Bill Medley's Tribute To the Righteous Brothers at the Pacific Amphitheatre
Pacific Amphitheatre, Located inside the Orange County Fairgrounds (100 Fair Drive Costa Mesa, CA 92626)
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- $14.50 - $48.00
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- $11.00 - $27.50*
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The last date listed for Bill Medley's Tribute To The Righteous Brothers was Wednesday July 14, 2004 / 8:00pm.
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Live at the Pacific Amphitheatre, the Happy Together Tour brings together several hit makers of the '60s for a star-studded musical happening. The concert includes performances from icons of the scene including The Turtles ("Happy Together"), Micky Dolenz of The Monkees ("Daydream Believer"), Gary Pucket & The Union Gap ("Young Girl"), The Grass Roots ("Midnight Confessions") and The Buckinghams ("Mercy, Mercy, Mercy"). The ticket includes admission to the OC Fair, so you can come early to enjoy the fairground festivities. Learn More
More Information About Bill Medley's Tribute To The Righteous Brothers
Website
http://www.righteousbrothers.com/
Quotes & Highlights
- All tickets include admission to the fair, a $5 value.
- The show features sound and images from the live concerts that the Righteous Brothers recorded in 2003.
Description
Bill Medley always had a passion for music and stumbled upon it as a career at a young age. His father led a big band and played saxophone while his mother played piano and sang. Naturally, Medley gravitated to glee club and amateur singing contests during his youth, but it wasn't until he heard the music of Ray Charles that the idea of making music for a living took hold.
Medley taught himself to play piano, which led to writing songs. He thought songwriting rather than performing would be his key to a career in music. When he tried to peddle his songs to other singers and musicians, although they declined, they always asked why Medley didn't perform his own songs. Suddenly his thoughts of songwriting transformed into dreams of a musical career of a different sort.
In the early 1960's Medley met his vocal match in Bobby Hatfield, who eventually became his singing partner when they formed The Righteous Brothers. The Righteous Brothers never did things the obvious way. When Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield began performing together, they seemed an ill fit: a tall, dark-haired bass singer and a shorter, blonde tenor who hit unreal high notes -- but they would make their mark singing rhythm & blues.
Medley and Hatfield fashioned a series of hits -- "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," "(You're My) Soul And Inspiration," "Unchained Melody" -- that ignited a musical revolution. Their music was branded "blue-eyed soul," a label that has since been applied to such acts as Hall & Oates, Boz Scaggs and the late Robert Palmer.
After a lengthy and successful career, in November of 2003 tragedy struck the duo. Hatfield suffered a heart attack in a Michigan hotel room, and died just hours before they were scheduled to perform. Medley lost a friend, a business associate and, most of all, the other half of a singing sensation. Some expected Medley to take the solo route, to find a new partner to re-create the Righteous sound, or simply to retire.
Befitting their history, Medley chose a less-than-obvious course of action. Medley assembled "The Righteous Brothers: a celebration by Bill Medley," a concert format that allows Medley to continue the Righteous musical tradition, while still featuring Hatfield's undeniable imprint.
During 2003, The Righteous Brothers recorded a live album for both CD and DVD. Sound and images from those recordings are featured in Medley's new show as a celebration of a performance style that it often times emulated, but can never be duplicated.