Huntingdon, Tenn.–The Hit Men – Rock and Roll’s Supergroup of legendary musicians – are set to take center stage at The Dixie Carter Performing Arts & Academic Enrichment Center
Saturday, October 26.
The Hit Men aren’t a tribute band. They aren’t the former cast of a Broadway
musical. These five guys are the actual artists who helped rocket some of music’s
biggest songs straight to the top of the billboards.
Memorable hits like “Pinball Wizard,” “Oh, What A Night,” “You’re So Vain,” “Mony, Mony,” “Joy to the World,” “The Loco-motion,” and “I Want to Know What Love Is” all bear their mark.
Artists including Elton John, Carly Simon, Frankie Vallie, Three Dog Night, Cat
Stevens and Rod Stewart have all had a Hit Men behind them in the studio or on the
road at one point.
Hit Men founder and manager Lee Shapiro is a producer, arranger, singer, and
musician. As Music Director for Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, he arranged and
performed on some of their biggest hits. He also collaborated with Barry Manilow, Tony
Orlando, and Tommy James and the Shondells.
Hit Men co-founder Jimmy Ryan became Carly Simon’s music director and
performed with her in the studio and on the road for twenty-one years. His guitar is
heard on works performed by Cat Stevens, Jim Croce, Rod Stewart, Paul McCartney,
Elton John and many others.
Jeff Ganz is a bassist and singer who has performed with an eclectic array of artists
including Blood Sweat & Tears, Johnny Winter, Cheap Trick, Lou Reed, Dr. John,
Vanilla Fudge and jazz greats including Gerry Mulligan, Tito Puente and Larry Coryell.
Russ Velazquez is a singer, composer and arranger who has collaborated with
everyone from Sting, The Ramones, and LL Cool J to Luther Vandross, Korn and
Paula Abdul. He has earned four Emmy Award nominations for his songs on Sesame
Street.
Steve Murphy is a drummer/singer, who has toured with The Alan Parsons Project,
Jack Bruce, Eric Burdon and the Animals, Chuck Negron (formerly of Three Dog
Night), Felix Cavaliere (The Rascals), Dave Mason, Todd Rundgren, Christopher Cross,
Mark Farner (Grand Funk Railroad), The Turtles, Mickey Dolenz, Gary Puckett, Mitch
Ryder and over a dozen more major artists from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.
Tickets to see The Hit Men in concert at The Dixie Carter Academic & Performing Arts
Center are available now. Visit The Dixie online at DixiePAC.net or call The Dixie Box
Office at 731-986-2100, M-F 10AM-4PM. The Hit Men’s performance at The Dixie is a
part of the Premier Realty Group’s Legend Series and sponsored by The Friends of
The Dixie.
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