Watkins Family Hour with special guest Margaret Glaspy
Watkins Family Hourwith Special Guest: Margaret Glaspy Watkins Family Hour is a collaborative musical project founded by musicians and siblings Sara Watkins and Sean Watkins and traditionally held at beloved Los Angeles club Largo. Since the first Watkins Family Hour show in 2002, the duo has released three studio albums, debuting with their self-titled album in 2015, following with Brother Sister in 2020 and, most recently, releasing Vol. II in August 2022. Sean and Sara recorded Vol. II at Los Angeles’s East West Studios in early 2022 alongside a stacked roster of longtime and new Family Hour collaborators, including Fiona Apple, Jackson Browne, Madison Cunningham, Lucius, Jon Brion and more. As with their debut, the band will tour in support of Vol. II, bringing the Watkins Family Hour experiences to stages far and wide. As both Sean and Sara continue to work on their own solo music, as well as with their other bands like Nickel Creek and I’m With Her, Watkins Family Hour remains an invaluable resource and respite for them both, offering a familiar but ever-evolving space to test new ideas, meet new collaborators and, most importantly, have a good time doing what they love. On Margaret Glaspy’s long-awaited second album, Devotion, this highly acclaimed young artist reaffirms her status as one of the most sharp-eyed singer-songwriters of her generation while managing to audaciously reinvent her sound. She fearlessly defies expectations — and the results are exhilarating.Coming home after nearly three years on the road in support of her 2016 debut album Emotions and Math and the 2018 follow-up EP Born Yesterday, Glaspy was eager to challenge herself as an artist and start to make a new album with a clean aesthetic slate. Her bold experimentation has paid off, with tunes that are her most melodically confident, rhythmically compelling, and often incredibly romantic. The arrangements are unexpectedly lush at times, especially on the torchy “Heartbreak,” and often boast an impressive groove, on such tracks as “You’ve Got My Number” and the title song, “Devotion.” Glaspy announces her radical approach at the very start of Devotion, where digitally altered voices serve as the prelude to “Killing What Keeps Us Alive,” and she fills the album with surprising sonic touches, right up to the haunting electronics-and-voice soundscape of album closer “Consequence.”Glaspy toured throughout the USA, Canada, Europe, China and Australia behind Emotions & Math, including dates with Wilco and The Lumineers among others – she also appeared on NPR’s Tiny Desk, CBS Saturday Morning and CONAN. Finding herself in her Brooklyn apartment after all of her travels, Glaspy admits, “It was such a shift for me that I didn’t know what to do with myself when I closed that chapter. I was feeling pretty shy. I like to be alone and I had constantly been around people for two or three years straight. I took a long breath, reorienting myself, trying to find my in to get inspired and to get excited about making records again.”
JONAH KOSLEN * TOMMY DOBECK * DANIEL PECCHIO – Songs & Stories From The First Three MSB Albums
JONAH KOSLEN * TOMMY DOBECK * DANIEL PECCHIO Jonah Koslen, Tommy Dobeck, and Daniel Pecchio have been making music together since they met as founding members of the Michael Stanley Band. Each has made their mark, coming from the talent-rich Northeast Ohio, both nationally and internationally. Their musical careers crisscross through the decades as longtime friends and fellow bandmates. They have often contributed to each other’s music endeavors, never failing to please their longtime fans. For the first time ever, they are joining together to share songs and stories from those iconic first three MSB albums!JONAH KOSLENBeachwood native and current California resident Jonah Koslen has been active in the national music scene as a composer, a producer, and a performer, since 1973. As the original member of The Michael Stanley Band, Jonah wrote and recorded some of MSB”s most loved songs, “Waste a Little Time On Me”, “Strike Up The Band”, “Nothing’s Gonna Change My Mind” and “Ladies Choice”. Jonah contributed lead guitar, lead and background vocals, and arrangements to the first three MSB albums, “You Break It…You Bought It”, “Ladies Choice”, “Stagepass”, and numerous compilations.After MSB Jonah formed Breathless, and its two nationally released albums included the classic tracks “Takin’ It Back” and “Walk Right In”. In the 1980s, Jonah formed Jonah Koslen and the Heroes, recording two albums, “Aces” and “Orange”. In the early 90s, Jonah reunited with Michael Stanley to help write and produce the Ghost Poets CD. Jonah has been regularly appearing live for over 50 years and has been a featured headliner in all of the recent Michael Stanley Celebration shows, paying homage to his lifelong friend. Jonah’s recordings with MSB, Breathless, solo works and compilations are available at JonahKoslenMerch.com.TOMMY DOBECKA lifelong Cleveland area resident, Tommy Dobeck’s signature drumming style has been prominent in the Northeast Ohio music scene for over 6 decades, beginning in 1972 with the very popular local band Circus and its regional hit “Stop, Wait, And Listen”, which was