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American songwriter, video pioneer, producer, recording artist, computer software developer, conceptualist, interactive artist, and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Todd Rundgren, returns to Ridgefield for his 11th performance.The Philadelphia native began his professional career in the mid-1960s, when forming the psychedelic band Nazz – the quintessential ‘60’s psychedelic group. In 1969, he left the band to pursue a solo career, recording his debut offering, the legendary Runt. But it was 1972’s seminal Something/Anything?, on which he played all the instruments, sang all the vocal parts, and acted as his own producer, that catapulted Rundgren into the superstar limelight, prompting the press to unanimously dub him ‘Rock’s New Wunderkind’.
Rundgren’s best-known songs include “Hello It’s Me” and “I Saw the Light” from Something/Anything?. His 1978 “Can We Still Be Friends” and 1983 “Bang the Drum All Day”, are featured in many sports arenas, commercials, and movie trailers.
Rundgren’s myriad production projects include albums by Patti Smith, Cheap Trick, Meat Loaf, Grand Funk Railroad, Hall And Oates, and more. Additionally, Rundgren composed all the music and lyrics for Joe Papp’s 1989 Off-Broadway production of Joe Orton’s Up Against It. He also composed the music for the hit film Dumb and Dumber, as well as a number of television series, including Pee Wee’s Playhouse and Crime Story.
Rundgren is considered a pioneer in the fields of electronic music, progressive rock, music videos, computer software, and Internet music delivery. In 1998 Todd debuted his new PatroNet technology which for the first time allowed fans of a musical artist to subscribe directly to the artist’s musical output via the Internet.
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80 E Ridge Rd, Ridgefield, CT, United States, Connecticut 06877
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