The Who's TOMMY performed as "Bluegrass Opry" at Grunin Center

TOMS RIVER, NJ – The HillBenders present The Who’s TOMMY: A Bluegrass Opry on Friday, April 13, 8:00 p.m., Main Stage, Grunin Center for the Arts, Ocean County College Main Campus, College Drive, Toms River, NJ. Please use Parking Lot #2. Tickets: $35. (Dinner Add On Available: $25 Dinner in the Grunin Center Gallery from Prime 13.)

“Ever since I was a young boy I played the silver ball.” Maybe not your standard bluegrass lyric, but a line known by all the world from the biggest rock opera of all time, The Who’s Tommy. Forty-five years after its original release, this classic of classic rock is now fully realized as a full-length bluegrass tribute featuring Springfield, Missouri’s The HillBenders. Conceived and produced by SXSW co-founder and longtime musician/producer Louis Jay Meyers, this Bluegrass Opry brings a new perspective to Tommy, while paying total respect to its creators. This live performance is a full 75-minute show covering the original album from start to finish with audience participation.

Purchase Tickets online http://grunincenter.org, call 732-255-0500, or visit the Box Office, Monday to Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

(Pre-Show Dinner from Prime 13 to be held in the Grunin Center Gallery. Menu to include: Baby spinach salad with grape tomato, Bermuda onion, goat cheese, and raspberry vinaigrette; pigs-in-a-blanket with spicy mustard for dipping; sautéed broccoli and carrots; mac ‘n’ cheese; fried chicken; roasted stuffed pork loin with prosciutto, broccoli rabe, and provolone cheese; cupcakes; and soda, water, coffee, tea.)