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SUMMARY:MxPx at The Hollywood Palladium
DESCRIPTION:MxPx is a punk rock band from Bremerton\, Washington that started in 1992\, playing shows in backyards\, local VFW halls\, and bars they weren’t old enough to drink in. They went on to sell millions of records\, tour the world\, and become one of the forerunners to the pop punk movement. \nGroups like New Found Glory and Good Charlotte credit MxPx for helping them get their start\, and for many longtime fans\, listening to the band was their first time hearing punk music. They survived the crash of the record industry by reinventing themselves and focusing on what matters most: the fans. After all these years\, they’re still here\, still touring the world\, and making the best music they’ve ever made\, hoping to see you at the next punk rawk show. \n \n \nThe story of ska-rockin’ maestros Less Than Jake isn’t told in their sizable discography. It can’t be calculated by the amount of road miles they’ve logged. (But if we’re forced to calculate\, we think they might be a block or two short of the Van Allen belts.) Nah! Less Than Jake’s cumulative worth is all about what they bring to your party. From sweaty club shows to uproarious festival dates to opening up for America’s most beloved rock acts\, these five lifers’ deeds are best measured in the smiles they’ve slapped on the faces of true believers and new listeners\, alike. Silver Linings is the name of the new Less Than Jake album\, their first fulllength for the Pure Noise label and the follow-up to 2013’s See The Light. It also doubles as a bunch of sonic diary pages and a mission statement that cements their conviction after two decades in this rock ‘n’ roll circus. Indeed\, LTJ—frontman/guitarist Chris DeMakes\, bassist/vocalist Roger Lima\, trombonist Buddy Schaub\, saxophonist Peter “JR” Wasilewski and new drummer Matt Yonker—have escaped most (but not all) forms of ennui\, depression and violence against screen-based objects to create an endorsement of humanity. Silver Linings also does a good amount of myth-exploding in its pursuit of joy. The songwriting core of DeMakes\, Lima and Wasilewski wrote all the lyrics. While Silver Linings doesn’t skimp on the joy\, fun or grooves\, careful listeners will sense a bit more reality seeping into LTJ’s escapism. \n \n \nCanton\, Ohio’s Relient K formed in 1998 and joined the parade of Christian punk-pop artists (MxPx\, Ghoti Hook\, Slick Shoes) with their self-titled 2000 debut\, mixing catchy melodies and snotty attitude with spiritual concerns. The record was produced by dc Talk guitarist Mark Townsend\, and the band was comprised of vocalist/guitarist/pianist Matt Thiessen\, guitarist Matthew Hoopes\, bassist Brian Pittman\, and drummer Stephen Cushman. David Douglas joined up in place of Cushman by the year’s end\, and Relient K followed up in August 2001 with The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek. The album sold 300\,000 copies and Relient K’s momentum continued to build as they played nearly 200 shows in North America before the year closed out. A third full-length\, Two Lefts Don’t Make a Right… But Three Do\, debuted at number 38 on Billboard’s Top 200 album chart upon its release in spring 2003. The band didn’t waste any time recording a fourth album; MMHMM\, produced by lead singer Thiessen and dc Talk‘s Townsend and mixed by Tom Lord-Alge\, was released in November 2004 by Gotee/Capitol. MMHMM scanned over 51\,000 copies sold during its first week\, hitting number 15 on the Top 200 and number one for Christian albums. It eventually went gold\, Relient K’s third consecutive album to do so\, and the band’s mainstream crossover was in full swing with singles “Be My Escape” and “Who I Am Hates Who I’ve Been” doing very well on modern rock radio and MTV. \nPittman left the group after MMHMM‘s release (later going on to play with Inhale/Exhale)\, and John Warne (ex-Ace Troubleshooter) filled in on bass for touring purposes\, becoming a permanent member in 2005. Relient K further added Jonathan Schneck as a third guitarist (who also played banjo and bells) that year\, bumping them up to quintet status. With Relient K touring constantly in support of MMHMM\, Apathetic EP followed in November 2005 as another treat to hold over fans as the guys readied their next album. Five Score & Seven Years Ago (as in their fifth album in seven years)\, largely produced by Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance\, Less Than Jake)\, was released in early March 2007. True to form\, Relient K set out on a full round of nationwide dates\, including spring shows with Mae and Sherwood\, before releasing the Christmas-themed album Let It Snow Baby… Let It Reindeer (containing