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Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Saturday
March 20, 2010
8:00 PM
As seen on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, America’s favorite little big band - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy will rock downtown Wilkes-Barre like no one before. Albums include How Big Can You Get (A Tribute to Cab Calloway), Life is Beautiful and Save My Soul.
Since their arrival on the music scene in 1993 in a legendary residency at Los Angeles’ Brown Derby nightclub, BBVD's irresistible live show and aggressive, musically perceptive approach has proven them over time to be the singular standout among the numerous bands that launched the Nineties swing revival.
The seven-man group forged a massively successful fusion of classic American sounds from jazz, swing, Dixieland and big-band music, building their own songbook of original dance tunes, and, sixteen years later, BBVD is a veteran force that to this day adds new fans by the roomful every time they play.
BBVD’s originals rocketed the group into its first phase of stardom, when “You & Me and the Bottle Makes Three (Tonight)” and “Go Daddy-O” were featured in the 1996 indie film landmark Swingers.
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, named famously after an autograph by blues legend Albert Collins, sold more than two million copies of the albums Americana Deluxe and This Beautiful Life, and received national critical acclaim while the band’s music has appeared in over sixty movies and television shows. With their 2003 New Orleans-inspired album Save My Soul, BBVD began playing in theaters and performing arts centers, selling out shows at the Hollywood Bowl, Walt Disney Hall, Lincoln Center, Chastain Park and Constitution Hall, just to name a few. They have appeared as special guests with the great symphony and pops orchestras of the nation, including their first symphony show with the US Air Force Orchestra.
The band’s career milestones have included appearances in the Super Bowl half-time show, writing theme music for ESPN and network television, and performing for three American presidents. They have appeared numerous times on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O’Brian and Live with Regis & Kelly, and wrote, performed and recorded the current theme song for the Carson Daly show after appearing multiple times as the show’s house band.
How big can you get? From the proof on record and on stage, there’s just no telling with Big Bad Voodoo Daddy how big the show will be.
Ticket Information:
Tickets are $35, $25 and $19.50 plus fees. Group Discounts available. Click Buy Tickets at the top of this page, or purchase via phone at (570) 826-1100. Tickets are also available at the F.M. Kirby Center Box Office, 71 Public Square, ticketmaster.com and Gallery of Sound stores.
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