Men At Work in Reading

Men At Work are an Australian band formed in Melbourne, known for new wave and pop rock shaped by reggae rhythms. Led by singer and guitarist Colin Hay, they found their signature sound on the albums Business as Usual and Cargo, which produced “Down Under,” “Who Can It Be Now?” and “Overkill.” The band toured internationally after Business as Usual, performing at the US Festival in California in 1983 and at the first Rock in Rio in 1985. Colin Hay and multi-instrumentalist Greg Ham reunited under the Men At Work name for South American concerts in 1996, later documented on the live album Brazil.

Jeffrey Gaines is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, whose music draws on folk rock, alternative rock and pop. His 1992 self-titled debut introduced “Hero in Me,” and his catalog also includes Somewhat Slightly Dazed, Galore and Toward the Sun. The concert album Jeffrey Gaines Live captures his established solo format, centered on vocals and acoustic guitar. Its repertoire connects his own songs to the performance most closely associated with his concerts, his interpretation of Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes.”