several tracks from the band’s previous holiday release\, Deck the Halls\, Bruise Your Hand) later that fall. In October\, Douglas announced that he would be leaving Relient K to dedicate himself full-time to his side project Gypsy Parade. He was replaced in early 2008 by Ethan Luck\, who would accompany the group during its appearances on that year’s Warped Tour. In July\, the group released the B-side album The Bird and the Bee Sides\, which was packaged with The Nashville Tennis EP. The band released its sixth studio album\, Forget and Not Slow Down\, in 2009. \nTwo seven-song covers EPs\, titled K Is for Karaoke\, Pt. 1 and Pt. 2\, appeared in 2011. Later combined into one single LP release\, K Is for Karaoke included their takes on hits from the likes of Cyndi Lauper\, the Wallflowers\, Cake\, Toto\, and Stone Temple Pilots. Their next set of original music wouldn’t arrive until 2013. During recording\, Luck parted ways with the band\, his vacated slot filled a couple months later by the very drummer he replaced\, David Douglas. The band’s seventh LP\, Collapsible Lung\, was released that summer\, peaking at number 16 on the Billboard 200. Their eighth effort would also fair well. Produced by Mark Lee Townsend\, Air for Free featured the single “Look on Up” and debuted at number 44 on the Billboard 200\, topping the Christian chart.
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LOCATION:The Hollywood Palladium\, 6215 W Sunset Blvd\, Los Angeles\, 90028\, United States
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SUMMARY:EAGLES at FootPrint Center in Phoenix\, AZ
DESCRIPTION:The Eagles were unquestionably the biggest mainstream American rock band to emerge in the 1970s. Not only did they sell more records and concert tickets than their peers — Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) and Hotel California are two of the biggest-selling albums of all time — but they captured the shifting zeitgeist of the ’70s\, riding the country-rock hippie hangover at the end of the ’60s until it reached the slick\, expensive\, and expansive pop/rock of Southern California in the late ’70s. Co-leaders Don Henley and Glenn Frey didn’t seem like brothers\, but rather partners who made a pact to lead a coolly professional outfit designed to maximize their impact. This was not a group of teenage friends who played local dances together. Every one of the original members — Henley\, Frey\, Bernie Leadon\, and Randy Meisner — had headed toward LA with different bands and once those groups fell apart\, they stuck around town\, playing whatever gig that happened to show up. For all four\, one of those gigs was supporting Linda Ronstadt in 1971. The chemistry was evident on-stage and in the studio\, so the quartet decided to form a band\, releasing their debut in 1972. Hits came swiftly but stardom didn’t settle in until the latter half of the decade\, after 1975’s One of These Nights became a smash. Soon afterward\, Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) turned their early years into canon and then came 1976’s Hotel California\, a record that defined all manners of ’70s excess. By that point\, the band’s lineup had shifted — Leadon and Meisner were out\, as was Leadon‘s replacement Don Felder; guitarist Joe Walsh and bassist Timothy B Schmit were in — and the group turned out to be ill-equipped to handle their mega-stardom. One more record\, 1979’s The Long Run\, appeared before the band split\, with Henley and Frey achieving considerable solo success during the ’80s. Rumors of reunions never abated\, not even when Henley quipped that hell would freeze over before the Eagles would play again and\, eventually\, an album materialized in 1993\, when the Hotel California-era band adopted the MTV Unplugged format for their own needs on an album naturally called Hell Freezes Over. From that point on\, Eagles tours were regular events — sometimes they were ambitious endeavors\, sometimes they were a gig or two\, the one thing in common being their success — and although the group continued to thrive on the existence of its back catalog\, they recorded a brand-new double-album called Long Road Out of Eden\, a record that once again put the Eagles on the top of the charts in 2007. \nThe band was formed by four Los Angeles-based musicians who had migrated to the West Coast from other parts of the country. Singer/bassist Randy Meisner moved to L.A. in 1964 as part of a band originally called the Soul Survivors (not to be confused with the East Coast-based Soul Survivors\, who scored a Top Five hit with “Expressway to Your Heart” in 1967) and later renamed the Poor. He became a founding member of Poco in 1968\, but left the band prior to the release of its debut album in order to