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“We argue sometimes, but we never argue about Big Bill Broonzy,” says Dave Alvin when explaining why he and brother Phil Alvin, who hadn’t made an album together in almost 30 years, were inspired to record “Common Ground”. The Alvin brothers, who founded seminal early LA punk roots band The Blasters in 1979, have shared a fascination with Broonzy since childhood. After an illness nearly took Phil’s life in 2012, they resolved to return to the studio and pay tribute to the blues legend. “Common Ground” includes 12 songs that capture a 30-year cross section of Broonzy’s material, performed by the Alvins in their signature style of rollicking roots and stomping country blues. Please join Dave, Phil and their cooking band for a night of good friends, great beer and a one of a kind musical gathering that was 30 years in the making.