The Pretenders Set To Rock Silver Legacy
- Rock Band Performs March 13 at 8 p.m. -
RENO, Nev. (December 16, 2008) - Since forming The Pretenders three decades ago, Chrissie Hynde has proven to be a one-of-a-kind tough-minded, outspoken and an utterly uncompromising artist - yet also capable of moments of heart wrenching tenderness. Come see The Pretenders perform in the Grande Exposition Hall at Silver Legacy Resort Casino on March 13 at 8 p.m.
Hynde has recorded just nine studio albums since the original Pretenders lineup cranked out their barrier-smashing debut in 1980 and Break Up the Concrete is but the second album to bear The Pretenders nameplate in a decade. That makes the arrival of any new Pretenders album something of an occasion and even outright celebration.
Throughout the dozen songs on Break Up the Concrete, Hynde brings the trademark cool and much of the heat of the early Pretenders albums to a richly American setting. None of the five musicians who comprise this set of The Pretenders has recorded with her before - but they take to her songs like they've been waiting all their lives for this moment. Legendary drummer Jim Keltner needs no introduction and Martin Chambers is the world’s most entertaining rock drummer.
“I wanted a different groove on this album and Martin had no problem letting Jim take over for the project. Although Martin will be with us when we go on the road.” The rest of the crew collectively represents something dynamic and fresh” said Hynde.
Break Up The Concrete shows Hynde in peak form as a singer, engaged as a writer and performing with the same vitality and intimacy of the classics she penned years ago. No guest artists, no vanity duets, just five hot players getting down to business, bashing out 11 songs in 12 intensive days live off the floor of a vintage Hollywood studio.
The song-serving urgency Hynde’s new cohorts bring to the party clearly contributed to the immediacy of her vocal performances, with her equally compelling tough and tender sides in full effect – each imbued with the aching nuance of life experience. The grittily elegant “Don’t Lose Faith in Me” enables Hynde to give her most soulful vocal performance since her 1984 cover of The Persuaders’ “Thin Line Between Love and Hate” and the poignant but buoyant “Love’s a Mystery” ponders the ongoing challenges of conjugal commitment on the way to the payoff lines.
Neil Young, perfectly summed up what we all know about Hynde “She’s a rock & roll woman. She’s got it in her heart. She’s gonna be rocking till she drops.” The truth of that statement is right here in the grooves of Break Up The Concrete.
Tickets to see The Pretenders are $80, $65 and $55 and can be purchased online at silverlegacy.com and ticketmaster.com or by calling 800-687-8733 or 775-325-7401 and at the Box Office located on the main casino floor.
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