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• Whitesnake at The Palace Theatre - PA on 07/29/2013 08:00 PM EDT: 07/30/13
  

  Whitesnake
  The Palace Theatre - PA
  07/29/2013 08:00 PM EDT
  $49.00 - $59.00
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  Whitesnake
  
  "After recording two solo albums, former Deep Purple vocalist David Coverdale formed Whitesnake around 1977. In the glut of hard rock and heavy metal bands of the late '70s, their first albums got somewhat lost in the shuffle, although they were fairly popular in Europe and Japan. During 1982, Coverdale took some time off, so he could take care of his sick daughter. When he re-emerged with a new version of Whitesnake in 1984, the band sounded revitalized and energetic. Slide It In may have relied on Led Zeppelin's and Deep Purple's old tricks, but the band had a knack for writing hooks; the record became their first platinum album. Three years later, Whitesnake released an eponymous album (titled 1987 in Europe) that was even better. Portions of the album were blatantly derivative -- "Still of the Night" was a dead ringer for early Zeppelin -- but the group could write powerful, heavy rockers like "Here I Go Again" that were driven as much by melody as riffs, as well as hit power ballads like "Is This Love." Whitesnake was an enormous international success, selling over six million copies in the U.S. alone. Before they recorded their follow-up, 1989's Slip of the Tongue, Coverdale again assembled a completely new version of the band, featuring guitar virtuoso Steve Vai. Although the record went platinum, it was a considerable disappointment after the across-the-board success of Whitesnake. Coverdale put Whitesnake on hiatus after that album. In 1993, he released a collaboration with former Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page that was surprisingly lackluster. The following year, Whitesnake issued a greatest-hits album in the U.S. and Canada -- focusing solely on material from their final three albums (as well as containing a few unreleased tracks). In 1997, Coverdale resurrected Whitesnake (guitarist Adrian Vandenberg was the only remaining member of the group's latter-day lineup), issuing Restless Heart the same year. Surprisingly, the album wasn't even issued in the United States. On the ensuing tour, Coverdale and Vandenberg performed an "unplugged" show in Japan that was recorded and issued the following year under the title Starkers in Tokyo. By the late '90s, however, Coverdale once again put Whitesnake on hold, as he concentrated on recording his first solo album in nearly 22 years. Coverdale's Into the Light was issued in September 2000, featuring journeyman guitarist Earl Slick. After a lengthy hiatus that saw the release of countless "greatest-hits" and "live" collections, the band returned in 2008 with the impressive Good to Be Bad." - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusicGuide

  Venue Information
  The Palace Theatre - PA
  21 West Otterman Street
  Greensburg, PA 15601
  http://www.thepalacetheatre.org/
  

• George Jones "The Grand Farewell Tour" at The Palace Theatre - PA on 07/26/2013 08:00 PM EDT: 07/27/13
  

  George Jones
  The Palace Theatre - PA
  07/26/2013 08:00 PM EDT
  $59.00 - $79.00
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  George Jones
  
