For Immediate Release Media Contact: Molly Sommerhalder Email: [email protected] Phone: 414-273-7121 x399
Take Me To The River – Memphis Soul and Rhythm & Blues Revue
Featuring William Bell, Charlie Musselwhite and Bobby Rush Plus Frayser Boy, Al Kapone, The Hi Rhythm Section and The Stax Academy Alumni Band with Music Director Boo Mitchell
Comes to Milwaukee on Friday, November 10!
Tickets On Sale this Friday, June 9!
MILWAUKEE, WI (Monday, June 5, 2017)- Take Me To The River – Memphis Soul and Rhythm & Blues Revue featuring William Bell, Charlie Musselwhite and Bobby Rush Plus Frayser Boy, Al Kapone, The Hi Rhythm Section and The Stax Academy Alumni Band with Music Director Boo Mitchell is coming to the Marcus Center’s Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall on Friday, November 10 at 7:30 pm. Tickets go on sale this Friday, June 9 at 12:00 pm at the Marcus Center Box Office and can be purchased in person at 929 North Water Street, Downtown Milwaukee, by phone at 414-273-7206 or online at Ticketmaster.com or MarcusCenter.org. Groups of 10 or more should call Group Sales at 414-273-7121 x210 or x213. This performance is being presented as part of the Marcus Center Presents series.
Take Me to the River presents a live performance experience based on the award- winning film and record that brought together multiple generations of iconic Memphis and Mississippi Delta musicians to record a historic album and re-imagine the utopia of racial, gender and generational collaboration of Memphis (Stax, Hi Records) in its heyday. The historic show features a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see legends William Bell (2017 Grammy Winner), Bobby Rush (2017 Grammy winner), and Charlie Musselwhite (2014 Grammy winner) share the stage and perform classics and new TMTTR collaborations.
Backed by an ALL-STAR Memphis band, the event includes the Hi-Rhythm Section (27 Gold and Platinum records, All the Al Green’s classics) and Grammy award winner Boo Mitchell, award-winning director and Grammy Nominee Martin Shore, alumni for the Stax Music Academy, and special appearances from Academy Winner Frayser Boy and Critics Choice Award winner Al Kapone.
In addition to a traditional performance event, Take Me To The River hosts educational workshops and activated as it moves around the country, interacting with students and helping to inspire the goals of social consciousness and community building. TMTTR believes the power of positive expression-through music, film or other art forms-builds a permanent foundation of community, and helps motivate those from all political, racial and generational backgrounds to communicate, cooperate, collaborate, and create together.
Find out more at www.TMTTR.com.
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