MOODY BLUES TO BE AT SHOW ME CENTER MARCH 2

The mixing of two musical genres has been tried before.

The Beatles did it when they recorded "Sgt. Pepper" in 1967. Procol Harum, Tom Cochrane and others have followed suit.

But would the combination still work in the 1990s? The Moody Blues appear to have answered that question with harmonic eloquence.

When the Moodies mesh progressive rock with symphonic pop, a unique signature is applied to an evening not easily forgotten.

The Show Me Center will offer just such an evening with The Moody Blues March 2 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets, which are $35.50 and $28, go on sale Saturday and will be available at the Show Me Center box office as well as Schnucks, Disc Jockey Records and the Southeast Missouri State information desk.

Tickets will also be available in Carbondale's Disc Jockey Records, in the Paducah, Ky., Disc Jockey Records, and Capital Banks in Poplar Bluff, Sikeston and Perryville.

Accompanying the Moody Blues will be the Paducah Symphony, which includes 55 members.

The Moody Blues started in Birmingham, England in 1964 and have grown in popularity for over three decades.

The album "Days of Future Passed," which was recorded with an orchestra, was produced in 1967 and paved the way for 20 more albums.

The group has produced a myriad of hits including "Go Now!", "Nights in White Satin" and "Your Wildest Dreams."

Some of the group's most popular albums are "On The Threshold Of A Dream," "A Question Of Balance," "Every Good Boy Deserves A Favor," "Seventh Sojourn," "Blue Jays" and "Long Distance Voyager."

Moodies Justin Hayward, John Lodge, Ray Thomas and Graeme Edge will join two additional keyboard players and an extra drummer and 55 members of the Paducah Symphony to bring together the best of both worlds of music.

Wrote Peter Howell of the Toronto Star : "Too bad the show was only a one-nighter. This is the kind of event that should run for a week, allowing more people a chance to see it, and more time for both the rock band and the orchestra to really get to know each other."