  Whether the times have favored honky tonk songs or lushly produced “pop” offerings, George Jones has continued to make his brand of county music, which has produced hits in every decade of the second half of the 20th century. In fact, Jones has had more charted singles than any other artist in any format in the history of popular music. George Jones first hit the charts in the 1950s. This year he celebrates his 50th Anniversary as a recording artist with the release of GEORGE JONES – 50 YEARS OF HITS, a 3-CD set on November 9th. As hard as it might seem, 2003 marks a first in Jones’ musical history. In April of this year, Jones released his first fully conceived Gospel Collection. Produced by Jones’ legendary producer, Billy Sherrill, GEORGE JONES Sings The Greatest Stories Ever Told: THE GOSPEL COLLECTION features 24 Southern Gospel favorites. Although there are other Gospel titles on the market, those songs were recorded separately over the years and eventually put together as albums. “I used to record a Gospel song or two every time I recorded an album in the old days. This is the first time that I ever sat down and decided on a group of songs to record and went into the studio specifically to make a Gospel collection,” said Jones. “I’ve always loved to sing Gospel music. Of course, growing up we all sang in the Church and my mother really loved the old Gospel songs. With the way my career started in the honky tonks and my own history, I sometimes felt it was wrong for me to sing these songs. After my car accident and after I had changed the way of my life, I felt really good about recording these songs. I felt that I was sober and worthy and just wanted to put out a collection of songs that praised the Lord and spoke of how wonderful life can be.” “I was thrilled to record this collection: Particularly because my wife, Nancy, talked my old friend and producer, Billy Sherrill, into coming out of retirement and producing the project. We had a blast working together again and I can’t begin to tell you how much I enjoyed it. I hope it reminds everyone what a great talent Billy is and what a distinctive sound he has. I also had the joy of recording with my old friend Patti Page and one of my new closest friends, the great Vestal Goodman.” Another first for Jones in 2003 is his entry into the food business. Jones has introduced a line of marinade sauces under the banner of “George Jones’ Ole Fashioned Steak Marinade” or Barbeque or Dipping Sauces. He has also introduced a line of sausage products called “George Jones’ Country Style Sausage” which features sausage patties, links, chubs and boxed sausage and biscuits. The sauces are produced by Pete’s Country Meat Market in Loretto, Tn. and the sausage is manufactured and distributed by Williams Sausage of Union City, Tn. “I really enjoy breakfast. In fact, I pride myself on setting the table every morning and making sure that Nancy gets it on the table in a timely manner. Naturally, sausage is one of my favorite parts of the meal. I am particular about the sausage though. I like the hot type and I am very picky about the flavor and consistency. My new sausage was developed for my taste and I have to say that it is great. It doesn’t fall apart when you cook it and it has a really good spice mix for flavor. In 2003 Jones also inked a tour sponsorship/retail relationship with Camping World, a nationwide chain of retail stores, which caters to the RV and outdoor enthusiast. Camping World will create and carry a selection of George Jones merchandise including a grill, a camping guitar, the marinades and sauces, CDs and various other products. GEORGE JONES ‘ THE ROCK was the first release under the BNA/Bandit banner. Jones is a partner in the Bandit label and, for the first time in his long career, he is able to retain part ownership of his own recordings. THE ROCK was recorded in two phases: the first group of songs were produced in 2000 by Emory Gordy, Jr. and the second stage was recorded in 2001 with Keith Stegall. In 1998, while in the middle of recording his acclaimed “Cold Hard Truth” CD, Jones had a horrific car accident when he lost control of his SUV vehicle and hit a bridge just a mile from his home. It took two hours for emergency medical teams to free him from the car. Doctor feared the worse as Jones had a collapsed lung, torn liver and other internal injuries. Jones remained in critical care on a ventilator to help him breathe for eleven days. He then developed pneumonia, which further exasperated his recovery. The situation looked bleak. Performers from all eras---Little Jimmy Dickens, Alan Jackson, Randy Travis, George Strait, Sammy Kershaw and Billy Ray Cyrus, as well as Jones’ famed producer and friend Billy Sherrill, came to lend their support to Jones’ family. After recovering for several months, Jones resumed his career with the release of “Cold Hard Truth” and his never-ending touring schedule. But…this was a new George Jones who had finally turned his life around. Not only did he give up liquor, he stopped smoking and drinking coffee. “That accident put the fear of God into me.” Said Jones. “I realized I was getting to the age that I had to quit all that mess and smoking was hurting my lungs and affecting my voice. So, I just quit it all. Within months I was hitting higher notes than I hit before and wishing I had done it years ago. George Glenn Jones was born in Saratoga, in East Texas. As a kid, he sang for tips on the streets of nearby Beaumont. By age 24, he had been married twice, served in the Marines and was veteran of the Texas honky circuit. On a recording session in 1955 for Starday Records, producer Pappy Dailey suggested he quit singing like his idols, Lefty Frizell, Roy Acuff and Hank Williams, and try singing like George Jones. The result was “Why Baby Why,” his first Top Five hit. At Starday, Jones made rockabilly records as Thumper Jones and had his first country #1 At Mercury Records in 1959 with “White Lightning.” In 1961 he hit #1 again with “Tender Years” and “She Thinks I Still Care,” which held the #1 spot of six weeks and led to Male Vocalist of the Year awards from the Country Music Association in 1962 and again in 1963. Later in the ‘60s, on the Musicor label, his singles consistently hit the Top 10 and he hit #1 again In 1967 with “Walk Through This World With Me.” Jones, the top male singer in country music, married country music’s hottest new female artist, Tammy Wynette in 1969. He soon joined Wynette’s label, Epic where he enjoyed a successful 20-year association with producer Billy Sherrill. He hit #1 in the ‘70s with “The Grand Tour” and ‘The Door,” both in 1974. His marriage to Wynette was stormy but in the recording studio they were the perfect duet partners, hitting #1 with “We’re Gonna Hold On” in 1974 and, coinciding with their 1976 divorce, “Golden Ring” and “Near You.” Jones kicked off the 1980s with one of the all-time great country records, “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” which won him single of the Year honors from the CMA in 1980 and again In 1981. He won virtually every award available for that song including the Grammy and the Song remained #1 for 18 weeks. His hits continued throughout the decade and his video for “Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes” won the CMA’s Video of the Year award in 1986. In 1991, Jones signed with MCA Records, an event MCA Nashville President Tony Brown said was “like signing Elvis.” In 1992 the CMA recognized Jones’ monumental career by inducting him into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 1995, Jones and Tammy Wynette were reunited for a new CD entitled “One” and toured together for the first time in twenty years. Thankfully, George and Tammy had found friendship and peace in their relationship before the First Lady of Country Music unexpectedly passed away in 1998. In 1996, Jones told his life story in the book I LIVED TO TELL IT ALL, which went to #6 on The New York Times bestseller list. It is amazing that Jones has lived to tell it all. Recently a disc jockey called his office after listening the THE GOSPEL COLLECTION and said: “After all the craziness of George’s life, you want to know why God put up with it all? Because, he was waiting for this CD.”

