Meat Loaf’s music comes to life in a performance with a 17-member band led by Grant Haake.

“Bat Out of Hell” is an album that struck a nerve with listeners when it was released in 1977. It is one of the best-selling albums in the history of recorded music, having sold over 30 million copies worldwide, according to Wikipedia. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it at number 343 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time in 2003.

This tribute begins with performances of some of Meat Loaf’s most popular songs not on that album. Then the band – which includes a string quartet, horns and backup singers – performs “Bat Out of Hell” in its entirety.

Audiences will hear songs such as “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad,” and “Paradise by the Dashboard Light.”

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Bernie King in the Guilty Pleasures might be tough to bracket but they sure are easy to enjoy. A little bit blues, a little bit blue grassroots, a little bit rock, and a little bit kitchen sink, a style of music that some fans have come to call “blues-grass”. You’ll hear some great original songs inspired by the styles of Shane McGowan, Johnny Cash, the Rolling Stones and Bill Monroe. With a rough and tumble mix of guitar, banjo, mandolin, string bass, washboard, snare drum and accordion, Bernie King and the Guilty Pleasures are exactly what the doctor ordered.

Bernie King and the Guilty Pleasures
Sept. 17th 7:30 PM
State Theatre
Tickets online $18
$20 at the door

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Lamont Cranston Band – At The Zumbrota State Theatre

This legendary Midwest band has played with every one from Muddy Waters to Bonnie Raitt to The Rolling Stones.  Their 80’s hit “Upper Mississippi Shakedown” still gets regular radio airplay all over the country.  In 2010, the band was inducted into the Mid-America Music Hall Of Fame.  Their 30^th anniversary in 2009 included being honored with their own “Lamont Cranston Day” by the City Of St. Paul and the State Of Minnesota, a lifetime achievement award, a City Of Duluth “Ambassadors Of The Blues Award”, and an induction into the Minnesota Music Hall Of Fame.  A rockin’ party band that can’t be beat.  Dan Aykroyd says “No one infects venues with the party virus quite like Lamont Cranston”.

Tickets

Crossings Musical Theatre Camp performance.
Free will donation