Performance: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
| Date/Time: | Sunday, 24 Oct 2010 at 7:30 pm |
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| Location: | Stephens Auditorium |
| Cost: | Adults: $33-37, Youth: $25, ISU students: $20 |
| URL: | http://www.center.iastate.edu |
| Contact: | Angela Ossian |
| Phone: | 515-294-3347 |
| Channel: | Iowa State Center |
| Categories: | Arts, performances |
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Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's eighth studio album, How Big Can You Get? A Tribute to Cab Calloway, captures the essence of an American icon in a rowdy celebration of musicianship, mischief, genius, street smarts, and fun. It's also possibly the timeliest and most welcome album of the year -- bringing a much-needed high-voltage jolt of winning, feel-good energy to a country slogging through tough times that may be getting tougher…exactly the way that Calloway's music did in the Depression-era America of his own youth.
With their 2003 New Orleans-inspired album Save My Soul, BBVD began playing in theaters and performing arts centers, selling out shows at the Hollywood Bowl, Walt Disney Hall, Lincoln Center, Chastain Park and Constitution Hall, just to name a few. They have appeared as special guests with the great symphony and pops orchestras of the nation, including their first symphony show with the US Air Force Orchestra. The band's career milestones have included appearances in the Super Bowl half-time show, writing theme music for ESPN and network television, and performing for three American presidents.
They have appeared numerous times on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brian and Live with Regis & Kelly, and wrote, performed and recorded the current theme song for the Carson Daly Show after appearing multiple times as the show's house band. And now, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's songs have passed into the classic American songbook, playing alongside pop standard songs in film and television, and even on reality competitions like Dancing With the Stars.