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SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE VOCALIST CHRISTINE OHLMAN & REBEL MONTEZ TO APPEAR AT THE BULL RUN, SHIRLEY, MA ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
with Worcester Guitar Legend Cliff Goodwin.
Rock n' soul will rule the night on Friday, September 20 as Christine Ohlman, the flashy, gritty platinum-blonde "Beehive Queen," who is the longtime vocalist with NBC's Saturday Night Live Band, brings Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez to The Bull Run in Shirley, MA for a show that will spotlight songs from her six CDs, including The Deep End, a passionate collection that garnered five end-of-year 2010 national Top Ten mentions (Rolling Stone editor emeritus Dave Marsh said,"There are so many 'wow' moments," and esteemed journalist Peter Guralnick weighed in with, "Tough, tender, thoughtful and sassy; R-E-A-L, as Sam Phillips was wont to say").
Ohlman has been called "The Number-One Secret Weapon in America's gal-singin' sweepstakes" by the All-Music Guide. (April, 2013 saw her ranked as the #1 Female Root/Americana vocalist--joining The Mavericks and Rodney Crowell in the top positions-- and Rebel Montez ranked one of the Top 30 "Bands That Matter Now" by TheAlternateRoot.com.) She will be joined onstage by Massachusetts guitar legend Cliff Goodwin (a veteran of Joe Cocker's band who has also recorded with Robert Palmer, among others), Larry Donahue (drums) and Michael Colbath (bass) in serving up a night of love-drenched stories in a style Marsh has dubbed "Contemporary Rock R n' B."
Also joining Ohlman in the opening slot are Hothouse, a Worcester-based band led by guitarist Jim Perry. Each member of Hothouse has a wealth of experience on the stages of New England. The band's four seasoned veterans come from bands such as Albatross, The Reflectors, The Marsels, Down East, Doctor Robert, and 9Teen.
Christine's shows are legendary for their powerful musicianship and raw emotion. She is a consummate singer who's gone heart to heart with the best: she counts Al Green, Bruce Springsteen, The Blind Boys Of Alabama, George Harrison, Mac Rebennack, Sting, Ian Hunter, Bonnie Bramlett, Ronnie Spector, Charlie Musslewhite, Irma Thomas, Chrissie Hynde and the late blues giants Hubert Sumlin and Eddie Kirkland as but a few of those she has collaborated with on Grammy-nominated recordings and live appearances like Bob Dylan's Madison Square Garden 30th Anniversary concert.
This queen of blue-eyed rock n' soul, who grew up loving equally the sweetness of a Memphis horn line and the raunch of an electric guitar riff--whether played by Muddy Waters, Keith Richards, or Pop Staples--teased her blonde hair into a beehive in honor of Ronnie Spector and never looked back. The Deep End includes duets with Dion, Marshall Crenshaw and Ian Hunter (she appears on Hunter's new CD and joined him recently at Carnegie Hall) and guest turns by Big Al Anderson, Levon Helm, GE Smith, Catherine Russell, and others.
Ohlman's credits include the theme song for NBC's 30 Rock;
Date and Time
Friday Sep 20, 2013
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