Sunday | April 3, 2011 |  7:30 p.m.

Adults $78, $68, $58, $48, $48 | Youth - 20% | UNI Students - 50%

Johnny holds many records and has set many precedents in the music industry. In 1958, two years after being signed by Columbia Records, Johnny’s Greatest Hits was released. It began a “Greatest Hits” tradition copied by every record company since then. Johnny’s Greatest Hits went on to become one of the most popular albums of all time and spent an unprecedented 490 continuous weeks on the BILLBOARD Top Albums Chart. Johnny has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame two times. In 1998, he made the famous Hall's list with "Chances Are" and in 2002 he made the list again with "Misty". Most impressive of all is his 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award by the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. 2010 is a special year for Johnny as it marks his first foray into classic country music.

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With Special Guest Gary Mule Deer

Gary Mule Deer’s unique comedy and music have set him apart as one-of-a-kind. He has performed on every major concert stage in the country and made over 350 television appearances, including many on both The Tonight Show and The Late Show With David Letterman. He was one of six comedians, along with Jay Leno, to star on the very first HBO Comedy Special and appeared on a series of Steve Martin specials. Gary was the Comedy Host of Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert for four years on NBC, a cast member of Hee Haw for two years, and a series regular on Make Me Laugh. He is currently featured on the DVDs “Jeff Foxworthy’s Comedy Classics” and “The World’s Greatest Stand-up Comedy Collection”.

For over four decades, Gary has entertained regularly in Las Vegas, Reno, Lake Tahoe, Atlantic City and casino/resorts across the U.S. He has shared the stage with everyone from Roy Orbison, Ray Charles, Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson, to Johnny Mathis, Vince Gill, and the Zac Brown Band. In October of 2010 he toured as special guest with Vince Gill. Gary appears often on the Grand Ole Opry, and in 2009 he performed at Carnegie Hall. He has been part of the Johnny Mathis show as Special Guest since 1994, everywhere from the Hollywood Bowl to Royal Albert Hall in London. CT PBS recently filmed Gary’s show at the historic Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, MA as part of an on–the–road with Gary Mule Deer project, in conjunction with Westfield State University, for a special to be aired in 2011.

An avid golfer, Mule Deer has performed for major tournaments including The AT&T Pebble Beach, Phoenix Open, Kraft Nabisco Championship, Arnold Palmer’s Champions for Children, The Frank Sinatra and Johnny Miller’s Champions Challenge. For the past three years, he has been the featured entertainment for both the National Pro Baseball Scouts awards gala and the Minor League Baseball Association.
 
Bob Goen of Entertainment Tonight said of Gary Mule Deer, “This guy has got to be the funniest man on the planet.” In addition to his iconic comedy, he is a talented singer and musician, and has been performing the music of Johnny Cash in his show for over forty years, his interpretation of Cash’s music considered by his peers to be one of the best. He has a music CD with his Duck and Cover Band, including some of Nashville’s finest musicians: Steve Wariner, Danny Parks, Dan Tyminski, Willie Weeks, Eddie Bayers,

Greg Morrow, David Hungate, Larry Paxton, John Hobbs and Randy Hart. His two comedy and music CDs, recorded live, are among the most played on the Clean Comedy Channels of Sirius/XM Satellite Radio.

Will Ferrell was asked by Dan Patrick, for ESPN Magazine…“It’s the seventh game, ninth inning of the World Series of Comedy.You have to pick a comedian to be out on the mound. Will’s answer was Gary Mule Deer. Visit www.garymuledeer.com

On Gary’s 1/10/09 Carnegie Hall Performance:
“Comedian Gary Mule Deer- brilliant and looking like a cross between The Sopranos’ Paulie Walnuts and Johnny Cash (whom he channels flawlessly). An amazingly funny man with the gift of perfect timing, Gary Mule Deer is a comedian’s comedian and, no doubt, a master of his craft.”
…..Marilyn “Mandy” Johnson, British Press

“This guy has got to be the funniest man on the planet.”
….Bob Goen, Entertainment Tonight

“You’re the greatest, the funniest…..always were.”
…..Steve Martin

“Mule Deer was brilliant, every punchline a home run.”
….Joe Delaney, Las Vegas Sun