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PICK OF THE WEEK: JJ Grey & Mofro with Toots & The Maytals – April 13th – The Fillmore

Estimated read time 2 min read

Down-home roots, rock and soul artist JJ Grey and his band Mofro will celebrate the release of his first-ever live DVD/CD two-disc set, Brighter Days, with a live performance at the Fillmore Auditorium this Friday with long time friends Toots and the Maytals. As old fans know well and new ones keep discovering, a JJ Grey & Mofro show is a musical celebration shared between Grey and his audience, with each driving the other to greater heights.

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Revenge Of The 90’s – March 30th – Stoney’s Bar & Grill

Estimated read time 10 min read

Ah, the 90’s. It was a wild time with 80’s Hair Bands getting devoured by the raging juggernaut out of Seattle that was grunge, and Hip-Hop enjoying it’s glory years. Nirvana fearlessly led the Grunge movement while Green Day showed us all how to blend Pop and Punk to create some ridiculously hooky songs. Speaking of hooky songs, Weezer, Sheryl Crow, and Ace of Base all cranked out a few of their own throughout a decade that was known for the rise of the internet, the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and the first Gulf War.

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PICK OF THE WEEK: Soulive’s “Snowlive” – February 17th-19th – The Fox Theatre

Estimated read time 2 min read

Soulive will be hosting their own mini-festival, dubbed Snowlive, this weekend at The Fox Theatre. The first two nights will feature special guests JJ Grey and Jennifer Hartswick, while the third night will be an evening of “Rubber Soulive” named after the band’s album of the same name paying tribute to The Beatles.

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Freddy Jones Band – November 26th – The Bluebird Theatre

Estimated read time 4 min read

On Saturday night 90’s rockers, Freddy Jones Band, dropped into The Bluebird and while the relatively small crowd knew this bands catalogue from start to finish and were identifying songs three notes in, the show left us a little flat. Sure they dropped favorites like “In A Daydream,” and “Waitress,” but somehow it sorta felt like a couple guys “getting the band back together” for a small group of loyal friends and fans.