Rob Drabkin Brings GRACELAND to Boulder Theater, 6/30

Z2 Entertainment presents Rob Drabkin with The Yawpers at the Boulder Theater Saturday, June 30th, 2012. Doors open at 8:30 pm., and the show starts at 9 p.m. Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, May 18th, 2012 at 10:00 am for $12.00 in advance and $14.00 day of show.

Rob Drabkin will be performing Paul Simon’s ‘Graceland’ in its entirety, promoting his live album release and playing originals.

Rob Drabkin is a native of Denver, CO. His Mom had him take piano lessons at 5. That only lasted for a few months. At 11, Rob got lucky and scored an electric guitar from his parents. He and his older sister would sneak Metallica and Guns N’ Roses cassettes into the house. They loved listening to this “forbidden” music and Rob learned all of the guitar parts on both cassettes note for note. Soon after, Rob found himself playing Rhythm Guitar in Jazz Band in middle school. Learning a tune like “Giant Steps” by John Coltrane was a lot different than playing Heavy Metal anthems “Welcome to The Jungle” and “Enter Sandman.” Rob loved what he was hearing though and stuck with it. Now he says, “I started to really love Jazz and especially playing with a horn section.”

Rob has achieved some big wins in his career so far. He was voted Colorado's Best Singer/Songwriter by Westword Magazine 2008- 2010. He gathered enough votes to earn his turn on stage at The Mile High Music Festival with artists like The Fray, Widespread Panic, Tool, and Ben Harper. He's done national tours with Trevor Hall, Tea Leaf Green, Carbon Leaf and Davy Knowles/Back Door Slam.

Rob also got a huge kick playing at Film on Red Rocks at the legendary Red Rocks amphitheater. He laughs, "Not a lot of people get to play their own music at Red Rocks Amphitheatre and we got to play to a sold out crowd before they showed The Big Lebowski which was nothing short of a dream come true. It was really cool because I grew up in Colorado and got to see so many of my favorite musicians play there." "I'm having a great time making music and I just want to inspire others to go after what will truly make them happy. Maybe that's why I keep my hair a bit crazy. I just want to be expressive and keep creating music."