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By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, Entertainment Editor, The Times\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Clarence Spady<\/p><\/div>\n

Two highly acclaimed blues artists will be performing at the Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808,\u00a0www.st94.com<\/a>) in the upcoming week \u2013 Clarence Spady on July 2 and Ana Popovic on July 6.<\/p>\n

They couldn\u2019t be less alike. Spady is an African-American male guitarist from North Jersey who now lives in Scranton. Popovic is a white female guitarist from Serbia who now lives in Manhattan Beach, California.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, there are a lot of similarities. Each plays searing, heart-felt guitar, composes authentic blues compositions and sings with the grit you want from a blues singer.<\/p>\n

And both musicians have the blues in their DNA having been raised in families with blues connections. Both started playing the blues before they were in elementary school. <\/p>\n

Spady was immersed in music from a young age when he was growing up in Paterson, New Jersey. Both his father (also Clarence) and his Uncle Fletchey were blues guitarists. Young Clarence took up the guitar aged five and later recalled how he \u201cgravitated towards the blues\u201d after learning how to play chords and solo.<\/p>\n

The family blues band jammed every weekend at his uncle\u2019s pad in New Jersey.\u00a0 For his stage debut (also at age five), he played Tommy Tucker\u2019s \u201cHi-Heel Sneakers\u201d with the band at the local Elks Club, for a special close to the evening\u2019s show.<\/p>\n

\u201cI listened to My Uncle Fletchy,\u201d said Spady, during a phone interview Monday afternoon from his home in Scranton. \u201cMy Uncle Fletchy could really play. He\u2019d be playing songs by Otis Rush and T-Bone Walker.<\/p>\n

\u201cBlues is definitely in my DNA. My dad was listening to B.B. King and Bobby Blue Bland and my mother was listening to Mahalia Jackson and the Blind Boys of Alabama.<\/p>\n

The family later moved to Scranton where Spady was introduced to rock music. Throughout his teenage years he continued to experiment with guitar playing without receiving any formal training.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe moved to Scranton when I was in second grade,\u201d said Spady, during a phone interview Monday afternoon from his home in Scranton.<\/p>\n

\u201cComing into a segregated area was a bit of a culture shock. I was only seven. It was more of a shock for my teenaged sisters.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to Bishop Hannan. Then, I transferred to Scranton High because Bishop Hannan didn\u2019t have a track team. I ran the 880 and the mile relay at Scranton High.<\/p>\n

\u201cI graduated in 1979. I wanted to go to Berklee (School of Music in Boston) but I didn\u2019t get accepted.\u201d<\/p>\n

After graduation, Spady worked with Greg Woods at his studio in\u00a0Englewood, New Jersey. Although he was primarily tasked with odd jobs, he was eventually able to take part in recording sessions with artists such as the Johnson Family. In the early 1980s,<\/p>\n

Spady then joined a touring R&B band, A Touch of Class. Working with John Pougiese, the musical director, was like going to Berklee for two years, because he learned horn arrangements, harmony, rhythm and the chord progressions he still uses today.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was under the tutelage of Pougiese when I was in Touch of Class,\u201d said Spady. \u201cHe was a great Hammond B-3 player. He taught me things like horn arrangement and chord movements \u2013 things that really helped me in my music career.<\/p>\n

After that, Spady joined Pennsylvania-based singer Greg Palmer\u2019s band, and spent six years touring with that Top 40 R&B band.\u00a0Then, Spady put together the West Third Street Blues Band.<\/p>\n

\u201cI played with Greg Palmer from 1983-1989,\u201d said Spady. \u201cIt was more-or-less a show band. Our home base was Wilkes-Barre, but we played 25 weeks a year in Atlantic City.<\/p>\n

Spady released his first album, \u201cNature of the Beast\u201d in 1996 on the Evidence Music label.<\/p>\n

