Music Roundup:
Chris Heim’s Music Roundup 5.26.10
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In this edition of the Music Roundup, we run down one of the big regional blues festivals and one of several blues books that have been recently published.
New blues books include:
Blues Before Sunrise: The Radio Interviews by Steve Cushing
Willie Dixon: Preacher of the Blues by Mitsutoshi Inaba
Midnight at the Barrelhouse: The Johnny Otis Story by George Lipsitz
Lightnin Hopkins: His LIfe and Blues by Alan Govenar
In Search of the Blues: A Journey to the Soul of Black Texas by Bill Minutaglio
House of Hits: The Story of Houston’s Gold Star/SugarHill Recording Studios by Andy Brady and Roger Wood
Long Lost Blues: Popular Blues in America, 1850 -1920 by Peter C. Muir
Blues Music in the Sixties: A Story in Black and White by Ulrich Adelt
Listen to the Music Roundup Wednesdays on Morning Edition for selected concert picks and a variety of music-related features, reviews and special reports – and check here for the area’s most comprehensive regional concert listings.
CONCERT LISTINGS:
May
26: Curt Turner - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
28: Korn - Cotillion, Wichita
Lynyrd Skynyrd and Molly Hatchet - Starlight Theatre, Kansas City
Brooks and Dunn - BOK Center, Tulsa
REO Speedwagon - Showplace Theatre, Norman
Larry McCray - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Cate Brothers - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka (ALSO 5.29)
Brad Paisley - Sprint Center, Kansas City
Victor Wooten Band - Crossroads KC, Kansas City
29: Paul Geremia - Blue Door, Oklahoma City
Chatauqua Hills Blues Festival - Greg Theatre/Festival Grounds, Sedan (ALSO 5.30)
Earth, Wind and Fire - Starlight Theatre, Kansas City
Steve Cormier - Iron Horse, El Dorado
30: Maxwell and Jill Scott - Starlight Theatre, Kansas City
June
3: Styx, Foreigner and Kansas - Starlight Theatre, Kansas City
4: Pieta Brown - Bottleneck, Lawrence
Tas Cru - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
Larry Newsom - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
Black Keys - Crossroads KC, Kansas City
Brave Combo - Cotillion, Wichita
5: John Hammond - Blue Door, Oklahoma City
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - Starlight Theatre, Kansas City
Jim White/Sam Baker - Folly Theatre, Kansas City
Wild Women of Kansas City - Jardine’s, Kansas City
Tulsa Blues Expo - Flytrap Music Hall, Tulsa
Albert Castiglia - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Let’s Band Together for Pat Benefit - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
6: Albert Castiglia - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa - Crossroads KC, Kansas City
Elephant Revival - Lions Park, Norman
Trio Globo - Chamber Music at the Barn, Prairie Pines
Strange Days Tour featuring Tech N9ne - Cotillion, Wichita
7: Pink Martini - Midland Theatre, Kansas City
8: Strange Days Tour featuring Tech N9ne - Diamond Ballroom, Oklahoma City
9: Strange Days Tour featuring Tech N9ne - Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa
George Clinton and the P-Funk Allstars - Crossroads KC, Kansas City
10: New Riders of the Purple Sage - Sedgwick County Zoo, Wichita
50 Cent - Midland Theatre, Kansas City
Duke Robillard - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Smokey Hill River Festival - Oakdale Park, Salina (THRU 6.13)
11: Joe Ely - Blue Door, Oklahoma City
Gladstone Summertime Blues Festival - Gladstone, Mo
Tim McGraw - Intrust Bank Arena, Wichita
Original Wailers - Granada, Lawrence
Levee Town - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
Josh Vowell and the Rumble - The Office, Topeka
Pieta Brown/Truckstop Honeymoon - Crosstown Station, Kansas City
Jason and the Scorchers - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Peter Carp/Sue Foley - Rock Island Live, Wichita
12: Roy Bookbinder - Blue Door, Oklahoma City
Joe Ely - All Soul Acoustic Coffeehouse, Tulsa
Lyle Lovett/Kansas City Symphony - Symphony in the Flint Hills SOLD OUT
Delores and the Pickin’ Fretters - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
Tinsley Ellis/JoshVowell and the Rumble - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
The Wilders - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
13: Joe Ely - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Tab Benoit - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
New Riders of the Purple Sage - Granada, Lawrence
Tim McGraw - Zoo Amphitheatre, Oklahoma City
Michael Franti and Spearhead - Crossroads KC, Kansas City
MGMT - Uptown Theatre, Kansas City
Marilyn Maye - Jardine’s, Kansas City (THRU 6.16 and 6.18)
14: Psychedelic Furs - Midland Theatre, Kansas City
15: Jewel/Radney Foster - Rose State Performing Arts Center, Oklahoma City