join the Stone Canyon Band\, the backup group for Rick Nelson. Meanwhile\, singer/guitarist/banjoist/mandolinist Bernie Leadon arrived in L.A. in 1967 as a member of Hearts and Flowers\, later joining Dillard & Clark and then the Flying Burrito Brothers. Singer/drummer Don Henley moved to L.A. in June 1970 with his band Shiloh\, who made one self-titled album for Amos Records before breaking up. Finally\, Glenn Frey performed in his hometown and served as a backup musician for Bob Seger before moving to L.A. in the summer of 1968. He formed the duo Longbranch Pennywhistle with J.D. Souther\, and the two musicians signed to Amos Records\, which released their self-titled album in 1969. \nIn the spring of 1971\, Frey and Henley were hired to play in Linda Ronstadt‘s backup band. Meisner and Leadon also played backup for Ronstadt during her summer tour\, though the four only did one gig together: a July show at Disneyland. They did\, however\, all appear on Ronstadt‘s next album\, Linda Ronstadt. In September 1971\, Frey\, Henley\, Leadon\, and Meisner signed with manager David Geffen\, agreeing to record for his soon-to-be-launched label\, Asylum Records; soon after\, they adopted the name the Eagles. In February 1972\, they flew to England and spent two weeks recording their debut album\, Eagles\, with producer Glyn Johns. It was released in June\, reaching the Top 20 and going gold in a little over a year-and-a-half on the strength of two Top Ten hits — “Take It Easy” and “Witchy Woman” — and one Top 20 hit\, “Peaceful Easy Feeling.” \nThe Eagles toured as an opening act throughout 1972 and into early 1973\, when they returned to England to record their second LP\, Desperado\, a concept album about outlaws. Produced by Glyn Johns and released in April 1973\, it reached the Top 40 and went gold in a little less than a year and a half\, spawning the Top 40 single “Tequila Sunrise” in the process. The title track\, though never released as a single\, became one of the band’s better-known songs and was included on the Eagles’ first hits collection. \nAfter touring to support Desperado’s release\, the Eagles again convened a recording session with Glyn Johns for their third album. Their desire to make harder rock music clashed with Johns’ sense of them as a country-rock band\, however\, and they split from the producer after recording two tracks\, “You Never Cry Like a Lover” and “The Best of My Love.” After an early 1974 tour opened by singer/guitarist Joe Walsh\, the band decided to hire Walsh‘s producer\, Bill Szymczyk\, who handled the rest of the sessions for On the Border. Szymczyk brought in a session guitarist\, Don Felder (born in Gainesville\, Florida\, on September 21\, 1947)\, an old friend of Bernie Leadon‘s who so impressed the rest of the band that he was recruited to join the group. \nOn the Border was released in March 1974. It went gold and reached the Top Ten in June\, the Eagles’ fastest-selling album yet. The first single\, “Already Gone\,” reached the Top 20 the same month. But the most successful song on the LP — the one that broke them through to a much larger audience — was “The Best of My Love\,” which was released as a single in November. It hit number one on the easy listening charts in February 1975 and topped the pop charts a month later. \nThe Eagles’ fourth album\, One of These Nights\, was an out-of-the-box smash. Released in June 1975\, it went gold the same month and hit number one in July. Moreover\, it featured three singles that hit the Top Five: the chart-topping title song\, “Lyin’ Eyes\,” and “Take It to the Limit.” “Lyin’ Eyes” won the 1975 Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo\, Group\, or Chorus\, and the Eagles also earned Grammy nominations for Album of the Year (One of These Nights) and Record of the Year (“Lyin’ Eyes”). The group went on a headlining world tour\, beginning with the U.S. and expanding into Europe. But on December 20\, 1975\, it was announced that Bernie Leadon had quit the band\, and Joe Walsh (born in Wichita\, Kansas\, on November 20\, 1947) was brought in as his replacement. He immediately joined the tour\, which continued to the Far East in early 1976. \nThe Eagles’ extensive touring kept them out of the studio\, and with no immediate plans for a new album; they agreed to release a compilation\, Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)\, in February 1976. The album’s success proved to be surprisingly meteoric. It topped the charts and became a phenomenal success\, eventually selling upwards of 25\,000\,000 copies and dueling with Michael Jackson‘s Thriller for the title of the best-selling album of all time in the U.S. \nIt took the Eagles 18 months to follow One of These Nights with their fifth album\, Hotel California. Released in December 1976\, the record was certified platinum in one week\, hit number one in January 1977\, and eventually sold over 10\,000\,000 copies. The singles “New Kid in Town” and “Hotel California” hit number one\, and “Life in the Fast Lane” made the Top 20. Meanwhile\, “Hotel California” won the 1977 Grammy for Record of the Year and was nominated for Song of the Year; the album itself was nominated for Album of the Year and for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo\, Group\, or Chorus. The Eagles embarked on a world tour in March 1977 that began with a month in the U.S.