Angel Vivaldi, who plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on December 18, 2018. Credit: Andrew Minarik

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Angel Vivaldi w/Nita Strauss Angel Vivaldi is so good at guitar that he often plays a seven-stringed one just to stay interested. The 33-year-old’s technical prowess is the stuff guitarists' wet dreams are made of, and you can expect fans to be drooling at the shredfest at this Tuesday gig where the trailblazing instrumentalist will be joined by Los Angeles guitarist Nita Strauss, whom we last saw when she played a gig as part of Alice Cooper’s band. (Crowbar, Ybor City) INFO

Aftermath: The End Times w/Kay-S/Decibel Nation/Hellman Drum and bass gets one last dance at Fubar when the Aftermath crew taps three of its staple artists to rock a free party that is free to attend. (Fubar, St. Petersburg) INFO

ALSO PLAYING

Hotel California: A Salute to the Eagles (Tampa Theatre, Tampa) INFO

Patel Conservatory presents: Fall Jazz Jam (TECO Theater at David A Straz Center for Performing Arts, Tampa) INFO

Jazz Dead Tuesday (The Ale & the Witch St. Petersburg) INFO

This article appears in Dec 13-20, 2018.

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...