Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Is it even springtime in Tampa Bay if Styx doesn’t roll into town?

Guitarist and co-founder James “J.Y.” Young recently lost his wife of 50 years, so he’s at least one guy who definitely needs a distraction. And considering how shitty things are in Florida, you’re lying if you think that a “Come Sail Away” singalong—with or without Dennis DeYoung—won’t make all the adversity go away for six minutes and seven seconds. I mean for God’s sake, even Eric Cartman loves the song.

Ex-Eagle Don Felder—whose ousting from the country-rock band we’re still bitter about—opens.

Tickets to see Styx and Don Felder play Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater on Monday, April 17 are still available and start at $53.25.

This article appears in Apr 13-19, 2023.

Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's calendar editor. He started as a freelance music writer in 2020 at the age of 18, and after spending years covering, announcing, and previewing concerts in...