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Marketing and Publicity Manager
Center for the Arts, Pepperdine University
24255 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, CA 90263
(310) 506-4055
brad.white@pepperdine.edu
BOX OFFICE: (310) 506-4522
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PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
presents

THE CAMPBELL BROTHERS:
SACRED STEEL

"The Campbell Brothers play music...with pedal steel guitar lines swooping skyward like a gospel shouter; two Campbell brothers trade off leads, carrying the songs to peak after peak."--Jon Pareles, The New York Times

Thursday, February 7, 2013, 8 p.m.
Smothers Theatre, Pepperdine University
24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA

The Campbell Brothers--who present a compelling, rich variety of material from the African American Holiness-Pentecostal repertoire with a new twist: the growling, wailing, shouting, singing, and swinging voice of the steel guitar--bring their electrifying "Sacred Steel" show to Pepperdine University Center for the Arts' Smothers Theatre at 8 p.m. on Thursday, February 7.

Tickets, priced at $35, $25, or $15 for the public and $10 for full-time Pepperdine students, are available now by calling (310) 506-4522. Tickets are also available through Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787. More information: http://arts.pepperdine.edu/ or http://www.campbellbrothers.com/

The type of music performed by the Campbell Brothers has only recently emerged from the House of God Keith Dominion Church, where for over 60 years it has been an integral part of worship and a vital, if little-known, American tradition.

As the music moves from sanctuary to concert hall, including the Hollywood Bowl, the Kennedy Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and New York's Symphony Space, secular audiences are now able to appreciate a performance both devoted and rocking.

Pedal steel guitarist Chuck Campbell and his lap-steel-playing brother Darick are two of the finest in this tradition. Rounding out the band, which has been playing together for nearly two decades, is a high-energy rhythm section featuring brother Phil Campbell on electric guitar, his son Carlton on drums, and bassist Malcolm Kirby. Classic, gutsy gospel vocals by Katie Jackson and/or Denise Brown bring the ensemble to a level of energy and expression that defies description.

The Campbell Brothers' awards and honors include Best U.S. Gospel Instrumentalists of the Year at the fourth annual Real Blues Awards in 1997, Best Gospel Album at the AFIM Indie Awards in 2002, and a National Heritage Fellowship presented to Chuck Campbell in 2004 by the National Endowment for the Arts.

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