Ravinia 2026 Issue 5

MORRIS DAYAND THE TIME Born in Minneapolis, Morris Day had a air for fashion. Inspired by photographs of his grand- pa in zoot suits, a true fashionista was formed. Day went to school with Prince Rogers Nelson and sang in Prince’s rst band, Grand Central. Prince grew as an artist and so did the oppor- tunity around him. e Time was originally created as Prince’s alter-ego to be seen as the cool, street-wise funk band contrasting Prince’s more soulful R&B sound. A er looking at sev- eral lead vocalists, Prince booked in his high school friend—the funky, fabulous Morris Day. Soon, Morris Day and e Time were cast in Purple Rain , which captured the exploding Minneapolis music scene at its peak. Day burst onto the public scene with the group’s self-titled album, e Time , which included “Get It Up,” “Cool,” and “Girl.” A er the world was introduced to the proli c Minneapolis mu- sic marvel, the group went on to record two more albums: ’s What Time Is It? (featuring the hits “ - ,” “Wild and Loose,” “Walk,” and “Gigolos Get Lonely Too”) and ’s Ice Cream Castle (which included the hit “Jungle Love”). Following those Billboard R&B chart top- ve hit albums, Day launched his solo ca- reer, releasing ve albums to date. e Color of Success ( ) and Daydreaming ( ) both made the R&B chart’s top —powered by the singles “ e Oak Tree” and “Fishnet,” respec- tively—then the group reunited with Prince to appear in his sequel lm, ’s Gra ti Bridge , and its tie-in album Pandemonium , which also made the top . Day returned to his solo path to release ’s Guaranteed and ’s It’s About Time , then e Time reconvened as e Original ven to cut Condensate in . Day has continued to make music with industry legends since then, including “Used To Be e Playa (feat. Snoop Dogg),” “Too Much Girl Me (feat. Billy Gibbons),” and “Grown Man (feat. Big Daddy Kane)” on his most recent album, ’s Last Call . at same year, Day was the recipient of the BET Soul Train Legend Award. Morris Day and e Time are making their Ravinia debut. HUNTERPAVILION 7:30 PM FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 , 2026 ALABAMA with special guest TITUS THORNTON † Titus ornton – – Alabama † Ravinia debut ALABAMA It’s been over years since a trio of young cousins le Fort Payne, AL, to spend the sum- mer playing in a Myrtle Beach, SC, bar called e Bowery. It took Randy Owen, Teddy Gen- try, and Je Cook six long years of tip jars and word of mouth to earn the major label deal they’d been dreaming of, but then seemingly no time at all to change the face of country music. Alabama is the band that changed everything. ey reeled o straight number-one singles, a record that will probably never be equaled in any genre. ey brought youthful energy and a rocking edge that broadened country’s au- dience and opened the door to self-contained bands from then on, and they undertook a jour- ney that led, million albums later, to the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. “My Home’s in Alabama” is the single that started it all in —li ed o their fourth studio album, which bore the same name—climbing into the top on Billboard’ s country chart. eir next single o that album, “Tennessee River,” begat the string of number-ones through the end of the de- cade, including such Platinum-certi ed tracks as ’s “Mountain Music,” ’s “Dixieland Delight,” ’s “If You’re Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band),” and ’s “Song of the South,” and later, ’s “I’m in a Hurry (And Don’t Know Why).” e fact that some of the heirs of that legacy—Eli Young Band, Rascal Flatts, and Florida Georgia Line—were among the stars paying tribute on ’s Alabama & Friends is part of Alabama’s legacy as surely as the awards and plaudits they’ve earned through the years: more than major industry nods (and counting) have rolled in, including two Grammys from nominations, Entertainer of the Year awards three times from the CMA and ve times from the ACM, as well as the latter’s Artist of the Decade and Career Achieve- ment awards, and being named the RIAA’s Country Group of the Century. Since their last full-length album, ’s Southern Drawl , Alabama has kept active with collaborative singles, most recently “Still Reelin’ (From ose Rock & Roll Days)” with Dan Seals. Alabama is making their rst return to Ravinia since their festival debut in . RAVINIA.ORG • RAVINIAMAGAZINE 71