The Hillbenders

Sunday June 14 @ 6pm

The Hillbenders

$12 adv. $15 dos

 The HillBenders Present…  The Who's Tommy: A Bluegrass Opry

Picked as Rolling Stone’s, “50 Best Things We Saw at SXSW 2015”

“Ever since I was a young boy I played the silver ball”  
Maybe not your standard bluegrass lyric, but a line known by all the world from the biggest rock opera of all time, The Who’s Tommy.  45 years after its original release, this classic of classic rock has now been fully realized as a full length bluegrass tribute featuring Springfield, Missouri’s The HillBenders.  Conceived and produced by SXSW co-founder and longtime musician/producer Louis Jay Meyers, this Bluegrass Opry brings a new perspective to Tommy while paying total respect to its creators.  The live performance is a full 75 minute show covering the original album from start to finish with special video accompaniment and audience participation.  Tommy is appealing to music fans of all ages.  This is truly a classic.  CD To be released by Compass Records on May 5, 2015.

“You haven't heard ‘Acid Queen’ until you've seen it sung by a bearded man with a mandolin.”

                -Rolling Stone

“This sure ain’t your father’s bluegrass. The HillBenders load creative volatility and virtuoso Americana into a powder keg of expressive, acoustic stringdom.”

– Mark Uricheck, Elmore Magazine

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Reviews:

Rolling Stone: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-things-we-saw-at-sxsw-2015-20150323/best-bluegrass-who-the-hillbenders-20150322

Billboard: http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/6509404/sxsw-south-by-southwest-2015-day-5-hudson-mohawke-timbaland-tink-j-cole-and-more

NewsObserver: http://www.newsobserver.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/on-the-beat-blog/article16010732.html

www.hillbenders.com

Photo: Nicole Fara Silver