The Crash Test Dummies got started in mid-1980s Winnipeg, Manitoba as a cover band called Bad Brad Roberts and the St. James Rhythm Pigs. Since then it's been an upward trajectory all the way as the edgy baritone voice of singer and songwriter Roberts became a familiar sound in the world of folk-tinged alternative rock. The Dummies had an international hit album with 1993's "God Shuffled His Feet" and its quizzical hit single "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm." Since then the group has ranged from comic lyrics reminiscent of Shel Silverstein to pure darkness. One highlight was the album "I Don't Care That You Don't Mind," which Roberts wrote in Nova Scotia with some genuine down-east lobstermen he met in rehab after an auto crash. Tonight's show features music from the Dummies' new and as-yet-unreleased album "Ooh La La," their first since 2004. The Crash Test Dummies have family connections in southeast Michigan (Brad's in-laws live in downtown Detroit), and you'd be surprised how often that's a good predictor of a really special show.