\, followed by a month in Europe and the Far East\, then returned to the U.S. in May for stadium dates. At the end of the tour in September\, Randy Meisner left the band; he was replaced by Timothy B. Schmit (born in Sacramento\, California\, November 20\, 1947)\, formerly of Poco\, in which he had also replaced Meisner. (Randy Meisner died on July 26\, 2023 at the age of 77.) \nThe Eagles began working on a new album in March 1978 and took nearly a year and a half to complete it. The Long Run was released in September 1979. It hit number one and was certified platinum after four months\, eventually earning multi-platinum certifications. “Heartache Tonight\,” its leadoff single\, hit number one\, and “I Can’t Tell You Why” and “The Long Run” became Top Ten hits. “Heartache Tonight” won the 1979 Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The Eagles toured the U.S. in 1980\, and at a week-long series of shows at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium\, they recorded Eagles Live. (Also included were some tracks recorded in 1976.) Released in November 1980\, the double LP (since reissued as a single CD) reached the Top Five and went multi-platinum\, with the single “Seven Bridges Road” reaching the Top 40. \nThe Eagles were inactive after the end of their 1980 tour\, but their breakup was not officially announced until May 1982. All five released solo recordings. (Walsh\, of course\, maintained a solo career before\, during\, and after the Eagles.) During the rest of the ’80s\, the bandmembers received several lucrative offers to reunite\, but they declined. In 1990\, Frey and Henley began writing together again\, and they performed along with Schmit and Walsh at benefit concerts that spring. A full-scale reunion was rumored\, but did not take place. Four years later\, however\, the Eagles did reunite. In the spring of 1994\, they taped an MTV concert special and then launched a tour that ended up running through August 1996. The MTV show aired in October\, followed in November by an audio version of it\, the album Hell Freezes Over\, which topped the charts and became a multi-million seller\, spawning the Top 40 pop hit “Get Over It” and the number one adult contemporary hit “Love Will Keep Us Alive.” \nThe Eagles next appeared together in January 1998 for their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame\, when the five present members performed alongside past members Leadon and Meisner. On December 31\, 1999\, they played a millennium concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles that was recorded and included on the box set retrospective Selected Works: 1972-1999 in November 2000. All was not well within the band\, however\, and Felder was expelled from the lineup in February 2001. A protracted legal battle ensued as the Eagles soldiered on as a quartet\, releasing The Very Best of the Eagles in 2003 and achieving minor success with the single “Hole in the World.” Felder‘s case was settled out of court in 2007; that same year\, the Eagles returned with the band’s seventh studio album\, Long Road Out of Eden\, a double-disc album that quickly went multi-platinum. In 2013\, the band made the documentary History of the Eagles\, and toured behind it until mid-2015. Six months later\, Glenn Frey became ill and passed away on January 18\, 2016. He was 67. Just over a year after Frey‘s death\, the Eagles were revived with Glenn‘s son Deacon taking his place; Vince Gill also joined on guitars and vocals. The group played the Classic West and Classic East festivals in July of 2017\, then set out on the road in 2018. At the end of the year\, the group’s entire discography was boxed up as the Legacy set. ~ William Ruhlmann\, Rovi \n \n \n  \nMost rock & roll bands are a tightly wound unit that developed their music through years of playing in garages and clubs around their hometown. Steely Dan never subscribed to that aesthetic. As the vehicle for the songwriting of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen\, Steely Dan defied all rock & roll conventions. Becker and Fagen never truly enjoyed rock — with their ironic humor and cryptic