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Noel Miller: Everything Is F#&ked

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Kenny Wayne Shepherd

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Sarah Silverman: Grow Some Lips

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Tue Mar 28th - 7:30PM Doors Open - 6:30 PM
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Kathleen Madigan: Boxed Wine & Tiny Banjos

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Sat Apr 1st - 7:00PM Doors Open - 6:00 PM
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CANCELLED – Sibling Rivalry Tour 2023

This show is cancelled. Ticket purchasers will be refunded automatically.

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Sun Apr 2nd - 8:00PM Doors Open - 7:00 PM
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Redhanded: Emptyhanded Tour

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Mon Apr 3rd - 7:30PM Doors Open - 6:30 PM
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Boney James: Detour

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Tue Apr 4th - 8:00PM Doors Open - 7:00 PM
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Trevor Noah: Off The Record Tour

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Wed Apr 5th - 7:30PM Doors Open - 6:30 PM
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Fri Apr 7th - 7:30PM Doors Open - 6:30 PM
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Sun Apr 9th - 7:30PM Doors Open - 6:30 PM
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Mon Apr 10th - 7:30PM Doors Open - 6:30 PM
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Tue Apr 11th - 7:30PM Doors Open - 6:30 PM
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Wed Apr 12th - 7:30PM Doors Open - 6:30 PM
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Kenny Sebastian

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Sat Apr 8th - 7:00PM Doors Open - 6:00 PM
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Margaret Cho: Live and LIVID!

Please Note - Mature Content

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Thu Apr 13th - 7:30PM Doors Open - 6:30 PM
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Donnell Rawlings

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Fri Apr 14th - 7:00PM Doors Open - 6:00 PM
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Joe List

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Sat Apr 15th - 7:00PM Doors Open - 6:00 PM
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OBSESSED Presents: DRAGULA TITANS With the Boulet Brothers

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Sun Apr 16th - 8:00PM Doors Open - 7:00 PM
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Rory Scovel

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Thu Apr 20th - 7:30PM Doors Open - 6:30 PM
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Pinky Patel: New Crown, Who Dhis Tour

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Sat Apr 22nd - 7:00PM Doors Open - 6:00 PM
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Janelle James

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Sun Apr 23rd - 7:00PM Doors Open - 6:00 PM
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Jamie Cullum: US Tour

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Mon Apr 24th - 8:00PM Doors Open - 7:00 PM
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And That’s Why We Drink: On The Rocks Tour

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Thu Apr 27th - 7:30PM Doors Open - 6:30 PM
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Martin Sexton & KT Tunstall

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Fri Apr 28th - 8:00PM Doors Open - 7:00 PM
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An Evening with Amanda Palmer

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Sat Apr 29th - 8:00PM Doors Open - 7:00 PM
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Chelcie Lynn: 2 Fingers And A 12 Pack Tour

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Thu May 4th - 7:30PM Doors Open - 6:30 PM
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Thu May 4th - 10:00 PM Doors Open - 9:00 PM
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Paula Poundstone

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Fri May 5th - 7:00PM Doors Open - 6:00 PM
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David Cross: Worst Daddy in The World Tour

with Special Guest Sean Patton

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Sat May 6th - 7:00PM Doors Open - 6:00 PM
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Sat May 6th - 9:45PM Doors Open - 8:45 PM
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Sasha Velour “The Big Reveal Live Show!”

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Mon May 8th - 8:00PM Doors Open - 7:00 PM
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Tommy Tiernan: tomfoolery

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Tue May 9th - 7:30PM Doors Open - 6:30 PM
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PRICE:
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KFC Radio

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Fri May 12th - 7:30PM Doors Open - 6:30 PM
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Hannah Berner

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Sat May 13th - 7:00PM Doors Open - 6:00 PM
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Sat May 13th - 9:45PM Doors Open - 8:45 PM
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The Psychology of Serial Killers

with Doctor Scott Bonn

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Sun May 14th - 7:00PM Doors Open - 6:00 PM
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Hunting Whitey with Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge

Sponsored by Northern Bank

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Tue May 16th - 7:30PM Doors Open - 6:30 PM
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Old Gods of Appalachia: The Price of Progress

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Wed May 17th - 8:00PM Doors Open - 7:00 PM
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Citizen Cope: Spring 2023 – Solo Acoustic

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Thu May 18th - 8:00PM Doors Open - 7:00 PM
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An Evening With Neighbor: Album Release Show

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Fri May 19th - 8:00PM Doors Open - 7:00 PM
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PRICE:
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Tracy Morgan

Comedy Special Taping!

