BURBANK, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Warner Bros. Records) - Robert Randolph & The Family Band will join
Dave Matthews Band in a free live, fully produced rock concert during the week of November 12 at a school to be determined in a nationwide contest sponsored by AT&T. In the contest, college football fans can invite the bands to perform the rock concert at their favorite Division 1A school.
Invitations may be submitted until October 15. Fans may invite the Band by text messaging "DMB" to 9-5-9 using their AT&T wireless phone. They may also purchase their favorite school's ringtone or graphic using their AT&T wireless phone or by going online at att.com or attblueroom.com. Fans may also submit invitations online at attblueroom.com with no purchase necessary. The school with the most invitations on a weighted average basis will win a live rock concert featuring Dave Matthews Band and Robert Randolph & The Family Band at the World's Loudest Pep Rally. For the official rules, go to attblueroom.com/sports.
Robert Randolph & The Family Band are no strangers to the sports arena. ESPN College Football has recently been using the band's single "Ain't Nothing Wrong With That" in their promotional spots, and last year the band provided the theme music for six editions of Saturday Night Football on ABC. A self-proclaimed sports fanatic, Randolph is notorious for wearing a favorite team jersey on stage during his electrifying live performances.
"I'm a huge sports fan, always have been. Sports has been a great outlet for us because most people who love sports are real music fans," says Randolph. "We always like to get in front of people in the sports world."
Randolph is also one of the guitar greats to be featured in the upcoming Experience Hendrix Tour kicking off in Washington, DC on October 16, along with Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd, to name a few. Mitch Mitchell (drums) and Billy Cox (bass), the same Jimi Hendrix Experience rhythm section that played behind Hendrix at Woodstock, will be on hand for the Experience Hendrix Tour dates as will Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon, a/k/a Double Trouble, the late Stevie Ray Vaughan's highly regarded rhythm section. Performances will include such Hendrix signature songs as "Purple Haze," "Hey Joe," and "Voodoo Child" and are sure to make the concert a very special event for both new and veteran Hendrix fans. For more information, visit www.jimihendrix.com.
Upcoming Robert Randolph & The Family Band tour dates are as follows:
Tues Oct 16 Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall - Experience Hendrix
Wed Oct 17 New York, NY Beacon Theater - Experience Hendrix
Thurs Oct 18 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom - Experience Hendrix
Fri Oct 19 Atlantic City, NJ Mark G. Etess Arena - Experience Hendrix
Sat Oct 20 Waterbury, CT The Palace Theater - Experience Hendrix
Sun Oct 21 Providence, RI Providence Performing Arts Center - Experience Hendrix
Mon Oct 22 New York, NY Beacon Theater - Experience Hendrix
Sun Oct 28 Las Vegas, NV Sam Boyd Stadium / Vegoose
Tues Oct 30 Chapel Hill, NC University of North Carolina
Sat Nov 3 South Padre South Padre Internl Music Festival - Island, TX
Sun Nov 4 Lafayette, LA La Belle Journee Historic Festival
Fri Nov 9 Hattiesburg, MS Outdoor Stage - Downtown
