Steve Poltz, the main creative force behind California alternative quintet The Rugburns, has been on a solo roll since the mid-’90s. But sometimes, all the excitement can cause even your weed trips to get so out of hand that you think a 95-year-old woman eating a burger has stabbed you in the hand with a steak knife while out with a young man who is her lover, not her grandson.

It’s anyone’s guess what other anecdotes Mr. “Football Tonite” has under his hat, but he’s spending the first week of 2023 in Florida, with Tampa sandwiched in between dates in St. Augustine and Clearwater.

Rebekah Pulley opens for Steve Poltz when he plays Tampa’s Skipper’s Smokehouse on Friday, Jan. 6 where tickets are still available for $20.

Admission to see Poltz at Clearwater’s Music4Life Living Arts Center on Saturday, Jan. 7 are $50.

This article appears in Dec 29, 2022 – Jan 4, 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...