Rock Star and Radio Celeb Greg Kihn in Concert March 22, 2013

Mar 22-23, 8pm

In a newly produced show, Greg Kihn and his stellar band line-up present their first concert of the year, and the first since Kihn's much-discussed departure from KFOX. The productions are brand new, and promise lots of original material and fan favorites.

Kihn's Wikipedia blurb describes him as "American Rock Musician, Radio Personality, and Novelist," but in his words, he "was a baby boomer who learned a few chords on the guitar as a kid and started writing songs...It was a cool way to appear intelligent and impress girls."

In the early 70s, Kihn connected with Joel Turtle and Matt Kaufman, who founded legendary Beserkley Records in mid-1970s. Seven albums later (on Beserkley label) he had the mega-hit "The Breakup Song," followed by international smash "Jeopardy." Kihn continued throughout the 1980s with the famous series of pun-titled albums, including Kihntinued (1982), Kihnspiracy (1983), and Citizen Kihn (1985).

Along the way, Greg rocked the fledgling music video business, pioneering the earliest examples of "concept videos," notably with the groundbreaking "Jeopardy" video with its 'Night of the Living Dead' theme, spawning countless imitators.

Touring constantly in the 80s, Kihn's band opened for arena-sized shows including Journey, the Grateful Dead, and the Rolling Stones, and logged numerous TV appearances on Solid Gold, American Bandstand, and SNL.
Greg's radio career got its kick-start when Kihn found himself seated next to sports radio great John Madden, who told Greg "Do it, jump on it. Be the first. Someday all DJs will be ex-musicians." He did, they are...good call, coach. Seventeen years later (2012) Kihn's career took another fast turn, when he parted company with KFOX after growing his radio DJ gig from a mom-and-pop late night broadcast to national morning program heard by millions.

Still managed by long-time Beserkley business partner Joel Turtle...Rock on!

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