| 04.28.11 Big Head Todd and The Monsters Announce Summer Plans |
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BIG HEAD TODD AND THE MONSTERS ANNOUNCE SUMMER PLANS
STOPS INCLUDING THEIR ANNUAL RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE GIG, RAVINIA FESTIVAL,
TODD PARK MOHR TO LEAD A ROBERT JOHNSON TRIBUTE
THE BAND CELEBRATES ROBERT JOHNSON’S MAY 8TH CENTENNIAL WITH THE RECENT Longtime Colorado favorites Big Head Todd and The Monsters have mapped out their summer tour plans. In addition to a handful of theatres in the midwest, the band headlines their annual Red Rocks Amphitheatre gig on June 11, where Guster will be on hand to open the show. The band also returns to Chicago’s famed Ravinia Festival and to the idyllic Colorado mountain town of Telluride for the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival, later this summer. The complete list of summer tour dates is listed below. Earlier this year, in celebration of influential bluesman Robert Johnson (who would be celebrating his 100 birthday on May 8, 2011), Big Head Todd and The Monsters assembled the Big Head Blues Club. The ad-hoc collaboration featuring Big Head Todd and The Monsters and special guests B.B. King, Hubert Sumlin, Honeyboy Edwards, Charlie Musselwhite, Ruthie Foster, Cedric Burnside and Lightnin’ Malcolm toured earlier this year and recently released a studio recording of the project, titled 100 Years of Robert Johnson. Here’s what critics are saying:
“A superb musical collective…moving and wildly entertaining.” – Boston Globe “Todd Park Mohr’s growling and moaning like he's got Big Head Todd frontman Todd Park Mohr will be at the 32nd Annual Blues Music Awards on May 5th at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Todd will lead a Robert Johnson tribute. This year’s event also features performances by honorees Buddy Guy, Denise LaSalle and John Hammond, among others. Visit www.blues.org for more information. The list of Big Head Todd and The Monsters summer tour dates are as follows: Additional dates to be announced, Visit www.bigheadtodd.com for more information. ### |