In addition to tonight's Best of the Bay awards show (which is officially sold out!), there's some live music happening on this Wed., Sept. 23. Take a look at the breakdown below…
That 1 Guy Avant rock with healthy jazz, funk and prog influences, as produced by one man on homemade electronically-rigged instruments like none you’ve ever seen before? Yep, it’s That 1 Guy, whose main weapon is the Magic Pipe, shaped like a harp with a double-bass sonic quality, percussive capabilities, and trigger points that set off samples and effects. His arsenal also includes a Magic Boot and Magic Saw, and watching him pluck, bow, strum, tap, twang and pinch the “instruments” is just as entertaining as the music is appealing and bizarre. Highly recommended. (Local 662, St. Petersburg)
Lydia with Seahaven, Turnover, The Technicolors Arizona sextet Lydia has been through the usual ups and downs of a struggling indie rock band but has managed to pull through a break-up and re-assemblage since forming in 2003, though only founding vocalist/guitarist Leighton Antelman remains from the original core, and with Matt Keller (keys, guitar, bass, programming) and Justin Camacho (guitar), he recorded just-released LP, Run Wild, and this tour supports. (Crowbar, Ybor City)
Nate Najar, Chuck Redd & Tommy Cecil St. Pete’s venerable fingerstyle guitarist/composer, Najar, stages a Side Door Jazz program with a pair of D.C.’s esteemed jazz artists – acoustic bassist Tommy Cecil, and drummer/vibraphone maestro Chuck Redd. (Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
This article appears in Sep 17-23, 2015.