Sarah Jarosz - Grass Valley, California

Sarah Jarosz 

Grass Valley Center for the Arts

Grass Valley, California 

4/3/22

Bob Weir & Wolf Bros Spring Tour in Full Swing

Bob Weir & Wolf Bros winded though the Southeast with a dip into the Midwest this past week with stops in Nashville, Columbus, Asheville, Chattanooga, and Durham. Accompanied by a string a brass quintet, the band has expanded its musical scope with hat-tricks of sound that take most for a smooth ride with curves and hills.

Bob Weir & Wolf Bros

In Asheville, on a warm, March 24, evening, the city relented and let kids set up Shakedown for a good few hours before the show. Most made it in for the opener where Bobby performed solo acoustic with Dark Star and Bird Song. The Dark Star opener was a completion of the opener from Columbus a few nights earlier.

Jay Lane, Don Was, Jeff Chimenti, and Barry Sless joined Bob Weir along with quintet members Alex Kelly, Brian Switzer, Adam Theis, Mads Tolling and Sheldon Brown for a El Paso > Mexicali Blues that was snappy as tight mariachi brass band, with a pronounced pedal steel mastery by Barry Sless leaving it not hard to imagine there were swinging saloon doors at the entrance to the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium.

First set continued with Bob Weir original, Black-Throated Wind, with Casey Jones then lifting the show back before set break leaving many with energetic anticipation for what the second set had in store.

Dead & Company in Chula Vista, CA on 10/27/21

It was just another Wednesday night in San Diego but in Chula Vista it was far from ordinary with Dead & Company set up to play a one night stand at North Island Credit Union Amphitheater.

Foreigner Greatest Hits 2021 Tour Hits Peoria Civic Center Theater

 Peoria Civic Center - Peoria, IL July 24th, 2021

Review and Photos by Jeremy Rickman of JKR Photography

Next up for the return of Rock in Central Illinois Foreigner takes over the stage for the evening at the Peoria Civic Center Theater in Peoria, Illinois. This Sold Out show did not disappoint.

 

Bob Weir and Wolf Brothers with the Wolf Pack at the Greek Theater in Berkeley, CA on July 24, 2021

Going back to the Greek in Berkeley after so many years (actually decades) was a remarkable treat. The flashback floodgate was wide open from the first moment on the sidewalk out front waiting for the doors to open. Running into old friends, as well as making new ones, brought back one particular memory from the 80s of being “miracled” by some super cool passerby without even asking to a very sold-out Dead show at that exact same place on the sidewalk. Then there was that time when asked by UCB campus police what was in the brownies I was selling on the sidewalk. They still declined purchasing any even after telling them only chocolate, sugar, and love. 

Chicago plays in Peoria, Illinois with the return of Live concerts at the Civic Center

Peoria Civic Center - Peoria, IL July 24th, 2021

Review and Photos by Jeremy Rickman of JKR Photography 

The Classic powerhouse band Chicago returns to Central, Illinois kicking off the Peoria Civic Centers return to hosting music since early 2020 and the beginning of the Pandemic. 

Collective Soul Captivates in Central Florida

Collective Soul

Busch Gardens 

February 29, 2020

Tampa, FL

By Michael Yanko

Rock Legends Photographers

90's alternative rock band Collective Soul has become one of my favorite touring bands to see, hear, and photograph. The energy that they bring to the stage is contagious and it's very obvious that this band truly enjoys performing! This was my third time covering them in the last couple of years and each time has had the excitement of the very first time I saw them many years ago.

This particular show was the inaugural offering for what looked to be a promising concert series at  Busch Gardens' Food and Wine Festival.

The evening was very chilly for this time of year in Florida but that didn't stop thousands of fans from cramming into the outdoor venue to rock out with the band.