Robbie Fulks "Then Now Then" (Night 2 of 2)

Name: Robbie Fulks "Then Now Then" (Night 2 of 2)
Start: 2026-05-09T20:30:00-05:00
Location: FitzGerald’s

Schedule

Sat, 09 May, 2026 at 08:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

FitzGerald’s | Berwyn, IL

$ 35.00 - $160.00 / Age 21 And Up
Additional Info:
FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB PRESENTS:Robbie Fulks "ThenNow Then" (Night 2 of 2)$35 General Admission SEAT / Reserved Tables AvailableROBBIE FULKS and BAND WILL PERFORM SELECTIONS FROM HIS MOST RECENT RECORD "NOW THEN", AS WELL AS FAVORITES FROM HIS FIRST RECORD "COUNTRY LOVE SONGS" IN CELEBRATION OF ITS' 30th ANNIVERSARY!"It's time to make a change," Robbie Fulks declares at the start of Now Then, his second album on Nashville's Compass Records. This statement is familiar to anyone who follows this critically acclaimed and GRAMMY-nominated singer-songwriter's career. Since emerging in the 1990s as a pioneer of today's Americana movement, Fulks has consistently explored different sounds, genres, and themes across 16 albums, performing on stages from the Grand Ole Opryand Late Night with Conan O'Briento the Hollywood Bowl and Jimmy Kimmel Livewith Steve Martin, Alison Brown, and Tim O'Brien.That restless spirit lies at the heart of Now Then. Like a well-stocked jukebox in your favorite bar, the 12 songs on Now Then range from folk to power pop, jazz to old-time country. But the perspective threaded through each one comes from the realization that the time behind you spans a greater distance than what lies ahead."It's from an older person's outlook, and mostly true," Fulks says. "The tone is about 70 percent reflective, 20 percent amused, and 10 percent angry."Indeed, the album opener "Workin' No More Blues" quietly resists a world that demands greater conformity by the day: "Now I'm weary of those around me/And I know for sure they're sick of me/They say I won't do as I'm told/They say I've lost the thread/I'm too old." The aged narrator of "Savannah is a Devilish Girl" -a dance between banjo and fiddle -dreams of disappearing into rural life. Love appears in the song "The Thirty-Year Marriage" as something more potent than romance. The narrator and his wife smile at young couples who don't yet realize what only years reveal: "We didn't fall out of love/We fell into rhythm."A constant across Now is the novelist's eye for lyrical detail. Peeling back these story songs often uncovers harsh truths, as in "Your Tormentors," where the music's late-night setting hides family secrets. In "That was Juarez, This is Alpine," a narrator describes a cross-border journey into a troubled landscape of political division and historical injustice, with the music providing an epic sweep. And "Ocean City" tells a coming-of-age story set in summer 1974, narrated by a young boy. Adults drink and play gin rummy, and the boardwalk holds lifelong desires. "The girl downstairs/Has wavy yellow hair/That I'll be seeing a long time in dreams," Fulks sings.Grab dinner before the show at BABYGOLD BARBECUE***PARKING***There is rather limited street parking in the area, we recommend arriving by rideshare, bicycle, or rickshaw.***AGE RESTRICTIONS***21+, minors admitted with guardian
Tickets:
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