ASHWAUBENON, Wis. (WBAY) - Academy Award winner Billy Bob Thornton said, “I actually grew up in music, and movies were kind of an accidental thing that happened to me.”

This week, Thornton brings his classic rock & roll band, Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters, to the Ashwaubenon Performing Arts Center.

The show is Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $57, $68.75, and $80.50 from the Ashwaubenon PAC website or by calling TicketStar, 1-800-895-0071.

It’s the band’s only stop in Wisconsin on their two-month tour from Myrtle Beach to Los Angeles.

They’re promoting their 19th release, “Pepper Tree Hill,” which they say was influenced by the sounds of Abbey Road and the Beatles, The Kinks, Badfinger and other bands of the British Invasion.

They say the 60s-inspired songs --

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