NEIL INNES "INNES OWN WORDS"
AN EVENING OF SHORT STORIES AND TALL TALES
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band * Monty Python * The Rutles
His Regent Show Kicks Off His First Ever Solo U.S. Tour!
Wednesday October 6
Reserved Seats: $25 and $30
Read the Cover Story from a recent issue of POLLSTAR:
The Seventh Python
Updated 00:56 PDT Sun, Jun 13 2004
Monty Python collaborator, Rutles co-founder and eclectic solo artist Neil Innes will take his one-man show on the road this October for a two-week tour of North America.
Innes, who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musical comedians of the last half-century, will launch the trek October 6 in Arlington, Mass., and play shows along the East Coast and Great Lakes region through October 19.
The British musician/satirist got his start in the mid-'60s with the Bonzo Dog Band, and soon began contributing to Monty Python's many projects. He achieved widespread recognition when he and the Pythons' Eric Idle created the Rutles, a Beatles send-up.
Innes composed 20 Beatles parody tunes for "All You Need Is Cash," a 1978 film which featured John Belushi, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Mick Jagger, Paul Simon and George Harrison.
An upcoming documentary entitled "The Seventh Python" details Innes' life and work, including a series of concerts in Los Angeles performed with a band composed of fans. The film also features a Rutles reunion show and appearances by celebrity fans and collaborators including Idle, Emo Phillips and Matt Groening.
