Music Before the Money

“Listen, do you want to know a secret? Hal Bruce is the best Beatles soloist in the world! He performs The Beatles like Olivier (Sir Lawrence Olivier) performed Hamlet!”

Gary Jacob (Abbey Road on the River Festival
- the largest Beatles event in the world)

Hal Bruce made one of the most amazing transitions in music since Kenny Rogers went from the First Edition to being a country star. As the leader of the highly successful Hired Hand Band he shut the band down after years of packed houses and became a solo entertainer. And he chose to play the music of The Beatles.

The size of this leap staggers the imagination. Imagine having been on the same stage as acts like The Beach Boys, The Judds, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ricky Scaggs, Charlie Pride, Steve Wariner and Patty Loveless and, as well, having an original song on a compilation disk featuring Dolly Parton, Reba McIntyre and George Straight. That would be the career pinnacle of many a performer. Now, imagine shutting down your successful band and starting all over again as a solo performer - but not in the medium that gave you your success.

Hal Bruce started at “square 2,” as he likes to say. In fact his old country contacts were almost useless in the beginnings of his new-found path. He had to build a new audience, one show at a time in entertainment venues that paled in comparison with the country showrooms of his past. But with the help of his wife, Shelley, he has now become one of the foremost performers of Beatle songs in the world.

Here is an amazing schedule and awards given out during the last year:

1. Invited to be Music Director at the world’s largest Beatles festival, “Abbey Road On The River”, www.abbeyroadontheriver.com in Louisville, Kentucky, May 25-29, 2007.
2. Commisioned to write and record the official “jingle” for Abbey Road On The River Festival.
3. Headline concerts in Louisville, Kentucky and Cleveland, Ohio.
4. Premier the world’s first stage performance of The Beatles current album LOVE. Hal performs and is Music Director for this project.
5. Headline 40th anniversary concerts “Summer Of Love 1967″ in Louisville, Kentucky.
6. Music Director and performs LOVE album with four other bands, symphony players, and brass section in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
7. Organize/host/perform at 2nd Annual Maritime Beatle Event in Halifax Nova Scotia, along with a number of International Acts.
8. Perform at Abbey Road On The River Canada Beatles Festival in Belleville, Ontario.
9. Invited to perform at the “Australian Beatles Festival” in Adelaide; 3rd consecutive year
10. Perform for the 8th consecutive year at The International Beatle Week Festival, in Liverpool, England.
11. Perform at Beatles Day Festival in Mons, Belgium.

For all Beatle Fans everywhere, this is the Event for you. Early Bird tickets are now on sale…if you live in the HRM area, we can arrange delivery before Christmas!

For more information go to Hal’s website: http://halbruce.com