released nationally on Metromedia Records. Having the unique distinction of being Michael Stanley’s primary studio and concert drummer since 1974, DANIEL PECCHIODaniel Pecchio has been creating and playing music for seven decades. Born in Youngstown Ohio, Daniel’s big break came with Glass Harp in 1969. The trio recorded their first three albums for Decca records, releasing four more albums including, Live at Carnegie Hall, throughout the following decades.In 1974, Daniel joined Jonah Koslen and Michael Stanley as founding members of the Michael Stanley Band, recording the band’s first four albums. Daniel took a detour in 1980, leaving MSB to become a race car driver and later, race car constructor until returning to the music scene in the mid 1980’s.Daniel has lived in Chagrin Falls for the past 47 years and plans on moving to Nashville, where he will join his son Ted, a Grammy nominated musician, and his family.Daniel plans to continue making music into his eighth decade and beyond, including working with his mates in Glass Harp and MSB.
Steve Kimock & Friends
Steve Kimock Steve Kimock is regarded as one of the great guitar improvisers of his generation inspiring music fans with his signature sound voiced through electric, acoustic, lap and pedal steel guitars for over four decades. His ability to articulate crystal-clear tone, melody and emotion into intricately woven music crafted with technical brilliance is matchless, and his unparalleled ability to embrace and capture his audiences musically is the stuff of legend. A pioneer of the ‘jam band’ scene and the West Coast sound, no one niche has ever confined him. Instead, through the years, he’s explored various sounds and styles based on what’s moved him at the time, whether it’s blues or jazz; funk or folk; psychedelic or boogie; gypsy or prog-rock; traditional American or world fusion. With a reputation as a blazing psychedelic guitarist versatile enough to touch almost all aspects of American music, Kimock continues to evolve creatively and elevate audiences worldwide. After more than 40 years on stage, Kimock is more committed than ever to the spirit of musical diversity and diving deep into his Rock roots. Many classic tunes and tones of his youth that forged his sound and his attitude as a musician will be unearthed with the same spirit that has fed his desire to pursue an authentic relationship with the guitar since the day he realized his calling. Dubbed “The Guitar Monk” by Relix magazine, Kimock is driven by the knowledge that there is always more to discover – that and the fact that he loves guitar too much to do anything else. Like all of us, he’s sick of this pandemic and plans to return to the stage with guns blazing. If you’re a fan of Steve Kimock, you won’t want to miss this side of the artist with his foot on the gas.
Jon McLaughlin – indiana anniversary tour with Kris Allen
Jon McLaughlin Everything in Jon McLaughlin’s life makes its way into his music, whether he’s conscious of it or not. The artist, raised in Indiana and based in Nashville, brings all of his experiences and beliefs into each song he creates. Jon has released six full-length albums since his 2007 debut, Indiana, on Island Def Jam, revealing a true evolution in both his piano playing and singing. As with everything he does, Jon’s goal is to create connections. He wants to translate his experiences and ideas into music that reaches fans everywhere. His passion for music and playing is evident in each note he plays.Kris AllenOn New Year’s Day in 2013, Kris Allen and his then-pregnant wife Katy were in ahead-on collision that left the singer/songwriter/guitarist with a career-threatening shattered wrist. In the two years that followed, he underwent three surgeries, re-learned how to play guitar (despite regaining just 30 percent movement in the damaged wrist), recorded his third album, and toured relentlessly – including a two-month-long stint that started just one week after his accident. The American Idol season 8 winner ultimately retreated from the whirlwind and immersed himself in a songwriting spell that yielded more than 70 new tracks. Culled from the collection ofsongs, Allen’s fourth full-length album Letting You In finds the Nashville-based artist delivering his most intimate and dynamic work to date.The follow-up to 2014’s Horizons, Letting You In builds off the soulful musicality Allen first showcased with his platinum-selling 2009 single “Live Like We’re Dying,” But with its sophisticated songcraft and vulnerable lyrics, Letting You In reaches a new depth of feeling that infuses each track with undeniable emotional power.“Looking back, I think I tired to put off dealing with my feelings around the accident for as long as I could,” says Allen. “But in the past year I’ve realized how much it allaffected me, and that definitely came out in the writing of this album. Along with rebuilding his guitar skills, Allen revamped his approach to songwritingand soon saw a resurgence in his creativity. “When I’ve made albums in the past, there’ve always been other artists and songwriters that I was using as reference points,” says Allen,earliest inspirations. “But this time I shut myself off from all that, and just focused on making music that was completely true to me.”