  Venue Information
  The Palace Theatre - PA
  21 West Otterman Street
  Greensburg, PA 15601
  http://www.thepalacetheatre.org/
  

• Dick Dale at Rex Theater on 07/21/2013 08:00 PM EDT: 07/22/13
  

  Dick Dale
  Rex Theater
  07/21/2013 08:00 PM EDT
  $25.00 - $30.00
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  Dick Dale
  
  The Dick Dale Phenomenon. His style is something different and unique. Since his first appearances Balboa, Ca. at the famed Rendezvous Ballroom, he has set and broken attendance records everywhere he's performed. His appearances at the Rendezvous Ballroom broke every existing record for the Ballroom by drawing capacity crowds of over four thousand screaming dancing fans every weekend each night down on the Balboa peninsula. Dick Dale invented surf music in the 1950's. Not the '60's as is commonly believed. He was given the title "King of the Surf Guitar" by his fellow surfers with whom he surfed with from sun-up to sun-down. He met Leo Fender the guitar and amplifier Guru and Leo asked Dale to play his newly creation, the Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar. The minute Dale picked up the guitar, Leo Fender broke into uncontrolled laughter and disbelief, he was watching Dale play a right handed guitar upside down and backwards, Dale was playing a right handed guitar left handed and changing the chords in his head then transposing the chords to his hands to create a sound never heard before. Leo Fender gave the Fender Stratocaster along with a Fender Amp to Dale and told him to beat it to death and tell him what he thought of it. Dale took the guitar and started to beat it to death, and he blew up Leo Fender's amp and blew out the speaker. Dale proceeded to blow up forty nine amps and speakers; they would actually catch on fire. Leo would say, 'Dick, why do you have to play so loud?' Dale would explain that he wanted to create the sound of Gene Krupa the famous jazz drummer that created the sounds of the native dancers in the jungles along with the roar of mother nature's creature's and the roar of the ocean. Leo Fender kept giving Dale amps and Dale kept blowing them up! Till one night Leo and his right hand man Freddy T. went down to the Rendezvous Ballroom on the Balboa Peninsula in Balboa, California and stood in the middle of Four Thousand screaming dancing Dick Dale fans and said to Freddy, I now know what Dick Dale is trying to tell me. Back to the drawing board. A special 85 watt output transformer was made that peaked 100 watts when dale would pump up the volume of his amp, this transformer would create the sounds along with Dale's style of playing, the kind of sounds that Dale dreamed of. BUT! they now needed a speaker that would handle the power and not burn up from the volume that would come from Dale's guitar. Leo, Freddy and Dale went to the James B. Lansing speaker company, and they explained that they wanted a fifteen inch speaker built to their specifications. That speaker would soon be known as the 15'' JBL -D130 speaker. It made the complete package for Dale to play through and was named the Single Showman Amp. When Dale plugged his Fender Stratocaster guitar into the new Showman Amp and speaker cabinet, Dale became the first creature on earth to jump from the volume scale of a modest quiet guitar player on a scale of 4 to blasting up through the volume scale to TEN! That is when Dale became the "Father of Heavy Metal" as quoted from Guitar Player Magazine. Dale broke through the electronic barrier limitations of that era! Dale still wanted to go further, and as the crowds increased, Dale's volume increased, but he still wanted a bigger punch with thickness in the sound so that it would pulsate into the audience and leave them breathless. The JBL-D130 was doing its job until Dale froze it in the frame that held the speaker, the speaker cone would twist from the heavy playing from Dale and it would soon twist and stop to fluctuate back n forth. Leo, Freddy and Dale went back to the JBL speaker company and told them to rubberize the front ridge of the speaker allowing it to push forward and backward from the signal of Dale's guitar without cocking and twisting. The new updated version was called the JBL D-130F; the F stood for Fender. Leo, Freddy and Dale designed a speaker cabinet and in which they installed 2 -15''-JBL-D130F's. This caused Leo Fender to have to create a new and more powerful output transformer, they would call it the Dick Dale Transformer and it was made by the Triad Company. This became the 100 watt output transformer that would actually peak 180 watts. Nothing like this had ever been done before in the world of guitars and amplifiers. This became known as the Dual-Showman Piggy Back Amp. This is why Dick Dale is called the Father of all the power Players in the world! It is a Phenomena, that Dale is still playing with not only the same vengeance as he did in the 50's, but his playing is unleashed and shredding into the 90's with a focus and power as if from mother nature. He shares the stage with fellow players