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Sat May 20th - 7:00PM Doors Open - 6:00 PM
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Samantha Bee: Your Favorite Woman

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Sun May 21st - 7:00PM Doors Open - 6:00 PM
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KevOnStage

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Sun May 28th - 7:00PM Doors Open - 6:00 PM
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PRICE:
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Sam Jay

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Sat Jun 3rd - 7:00PM Doors Open - 6:00 PM
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PRICE:
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Ross Mathews

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Fri Jun 9th - 7:30PM Doors Open - 6:30 PM
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Kevin James: The Irregardless Tour

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Sat Jun 10th - 7:00PM Doors Open - 6:00 PM
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Sun Jun 11th - 7:00PM Doors Open - 6:00 PM
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Leslie Jones

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Thu Jun 15th - 7:30PM Doors Open - 6:30 PM
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PRICE:
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Toad The Wet Sprocket

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Fri Jun 16th - 08:00 PM Doors Open - 7:00 PM
Openers: Marcy Playground
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Rafi Bastos – UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY TOUR

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Sat Jun 17th - 7:00PM Doors Open - 6:00 PM
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Betches U Up? Live presented by Faux Pas

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Thu Jun 22nd - 7:30PM Doors Open - 6:30 PM
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Watch What Crappens: The Cheater Brand Tour

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Fri Jun 23rd - 7:30PM Doors Open - 6:30 PM
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Brian Glowacki

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Phone: 617-248-9700
Sat Jun 24th - 7:00PM Doors Open - 6:00 PM
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PRICE:
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Teachers Off Duty – Live Podcast

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Sun Jun 25th - 7:00PM Doors Open - 6:00 PM
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PRICE:
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Sparks 2023

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Phone: 617-248-9700
Sat Jul 1st - 8:00PM Doors Open - 7:00 PM
PRICE:
$42 - $210

Yannis Pappas

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Sat Jul 8th - 07:00 PM Doors Open - 6:00 PM
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Brad Williams

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Fri Jul 14th - 7:30PM Doors Open - 6:30 PM
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Fri Jul 14th - 10:00 PM Doors Open - 9:00 PM
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PRICE:
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Neal Brennan: Brand New Neal

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Phone: 617-248-9700
Sat Jul 15th - 7:00PM Doors Open - 6:00 PM
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Sat Jul 15th - 9:45PM Doors Open - 8:45 PM
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Legion of Skanks

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Fri Aug 11th - 7:30PM Doors Open - 6:30 PM
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PRICE:
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Dave Attell

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Fri Sep 8th - 7:30PM Doors Open - 6:30 PM
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Tommy Emmanuel, CGP with special guest Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams

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Thu Sep 14th - 8:00PM Doors Open - 7:00 PM
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CLANNAD – In A Lifetime: The Farewell Tour

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Fri Sep 22nd - 8:00PM Doors Open - 7:00 PM
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Eric Johnson’s Treasure Tour (2023)

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Thu Sep 28th - 8:00PM Doors Open - 7:00 PM
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JR De Guzman: LATER THAT EVENING

Recommended for Audiences 18+

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Fri Sep 29th - 7:30PM Doors Open - 6:30 PM
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Buddy Guy: Damn Right Farewell Tour

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Tue Oct 3rd - 8:00PM Doors Open - 7:00 PM
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PRICE:
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Aunty Donna: The Magical Dead Cat Tour

