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Premiered August, 2003

Reverb-rock crooner Chris Isaak serenades audiences with his suave singing, devilish lyrics, and superlative stage presence. The singer/ songwriter and California native is backed by Silvertone, the rockabilly band he formed shortly after finishing college. Roots-rocking Isaak and Silvertone create their signature mood of romantic restlessness and tight musical continuity. Isaak, who began his career as a child singing country ballads to his mother, still knows how to turn on the charm. He pulls audiences in and continually elevates the evening's energy with melodic grooves, idiosyncratic guitar riffs and unadulterated, melancholy lyricism about heartache, seduction and lustful abandon.

Critically acclaimed Latin rocker Raul Malo joins Isaak for a set that changes the tempo, but maintains the intensity of a rich, danceable beat. Malo, the former lead singer of The Mavericks, has, like Isaak, been bombarded throughout his career by comparisons to rock legend Roy Orbison. In an interview, Isaak, a longtime fan of Malo's said, "Raul Malo is a great singer…Not many people these days have been graded on how pretty they sing. There hasn't been a Dean Martin or an Elvis in a long time."

In an evening that celebrates flawless falsettos and woven lyricism, Isaak proves that even after two decades, he is still the quintessential romantic.