of all generations up into the alternative's of the 90's. Being completely self taught, Dick Dale plays left handed upside down which was a result of holding the guitar left-handed. The strings became upside-down, chords are designed for right handed players making it very difficult for a left handed player unless he were to change the strings for a left handed guitar, something that Dale never did. Dale is also a master at the Acoustic, Electronic, Bass and Spanish Guitars'. As well as the Ukulele, Banjo, Drums, Piano, Organ, Electronic Keyboard, Harpsichord, Trumpet, Trombone, Saxophone, Harmonica, Xylophone and, believe it or not... the Accordion! Dale was also responsible for another creation to the world of guitar players, "The Fender Tank Reverb". As Dale sang in his shows, he found that he did not have a vibrato in his voice, and he did not like the straight flat dry sound. to sustain his vocal notes, he turned to an old Hammond organ and found a reverb unit and showed it to Leo Fender and together they came up with the "Fender Tank Reverb". Dale then plugged a Shure Dynamic Bird cage Microphone into it and as Dale sang, his voice took on a very rich, sexy and full sound. Later, Dale then plugged his Fender Stratocaster guitar into the Reverb Tank to sustain his guitar notes which became Dale's trademark sound.) (NOTE) Dale had already been titled "King of the Surf Guitar" by his surfer friends before his creation of the Fender Reverb, Dale's first album called "Surfer's Choice" was the first Surfing album to be commercially sold with a picture of Dale surfing by the pier in San Clemente, Ca. with a surfing title on it. This album alone sold over eighty-eight thousand albums in the late 50's and today in the 90's it would be like 4 million. There was not one song on that album that had a Reverb for effects, everything was played with nothing but Dale's sheer force and power. A bit of trivia, Dale's recording of "Miserlou" became the title song for Quentin Tarantino's Blockbuster movie "Pulp Fiction". Dick Dale has been called one of the hardest working men in show business. In the past five years he has maintained a heavy concert tour and public appearance schedule throughout the world. Focusing in Europe, Australia, Japan, Canada, South America and the U.S. He makes time to endorse some of his favorite products, including Dean Markley strings, Dale's string sizes are 16p, 18p, 20p. 38w, 48w, 58w...they use to be 39w, 49w, 60w.....he says he's getting lazy now. Pearl Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Graphtech String Saddles, Billabong clothing and Australia's Ugg Boot Company. Perhaps his most prominent endorsement would have to be for Fender Musical Instruments. Because of the popularity of Dale's signature playing, Fender added to their inventory of guitars, the making of the Dick Dale Signature Stratocaster which seems to be a favorite amongst the Dick Dale guitar players. John English, Fender's custom guitar maker set out to the task of building Dale's Signature Stratocaster guitar with Dale being the overseer. To be included with his favorites was the honor distinction to be the first musician ever to be endorsed by Telex Corp. Using the Telex FMR450 Digital Wireless which has made it possible for Dale to play his guitar walking into the audience. Along with his Dual Showman Fender Amps, Dale is particular in what tubes that he uses to help create his sound, he has chosen Ruby Tubes from a company called Magic Parts located in Point Reyes Station, California (800) 451-1992 Dale has also recorded original material for Disneyland's Space Mountain roller coaster ride, and the soundtrack for the History of NASA video shown in Space Mountain. Dale's music is being used in all the Disneyland's throughout the world along with being featured in a Disneyland Music album which is being sold by Disneyland. May 21, 1998 a historical day for Disneyland, Dick Dale was chosen to be the person to highlight the grand opening of Tomorrowland by standing on top of Space Mountain (without the use of a safety harness) with his Gold Fender Stratocaster guitar (the beast) and play for all to hear throughout Disneyland "Ghost Riders"& "Miserlou" - Dale's music has gone down in the annals of Disneyland history. Being a unique and versatile artist, Dick Dale is not limited to his musical skills. He has proved to be a respected Home designer and builder, personally designing and hand drawing the elevations and building his parents 7,000 square foot single story dream home in the California high desert so that he can be within easy reach to them. As of January 24, Dale's parent's celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary, his dad is 86 and his mother is 81 years young. Dale is an accomplished Horseman, Exotic Animal Trainer, Surfer, Martial Arts Expert, Archer, and Pilot. His favorite plane is a Cessna 337B Super Skymaster, a twin tailed, front and rear engine aircraft which was also flown in the military and also sold to the general aviation pilots. Dale has a twin engine pilot rating. Featured in various articles including the Los Angeles Times Calendar Section, Guitar World Magazine, Guitar and Guitar Player Mag and just recently the back cover of Fender Frontline Magazine with his 5 year old son Jimmy Stix holding their Fender Strats. And in 1981, Dick Dale was awarded Guitarist of the Year by Guitar Player Magazine. 