendersintoafull-lengthbluegrasstributewithalloftheoriginalrecord’senergy,instrumentalshowmanship,androckstarvocalsintact.SeethisperformanceliveattheWilsonTheateratVogelHallforonenightonlyonWednesday,November9at7:30pm.TicketsgoonsalethisFriday,August19at12:00pmattheMarcus
CenterBoxOfficeandare$25.Ticketscanbepurchasedinpersonat929NorthWaterStreet,byphoneat414-273-7206oronlineatMarcusCenter.orgorTicketmaster.com.Originallyrecordedwithafullrockband,thedynamicbluegrassquintetrecreatedthelegendaryalbumwithabanjo,Dobro,mandolin,bass,andguitar.The“BluegrassOpry,”asitsbeendubbed,bringsanewperspectivetoTommywhilepayinghomagetoitscreators.BothRogerDaltreyandPeteTownshend,foundingmembersoftheWho,haveseentheshowandendorsedit.TheHillBenders'studioalbumof‘Tommy:ABluegrassOpry’debutedat#3onBillboard'sBluegrassChart.ThebandhasjustreturnedfromaUKtourwheretheypresentedtheshowtoitshomeaudienceatsomeofthemostprestigiousmusicfestivalsandvenuesinEurope.SXSWco-founderandmusician/producerLouisJayMeyersconceivedtheideaofa“bluegrassopry”andfelthe’dfoundtherightbandtopulloffthishigh-wireapproachtotherecordwhenhemetTheHillbenders,abandknownforitsabilitytobridgethegapbetweenmusicalgenresandfans.Theliveperformanceisafull75-minuteshowcoveringtheoriginalalbumfromstarttofinish.
“MoreproofthatprettymuchanythinggoesatSXSW?HowaboutareimagingofTheWho’sTommyasABluegrassOpry.(TheHillBenders’)ambitiouslyandaudaciouslyrenderedversionof
Tommyinitsentiretywaswellworthstandingintheraintohear.”
– Billboard(GaryGraff,3-22-15)
“TheHillBenders...provedtobetheperfectgrouptoexecutethis"Whograss"concept”–RollingStone,“50BestThingsWeSawatSXSW”
“Itwasaphenomenalandbrilliantlyexecutedhomagetotheclassicrockopera.”
– Raleigh,NC’sNews&Observer(DavidMenconi,3-22-15)
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