Righteous Brothers, Blues Traveler to kick off summer season

MORRISTOWN — Mayo Performing Arts Center's summer season kicks off with a pair of concerts July 11 and July 15 when The Righteous Brothers and Blues Traveler take the stage.
Tickets for The Righteous Brothers, featuring Bill Medley and Bucky Heard, on Tuesday, July 11 are $39-$79. Tickets to Blues Traveler on Saturday, July 15, are $39-$69.
With a string of #1 classics, including the most played song in radio history, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame duo of Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield topped the charts in four decades. After Bobby's death in 2003, Bill Medley continued to perform to sold-out crowds around the world, but fans and friends pleaded with him to keep The Righteous Brothers alive.
Says Medley, "No one could ever take Bobby' s place, but when I caught Bucky Heard's show it all came together — I found the right guy to help me recreate the magic."
The concert experience features their biggest hits — "Lovin' Feelin"', "Soul & Inspiration," "Unchained Melody," "Rock and Roll Heaven," Medley's Grammy-winning Dirty Dancing theme "The Time of My Life," and much, much more!
The Bill Medley/Bucky Heard pairing came as something of a happy accident. Medley says it just seemed right "I'd been friends with Bucky for years, but when I caught his show he just killed me! The next day it hit me — that' s the guy, someone I could sing hard with, laugh hard with, love and respect — on and off stage. He fits The Righteous Brothers live performance show perfectly."
Grammy award-winning blues-rock group Blues Traveler continues to chart new musical directions. Led by singer John Popper, Blues Traveler performs a mix of old and new, drawing upon their 30 years as one of music's most popular live bands.
Formed in Princeton, NJ in 1987, the band is known among fans for its improvisational live shows. The band scored mainstream success in the 1990s with their hit album Four, which spawned the top selling hits "Hook" and "Run-Around."
Their most recent release is Blow Up The Moon. A clever collaboration between various artists, Blow Up The Moon sees Blues Traveler keep an open-minded perspective on making music and enlists an eclectic mix of songwriters influenced by the band's remarkable 30-year career.