Don’t Call Me Betty performing a free concert Saturday

BLOOMINGTON – Don’t Call Me Betty, a Bloomington-based band whose repertoire covers more than four decades of rock ‘n’ roll tunes will perform a free outdoor concert from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 1 at Prebys Amphitheater on the IU Bloomington campus.

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Don’t Call Me Betty will perform May 1 at Prebys Amphitheater. From left are band members Chris Young, Dan Melamed, Tim King, Jody Brinegar and Scott Witzke at an outdoor performance in October 2020. Photo courtesy of Scott Witzke

Band members are IU School of Education director of marketing and communications Scott Witzke on guitar; IU Jacobs School of Music musicology professor Dan Melamed on bass; Jacobs School organ professor Chris Young on keyboards; Bloomington optometrist and IU alumnus Jody Brinegar on drums; and Ivy Tech professor Tim King, lead singer.

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From left are band members Chris Young, Jody Brinegar, Tim King, Scott Witzke and Dan Melamed in 2012, a couple of years after Don’t Call Me Betty got together. Photo courtesy of Scott Witzke

Don’t Call Me Betty focus on new wave music of the 1970s and ’80s — or, as Witzke describes it, “the music that was played on MTV back when they played music videos.” But recently, they’ve also started adding more songs from the ’90s and 2000s.

Band members are IU School of Education director of marketing and communications Scott Witzke on guitar; IU Jacobs School of Music musicology professor Dan Melamed on bass; Jacobs School organ professor Chris Young on keyboards; Bloomington optometrist and IU alumnus Jody Brinegar on drums; and Ivy Tech professor Tim King, lead singer.

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