There are some bands that just refuse to go away no matter what you throw at them. And right now, West Virginia rockers Bobaflex appear to be one of those bands.
Rendezvous owner Jimmy Green remembers when he heard the news that Rusty Larabee had died. A few guys who were in local bands were talking about it in his bar. Then the group began talking about Larabee’s family and it spawned an idea.
If you looked up “tribute bands” in the dictionary, it would probably read: “Two words that immediately evoke a chuckle or an eye roll.”
They have names like Head Zeppelin, Shania’s Twin and Blue Oyster Culture Club. Some of them take pride in looking almost identical to Bret Michaels and C.C. Deville of Poison. Did you know there’s a KISS tribute band from New York that consists of only little people? They’re called Mini-KISS. I mean, come on. It’s hard to take these guys seriously.
That is, until you see one.
In Kansas City and Lawrence, Kan., The Factory Workers are becoming a hot commodity. Armed with a blues rock arsenal that draws from The Raconteurs, The Black Keys and even Led Zeppelin, Justin Brooks and Alheim Amador have people taking notice. The band will be playing at 10 p.m. tonight at The Rendezvous.
For the last 10 years, thanks to the Sounds of Summer concert series, the downtown gazebo has been put to some fun and musical use. Thankfully for St. Joe, this year will be no different.
A parking lot may seem like an unlikely place to find entertainment on a Saturday night, at least the family-friendly kind, but that’s where it will be when the Shoppes at North Village begins its annual summer concert series starting from 6 to 8 p.m. May 30.
Many St. Joe music fans think the only exciting thing about summer is traveling to KC or Lawrence, Kan., to check out some of the big music acts.
News flash! These people are seriously mistaken.
As it turns out, between the new albums being released from notable local and regional bands and a few of the possible acts that may be coming here this summer, music lovers have plenty of reasons to stay put and see what’s happening.
Any time a festival announces its cancellation, people tend to have a grim outlook on its future.
But when the St. Joseph International Guitar Festival and Competition was cancelled last year, the first time in the its six-year history, director Anthony Glise said it was actually beneficial.
After four concerts that featured three musical director finalists, two things will be certain at the Saint Joseph Symphony’s one final concert of the season: The symphony will announce a permanent fixture at the conductor’s stand and they’ll have a good time doing it.
And the good times will roll thanks to jazz from the roaring ‘20s for the Saint Joseph Symphony’s spring pops concert “A Night on the Town” at 8 p.m. April 25 at the Missouri Theater.
