The live music scene in Tucson typically slows down considerably in the Summer months. This year, we seem to have ridden the wave of a fantastic Spring of live shows into an active Summer. There have been plenty enough shows throughout town to get me out and about and musically enjoying my whole summer. A few shows by Chicha Dust, a wonderful local cumbia band, have been among my favorite.
Heading into the Fall, here is a list of shows that have me excited. In some cases, I even have tickets already!
Galactic is a quality funk band from New Orleans. That in itself should really be enough to get you interested! They play the Rialto on August 23 with local band 8 Minutes to Burn opening the show.
The last weekend of August brings HoCo Fest to the Club Congress. Four evenings of music on multiple stages, and they are charging for only two of the four nights. Highlights include Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers on Friday night (one of the nights that is not free), local up and comers Prom Body, Sun Bones, and more for free on Saturday night. Sunday night is my personal favorite, with performances by both the aforementioned Chicha Dust and Sergio Mendoza Y La Orkesta! Much dancing will take place at Hotel Congress on this late Summer's evening.
September 5 at The Fox theater is Mavis Staples. She is an American music heavyweight. This Gospel singer has worked with The Band, Bob Dylan, and most recently, Jeff Tweedy of Wilco.
Carolina Chocolate Drops come to the Rialto on October 11. This band from North Carolina plays "old-time, fiddle and banjo-based music," and they are my sister's very favorite band. According to Rolling Stone, "The Carolina Chocolate Drops are...revisiting, with a joyful vengeance, black string-band and jug-band music of the Twenties and Thirties—the dirt-floor dance electricity of the Mississippi Sheiks and Cannon's Jug Stompers." So, there you have it.
Finally is Preservation Hall Jazz Band (PHJB) along with Allen Toussaint at The Fox Theater on November 13. PHJB has been playing New Orleans Jazz since the 1960's and they continue to do it extremely well. Allen Toussaint is a New Orleans living legend. A prolific songwriter and producer, Toussaint has been in the hit music business pretty much since it began. I would be excited for these two acts separately, and I am even more thrilled to see them play together.
Clearly, there is much more music to enjoy in the Old Pueplo this summer, these are just a few of the acts I am most jazzed about. Get out there and enjoy some live music Tucson!
Cheers,
Brian
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