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Date/Time Information 6:00-8:00 p.m. \, Tuesday\, Dec. 19
Fees/Admission No registration required. Free an d open to the public.

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The Isley Brothers

The Gift of Music Tour
C oming to DPAC\, Durham Performing Arts Center\,
December 21\, 2012

Considered as one of the most important and influential groups of th e last half-century\, The Isley Brothers featuring Ronald and Ernest Isley have enjoyed one of the longest\, most influential\, and most diverse car eers in popular music. Come see why as they play at DPAC\, Durham Performi ng Arts Center on December 21\, 2012. This performance is presented in par tnership with the DOME Group.

Tickets go on sale October 5 at 1 0am:
·       Online at DPACnc.com
·       DPAC Tic ket Center: 919.680.2787\, 123 Vivian Street\, Durham\, NC
·        Ticketmaster.com / Ticketmaster Charge by phone at 800.745.3000

Friends of DPAC members may place their orders on October 4.  Joini ng Friends of DPAC is free\, and you can register at www.DPACnc.com/friend ofdpac. 

“The A-List of legends that have played DPAC just got bigger with this booking of the Isley Brothers. Based on requests from area concert fans\, this is a show we have been working on for almost a y ear. With DPAC's unique setting of just 2\,700 seats and world-class sound \, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spend an evening with two o f R & B's biggest hit makers ever\,' said Bob Klaus\, GM for DPAC.
'The Dome Group Inc is proud to once again partner with DPAC to bring one of the most influential R&B groups in history to Durham\,' says Sulaim an Mausi\, owner of The Dome Group. 'Fans will be treated to a once-in-a-l ifetime experience when Ronald and Ernest Isley hit the stage! It's the pe rfect gift for Christmas.'

The Isley Brothers have basked in th e forefront of popular music for nearly 50 years. Their career is incredib le: dozens of #1 hits\, both singles and albums\; more than two dozen gold \, platinum and multiplatinum singles and albums\; countless awards and th e Brothers' induction into The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.  What� ��s even more remarkable – and further indication of the Isleys’ lasti ng cultural significance – is how they’ve reinvented themselves with e ach passing year\, thus consistently reaping a fresh crop of fans.  They are a bridge between today’s most vital pop artists and the soul greats who brought the music out of the church and into mass consciousness.

The Isley Brothers began singing together as youngsters in 1950.  Ronald\, Rudolph\, Kelly [originally O’Kelly] and Vernon started out as a gospel group\, performing in churches and other venues throughout their hometown of Cincinnati.  But in 1955\, Vernon Isley was killed in a bicyc le accident.  The traumatized siblings would not reform the ensemble unti l 1956\, the year they moved to New York.  Still\, Ronald Isley says they did not consider themselves a professional unit until 1959\, when the tri o logged their first hit\, “Shout.”  Ernie Isley joined the family bu siness in 1969\, which opened the door to his now-famous bass work on “I t’s Your Thing.”

After The Isley Brothers left their initia l mark on R&B charts in 1959 with “Shout” – which would sell a milli on copies and become a standard – they scored the #1 R&B hit “Twist An d Shout” (both songs were subsequently covered by The Beatles)\, in 1962 .  But it was 1969’s “It’s Your Thing” that cemented their fame\, shooting to #1 on the Billboard R&B chart and ultimately selling more tha n five million copies.  The song also earned a Grammy®  Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance.

The Isley Brothers’ significance cann ot be expressed by chart statistics alone.  In addition to their many oth er contributions to American popular music\, the Brothers brought a virtua lly unknown guitarist by the name of Jimi Hendrix on their maiden tour of England\, in 1964 (Hendrix made his first recordings with the Isleys and m any have noted the influence of Ernie Isley on his playing).  On the Euro pean leg of that outing\, their keyboardist was a young man named Elton Jo hn.