2007 Dick Dale Presented 3rd only Personalized Medallion in 40 Years from Guitar Player Magazine as ''Guitar Legend''. 2006 Dick Dale Inducted the First Presidential Historical Society Lifetime Member in Quincy Massachusetts into the Presidential Historical Building. 2006 Dick Dale voted No. 1 Top Concert in 400 concerts and 400 Bands and Artists in Madrid Spain. 2000 Dick Dale Presented "Lifetime Achievement Award" by "The L.A. Weekly Magazine" 2000 Dick Dale inducted into the "White House Congressional Hall of Records" by Congressman "Jerry Lewis" (NOTE) The Complete Dick Dale White House Congressional Records File can be viewed by entering the Personal File listing on the Dick Dale Home Page... 1999 Dick Dale Nominated for "Lifetime Achievement Award" by "The L.A. Weekly Magazine" 1998 Dale Performed on top of "Space Mountain" for Grand Opening of "Tomorrowland" 1997 Dale Recorded and Performed the Music for Disneyland "Space Mountain" 1996 Dale Inducted into the "Hollywood Rock Walk of Fame" - Hollywood, California 1996 Dale presented a Platinum Record award for his performance recording of Miserlou, the guitar instrumental that gave Quentin Tarantino the energy force to create the the all time award movie Pulp Fiction. Miserlou was made the Title song. Dale awarded the Lifetime Pop Music Culture Award from UC Berkeley with Ice-T, John Lee Hooker and Mick Fleetwood (Drummer of Fleetwood Mac) 1989 Dale Inducted into the Surfing Hall of Fame located in the Hall of Champions building in San Diego, Ca.. 1988 Dick Dale and Stevie Ray Vaughn Nominated for a Grammy Award for the music in the motion picture Back to the Beach. 1986 Dale was named Forefather of Rock and Roll by Thirty Years of Rock and Roll, 1963 Dale was the first power rock guitarist to be featured in a double page layout in Life magazine. 1963 Dale was the 1st rock guitarist to perform on the Ed Sullivan Show, The nation's number one national show. Dick Dale was the first person to create the surf music sound. The first to take a sport and develop a music for it. He was also the first to have more than one record on the Top Ten charts at one time, and also to have five songs from a single album on the charts at once. He was first to sell out the Los Angeles sports arena. Dick Dale's Performance Movie Credits: "A Swinging Affair" Featured role as Dick Dale "Let's Make Love" Starring: Marilyn Monroe "Beach Party" Starring: Annette Funacello & Frankie Avalon, featured role as Dick Dale "Muscle Beach Party" Starring: Annette Funacello & Frankie Avalon, featured role as Dick Dale "Back To the Beach" Starring: Annette Funacello & Frankie Avalon, featured role as Dick Dale Dick Dale's Music for Movies: Movie - "Pulp Fiction" - Title Song: 'Miserlou' Movie - "Escape From L.A." - (starring"Kurt Russell") Song:'Scalped' Movie - "Space Jam" - Song: 'Miserlou' Movie - "Kid in King Arthur's Court" - Song: 'Surf Beat' Movie - "The Heavyweights" - Song: 'NiteRider' Movie - "Barbed Wire" - Song: 'Nitro' Movie - "American Vampire" - Song: Movie - "Jesus's Son" - Song: Surf Buggy' ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Television Commercials: TV - "Domino's Pizza" - Song: 'Miserlou' TV - "Mountain Dew" - Song: 'Miserlou' TV - "Nisson Maxma" - Song: 'Miserlou' TV - "Barclay's Bank of London" - Song: 'Nitrus" TV - "Philips Flat Screen TV" - Song: 'Esperanza' TV - "Bartles n Jame's" - Song: 'Surf Beat' TV - "Paramount Great America Amusement Parks" - Song: 'Nitro' TV - "Soloflex Workout Station" - Song: 'Take it Off' TV - "PBS" Public Broadcasting System - Rock n Roll Documentary - Dick Dale as a Rock n Roll Innovator- ------------------------------------------------------------------- "Yamaha World Racing Team" - Song: 'Scalped' "Denver Colorado Avalanch Hockey Team" - Song: 'Scalped' "Long Beach California Ice Dogs Hockey Team" - Song - 'Miserlou' (many more to be updated, 'I'm taking a break') ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MUSIC FOR NATIONAL TELEVISION SHOWS 2001 - THE WEBER SHOW - Song: 'Miserlou' 2001 - FRIENDS - Song: 'Miserlou' 2001 - PULP FICTION - Song: 'Miserlou' 2000 - STAR TREK VOYAGER - Song: 'Lets go Trippen' 2000 - SUPER BOWL - Song: 'Miserlou' ------------------------------------------------------------ Dick Dale's Appearance TV Credits: "Rosie O' Donnell Show" "David Letterman Show" "Conan O'Brian Show" "MTV" "PBS Special" "Beverly Hills 90210" "E" "CNN" "VH1" "Beavis & Butthead" MTV "Jools Holland'' BBC England with Eric Clapton, Dr. John, "Ed Sullivan Show" "Some guitar players play great, but Dick Dale is a great player." "Some people are talented guitarists, but Dick Dale is a guitar talent." "Some people play to sound great, but Dick Dale plays a great sound."