An Evening with Al Di Meola
Al Di Meola – A bonafide living Guitar Legend inducted into the Gallery of Greats is among the top guitarists of our time. His ongoing fascination with complex rhythmic syncopation combined with provocative lyrical melodies and sophisticated harmony has been at the heart of his music throughout a celebrated career that has spanned four decades and earned him critical accolades, four gold albums, two platinum albums, more than six million in record sales worldwide, five German gold albums, and various awards including an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Berklee College of Music, the Honorary Miles Davis Award presented by the Montreal Jazz Festival, a BBC Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Sir George Martin in 2008, Hungarian Foundation for Performing Arts Lyra Award, and numerous Grammy nominations and awards. Al is the recipient of the most prestigious guitar awards ever given, a total of 12 awards from Guitar Player Magazine polls and as a result, was inducted into their Gallery of Greats. Not only a guitar hero, but a prolific composer, he has amassed over 30 albums as a leader while collaborating on a dozen or so others with the likes of the fusion supergroup Return to Forever(with Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White), the celebrated Acoustic Guitar Trio featuring fellow virtuosos John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucia, and the Rite of Strings trio with bassist Clarke and violinist Jean-Luc Ponty. And while his dazzling technique on both acoustic and electric guitars has afforded him regal status among the hordes of fretboard fanatics who regularly flock to his concerts, ** VIP MEET & GREET PACKAGE ** VERY LIMITED VIP Package includes: 1) View Al Di Meola’s soundcheck with access to sit in the first five rows of seating during the soundcheck. Cameras are permissible (no flash please), thus giving a chance for never before, and never again footage of the intimate time which Al spends preparing in order to provide the audience in each and every city with a polished and fantastic performance. Video recording is not permitted. 2) Following the soundcheck, you will meet Al Di Meola and he will sign up to two pieces of your favorite memorabilia should you wish to bring any items. In addition an Al Di Meola CD will be provided which will be signed in person. During that time you will be able to personally chat with Al. 3) Al Di Meola’s tour representative will capture the moment on your own phone or camera while you pose with Al for a photo 4) Priority access to the merchandise booth prior to the doors opening to the general public. On the day of the show:Please arrive at the venue with enough time to check in @ 6:00 PM unless notified a different time and report to the box office. Be prepared to show your ID during the check in process. Please wait by the front entrance of the venue to be escorted inside.LIMITED to 50 guests. $100.00 in addition to your ticket
An Evening with the FIXX
An Evening with The FIXX “Every Five Seconds Tour” Fri. September 9th at 8 P.M! the FIXX Their new album EVERY FIVE SECONDS, released June 3rd, is their first in nearly a decade, lead singer Cy Curnin commented, “Life can either be a series of broken obsessive thoughts or it can be a wonderful mosaic of moments. EVERY FIVE SECONDS reflects this human paradox. The constant struggle between betterment and bewilderment.”.The FIXX has been heralded as one of the most innovative bands to come out of the “MTV” era. For four decades, the style and substance of the band has always created a special connection with its audience. The FIXX’s themes are often complex, introspective and thought-provoking, but not without widespread mass appeal. The band has garnered three #1 hits, five more in the Top 5 and a dozen which reached the Top 10. With millions of albums sold worldwide, songs such as “One Thing Leads To Another”, “Red Skies” and “Saved By Zero” remain everyday staples on the playlists of the Rock, AAA and Alternative radio stations that continue to break new acts inspired by the era that The FIXX helped to define. The FIXX’s classic lineup remains intact, Cy Curnin (vocals), Jamie West-Oram (guitar), Rupert Greenall (keyboards), Dan K. Brown (bass guitar) and Adam Woods (drums).
