The Search For The Birth Of Rock & Roll

with Rod & The Humdingers

Tuesday, December 12 @ 7 pm
Lifelong Learning Complex, FAU Jupiter campus
(561) 799 – 8547 or ollijupiter@fau.edu

How did it start? From Count Basie’s boogie woogie, the swagger of Big Mama Thornton and Big Joe Turner, the backbeat of country dance music and the fervor of old-time gospel, rock and roll exploded onto the world stage in the 1950s. Teens everywhere learned to “Rock Around the Clock,” “Come Go With Me,” “Stay” and “Don’t Be Cruel,” as Doo wop filled the air and the beat of Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Chuck Berry filled the dance floor. From Elvis, Buddy Holly, Connie Francis and Bobby Darin to folk rock and the British Invasion to the present, popular music has channeled rock and roll ever since. Join Rod & the Humdingers for a low-decibel journey through the favorite songs and colorful characters of the Search for the Birth of Rock and Roll.

–Rod MacDonald became one of Greenwich Village’s top singer-songwriters during the 1980s and today performs throughout North America and Europe. In South Florida, he has been named “Best Local Acoustic Artist” by New Times and one of the “Ten Magnificent Musicians of Palm Beach County” by The Palm Beach Post, who named his 2014 CD, Later That Night, “Best Local CD of 2014.” He has been a Music Americana instructor at FAU since 2006.
–Bill Meredith, drums, is the backbone of several Palm Beach County rock and roll bands, including Big Brass Bed and Illumination. He has toured throughout the US and Canada, and appears on more than a dozen CDs.
–Brad Keller, keyboards, has performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival and with Maynard Ferguson and the Ink Spots, is the jazz piano instructor at Palm Beach State College and has taught music in Palm Beach County public schools for twenty years. He is also the co-author of the “Jazz Cats” books used internationally to introduce young students to jazz.
–Doug Lindsey, bass and vocals, has been playing in south Florida bands for 30 years.
–Mario LaCasse, lead guitar, has refined his sound as a member of Misbehavin, Flight, the Mario LaCasse Band, Lowdown 13, the NattyBos, Groove Merchant, and Copland Davis.