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Neville Brothers Center for Performing Arts Governors State University OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship Center for Performing Arts Memorabilia Center for Performing Arts 4-1-2006 Neville Brothers Center for Performing Arts Follow this and additional works at: http://opus.govst.edu/cpa_memorabilia Recommended Citation Center for Performing Arts, "Neville Brothers" (2006). Center for Performing Arts Memorabilia. Book 243. http://opus.govst.edu/cpa_memorabilia/243 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Performing Arts at OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship. It has been accepted for inclusion in Center for Performing Arts Memorabilia by an authorized administrator of OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship. For more information, please contact [email protected]. COMING SOON TO Governors State University THE CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: FOR PERFORMING ARTS Patti Page Sunday presents April 23 4pm Ballet Hispanico Saturday April 29 8 PM Comedy Pet Theater Saturday May 13 3&7PM April 1st, 2006 Tonight's Concert ^Chicago1! is sponsored by Communitytrust The Sage Foundation AND AFFILIATES Call the Box Office at 708-235-2222 2005/2006 GSU Season sponsored for reservations or check our website in part by a generous grantfrom at www.centertickets.net The Illinois Arts Council "50,000 WATTS OF PURE FUNK!" ra p P NEVILLES RELEASE THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL Jl .III. I 'WALKIN' IN THE SHADOW OF LIFE' (NEVILLE NATION/BACK PORCH/EMI) Aaron Neville (vocals, percussion) Songs dealing with heritage, music bizturmoil, Art Neville (vocals, Hammond B3 organ, keys) drugs, identity, warandstate of thenation. Cyril Neville (vocals, percussion) Charles Neville (vocals, tenor sax, flute) Facedwith possible paralysis afterbacksurgery inOctober 2001, band leaderandeldest with Ivan Neville (vocals keyboards) brother Art Neville (nicknamed "Poppa Funk") realized thathewasn't living life tothefullest. Arttold his brothers, "I feel likeI've been walkin' in the shadow of life" duringhis recovery. His comment, alongwith inspiration from Aaron Neville's private poetry/journal entries, triggered a much-neededreunion thatleadtothisspirited October19release. In the title track, the Neville Brothers sing, "No secondchancewhen your ass isgrass/and about the money, youcan't take yourpaper whenyoumeet yourmakerAVatchin' everything justpass you by/blamin' everyoneelse butyouain't nevertried/ stallin' every little chanceyou get/never doin' nothin' about it until there ain't notime left." 'Walkin' intheShadow ofLife' (Neville Nation/Back Porch/EMI) reflects theNeville Brothers' life experiences, including growing upinoneofthe toughest New Orleans neighborhoods, thethirteenth ward, surviving the music industry machine, and overcoming their struggles with drugs. Thebreakbeat-infused, thirteen-track masterpiece revives thetrademark Neville Brothers sound.'Walkin' inthe ShadowofLife' revisits thespirit oftheir1989million-selling 'Yellow Moon' record notonly bycontinuing totell their story, butalsobyreturning totheir classic funk foundation. Several tracks, such as "StreetsAreCallin'," "Your Life (Fallen Soldiers)," and "Carry the Torch" discuss life onthestreet. Growing upin theCalliope projects of New Orleans and struggling with gangsanddrugs, theband members have come outstrong; they areall currently sober and completely focusedon music. Ending the band's five-year hiatus from recording, 'Walkin' in the Shadow of Life' marks the welcome return of thegroup's smoldering funk andR&B. Therecord features theclassic Nevilles lineup—Aaron Neville (vocals, percussion), Art Neville (vocals, Hammond B3 organ, keys), Cyril Neville (vocals, percussion) andCharles Neville (vocals, tenor sax, Governors State University - April 1st, 2006 flute) —along with Aaron's son Ivan Neville onkeysandArt's son Ian onguitar. 'Walkin" also includesfunky a coveroftheTemptations' "Ball ofConfusion," a unique, lullaby like version of The Melodions reggaeclassic"The Rivers ofBabylon," andthe stirring "Kingdom Come" which was written byCyril Neville with Bonoof U2..
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