lyrics\, their eclectic body of work shows some debt to Bob Dylan — preferring jazz\, traditional pop\, blues\, and R&B. Steely Dan created a sophisticated\, distinctive sound with accessible melodic hooks\, complex harmonies and time signatures\, and a devotion to the recording studio. With producer Gary Katz\, Becker and Fagen gradually changed Steely Dan from a performing band to a studio project\, hiring professional musicians to record their compositions. Though the band didn’t perform live between 1974 and 1993\, Steely Dan’s popularity continued to grow throughout the ’70s as their albums became critical favorites and their singles became staples of AOR and pop radio stations. Even after the group disbanded in the early ’80s\, their records retained a cult following\, as proven by the massive success of their unlikely return to the stage in the early ’90s. \nWalter Becker (bass) and Donald Fagen (vocals\, keyboards) were the core members of Steely Dan throughout its various incarnations. The two met at Bard College in New York in 1967 and began playing in bands together shortly afterward. The duo played in a number of groups — including the Bad Rock Group\, which featured future comedic actor Chevy Chase on drums — which ranged from jazz to progressive rock. Eventually\, Becker and Fagen began composing songs together\, hoping to become professional songwriters in the tradition of the Brill Building. In 1970\, the pair joined Jay & the Americans‘ backing band\, performing under pseudonyms; Becker chose Gustav Mahler\, while Fagen used Tristan Fabriani. They stayed with Jay & the Americans until halfway through 1971\, when they recorded the soundtrack for the low-budget film You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It\, which was produced by the Americans‘ Kenny Vance. Following the recording of the soundtrack\, Becker and Fagen attempted to start a band with Denny Dias\, but the venture was unsuccessful. Barbra Streisand recorded the Fagen/Becker composition “I Mean to Shine” on her album Barbra Joan Streisand\, released in August 1971\, and the duo met producer Gary Katz\, who hired them as staff songwriters for ABC/Dunhill in Los Angeles\, where he had just become a staff producer. Katz suggested that Becker and Fagen form a band as a way to record their songs\, and Steely Dan — who took their name from a dildo in William Burroughs‘ Naked Lunch — were formed shortly afterward. \nRecruiting guitarists Denny Dias and Jeff “Skunk” Baxter\, drummer Jim Hodder\, and keyboardist/vocalist David Palmer\, Becker and Fagen officially formed Steely Dan in 1972\, releasing their debut\, Can’t Buy a Thrill\, shortly afterward. Palmer and Fagen shared lead vocals on the album\, but the record’s two hit singles — the Top Ten “Do It Again” and “Reeling in the Years” — were sung by Fagen. Can’t Buy a Thrill was a critical and commercial success\, but its supporting tour was a disaster\, hampered by an under-rehearsed band and unappreciative audiences. Palmer left the band following the tour. Countdown to Ecstasy\, released in 1973\, was a critical hit\, but it failed to generate a hit single\, even though the band supported it with a tour. \nSteely Dan replaced Hodder with Jeff Porcaro and added keyboardist/backup vocalist Michael McDonald prior to recording their third album\, Pretzel Logic. Released in the spring of 1974\, Pretzel Logic returned Steely Dan to the Top Ten on the strength of the single “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number.” After completing the supporting tour for Pretzel Logic\, Becker and Fagen decided to retire from live performances and make Steely Dan a studio-based band. For their next album\, 1975’s Katy Lied\, the duo hired a variety of studio musicians — including Dias\, Porcaro\, guitarist Elliot Randall\, saxophonists Phil Woods\, bassist Wilton Felder\, percussionist Victor Feldman\, keyboardist Michael Omartian\, and guitarist Larry Carlton — as supporting musicians. Katy Lied was another hit\, as was 1976’s The Royal Scam\, which continued in the vein of its predecessor. On 1977’s Aja\, Steely Dan’s sound became more polished and jazzy\, as they hired jazz fusion artists like Wayne Shorter\, Lee Ritenour\, and the Crusaders as support. Aja became their biggest hit\, reaching the Top Five within three weeks of release and becoming one of the first albums to be certified platinum. Aja also gained the respect of many jazz musicians\, as evidenced by Woody Herman recording an album of Becker/Fagen songs in 1978. \nFollowing the release of Aja\, ABC was bought out by MCA Records\, resulting in a contractual dispute with the label that delayed until 1980 the release of their follow-up album. During the interim\, the group had a hit with