
With friends like Elton John, Stevie Wonder and Dionne Warwick, of COURSE Gladys Knight won the Grammy in 1987 for That's What Friends are For. There's also a vintage car show at 3 p.m., but you need a ticket to enter, daddio.ĭetails: Friday 8 p.m. This year's headliners: Lee Rocker, the upright bassist from the Stray Cats, who promises to slap out Setzerless versions of Stray Cat Strut and Rock This Town and western swing revivalists Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys. Ladies, stick a rose in your hair, and fellas, douse that ducktail in pomade, because it's time for WMNF's ninth annual salute to the music of Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis. Skipper's Smokehouse, 910 Skipper Road, Tampa. With Lee Rocker, Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys, Amy LaVere, Rocket 88, Twisty Chris and the Puddin' Packs, Ted Stevens Band, Hot Rod Hornets, Rockabilly Chicks, Morgan Bernardĭetails: Saturday 4 p.m. Saturday, but don't sleep on the rest of the lineup - Beverly McClellan, who reached the final four on Season 1 of The Voice, performs at 4:30 p.m. The 75-year-old guitar legend remains one of the funniest, bawdiest showmen on the international blues circuit, delighting in forcing his ax to yelp, howl, squelch and squeal like a stuck hog.
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Ī free concert by the world's foremost Chicago bluesman, Buddy Guy? That'll get us up to Clearwater in a hurry. Free general admission reserved seating is $25-$30 for one day, $40-$45 both days. With Buddy Guy, Curtis Salgado, Rich DelGrosso/Del Toro Richardson Band and more (Saturday) Janiva Magness, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Beverly McClellan and more (Sunday)ĭetails: Gates open at noon Saturday, 1 p.m.

For now, a cult following will have to do. The way she stomped, strutted and sang lovely songs like the plaintive Follow, you just know she'd have been a superstar in 1995. When the 30-year-old Seattle singer-songwriter played an acoustic set at last fall's Orlando Calling festival, her voice was textured and mesmerizing, yet as versatile as Muse's Matt Bellamy. (727) 791-7400.īrandi Carlile's fans turn out in force wherever she goes - this gig, featuring Carlile as part of an acoustic trio, sold out weeks ago. Capitol Theatre, 405 Cleveland St., Clearwater.
