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. They had an international hit album with 1993's "God Shuffled His Feet" and its quizzical hit single "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm." Tonight's show features music from the Dummies' new album "Oooh-La -La," their first since 2004. The album was largely composed on a toy organ called the Optigan, manufactured by Mattel in the 1970s. Somewhat like an accordion, it has buttons on the left side that trigger chords and piano keys on the right that trigger single notes. The instrument can produce different arrays of sounds with names like “Nashville,” “Swing It!” and “Guitar Boogie,” a process eerily similar to the digital sampling that is so common today, but the antiquated analog system produces quite a different effect. "Because we wrote using these discs, we were inspired to do things that we wouldn’t have done,” says Brad Roberts, whose majestic baritone voice is beautifully highlighted by this production. 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.