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Wed Oct 11th - 7:30PM Doors Open - 6:30 PM
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Steve Hackett: Genesis Revisited, Foxtrot at 50

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Thu Oct 12th - 8:00PM Doors Open - 7:00 PM
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Steve Treviño: America’s Favorite Husband Tour

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Sat Oct 14th - 7:00PM Doors Open - 6:00 PM
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Nurse Blake: Shock Advised Tour

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Mon Oct 16th - 8:00PM Doors Open - 7:00 PM
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Tue Oct 17th - 8:00PM Doors Open - 7:00 PM
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Small Town Murder

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Sat Nov 4th - 7:00PM Doors Open - 6:00 PM
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Bio

ABOUT DAVID BROMBERG: For Americana godfather David Bromberg, it all began with the blues. His incredible journey spans five-and-a-half decades, and

ABOUT DAVID BROMBERG:

For Americana godfather David Bromberg, it all began with the blues.

His incredible journey spans five-and-a-half decades, and includes – but is not limited to – adventures with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jerry Garcia, and music and life lessons from seminal blues guitarist Reverend Gary Davis, who claimed the young Bromberg as a son. A musician’s musician, Bromberg’s mastery of several stringed instruments (guitar, fiddle, Dobro, mandolin), and multiple styles is legendary, leading Dr. John to declare him an American icon. In producing John Hartford’s hugely influential Aereo-Plain LP, Bromberg even co-invented a genre: Newgrass.

Add in a period of self-imposed exile from his passion (1980-2002), during which he became a renowned violin expert, and Wilmington, Delaware’s cultural ambassador; top that off with a triumphant return to music-making, and you have an amazing tale leading back to one place: the blues.

Now, with The Blues, the Whole Blues, and Nothing But the Blues, his first release for Red House Records, Bromberg and multi-Grammy-winning producer/accompanist Larry Campbell (Dylan, Levon Helm, Paul Simon) focus on the music David discovered in high school, when, circa late 50s, he was introduced to a friend’s dad’s collection of blues 78s. He’d only just taken up guitar as a means to pass the time while in bed with the measles.

“I loved those 78s so much,” says David, “I taped them on a portable reel-to-reel, so I could listen at home and learn.”

That love is evident in The Blues, the Whole Blues and Nothing But the Blues. The album is both blues primer and an opportunity to witness a master embracing this distinctly American music with passion and grace.

“There’s a lot of different types of blues on there,” Bromberg notes. “We decided to start it off with a dyed-in-the-wool blues [Robert Johnson’s “Walkin’ Blues”], but there’s also country blues [“Kentucky Blues”], and gospel-influenced blues [“Yield Not”].”

Bromberg, a onetime sideman himself, is quick to give props to his long-running road-and-studio cohorts: Butch Amiot (bass), Josh Kanusky (drums), Mark Cosgrove (guitar), Nate Grower (fiddle), and Peter Ecklund (cornet). Of producer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist, fellow Reverend Gary Davis acolyte, and old friend Larry Campbell, he says, “To use a baseball analogy, Larry is like a star at any position in the infield, because he can play them all.”

Since meeting in the early 80’s, Campbell and Bromberg had crossed paths many times. They finally worked together in Levon Helm’s studio for David’s 2013 return-to-form Only Slightly Mad. “He wanted to do a Chicago blues album then,” Larry says. “But we decided to remind folks of what he does better than anyone: the whole gamut of Americana, the full Brombergian. And we got some new fans. For this one, we went back to the blues, and made use of David’s great vocabulary in all veins of the genre.”

Bromberg’s guitar work remains a marvel; amped electric lead – both slide and fretted – and delicately powerful acoustic fingerpicking propel these songs with the same force that made him the go-to guy for acts ranging from the Eagles to Link Wray to Phoebe Snow. This is a man who can go full-on Chicago gutbucket with “You Don’t Have to Go” (a Bromberg original), then slay with the jazz inflections of Ray Charles’ “A Fool for You,” rendered here intimately solo. Although Bromberg points out he’s not the same guitarist he was before his two decades away from performing and recording. “I play differently,” he says. “I can’t play as fast, but playing slower gives me more time to think about what I’m doing.”

