Bronson Arroyo Band with special guest Abbie Barrett

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Hours:	Hours Vary see below
Ages:	Infants, Toddlers, Kids, Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	$ see below
Category:	Music & Concerts

Bronson Arroyo pitched for 17 seasons in the major leagues.

Over the course of his career, he racked up 148 regular-season victories, earned a World Series ring with the 2004 Boston Red Sox, and secured himself a place in the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame.

But a baseball wasn’t the only thing Arroyo was gripping during his time as a professional ballplayer.

Whenever he had a spare moment off the field, you could usually find him playing guitar.

“Someone gave me my first acoustic guitar when I was in the minors,” he recalls.

“Even though I come from a musical family, playing music had never been my thing.

But as soon as I strummed it a little bit, it was purely addicting.

The guitar just grabbed me in a way that nothing else in life had ever grabbed me, other than trying to compete on a baseball field.”

For the better part of the last two decades, Arroyo has regularly performed around the country, usually playing sets of cover songs to raise funds for philanthropic causes like The Foundation to Be Named Later and United Sound.

In 2005, he released Covering the Bases, a well-received album featuring his renditions of classic 90s anthems by the likes of Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters and Stone Temple Pilots.

And now, five years after his retirement from baseball, Arroyo shares his own music with the world for the first time.

Abbie Barrett - Boston Music Award–winning songwriter Abbie Barrett plays regularly in the New England area with her band, opening for such acts as the B-52s, Juliana Hatfield, Will Dailey, and Rhett Miller.

The band features Mike Oram (guitar), Ed Valauskas (bass, production), and Rice Edmonston (drums and vocals).

HOURS

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Doors: 6pm
Showtime: 7pm

COST

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$30 Advanced | $40 Day of Show

WEBSITE

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24hourconcerts.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=989

LOCATION

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247 Elm Street, Somerville, MA, 02144 map
Phone: 6177766896