\u201cI recorded that album at a studio in Clark\u2019s Summit,\u201d said Spady. \u201cI cut my second album, \u2018Just Between Us,\u2019 in 2006 at Severn Studio near Annapolis, Maryland and it came out on Severn Records.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy latest album, \u2018Surrender,\u2019 was recorded at Red Rock Studio in the Poconos. It came out in October 2020 on Nola Blue (which is based in nearby Lancaster). With the pandemic, I knew I wouldn\u2019t have a chance to exploit it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank God the radio stations gave it airplay. Nola Blue\u2019s Sallie Bengston pushed it out there. I\u2019m going into the studio again next month and hope to have my next album out in 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Clarence Spady \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/WFgwQYlZFfc<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at the Sellersville Theater on July 2 will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $19.50 to attend the show in person. It will also be available via Livestream. Tickets for the Livestream presentation are $10.<\/p>\n

Traditionally, blues musicians and blues music in general have been linked to various rivers \u2014 especially the Mississippi River (Delta blues), the Chicago River (Chicago blues) and, from the late 1960s on, the Thames River (British blues).<\/p>\n

Spady\u2019s hometowns have been along the Passaic River in Paterson and the Susquehanna in Scranton.<\/p>\n

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Ana Popovic<\/p><\/div>\n

Ana Popovic, who has built an international reputation as a stellar blues guitarist, hails from a totally different river area. She was born and raised in Beograd (Belgrade), the Serbian capital that is located at the confluence of the Danube and Sava rivers.<\/p>\n

After leaving Serbia, Popovic settled alongside another river \u2014 The Amstel in Amsterdam. Her next relocation brought her to the banks of the Mississippi River in Memphis. Her most recent album is \u201cLive for Live,\u201d which was just released as a DVD and a CD.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new album is called \u2018Live for Live\u2019 because we live for playing live,\u201d said Popovic, during a phone interview Tuesday afternoon from her home in Manhattan Beach.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hadn\u2019t played a live show for a year. We recorded the album in December in the south of France. We had a six piece band and six cameras. It was great.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe music had a lot of power and a lot of guitars. We really had the music cooking. It was the right time to record. And it was showcase of great players.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a European band and that keyboard player has been with me for 15 years and the horn player for eight. I also have a band for American shows with different members. But I do use the same rhythm section on both sides of the Atlantic.<\/p>\n

Popovic\u2019s two most recent albums prior to \u201cLive for Live\u201d were \u201cTrilogy\u201d\u00a0(2016) and \u201cLike It on Top\u201d\u00a0(2018).<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Trilogy\u2019 was a three CD set,\u201d said Popovic. \u201c\u2018Volume Three\u2019 was jazz. \u2018Volume Two\u2019 was rock and blues. \u2018Volume One\u2019 was funk and soul. Every record is different. Every record brings out a new sound. My audience is used to that. That\u2019s what they\u2019ve come to expect from me since the beginning of my career \u2013 funk, blues, good shuffles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe inspiration for \u2018Trilogy\u2019 came when my fans would tell me about compilations they made of my songs from different albums. I was able to feature musicians whose strength was in each genre.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTrilogy\u201d was produced by Grammy Award winner Warren Riker (Lauryn Hill, Carlos Santana), Grammy Award winner Tom Hambridge (Buddy Guy, Susan Tedeschi) and Delfeayo Marsalis, one of the top trombonists, composers and producers in jazz today.<\/p>\n

Some of the standout musicians who made guest appearances on the ambitious project were Joe Bonamassa, Robert Randolph, Bernard Purdie (The Purdie Shuffle), Cody Dickinson (North Mississippi Allstars), rapper Al Capone and many others.<\/p>\n