Duane Betts – DOG DAZE TOUR plus SG Charlie Overbey
Duane Betts Trio featuring Johnny Stachela & Berry Duane Oakley Charlie Overbey to open! “DOG DAZE ACOUSTIC TOUR” Thursday, September 8th at 8 P.M.! Duane Betts Duane Betts is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter. The Sarasota, Florida native cut his teeth as a teen sitting-in regularly with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, The Allman Brothers Band, before relocating to Southern California and leading rock outfits Backbone69 and Whitestarr. Betts next spent nearly a decade playing guitar alongside his father, Dickey Betts, in his group, Great Southern. As well, he was a touring guitarist for folk-rockers Dawes, and a member of the brief supergroup, Jamtown, featuring G. Love, Donovan Frankenreiter, and Cisco Adler. In 2018, Betts released his debut, Sketches of American Music, and toured as a guest of the Devon Allman Project. At year’s end Betts announced the formation of The Allman Betts Band, officially uniting with Allman, and with Berry D. Oakley, son of the late Allman Brothers Band founding bassist Berry Oakley. The group issued two albums- 2019’s Down to the River and 2020’s Bless Your Heart- before announcing its hiatus in 2022. Currently Betts is prepping a second solo album, furthering his impassioned six-string stories reflecting a life and a history steeped in blues, rock, and country music tradition.Charlie OverbeySinger Songwriter Charlie Overbey is Produced by Grammy Winner Ted Hutt ( Lucero, Devil Makes 3, Old Crow Medicine Show“Charlie Overbey-Broken Arrow” released April 20th at # 8 on the iTunes New Americana/ Country Album Charts. Charlie & his band, The Broken Arrows proved to be an incredible cross over act playing California’s world famous Stagecoach Country Music Festival, The KAABOO Festival, and again 3 weeks later with Foo Fighters at the Legendary Rock n Roll Extravaganza “Cal Jam 18”. 2019 was full of the same rocket ride with a string of NASCAR shows, Stagecoach Festival, California’s “Beachlife Festival” with Willie Nelson, Montana’s “Under The Big Sky Festival” & “ The Muddy Roots Festival” in Tennessee. The 2020 new album release stalled due to COVID and Overbey laid low doing philanthropy and releasing the NIVA single “ Ode To John Prine” with members of The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, Foo Fighters and singer LP. In 2022 Overbey stepped back out into performing live with solo acoustic sets on The Outlaw Country Cruise which he is booked on again this Nov and has been touring with Duane Betts over the last few months. His new full length album “ Saturday Nights & Sunday mornings will release in Nov 2023.
Jon Anderson w/ The Paul Green Rock Academy “Close to the Edge” 50th Anniversary Tour 2022!
YES Legend Jon Anderson w/ The Paul Green Rock Academy “Close to the Edge” 50th Anniversary Tour 2022! Performing “Close to the Edge” in its entirety, along with other classics and surprises! Legendary YES vocalist/songwriter Jon Anderson will be playing select shows with The Paul Green Rock Academy – Jon and the ensemble will be celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the release of YES’s classic album “Close to the Edge” The Jon Anderson with The Paul Green Rock Academy tour is a resumption of the tradition started in 2005 when Jon toured with Paul Green’s original School of Rock all stars.These early shows, over 30 in total between 2006-2008, were nothing short of magical, and now Jon Anderson returns to continue that magic with a set of Yes Classics, deep cuts, mash ups, and solo works, all with lush arrangements featuring choral singing, horns, and all the other benefits of having a backing band with 25 young musicians. There are so many wonderful moments in my musical life, and being on stage with these young teenagers performing Classic Yes songs, makes me so happy and proud …..Jon Anderson is undoubtedly one of the most recognizable voices in music as the lead vocalist and creative force behind YES. Anderson was the author and a major creative influence behind the ground-breaking album “Fragile” as well as “Awaken,” “Gates of Delirium” and especially “Close to the Edge” He also co-authored the group’s biggest hits, including “I’ve Seen All Good People,” “Roundabout” and “Owner Of A Lonely Heart.” After 50 years of success in the music business, Jon has worked with many variations of YES and in 2017 Jon reformed YES with former band members Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman. YES Featuring ARW toured the world to rave reviews and released “Live At The Apollo” CD/DVD in September 2018.