“He’s always able to plug into the emotion of a song,” Campbell says. “He’s incredibly inventive as a player. Sometimes restrictions can be good.”

Listeners can actually hear what the years have given Bromberg in the spartan, acoustic “Delia.” Bromberg originally covered this traditional nugget on his 1972 self-titled debut – a live, solo rendition with a spoken-word break. The new version features Campbell and Bromberg in the studio, revisiting Bromberg’s live arrangement from their occasional duo tours. It is mesmerizing, with gravitas only experience can bring. “Larry and I have played ‘Delia’ a lot,” Bromberg says. “I love what he does on it.”

Longtime fans will notice another difference: Bromberg’s voice; he’s really singing. The vocals cover a broad range: impassioned, vibrato-laden testifying; pew-jumping soul shouts; soft, confident, crooning; and, of course, his peerless raconteur chops (particularly in “You Been A Good Old Wagon”).

“When I first started,” Bromberg says, “singing was something I did between guitar solos. But during the period I did so little performing, I took some voice lessons, and now, I know more what I’m doing. I love singing now. Love it.”

Larry Campbell was impressed at the newfound vocal chops, too. “He is a better vocalist than ever,” he says. “He’s strong, and present. None of the songs took more than three takes. And he was able to take the old folk song ‘900 Miles’ [a “railroad song” made famous by Odetta and Woody Guthrie], and turn it into an electric blues that’s a real high point of the album for me.”

Although he remains the proprietor of the beloved David Bromberg Fine Violins in Wilmington, Delaware – “I love my shop,” he says – Bromberg makes time to tour with his quintet, and he’s already included every song in his live repertoire (save “Yield Not,” which requires a choir), from The Blues, the Whole Blues and Nothing But the Blues. As ever, he brings his characteristic devotional intensity to the music, invigorating his surprise third act with the same passion he felt as a teen, spinning those blues 78s, just before the road called. 

 

ABOUT LOUDON WAINWRIGHT:

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2010 GRAMMY Winner (Best Traditional Folk Album) for High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project (Two previous GRAMMY nominations: I’m Alright, 1985 and More Love Songs, 1986).

Best Album of 2009: High Wide & Handsome per NPR’s Ken Tucker (Fresh Air & Entertainment Weekly magazine).

High Wide & Handsome named among the year’s best per Village Voice, No Depression, FolkWax and fRoots.

“Mr. Wainwright has proved to be far and away the most candid diarist among the singer-songwriters who… brought confessional poetry into popular song… Mr. Wainwright wrings more human truth out of his contradiction than any other songwriter of his generation.” – New York Times, Stephen Holden

Songs covered by Johnny Cash, Bonnie Raitt, Earl Scruggs, Mose Allison, Big Star, Freakwater, Norma Waterson, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Rufus Wainwright.

Film acting credits include: Judd Apatow’s Knocked Up (for which he also recorded the soundtrack) and The 40 Year Old Virgin; Christopher Guest’s For Your Consideration; Cameron Crowe’s Elizabethtown; Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator; Tim Burton’s Big Fish; 28 Days alongside Sandra Bullock, Viggo Mortensen and Steve Buscemi; Jacknife alongside Robert De Niro and Ed Harris; Neil Simon’s The Slugger’s Wife.

Television acting credits include: Parks and Recreation (w/ Amy Poehler); Undeclared (w/ Seth Rogen & writer/producer Judd Apatow); Grounded for Life; Ally McBeal; The T.V. Show (w/ Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean, Billy Crystal) where he played keyboard with the early Spinal Tap, which made it’s first appearance on this program; a recurring role on M*A*S*H and a role as the original musician/sidekick on The David Letterman Show.

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    RT @mistrcasey: @mattrife @The_Wilbur what a incredible night https://t.co/zCONuTA6mk

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    RT @DanCrohn: 4 sold out shows this weekend at @The_Wilbur opening for @chrisdcomedy!

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