the theme song for the film FM in 1978. Steely Dan finally released Gaucho\, the follow-up to Aja\, in late 1980\, and it became another Top Ten hit for the group. During the summer of 1981\, Becker and Fagen announced that they were parting ways. The following year\, Fagen released his solo debut\, The Nightfly\, which became a critical and commercial hit. \nFagen didn’t record another album until 1993\, when he reunited with Becker\, who produced Kamakiriad. The album was promoted by the first Steely Dan tour in nearly 20 years\, and while the record failed to sell\, the concerts were very popular. In 1994\, Becker released his solo debut\, 11 Tracks of Whack\, which was produced by Fagen. The following year\, Steely Dan mounted another reunion tour\, and in early 2000 the duo issued Two Against Nature\, their first new studio album in two decades. It won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Steely Dan followed it in 2003 with Everything Must Go. Fagen‘s solo album Morph the Cat was released in 2006\, and Becker released Circus Money in 2008 as Steely Dan embarked on another tour. In September 2017\, it was announced that Becker had died in Maui\, Hawaii. He was 67-years-old. \nFagen carried on with Steely Dan after Becker‘s passing\, often calling the group “the Steely Dan Band.” This new lineup was showcased on a pair of live albums released in September 2021: Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live and Donald Fagen’s The Nightfly Live\, both recorded between 2018 and 2019. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine\, Rovi
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LOCATION:Mortgage Matchup Center\, 201 E Jefferson St\, Phoenix\, 85004\, United States
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SUMMARY:John 5 at EL Ray in Los Angeles\, CA
DESCRIPTION:When Guitar World convened their State of Guitar in 2021 all-star summit\, JOHN 5 appeared on the magazine’s cover\, right alongside Metallica’s Kirk Hammett and Tool’s Adam Jones. Without a doubt\, his reputation as a guitar-slinging troubadour and top-notch shredder is well-earned\, recognized by friends\, peers\, and collaborators like Slash\, Paul Gilbert\, and Steve Vai over the years. But the man whose passport reads “John William Lowery” is more than a postmodern guitar hero. An eclectic showman and horror-obsessed pop culture maverick\, his tastes and talent are as vast and diverse as his renowned collection of guitars and as robust as his expansive discography. As evidenced by the latest slab of sinister sounds credited to his JOHN 5 AND THE CREATURES outfit\, the Michigan-born musician\, who moved to Hollywood as a teen to pursue his rock n’ roll dreams\, follows his artistic muse wherever it leads. SINNER is pure JOHN 5\, summoned with the same mix of vibrant energy and passionate emotion beloved by fans of his work as guitarist for Rob Zombie\, Marilyn Manson\, and David Lee Roth. His 5th record with Zombie\, The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy\, became the hard rock icon’s first No. 1 album. The debut single from L.A. RATS\, pairing John and Zombie with Nikki Sixx (Mötley Crüe) and Tommy Clueftos (Ozzy Osbourne\, Rob Zombie)\, cracked Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Top 40. The key to it all was John’s uniquely identifiable style\, which he nails on SINNER. \n \n \nArmed with one guitar–his battered-and-bruised\, heavily-customized Gibson Les Paul\, aka “Old Glory” – a gritty\, soul-stirring voice\, and an unshakable spirit\, Jared James Nichols reaffirms the power and glory of good ol’ hot-wired\, blues-drenched rock ‘n’ roll. Since the beginning\, Nichols has carved out his own singular path in the music world and his new songs reveal newfangled sides and a different level of depth to the JJN experience. On Skin ‘n Bone\, Nichols takes an introspective look at what divides us as people\, but also\, what should unite us. \nKnown for his high-energy\, pick-less guitar-playing from his electrifying riff-‘n’-roll from records like his 2015 debut Old Glory & the Wild Revival\, and the 2018 follow up Black Magic\, Jared has performed over 400 live dates traveling around the world with his band and performed onstage with giants like Slash\, Billy Gibbons\, Joe Bonamassa\, Zakk Wylde\, and the late\, great Leslie West\, among others. \nIn 2021\, Jared was officially welcomed into the Gibson family as a brand ambassador alongside the likes of Slash and Dave Mustaine (from Megadeth)\, and will release his EP – Shadow Dancer – on September 17th. \n \n 
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LOCATION:El Rey Theatre\, 5515 Wilshire Blvd\, Los Angeles\, 90036\, United States
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