Libraries rock! Milford Library welcomes Brian Gillie on July 25 at 6:30pm. Fast-paced, interactive and hip, Brian
Gillie’s musical performance “The Roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll” is unlike any history
lesson you will ever see or hear. Gillie sings and dances his way through this
one-hour retro-groove. History, humor,
costumes, props, original sound bites, stand-up piano-playing, radio
commercials, impersonations and attitude serve to reveal the sound of rock ‘n’
roll through its first fifteen years. Meet the personalities and hear the songs
that shaped the music of doo-wop, Motown, girl groups, surfin’, soul,
novelty tunes and much more: Little Richard to Coasters, Chuck Berry to
Beatles, Elvis to the Four Seasons.
Gillie was
formerly a full-time performance/educator with Arts for Learning CT and the CT
Commission on Arts and Tourism.
This program
is free and open to the public.
Parking is
limited; please consider parking at Lisman Landing and walking over Hotchkiss
Bridge.