Steep Canyon Rangers plus special guest Seth Walker
Steep Canyon Rangers Steep Canyon Rangers are Asheville, North Carolina’s GRAMMY winners, perennial Billboard chart-toppers, and frequent collaborators of the renowned banjoist (and occasional comedian) Steve Martin. The Rangers are made up of Woody Platt on guitar and vocals, Graham Sharp on banjo and vocals, Mike Guggino on mandolin/mandola and vocals, Nicky Sanders on fiddle and vocals, Mike Ashworth on drums and vocals, and Barrett Smith on bass and vocals.
ABC
Martin Fry / ABC “ABC’s Martin Fry is a revelation, a soul man supreme, belting out pristine Vegas glitter pop and uptown House in his electric blue lounge suit. An ageless performer, Fry is the missing link between Bryan Ferry and Jarvis Cocker. For the inevitable encore of ‘The Look of Love’ he returns dipped in sparkly gold lame, a self-ironising pop genius on top form.” Stephen Dalton NME ABC has enjoyed a glittering career to date. Very definitely one of a number of groups who came along and kick- started the Eighties with their own brand of pop for a ‘new decade’. On it’s release in May 1982, their debut album ‘The Lexicon of Love’ crashed straight into the UK album charts at number one. Showcasing the hits songs ‘Tears Are Not Enough’, ‘Poison Arrow’, ‘The Look Of Love’ and ‘All Of My Heart’. A ground-breaking collection of modern love songs. With a majestic production from the legendary Trevor Horn it remains a classic to this day. Voted by many as the best British album of the decade. ABC’s second album ‘Beauty Stab’ was a very different proposition to the polished beauty of ‘The Lexicon of Love’ and spawned the hits ‘That Was Then But This Is Now’ and ‘SOS’. It developed a much rawer, hard-edged sound. These were protest songs from a band that was constantly evolving. Next came the 1984 album ‘How To Be A Zillionaire’. ABC again conquered American audiences with a series of devastating club mixes and pre Gorillaz animated cartoons. ‘How To Be A Millionaire’, ‘Be Near Me’, alongside ‘Vanity Kills’ and ‘Ocean Blue’ were all Billboard dance chart number ones. The emphasis here was unashamedly electronic. 1987 saw the release of their fourth album ‘Alphabet City’. By the summer the worldwide hit ‘When Smokey Sings’ had powered its way toward the top of the American charts. Representing a return to luxuriant soul, alongside the songs ‘The Night You Murdered Love’ and ‘King Without A Crown’ the album captured the cosmopolitan feel of the moment and is both urban and chic. Heavy MTV rotation and an appearance on legendary show Soul Train cemented even greater success in the U.S.A for the band. Inspired by the burgeoning House music scene ‘Up ‘the fifth ABC album reflected the euphoric and uplifting spirit of the times. ‘One Better World ’an idealistic and Ibiza influenced anthem champions the radical changes that were taking place in music in London, Manchester, Chicago and Detroit in 1988. In 1991 ABC began work on an ambitious soul pop extravaganza ‘Abracadabra’. Releasing ‘Love Conquers All’ and the Black Box mixed ‘Say It’ the following year. The nineties saw the release of ‘The Lexicon of Love ‘No prizes for guessing that it is a live album that showcases ABC on stage. A band that could deliver in the recording studio could clearly do the same in front of an audience. ‘Skyscraping’ in 1997 represented a tour de force of gilt edged ABC. ‘Stranger things’ and ‘Only The Best Will Do’ embrace Glam inspired rock and roll. Martin has since repeated this formula with the ABC band and Anne Dudley, performing shows with the 40 piece Southbank Sinfonia across the UK. The last five years have seen ABC complete five successful American Tours, 4 sell-out UK Orchestra Tours, the sell- out Steel City Arena Tour with The Human League and Heaven 17, and a string of Country House Shows here in the UK. Two high lights being appearances at The Isle Of Wight Festival Camp and in 2016 playing BBC Proms In The Park in Hyde Park.