Rev Tor Band and Music in Common join forces to re-create The Band’s
classic concert film The Last Waltz, live at Bull Run Restaurant in
Shirley, MA on Sunday, August 25, 2013
(Shirley, MA) July 25, 2013 – Music in Common and the Rev Tor Band
announce a special live performance of The Band’s classic 1978
concert film, “The Last Waltz” on Sunday, August 25 at 7:30PM at
Bull Run Restaurant in Shirley, MA. The concert features renditions of
all the hits by The Band featured in the film, such as “The
Weight”, “Up On Cripple Creek”, and “The Night They Drove Old
Dixie Down” as well as songs by Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Eric Clapton
and many more. Musicians from the local music scene perform the songs
of the film’s original special guests. The line-up of artists
includes the Rev Tor Band, Brian O’Connell of Uncle Sammy, Amanda
Cote and Scott Sheehan of the Amanda Cote Project, Mark Munzer of
Playing Dead, Ken Gibson and Chuck Nemitz of Rust Never Sleeps, Todd
Mack, Nikki Howard, Ned Lucas, Dave Osoff, Charlie Carozzo of Sun
Jones, Vinny Serino of the Boston Baked Blues Band, Vykki Vox, Iza
Jane, Keri Anderson, Nicholas Earl, Dave Brunyak of the Phreaks, and
Dean Adrien of Orphan.
Since 1996 the Rev Tor Band has maintained a powerful presence on the
east coast club and festival circuit, performing in venues from Maine
to Key West, Florida. In their home stomping grounds of New England,
they keep a heavy performance schedule enthusiastically supported by a
large following of dedicated fans.
The Last Waltz LIVE is a benefit for Music In Common, Inc., a 501(c)3
nonprofit organization whose mission is to strengthen, empower, and
educate communities through the universal language of music. Music in
Common (MiC) produces free, publicly accessible concerts, school
programs, and multimedia productions with an interest in underserved
areas and communities where there is a history of conflict, providing
a platform for the exchange of ideas and collaborations that can lead
to positive social change. Based in the Berkshires of western
Massachusetts, MiC has toured to more than 100 communities across the
US, Middle East, and Far East and operates multiple programs locally,
nationally, and internationally.
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