bergenPAC presents SOUL ASYLUM & CRACKER, Classic Albums Live and Vic DiBitetto
By: A.A. Cristi May. 22, 2017
Soul Asylum's 11th studio album, Change of Fortune, embodies the band's trademark balance of rocking abandon, infectious melodic craft and raw-nerved emotional depth. Founding singer/guitarist Dave Pirner's compositions showcase the versatility of the alternative rock band's current lineup, which teams Pirner with guitarist Justin Sharbono, bassist Winston Roye and drummer Michael Bland. "It's more honest than any record I've made in a very long time, just because there was no one looking over my shoulder and editing me, which was very liberating for me," says Pirner.
Originally known as Loud Fast Rules, the group was formed in Minneapolis, Minn. in 1981. After early indie success, the band entered the major-label mainstream with 1988's Hang Time and its 1990 follow-up And the Horse They Rode In On, and achieved platinum success with 1992's Grave Dancers Union and 1995's Let Your Dim Light Shine. The band went on hiatus after 1998's Candy from a Stranger, but in 2006 with The Silver Lining and Delayed Reaction in 2012.
Cracker's 10th studio effort, the double-album, Berkeley To Bakersfield, finds this uniquely American band traversing two different sides of the California landscape - the northern Bay area and further down-state in Bakersfield.
In the late '70s and '80s a harder-edged style of rock music emerged from the Bay area, while Bakersfield is renowned for its own iconic twangy country music popularized. Yet despite these differences, they are both elements that Cracker's two cofounders, David Lowery and Johnny Hickman, have embraced to some degree on nearly every one of their studio albums over the last two decades. On Berkeley To Bakersfield, however, instead of integrating these two genres together within one disc, they've neatly compartmentalized them onto their own respective regionally-titled LPs.
Classic Albums Live: Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits
Classic Albums Live takes classic albums from the '60s and '70s and recreates those albums live on stage - note for note, cut for cut. Using the world's best musicians, fans are treated to an exact replication of the album followed by a seconds set of the featured artist's greatest hits
Creedence Clearwater Revival was America's greatest band. Their music reached out and got an entire continent rocking. Hit after hit, no other band delivers that big a collection of instantly recognizable, toe tapping songs. Classic Albums Live will honor the legacy of CCR by performing their Chronicle album with joy and dedication. Note for note - cut for cut.
Classic Albums Live: Rush - 2112
Classic Albums Live takes classic albums from the '60s and '70s and recreates those albums live on stage - note for note, cut for cut. Using the world's best musicians, fans are treated to an exact replication of the album followed by a seconds set of the featured artist's greatest hits
2112 is the sound of young men becoming world class musicians. It was the album that echoed out of passing cars, school parking lots and Massey Hall. Rush were unusual. Early comparisons to Led Zeppelin didn't stick. They were their own thing. Canada embraced Rush immediately. The rest of the world soon got on board. Classic Albums Live will honor the legacy of Rush the only way they know how - note for note - cut for cut.
Vic DiBitetto
Comedian Vic DiBitetto churns energy, honesty and humanity into nonstop laughter. His pace is frenetic. He's been called a cross between Rodney Dangerfield and Ralph Kramden. DiBitetto was featured in Kevin James' Mall Cop: Blart 2, has millions of YouTube views for his Bread and Milk, Justin Bieber and Kanye West viral rants, hosted Gotham Comedy Live on AXS TV and launched his own television talk show, The Vic DiBitetto Show Co-Starring Marion Grodin.
Up until 2014, DiBitetto drove a school bus for special needs children for 20 years. The law requires that there be a matron on the bus as well. That was Vic's wife, Lucy. Before that, he drove a garbage truck. They were finally able to "get off the bus" and focus solely on Vic's career.
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