Widespread Panic | October 22, 2010 | Greek Theatre | Los Angeles, CA –...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by by Colin Vereen
Floating steadily in the jam band stream, Widespread Panic are true negotiators of musical peaks and valleys. Isolatable yet cohesive, you could...
The Steve Miller Band | July 21, 2011 | Pacific Amphitheatre | Costa Mesa,...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Ron Lyon
“Summertime and the Steve Miller Band go together like peanut butter and jelly…”
So said the man on the corner, scalping tickets and making...
Bob Dylan | July 15, 2011 | Pacific Amphitheatre | Costa Mesa, CA
Review by Mateo Carlin
Photos by Jim McCluney
There was an air of excitement in Costa Mesa, not only for the grand opening of the 2011 Orange County Fair, but...
Eddie Vedder | July 6, 2011 | Terrace Theater | Long Beach, CA
Review by Ron Lyon & Shawn Perry
Photos by Ron Lyon
“Hello Long Beach…”
Three words Eddie Vedder apparently thought he’d never put together. But as someone who spent his formative...
Tower of Power | May 28, 2011 | The Greek Theatre | Los Angeles,...
Review by Junkman
Funk. A word that is familiar to most of us, but not necessarily defined correctly. Loosely translated, it can be described as the sweaty, stinky, state of...
Concert Review: Max Weinberg 7 | June 24, 2011 | Hyatt Regency ...
Review by Julie Richards & Pam Hales
Photos by Jim McCluney
The Max Weinberg 7, plus Bill Champlin (formerly of Chicago)
and special guest Mindi Abair, kicked off the first of 15...
Concert Review: Deep Purple | June 24, 2011 | Greek Theatre | Los...
Ian Gillan, Don Airey & Steve Morse
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Junkman
The one thing everyone seemed to be saying when I told them I was going to see Deep...
Rush | June 20, 2011 | The Gibson Amphitheatre | Los Angeles, CA...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Ron Lyon
with additional photos by Allan Tellias
Without a “new” studio album to promote, some musical artists have to get wildly creative when they hit...
Black Country Communion | June 10, 2011 | City National Bank Grove of...
Review by Shawn Perry
From Crosby, Stills & Nash (and later Young) to Asia to the Traveling Wilburys to Chickenfoot — supergroups often sound better on paper than on stage....
Scorpions & Cinderella | July 29, 2010 | Citizens Business Bank Arena | Ontario,...
Review by Shawn Perry
Photos by Steve Arndt
So this is it. Circling the globe on what is billed as their “farewell” trek, the Scorpions popped into the Inland Empire (San...