Inside Track: Don't Listen To This! September 23, 2011

Series sponsor: Sequent

For more than sixty years, music lyrics have been banned repeatedly no matter the greatness of their singers. The Jazz Arts Group and the Thurber House present an evening of music and lyrics that have once fanned the flames of controversy.

Friday & Saturday, 8 pm

Featuring:
Byron Stripling
Dave Powers
Christian Howes

Music censorship didn’t begin in the ‘80s with Tipper Gore and the PMRC. Dean Martin’s hit song “Wham Bam, Thank You Ma’am” was banned by radio stations for having suggestive lyrics. Rosemary Clooney’s “Mambo Italiano” was deemed having lyrics void of good taste. The lyrics of the Cole Porter classic, “I Get a Kick Out of You” were changed for airplay due to a reference to cocaine. And Billie Holiday’s version of “Love for Sale” was banned for references to prostitution. Join Byron Stripling & Friends for an entertaining and educational look at how censorship has affected popular music even before the birth of rock ‘n’ roll!

In partnership with the Thurber House.

Single tickets go on sale Monday, August 15, 2011 and are available through the CAPA Ticket Office for $37 (loge) and $32 (main floor). Student tickets are $15 (with ID at door). Tickets are also available by phone at 614-469-0939 and through all Ticketmaster outlets.