"A Road To Utopia", Regent Theatre, Arlington, MA - 5/7/10

Road To Utopia - Tribute to Todd Rundgren
Friday, November 19, 8:00pm

Regent Theatre
www.regenttheatre.com
781-646-4849
7 Medford St. (off Mass Ave), Arlington, MA

On Friday, November 19th at 8pm, "Road to Utopia - A Tribute to Todd Rundgren" will take place at the Regent Theatre, 7 Medford Street, in Arlington, Massachusetts.

A stellar ten-piece band, led by Gary Backstrom of Jiggle the Handle and the Gary Backstrom Band, will present a spectacular evening of music written and recorded by Todd Rundgren, whose career spans more than 40 years.

If you missed the show in the spring, here's what people are saying about it:

"Wow....I had no idea. Some of the songs he chose are extremely hard to play and sing. Really cool."

"The Todd Rundgren show Saturday night was off the hook. From start to finish the music was awesome and blew me away. You captured the TR sound perfectly and the band behind you was really talented and it seemed like you have all been playing together for many years."

"I have been a fan of Todd Rundgren's music for 35 years so was thrilled to find out that a local Boston band was doing a Rundgren tribute concert. I was blown away by Gary and his band. Gary has a versatile voice and can sound like the younger Todd (The Last Ride) as well as the current Todd (Weakness). Gary is a talented guitarist and each member of the band is equally talented. If you are a Todd Rundgren fan or if you simply like great music this is a show that you cannot miss!"

You can also download the show at: http://www.archive.org/details/gbackstrom2010-05-07.akg481-sbd-flac16

Todd Rundgren is a prolific songwriter covering styles of music from Philly Soul, British Pop, Progressive Rock, New wave, ballads, and even some hard rock, Todd Rundgren began his career leading The Nazz in 1967. In 1970 Rundgren put together the band Runt and released its self-titled album.Ê Over the years, in addition to recording and performing his own work, Todd Rundgren has produced and guested on many highly acclaimed albums by artists including; Meatloaf, New York Dolls, Badfinger, Grand Funk Railroad, Hall & Oates, Patti Smith, XTC, Cheap Trick, The Psychedelic Furs, The Band and many others. Rundgren is still recording and touring today.Ê His most recent release, "Arena" was released in September 2008. He also toured as vocalist with The New Cars in 2006, which performed a mix of classic Cars tunes and new songs.

The show will feature a full ten piece ensemble featuring members of The Gary Backstrom Band, Jiggle, Sun Jones, The Grass Gypsys, All of the Animals, Humblebee, Uncle Sammy, and The Excited people, plus members of the family folk chorale.