  Venue Information
  Rex Theater
  1602 E. Carson Street
  Pittsburgh, PA 15203
  http://rex.greyareaprod.com/
  

• Buddy Guy at The Palace Theatre - PA on 06/22/2013 08:00 PM EDT: 06/23/13
  

  Buddy Guy
  The Palace Theatre - PA
  06/22/2013 08:00 PM EDT
  $49.00 - $59.00
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  Buddy Guy
  
  "When I was 21,” says Buddy Guy, "some of my older friends, who are no longer with us, they’d say, 'You’re still a baby.' And then they said the same thing when I was 31, then 41, and I thought, ‘Man, when do I get old?’ I've been hearing that ever since I first went to Chicago—'You’re still wet behind the ears.' So when do I get dry?" With his new album, Living Proof, Guy takes a hard look back at a remarkable life. At age 74, he’s a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a major influence on rock titans like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, a pioneer of Chicago’s fabled West Side sound, and a living link to that city’s halcyon days of electric blues. He has received 5 Grammy Awards, 23 W.C. Handy Blues Awards (the most any artist has received), the Billboard magazine Century Award for distinguished artistic achievement, and the Presidential National Medal of Arts. Rolling Stone ranked him in the top 30 of its "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time." Yet as the album's opening track declares, today Buddy Guy is "74 Years Young," still searching for new sounds and fresh ideas. The start of each new decade always seems to inspire him (see 1981’s Stone Crazy, 1991’s Damn Right, I Got the Blues, and 2001’s Sweet Tea), and on Living Proof, such songs as "Thank Me Someday" and "Everybody's Got to Go" are strikingly personal meditations on his past, his legacy, and his mortality. "The life I’ve lived is what we’re singing about," he says. "These songs are exactly what I came up through in my life, what I’ve experienced." He credits producer/drummer Tom Hambridge (who co-wrote all the songs on Living Proof, and has previously worked with such artists as Johnny Winter, Delbert McClinton, and Susan Tedeschi) with helping to capture and preserve his innermost thoughts. "He would come in with a pad and a pencil," says the guitarist, "and while we were having conversations, he was writing down things I said and making songs out of them." Still stinging from the restrictions that the legendary Chess Records put on him during his youth ("they said I was just playing noise, and wouldn't let me get loose like I wanted to"), Guy also says that his music continues to benefit from the support of his record company and the team around him. “These guys said, ‘It’s your guitar, your studio, you just go be Buddy Guy’—and I’ve been trying to be that for 50 years,” he says. “I had the freedom of playing with only me to say, ‘Let me try that again.’” Though Buddy Guy will forever be associated with Chicago, his story actually begins in Louisiana. One of five children, he was born in 1936 to a sharecropper’s family and raised on a plantation near the small town of Lettsworth, located some 140 miles northwest of New Orleans. Buddy was just seven years old when he fashioned his first makeshift “guitar”—a two-string contraption attached to a piece of wood and secured with his mother’s hairpins. On “Thank Me Someday,” he recounts his early efforts with the instrument, and his ability to keep his faith when his family chased him out of the house for making a racket. “I would go out in the yard, on the levee, to practice,” he says. “We didn’t have electric lights or running water—you could hear that guitar a mile away in the country, so I’d have to go a long way away so they didn’t say ‘Get out of here with that noise!’” In 1957, he took his guitar to Chicago, where he would permanently alter the direction of the instrument. His incendiary style—still in evidence all over Living Proof—left its mark on guitarists from Jimmy Page to John Mayer. “He was for me what Elvis was probably like for other people,” said Eric Clapton at Guy’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in 2005. “My course was set, and he was my pilot.” Though the name Buddy Guy will always be associated with the blues, this set of songs illustrates the true range of his playing. Songs like “Much Too Soon” and the blistering instrumental “Skanky” come directly out of the roadhouse rhythm & blues tradition. To Guy, though, such genre distinctions are meaningless afterthoughts. “Before the ‘60s, we were always just R&B players,” he says. “Then they branded us—there was Chicago blues, Memphis, Motown, and so we were considered blues players. But in Chicago, if you wanted to keep your gig, you had to be able to play all the top tunes on the jukebox, whether that was Lloyd Price or Fats Domino or Ray Charles. Now if you play a Little Richard song, the audience looks at you like you’re crazy, but we always had to do that for a black audience back then.” Perhaps the most significant landmark on Living Proof is that, for the first time, the incomparable B.B. King stopped by to play and sing on a Buddy Guy album. The two giants reel off the introspective “Stay Around a Little Longer” like the old friends they are—but Guy still doesn’t take his relationship with the King of the Blues for granted. “B.B. created this style of guitar we all play,” he says. “I grew up listening to people like him, T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, and I still take 95% of my playing from him. So to have someone like that in the room with you makes chillbumps come up on your skin.” The only other guest on the mostly stripped-down Living Proof is Carlos Santana, who joins Guy on the slinky “Where the Blues Begins.” Noting that he and Junior Wells covered Santana’s “Vera Cruz” more than three decades ago, Guy says, “When I’m playing with someone that good, I just have to close my eyes and say, ‘Here I come!’” Asked what exactly it is that he considers himself Living Proof of, Buddy Guy answers modestly—he doesn’t mention his talent or his influence, but focuses instead on his perseverance. “Do you know how many guys I started out with who just threw up both hands and quit?” he says. “My first wife said to me, ‘It’s me or the guitar,’ and I picked up my guitar and left. We still laugh about that. But I’m still picking away at it, I don’t know nothing else.” “The other day, I heard B.B. King say, ‘I can’t slow down, because I still think there’s somebody out there who doesn’t know who I am yet.’ But, you know, blues players don’t stop, they just drop. It’s like my mother used to say about religion—I’m too far gone to turn around!”

