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Mad Dogs & Englishmen: A Tribute to Joe Cocker

  • Raue Center 26 North Williams Street Crystal Lake, IL, 60014 United States (map)

An all-star 10-piece band pays tribute to the historic 1970 The MadDogs & Englishmen concert with Joe Cocker and Leon Russell at the famed Filmore East. Known as the “Church of Rock ‘n’ Roll,’ New York’s Fillmore East theater opened its doors on March 8, 1968. For the next three years, the 3,600-seat theater built in 1926 would host the cream of rock royalty: Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, the Doors…and of course, Joe Cocker.

Joe Cocker was one of the greatest interpreters of songs of his generation of vocalists. Not a single Rock, Blues, Pop, or Soul song was written that he couldn’t make his own.

His genre-busting career spanned over five decades from Rock and Soul to Ballads and Contemporary Classics. This show chronicles Joe’s breakout performances at Woodstock, The Mad Dogs, and Englishmen Tour with the legendary Leon Russell, to his diverse career as a solo artist, featuring all of his most famous and well-known music. 

Cat Food Records and recording artist Derrick Procell sings the hits of Joe Cocker with the same raw power and grit that made Joe Cocker such a diverse artist. 

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