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✔️ = Critic's Pick
✔️Jamey Johnson His recent cover of Johnny Cash’s “Spirit Rider” is making waves online, but it’s best to catch 11-time Grammy nominee Jamey Johnson in real life. The hirsute, 42-year-old songwriter has been sharing his hair-raising country tunes since the 2002 release of They Call Me Country, and if you call yourself country, then you’re probably going to want to put this concert on your must-see list. In fact, you might want to catch him on all his Florida dates (May 1 and 2 in Tallahassee and Gulf Breeze, respectively), since Johnson is famous for never writing setlists. (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater) INFO
Backtrack w/Mizery/Regulate/Hangman/Overheat/Six Paths/Head High New Jersey hardcore band Backtrack tops this bill, but expect a heavy contingent of Overheat fans to show up, too. The Orlando-based band is calling it quits after three years, and you can expect every ounce of energy it brought to its BackBooth debut to be on display onstage at the Skatepark of Tampa’s all-ages space. (Transitions Art Gallery at Skatepark of Tampa, Tampa) INFO
✔️Rock the Park w/Ashley Smith and The Random Occurrence/Jon Ditty/The Easy Button Ashley Smith’s soulful, soothing vocal should sound nice and crisp when long-running downtown Tampa outdoor music series Rock The Park closes out its May edition with another free, kid and pet-friendly concert that also includes Pinellas emcee Jon Ditty. Tampa rock and roll quintet The Easy Button — whose brand of crunch-pop is perfect for fans of Reliant K, Weezer or Jimmy Eat World — opens the show. (Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa) INFO
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ALSO PLAYING
Johnny Mile & The Kilometers w/Oxford Nolan/Terrapin Sounds (SubCentral At The Iberian Rooster, St. Petersburg) INFO
Living Room Live Open Mic w/Rebekah Pulley (Hideaway Café, St. Petersburg) INFO
Fall On Purpose w/Thrift Store Revolution (The Blue Note, Tampa) INFO
This article appears in May 3-10, 2018.