  Venue Information
  The Palace Theatre - PA
  21 West Otterman Street
  Greensburg, PA 15601
  http://www.thepalacetheatre.org/
  

• Queensryche 25 Anniversary Tour of Operation Mindcrime ft. Geoff Tate at The Palace Theatre - PA on 06/14/2013 08:00 PM EDT: 06/15/13
  

  Queensryche
  The Palace Theatre - PA
  06/14/2013 08:00 PM EDT
  $30.00 - $35.00
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  Queensryche
  
  Multi-platinum selling, Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Geoff Tate is regarded as one of the most skilled vocalists in the rock genre with hundreds of modern, popular artists citing him and his band as a major influence. Combining social consciousness and expertly crafted lyrics with high-energy, melodically complex music, Geoff and his band have become internationally recognized as the thinking man’s rock band. In all, Geoff has recorded 12 studio albums; several live albums and will release his 2nd solo album in 2013. Queensrÿche has been nominated for a Grammy four times and has had their music featured in three feature films. Since their inception, the band has sold over 25 million albums worldwide and has performed in over 46 countries. Queensrÿche is world renowned for their innovative, trend-setting sound and continues to enjoy incredible success, performing for sold-out audiences worldwide. Kelly Gray is an American record producer and musician. He started playing Guitar in the late 1970s in the band Myth (along with Geoff Tate and Randy Gane). After Myth disbanded Kelly went on working on various albums in the capacity of recording engineer, mixer, and eventually, producer. Gray has produced records for a number of artists, including Queensryche, CandleBox, Dokken, Nevermore, Brother Cane, Slave to the System, and Second Coming, Kelly is excited to be back working with Queensryche again and looks forward to sharing the stage with longtime friends and talented musicians. Randy Gane (born November 30th 1959 in Mt Clemens Michigan, AKA Random Damage) is an American Hard Rock – Progressive Metal Keyboardist. Co-founder of Myth with Geoff Tate (Queensryche), and Kelly Gray (Queensryche, Dokken, Candlebox etc); and Sweet Sister Sam with Steve Benito (Heir Apperent) and Kendall Bechtal (Fifth Angel). His playing is most noted for his deep Hammond B3 sound (awarded a Gold Album on Candlebox’s debut CD), rich orchestrations, and clever wit in leaving answering machine messages (title track Queensryche’s Empire). Gane has toured with Queensryche, Geoff Tate, Sweet Sister Sam and has recorded with Queensryche, Sweaty Nipples, Candlebox as well as session work at London Bridge Studios. Robert Sarzo is a Cuban-American guitarist. His career has spanned 40 years. He has worked with an array of notable and iconic people in the entertainment industry. As a bit of trivia, he was hired by Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, as the original replacement for Randy Rhoads. Robert never went on tour with Ozzy because Jet Record’s Don Arden, also Sharon’s father, had hired a different guitarist, Bernie Thome, without telling anyone. Robert has worked with Interscope/Universal Record’s Jimmy Iovine and legendary metal producers, Bob Ezrin and Mike Clink. He also worked with Robert Stigwood of “Saturday Night Fever” and Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts” fame on numerous soundtracks such as “Times Square”, D.L. Byron the writer of Pat Benatar’s hit “Shadows of the Night”, Reggae artist Garland Jeffreys, and the late Sam Kinison on his “Leader of the Banned” album. Robert formed his band Hurricane in the early 80′s and went on to have hits such as “Over the Edge” and their #1 hit “I’m Onto You.” In the early 1980s, Robert was introduced to bassist Tony Cavazo by Los Angeles heavy metal band Quiet Riot’s lead vocalist Kevin DuBrow. Both Robert’s brother Rudy and Cavazo’s brother Carlos were in Quiet Riot at the time. He later joined with Cavazo, singer Kelly Hansen and drummer Jay Schellen to form the Glam Metal band Hurricane. He remained with Hurricane from 1985 until 1989. Although Hurricane released a reunion album (Liquifury) in 2001, Sarzo did not participate in this project. After many years in the studio, Sarzo worked to reform Hurricane in 2007.