bergenPAC Presents Aaron Neville w/special guest Evan Watson Saturday, November 16th

With My True Story, one of the world's finest singers is revisiting the music he grew up with, and adding a few new spins along the way. Aaron Neville's first release for Blue Note Records is a collection of twelve classic doo-wop numbers, performed in his utterly inimitable vocal style, and co-produced by Blue Note President Don Was and Keith Richards.

The selections on the album include classics by such vocal-group giants as Little Anthony and the Imperials ("Tears on My Pillow"), Hank Ballard and the Midnighters ("Work With Me, Annie"), and the Drifters ("Money Honey," "Under the Boardwalk," "This Magic Moment"). To Neville, though, these songs weren't just the soundtrack to his youth; they became the underpinning for all of the remarkable music he has created across five decades.

My True Story represents a culmination of Aaron Neville's incredible career, which has seen him move seamlessly back and forth between solo work and his role in the first family of New Orleans music, the Neville Brothers. His first hit single was the landmark "Tell It Like It Is," which held the Number One spot on the R&B charts for five weeks in 1967. He went on to win Grammy Awards for his triple-platinum 1989 collaboration with Linda Ronstadt Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind, and reached the Country charts with the title track of 1993's The Grand Tour. A member of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame, his most recent project was the gospel album I Know I've Been Changed in 2010.

Evan Watson-Richly-voiced-yes, you expect a much older, grisly entertainer, say even Joe Cocker or an echo of Eddie Vedder-with not-soon-forgotten hooks and choruses for some of the best, blusey love songs out there. He can hold his own with just a guitar, but has a wonderful backup band)" Refrain Magazine

Saturated in the blues, folk, and gospel traditions of America, 26 year-old Indiana native Evan Watson writes accessible songs that flirt with pop melody lines, but always deliver a heart-felt original execution. With cited influences like the Allman Brothers, Lowell George, Eric Clapton, The Band, Buddy Guy, and Ben Harper, Evan's live performance is riddled with soul, roots, and honesty. .

For more information and tickets, visit www.bergenpac.org

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