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Presented by
MassMutual Financial Group, Cox Communications and the Town of Enfield
July 11th, 12th, & 13th, 2008
All shows are FREE with plenty of green so bring your blanket or chair!
Friday
6:30 - Big Shot the Ultimate Billy Joel Experience
9:00 - Bruce in the USA: A Musical History of the Boss
Saturday
4:00 - Undercover
6:00 - The Savage Brothers Band
9:00 - Jimmie Vaughan featuring Lou Ann Barton
Sunday
4:30 - Isaac Young Quartet
7:30 - Hartford Symphony featuring Spectrum: A Tribute to Motown and R&B
9:45 - Fireworks
10:15 - Isaac Young Quartet
Friday
6:30 - Big Shot the Ultimate Billy Joel Experience
Back by poplular demand, Big Shot will return to this year's Celebration.
For Anyone that has seen a Billy Joel performance, and loves Billy Joel music, Big Shot is a must see. They are renowned throughout the country as the best Billy band out there. Billy Joel himself in an interview with the New York Times was quoted as saying, "They had a hard time convincing me it wasn't me"! Big Shot is fronted by Long Island's own Mike DelGuidice, who is a spot on sound alike, and on the drums is Sal Devitto, the brother of long time Billy Joel drummer Liberty Devitto.
Along with frequent performances by Billy Joels own sax player Richie Cannata, they are as authentic as you can get! Come down to the Town Green and experience for yourself what everyone is raving about.
9:00 - Bruce in the USA: A Musical History of the Boss
The Boss on the Green?! Well Bruce in the USA is much more than just another tribute... This high-energy musical experience is a note-perfect and
visually accurate recreation of a Bruce Springsteen & the East Street Band show.
Matt Ryan, from the World Famous "Legends in Concert" cast, played the Springsteen character for eight years, in their "full scale" Las Vegas show. The great success with "Legends" evolved his character into the Bruce In The USA shwo. His amazing portrayal of "The Boss" (not to mention his jaw-dropping resemblance) is as close as you can get to see the real thing in concert. Backed by strong, powerful Clarence "The Big Man" Clemons... and a smokin' handed "Little Stevie", Bruce In The USA takes this genre of performance art to a whole new level. Making it the World's #1 Tribute to the East Street Band's legacy.
And as Gregg Maltby, Bruce’s Emmy award winning lighting director stated, “If Matt Ryan and his band, American Dream, took the stage at a Springsteen concert ...few people would be able to tell the difference.”
Saturday
4:00 - Undercover
Enfield's own, Undercover will open Saturday Night by performing classic rock-and-roll hits from the 1970s, 80s and 90s. This talented group of musicans will set the tempo for a day of legendary hits.
6:00 - The Savage Brothers Band
Back by poplular demand, the Savage Brothers are a Celebration tradition.
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| The Savage Brothers Band |
The Savage Brothers Band is a Hartford, CT based 6 piece funkin', rockin' and rhythm group. The band features a two-piece horn section and three brothers of the same last name...Savage. The band has performed over 3500 shows all over New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Mexico, sharing the stage with such acts as Alicia Keys, Tower of Power, Joan Osborne, James Cotton, Southside Johnny, Lisa Lisa, The Guess Who, Marshall Tucker and John Cafferty. They have released 2 full length CD's including the latest 'Population Six' which has been critically acclaimed!
9:00 - Jimmie Vaughan featuring Lou Ann Barton
Jimmie Vaughan has set the standard for quality modern roots music. With the Fabulous Thunderbirds, he helped reintroduce an authentic shot of Texas blues into the pop charts, and he has long held the admiration of his peers, his idols and successive generations of young players.
Jimmie Vaughan is far more than just one of the greatest and most respected
guitarists in the world of popular music. As Guitar Player Magazine notes, "He is a virtual deity--a living legend." After all, Vaughan provides a vital link between contemporary music and its proud heritage, as well as being a longtime avatar of retro cool.
Saturday night's show will feature the Austin-based vocalist Lou Ann Barton who is one of the finest purveyors of raw, unadulterated roadhouse blues from the female gender that you'll ever hear. Like Delbert McClinton, she can belt out a lyric so that she can be heard over a two-guitar band with horns. Barton has performed with the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, as well as made a few great recordings herself, notably Old Enough, produced by Jerry Wexler and Glenn Frey.
Louann has to be seen live to be fully appreciated. She belts out her lyrics in a twangy voice so full of Texas that you can smell the barbecue sauce. She swaggers confidently about the stage, casually as the band kicks in on its first number. The grace, poise and confidence she projects on stage is part of a long tradition for women blues singers.
Sunday
4:30 - Isaac Young Quartet
Isaac Young, a student at the acclaimed Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at the Hartt School, will open the Sunday afternoon with a collage of the group's originals to the familiar classics.
Young's quartet consists of Scott Packham on piano, Ben Jencks on bass, and Jake Wardwell on drums -- also students at the Hartt School. The band is continuously playing Hartford and Boston jazz clubs too sold out crowds at venerated venues such as Ryles Jazz Club, The Amazing Things Arts Center, The Natick Center for the Arts, Zeitgeist Gallery, and the Performing Arts Center of MetroWest.
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| Hartford Symphony |
7:30 - Hartford Symphony featuring Spectrum: A Tribute to Motown and R&B
We are pleased to announce the Hartford Symphony Orchestra will perform again at this year's celebration with guest conduct Michael Berkowitz featuring Spectrum vocalist, Daryl Grant, Pierre Jovan, David Prescott, and Cushney Roberts.
The Symphony will take the stage at 7:30 PM and present an exhilarating tribute to Motown and the R&B music that has shaped America. Guest conductor Michael Berkowitz will lead the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and these four incredible singers with angelic harmonies through the music of the Four Tops, the Platters, the Temptations, Boyz II Men, and more, with snazzy costumes and exciting choreography.
Sponsored by MassMutual, the entire program is free of charge and will cap off three full days of star-studded entertainment and old- fashioned family fun on the Enfield Town Green.
9:45 - Fireworks
Immediately following the Symphony's performance will begin a countdown to the Fireworks Spectacular which will be set to a one of a kind Independence Day sound track and choreographed by "America's First Family of Fireworks", Zambelli Fireworks Internationale.
10:15 - Isaac Young Quartet
There will be no need to rush off the Green after the fireworks, the Isaac Young Quartet will perform their second and final set of the evening to end the Celebration for yet another year.
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