Tampa resident Sam Williams hits the New World Brewery biergarten stage for a free Friday night show, and we’re not sure if the guitarist and songwriter will sneak in material from his other band (Down By Law, a early-’90s punk outfit formed by former All frontman Dave Smalley), but a social media event page says that Williams will play a set of “surf noir.”
That tells us the set will lean on songs from Williams’ Black Valley Moon project, which is just fine with us. “Surf noir” is influenced by James Wilsey, who gave Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game” that sexy, sad sound. Keep your pants on though. If not for common decency, but to respect New World’s COVID-19 protocols which include 25% capacity and making sure that every item touched by a person—be it a customer or employee—is completely sanitized after each use.
Sam Williams. Friday, Jan. 29, 7:30 p.m. Free.New World Brewery, Tampa INFO
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This article appears in Jan 28 – Feb 3, 2021.