$20 adv., $25 day of
G.A. (seated) - Doors open @ 7pm
https://www.minstrels.gallery/
Minstrels In The Gallery, a 5-piece band based in Massachusetts, USA, presents concerts that evoke the peak years of British rock giants Jethro Tull, featuring multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and actor Chris Devine in the role of Ian Anderson.
Performing on flute, acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, violin, alto sax, keyboards, and vocals, Devine is a veteran of both the rock and classical stage in the US and overseas, including a long stint as featured soloist with metal guitar icon Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple. Together with the Minstrels, he presents a concert featuring all the hit songs from the glory days of the band, 1969-1977, when Tull packed arenas around the world with their inimitable mix of progressive rock and British folk flavored with classical influences and a bit of American blues, and with a brilliant and iconic frontman in Ian Anderson, whose often grandiose presentation was always flavored with self-deprecating humor.
In costume, in character, in codpiece(!), Minstrels In The Gallery play dead-on renditions of all the familiar Tull songs of that period, yet maintain a spontaneous, relaxed, and humorous presence onstage that truly engages the audience.
3-time ISS/Space Shuttle/Soyuz astronaut and Valley resident Col. Cady Coleman, who in a 24- year career with NASA logged over 7 months in orbit, is also known as an amateur flutist who appeared with The Chieftains, and in 2011 duetted with Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson - from orbit. She'll be re-enacting that famous exchange here on the ground on March 25 at the Drake when she joins Chris Devine and Minstrels In The Gallery, a tribute to classic Jethro Tull, for a second live appearance with the band. Besides playing with the Minstrels, Cady will share some aspects of her experiences onstage and is always happy to meet space and science fans.
“Unbelievably good!”