16: Peter Karp/Sue Foley - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Go For Baroque - Chamber Music at the Barn, Prairie Pines (THRU 6.18)
Jewel/Radney Foster - Midland Theatre, Kansas City
17: Jewel/Radney Foster - Stiefel Theatre, Salina
America - Lucky Star Casino, Concho
18: Guy Forsyth Band - Blue Door, Oklahoma City
Mark Horton and Nikki Moddelmog - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
Morris Day and Time - Lucky Star Casino, Concho
Stacie Collins - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
Little Texas - Cotillion, Wichita
Marcia Ball - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Mem Shannon - Parkville River Jam, Kansas City
19: Slaid Cleaves - Blue Door, Oklahoma City
Mem Shannon - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
Drive-By Truckers - Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa
20: Trombone Shorty and New Orleans Avenue - Crossroads KC, Kansas City
Danny O’Keefe - Lions Park, Norman
22: Michael Buble - BOK Center, Tulsa
23: Indigenous - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Michael Buble - Intrust Bank Arena, Wichita
24: Nick Curran and the Lowlifes - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Subdudes - Sedgwick County Zoo, Wichita
Euforquestra - Crosstown Station, Kansas City
25: Subdudes - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
JJ Grey and Mofro/Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Crossroads KC, Kansas City
Josh Garrett and the Bottomline - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
The Temptations - Showplace Theatre, Norman
Roger Daltry - Stiefel Theatre, Salina
Uriah Heep - Star Pavilion, Kansas City
26: Josh Vowell and the Rumble - Roughnecks Bar, Topeka
Joe Moss - Rock Island Live, Wichita
Biscuit Miller - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
Erick Mallory - Artichoke Sandwich Bar, Wichita
Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears - Bottleneck, Lawrence
Michael Buble - Sprint Center, Kansas City
Amy Lavere and the Waybacks - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
27: Tim McGraw - Sprint Center, Kansas City
Henry Rollins Frequent Flyer Tour - Cotillion, Wichita
30: Ana Popovic - Rock Island Live, Wichita
Henry Rollins Frequent Flyer Tour - Liberty Hall, Lawrence
Matt Combs - Chamber Music at the Barn, Prairie Pines (THUR 7.2)
July
1: Ana Popovic - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Rush - Starlight Theatre, Kansas City
2: Back Porch Blues Band - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
Miss Blues and the Blue Notes - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
3: Miss Blues and the Blue Notes - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
4: Santana/Stevie Wonder - Starlight Theatre, Kansas City
5: Levon Helm/Justin Townes Earle - Crossroads KC, Kansas City
8: Paul Thorn/Slaid Cleaves - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Dar Williams/Sara Watkins/Carrie Rodriguez - Crossroads KC, Kansas City
9: Homemade Jamz Concert - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
Sara Evans - Crossroads KC, Kansas City
Lyle Lovett - Showplace Theatre, Norman
10: Terry Allen/Jim Suhler and Monkey Beat - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
11: REO Speedwagon/Pat Benatar - Starlight Theatre, Kansas City
John McEuen - Andrews Park Amphitheatre, Norman
Lyle Lovett - Tulsa Performing Arts Center, Tulsa
13: REO Speedwagon/Pat Benatar - Intrust Bank Arena, Wichita
Weird Al Yankovic - Cotillion, Wichita
Jackie Allen - Jardine’s, Kansas City
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Sprint Center, Kansas City
15: Lilith - Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone, Bonner Springs
Weird Al Yankovic - Brady Theatre, Tulsa
16: Jeff Hamilton Trio - Jardine’s, Kansas City (ALSO 7.17)
Laurie Morvan - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
Robert Plant - Brady Theatre, Kansas City
17: Jimmy Thackeray - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
Platinum Express - Uncle Bo’s, Topeka
18: Emmylou Harris - Stiefel Theatre, Salina
Chicago/Doobie Brothers - Starlight Theatre, Kansas City
Alaturka - Jardine’s, Kansas City
Big Smith - Andrews Park Amphitheatre, Norman
20: Lady Gaga - Ford Center, Oklahoma City (SOLD OUT)
22: Rascal Flatts - Intrust Bank Arena, Wichita
23: Walter Trout - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
RocknAmerica Festival - Zoo Amphiteatre, Oklahoma City (THRU 7.25)
Rascal Flatts - BOK Center, Tulsa
24: Chubby Carrier - Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City
25: New Pornographers - Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa
26: The New Pornographers - Liberty Hall, Lawrence
29: Old 97s/Lucero - Crossroads KC, Kansas City
30: Los Lonely Boys - Voodoo Lounge, Kansas City
