Reverend Horton Heat plays Jannus Live in St. Petersburg, Florida on December 20, 2017. Credit: PHoto by Jess Phillips

You learn a lot about showbiz after playing close to 6,000 concerts. Jim Heath, leader of psychobilly icon Reverend Horton Heat can still make his red Gretsch wail and looks like a country-rock adonis in his signature retro suit.

The 64-year-old and his “Wiggle Stick” are back in town for the umpteenth time, this time in support of a two song EP, Stars Align.

Canadian surf-rock outfit The Surfrajettes opens the show.

Tickets to see Reverend Horton Heat play Jannus Live in St. Petersburg on Friday, May 17 are still available and start at $30.

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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...