SALT LAKE CITY (March 7, 2011) - The Salt Lake Bees announced today that the club will kick off the 2011 Triple-A All-Star Game festivities with a concert featuring Chris Isaak and Blues Traveler at Spring Mobile Ballpark on Saturday, July 9 at 7 p.m. MST. Buy tickets online today, or call 801-355-SEAT.

"We're excited to bring in such distinguished performers to be a part of our All-Star activities," said Bees general manager Marc Amicone. "Our goal all along has been to create an atmosphere worthy of an event of this magnitude and we feel this concert will do just that. This show will launch a five-day celebration of Major League Baseball's up-and-coming stars."

Throughout his impressive recording career -- right from his stunning 1985 debut to his latest stellar effort, "Mr. Lucky" - two-time Grammy-nominated recording artist, Chris Isaak, has tunefully and artfully explored the good, the bad and the ugly of love, as well as other matters of profound human interest. He has done so with an abiding respect for popular music's past, but at the same time with clear and vital passion for the here and now. Like some of Isaak's best known past compositions, such as his international breakthrough smash "Wicked Game," "Baby Did A Bad, Bad Thing" and "Somebody's Crying," the songs on "Mr. Lucky" have a deeply felt sense of the consequences of good love gone bad, and bad love gone good.

From the beginning, Chris Isaak has earned his good luck the hard way -- by consistently delivering excellent work, both onstage and in the studio on a series of accomplished albums from "Silvertone" (1985), "Chris Isaak" (1986), "Heart Shaped World" (1989), "San Francisco Day" (1993), "Forever Blue" (1995), the largely acoustic "Baja Sessions" (1996), "Speak of the Devil" (1998), "Always Got Tonight" (2002), the seasonal-themed "Christmas," the "Best of Chris Isaak" compilation (2006) and "Mr. Lucky" in 2009.

In between all those albums and tours, Isaak has also used his famously sly, self-deprecating wit and matinee idol looks to enjoy a whole second life onscreen. He has appeared in numerous films including Jonathan Demme's "Married To The Mob" (1988), David Lynch's "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me" (1988), Bernado Bertolucci's "Little Buddha" (1993), Jonathan Demme's Academy Award-winning "Silence of the Lambs" (1991), Tom Hanks' rock & roll movie "That Thing You Do!" (1996) and John Waters' "A Dirty Shame" (2004). In addition to high profile guest parts on a special Super Bowl episode of Friends and the Emmy-winning HBO miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon," Isaak starred in his own acclaimed Showtime musical comedy series "The Chris Isaak Show" from 2001-2004 -- an inspired vehicle that expertly showcased many of his considerable talents as a comedian and musician.

It's not every band that's still staking out new musical territory and embracing fresh challenges more than 23 years into their career, but that's the case with Blues Traveler. Having long ago graduated from the jam-band underground to mainstream stardom, the iconoclastic combo has consistently stuck to its guns and played by its own rules.

For their new release "North Hollywood Shootout," the quintet ventured out of their creative comfort zone to explore some adventurous new horizons. The resulting album is a landmark in Blues Traveler's large and widely loved body of work, demonstrating the enduring strengths of the band's songwriting while capturing the spontaneous spirit of their legendary live shows.

The aforementioned body of work encompasses eight studio albums and four live discs, six of them certified Gold or Platinum, with combined worldwide sales of more than 10 million units. The band's best-known single, "Run-Around," was the longest-charting radio single in Billboard history. Along the way, the band has played more than 2,000 live shows in front of more than three million people.

Tickets go on sale Friday, March 11 at 10 a.m. MST and can be purchased at the Spring Mobile Ballpark box office, all SmithsTix locations, online at smithstix.com or by calling 801-355-SEAT. Tickets are priced at $59.50, $39.50 and $25 (plus fees).

Salt Lake Bees season tickets are also on sale now, starting as low as $8 a game.

Purchase today to guarantee your seats for the 2011 Triple-A All-Star Game and Home Run Derby by calling (801) 325-BASE