[1] Not just a heavy metal/rock and roll guitarist with a classical background, Robert Sarzo has branched out to become a producer and movie music composer. His current projects include the movies, “The Hiss”, written and produced by David Lynch’s daughter, Jennifer with the film composer Alexander van Bubenheim, and the 2009 wide-release “The Collector” written and produced by Marcus Dunstan writer of Saw 4, 5, & 6. Robert will be working on “The Collector” sequel in 2011. He has opened a recording studio in Sherman Oaks and is working with his brother, Rudy, on several upcoming projects. He is endorsed by Peavy guitars and Line 6. Recently Robert worked on the Blockbuster Movie in India “HISSS” and the upcoming native american indian Album “Tears of a shaman” with composer and producer Alexander van Bubenheim. and as Group councelor “Rock’n Roll Fantasy camp”. Rudy Sarzo is a professional recording and performing artist with a career that spans over 30 years. As a member of Ozzy Osbourne’s band, from March 1981 to September 1982, he toured the world in support of the “Blizzard of Ozz” and “Diary Of a Madman” records. His bass playing can be heard on Ozzy’s multimillion selling CD “Tribute” and “Speak of the Devil” CD and DVD. As a member of Quiet Riot, from September 1982 to January 1985, Rudy recorded the multi-platinum albums “Metal Health”, the first Heavy Metal debut to reach #1 on the Billboard charts and “Condition Critical”. During this period he headlined worldwide tours, appeared on numerous MTV videos and was voted #1 Bassist in Circus Magazine for 1983. As a member of Whitesnake, from April 1987 to September 1994 Rudy recorded the multi-platinum album “Slip of the Tongue”. During this period he also performed worldwide on headline tours in support of the multiplatinum “1987” and “Slip of the Tongue” albums and appeared on 6 MTV videos. As a member of the reunited Quiet Riot, from May 1997 to August 2003, Rudy performed worldwide headlining tours and as special guests in support of the Quiet Riot CDs “Alive and Well” and “Guilty Pleasure. He also appeared on VH1’s Quiet Riot, Behind the Music. In November of 2003, “Quiet Riot Live in The 21st Century” DVD was released after the group disbanded. His recordings with all of these artists combined have sold over 30 million copies. In February of 2004, Rudy joined Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force for the U.S. 30 city “Attack Tour” and later in April of 2004 he became a proud member of the multi-platinum Heavy Metal group DIO until the passing of Ronnie James Dio. Simon Wright was born in Oldham Manchester, England. After getting his first drum set at the age of 13, Simon, a self taught drummer, spent hours playing while listening to such legends as Cozy Powell, John Bonham and Tommy Aldridge. His first professional gig was touring with the support act for Girl School at the age of 16 with the band A II Z on the British leg of the “Screaming Blue Murder” tour. About a year Simon Wright was chosen to replace Phil Rudd and joined AC/DC. Simon performed and recorded with AC/DC for about seven years and is featured on their albums: Fly On The Wall, Who Made Who and Blow Up Your Video. After leaving AC/DC in 1989, he met Ronnie James Dio. Hired as the backbone for DIO entering the 90′s, their first effort together would produce the critically acclaimed album, 1990′s Lock Up The Wolves. He would go on to perform on six Dio albums and was a member of Dio until the untimely passing of Ronnie James Dio in 2010. Simon Wright has also performed and recorded with Rhino Bucket, John Norum, Mogg/Way, UFO with Michael Schenker, and others. Simon is currently performing with Dio Disciples. In January of 2013, Simon was invited to perform and record with Queensryche.

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  The Palace Theatre - PA
  21 West Otterman Street
  Greensburg, PA 15601
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• An Evening with Sully Erna at The Palace Theatre - PA on 06/01/2013 09:00 PM EDT: 06/2/13
  

  Sully Erna
  The Palace Theatre - PA
  06/01/2013 09:00 PM EDT
  $39.50 - $45.00
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  Sully Erna
  
  Sully Erna, best known as singer and main songwriter of acclaimed rock band Godsmack, is branching out from his rock roots this year with his debut solo album, Avalon. Already a proven commodity as the front man of one of today's most successful and powerful rock bands, Erna is also a successful producer, multi-instrumentalist and soundtrack creator. With Godsmack, Erna has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide. He was awarded Rock Artist of the Year at the Billboard Music Awards, and has received four Grammy nominations. Sully Erna's latest masterpiece, Avalon, features an array of eccentric compositions unlike anything he has ever written in the past. It is an epic body of work that has taken him over 2 years to compose, record and finally release. It utilizes the hypnotic sounds of tribal rhythms, melodic pianos and cellos, along with the haunting vocals of Lisa Guyer as well as the hand percussion of Niall Gregory from the renowned band Dead Can Dance.

  Venue Information
  The Palace Theatre - PA
  21 West Otterman Street
  Greensburg, PA 15601
  http://www.thepalacetheatre.org/