Osher/FAU Lifelong Learning Concerts 2020                        
with Rod & The Humdingers                          
 
Jupiter, FL       
Place:    Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus
Email: ollijupiter@fau.edu    Phone: 561-799-8547		 Boca Raton, FL    
Location: Barry and Florence Friedberg Auditorium, Boca Raton Campus
Email: olliboca@fau.edu     Phone:  561.297.3185
                              



8 pm in Jupiter, 7 pm Boca Raton
Willie Nelson broke in as a Nashville songwriter by
writing hits like Nightlife and Crazy (the most played
song in the history of American jukeboxes). He rose to popularity by transcending country music, with his jazz-inflected guitar and such classic songs as Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain, On The Road Again, To All The Girls I’ve Loved Before, and Mama Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys. A sophisticated musician and gentle singer, his multi-platinum album of jazz standards, Blue Skies, is among the top collections of the Great American Songbook. Join Rod MacDonald & the Humdingers for a fun and low-decibel tour through the life, music and genius of this legend of American music, as told in his songs.

When the Beatles broke up in 1970, they were the
top-selling band in history, and still are. The four members, not yet 30, then went on to successful solo careers, each topping the charts on his own. While George Harrison expressed his spiritual yearnings in “Isn’t It a Pity” and John Lennon tried to “Imagine” a different world, Paul McCartney became the biggest-selling songwriter of all time with such pop classics as “Live And Let Die,” and Ringo Starr led his All-Starr Band on “It Don’t Come Easy” tours. Join Rod MacDonald & The Humdingers for a fun and low-decibel tour through the lives, music and genius of these  unique artists, as told in their songs.


Rod MacDonald

LLS Jupiter Distinguished Faculty Award 2012

About the Instructor:   Rod MacDonald & The Humdingers

     Rod MacDonald, guitar, inspired by many of these artists, became one of Greenwich Village’s top singer-songwriters during the 1980s, and still performs throughout North America and Europe. In South Florida, he's been named “Best Local Acoustic Artist” by New Times and one of the "Ten Magnificent Musicians of Palm Beach County" by The Palm Beach Post, who called his 2014 CD, Later That Night, "Best Local CD of 2014.” He is Music Americana instructor at LLS since 2006.

    Bill Meredith, drums, is the backbone of several Palm Beach County rock and roll bands, including Big Brass Bed and Illumination. He has toured throughout the U.S. and Canada, and appears on more than a dozen CDs.

    Brad Keller, keyboards, has performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival and with Maynard Ferguson and the Ink Spots, is the jazz piano instructor at Palm Beach State College and has taught music in Palm Beach County public schools for twenty years. He is also the co-author of the Jazz Cats books used internationally to introduce young students to jazz.

    Doug Lindsey, bass and vocals, has been playing in South Florida bands for 30 years.

    John Smotherman, lead guitar, plays with Big Brass Bed, Illumination and several Palm Beach County bands. His exquisite solos caused the Palm Beach Post to label him one of the “Ten Magnificent Musicians of Palm Beach County.”