Tribute to the Boss: Music of Bruce Springsteen

Enjoy a tribute to the music of Bruce Springsteen by some of Farfield's finest musicians at the Sondheim Center Friday and Saturday, January 20 and 21 at 8:00 p.m. in support of local public radio. Michael Halley and Matt Mulleneaux, KRUU-FM co-hosts, will emcee the event which will include a personal Springsteen story from Fairfield Mayor Ed Malloy on Friday.

Frank Cenatori, a Jersey boy who has been given prominence in past Fairfield Musician Club productions like MOTOWN, HEART OF COUNTRY, and JOHN LENNON, will be featured. The seductive Joey Del Re, who plays in Surgery and the Trillionaires, sings some heartfelt numbers and performs in the F-Street Band. Key perennial favorite Doug Daller will be tickling the ivories. Drummer Zak Rose-Young is ascending Max Weinberg's throne. James Moore plays bass and sings. Sax man Eddie Raines is filling the designated Big Man role, in honor of Clarence Clemmons who passed away only a year ago.

Other performers include Fairfield's own Little Ruckus, a.k.a. Dom Rabalais, the human light bulb, who will have you dancing in the dark. Evocative songstress Sharon Bouquet performs "Because the Night," a song Springsteen co-wrote with Patti Smith. Also on the docket are multi-faceted singer/songwriter and New York native Mike Ragogna, David Seagull and Joseph Mayfield, with supporting roles from Anne Carlisle, Nina Benjamin, and Meret Giacomini. Did we mention there's going to be a horn section, too? That's right: Francis Thicke on trumpet, Gerry Runyon on trombone and Mark McCabe on baritone sax.

Mike, Dom, Joey, Joseph and James all have shows at KRUU 100.1 FM, Fairfield's solar-powered community radio station, along with 75 other volunteer hosts who do shows weekly for 'The Voice of Fairfield, Iowa... and Beyond.' KRUU will broadcast the Saturday show live online at KRUUfm.com for our distance listeners.


Whether you're a Jersey girl with a hungry heart, a state trooper racing in the street, or dancing in the dark on a Tenth Avenue freeze out, the F-Street Band will prove it all night long by performing some of the Boss' most memorable tunes. From "I'm on Fire" to "Fire," what a great way to stay warm in the middle of winter.

Well, we made a promise
We swore we'd always remember
No retreat, baby, no surrender
Like soldiers in the winter's night
With a vow to defend
No retreat, baby, no surrender

If you learned more from a 3-minute song than you ever learned in school, this show's for you.

Silent auction items include a limited edition autographed 2012 Pin-up Girls of Fairfield Calendar specially donated to KRUU for this event; a 4-hour pie training session for four at the American Gothic House with author/pie advocate (give a piece a chance) Beth Howard; four limited edition graphic music prints; two KRUU one-month underwriting packages; and more.

Proceeds will benefit Fairfield's local public radio station. Sponsored by solar-powered KRUU-FM.