Serbia was part of Yugoslavia when Popovic was growing up and Communist-controlled Eastern Europe was hardly a place where blues music flourished. But, Popovic didn\u2019t have to go far to hear blues music \u2014 it was all around her.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up with blues music,\u2019 said Popovic. \u201cI had listened to blues music since I was little in my house because my dad was a blues musician. He\u2019d hold jam sessions in our house every week.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlso, he was playing blues records all the time \u2014 albums by artists such as Robert Johnson, Son House, Elmore James, Albert Collins and Bukka White. We also listened to jazz and funk albums too. When I heard Ronnie Earl and T-Bone Walker, I liked the jazz element too.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was 15 when I started playing guitar, but I had been involved with the blues for a long time before that. When my dad had his jam sessions, I would be in there singing along with the band. I formed my first band and started performing on my own when I was 18.<\/p>\n

\u201cI studied graphic design in Beograd and then started studying jazz at the Conservatory of Music in Amsterdam in 1999. I decided to study jazz so I could create my own style that combined blues and jazz. I wanted to go out and play with people other than those who were totally into blues.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t want to just stay in the same place musically. I wanted to get out and not be afraid to swim in a new style. I love to play a variety of styles with respect to each other \u2014 rock, jazz, funk and blues. I like to look at the guitar as a sound instrument more than just a solo instrument. I like to be different in every song. I love writing about the things that I see and the things that I feel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, Popovic has a new album in the works.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the whole pandemic, we were just making music and that kept us going,\u201d said Popovic. \u201cIt was one big pre-production. We\u2019ve got so many songs. Now, we just have to get in the studio and make the finished product.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Ana Popovic — https:\/\/youtu.be\/V7C4A5ruqjA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at the Sellersville Theater on July 2 will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $19.50 to attend the show in person. It will also be available via Livestream. Tickets for the Livestream presentation are $10.<\/p>\n

Other upcoming shows at Sellersville Theater are The Wild Feathers on July 1, Songs in the Attic on July 3, Ana Popovic on July 6 and Nicole Atkins on July 7.<\/p>\n

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Bees Deluxe<\/p><\/div>\n

More blues music is on the menu for this weekend when Bees Deluxe headlines a show at Jamey\u2019s House of Music (32 South Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne,\u00a0www.jameyshouseofmusic.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The band was formed by British guitar ace Conrad Warre. Like Spady and Popovic, he started into the music world when he was young \u2013 but not quite as young as the other two.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up in London,\u201d said Warre, during a phone interview Monday from his home in Boston. \u201cI went to a Quaker boarding school that had a lot of U.S. students. One of them gave me a blues compilation album with songs by Johnny Winter, Little Walter and B.B. King.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn high school, I was in a band with Paul Kossoff. Paul later went on to be a guitarist with the band Free.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got a degree in graphic design. When I got out of college, I realized I didn\u2019t want to do graphic design.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eventually, Warre put his own band together.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat band lasted a couple years,\u201d said Warre, who also worked as a music journalist in England for Melody Maker and New Musical Express. \u201cI had a hit single on Rough Trade called \u2018The Rich Get Rich\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the early 1980s Warre relocated from London to New York City.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy girlfriend then, who is my wife now, was a dancer,\u201d said Warre. \u201cBut there was no modern dance in London. Everything was ballet or pop. So, we moved to New York.<\/p>\n

\u201cI put together a band in New York. We did an audition at CBGB\u2019s. We then played Mondays, moved up to Tuesday and then weekends. Within six months, we went from an audition to opening for the headliners.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nobody can look at Bees Deluxe as a basic blues band. They are\u00a0a mixture of New Orleans funk, Chicago Blues and a variety\u00a0 of music from the Blue Note Records archives.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen, I moved to Boston and had to start all over again,\u201d said Warre. \u201cI had kids and was living in Jamaica Plains (a Boston neighborhood).<\/p>\n

\u201cI put together this band with a couple mates and said \u2013 we can do this. We played a lot. For almost a year, we had a residency at House of Blues in Cambridge.\u201d<\/p>\n

The four-piece band\u00a0is fronted by Warre and Carol Band on keyboards, harmonica and vocals. It also features Allyn (\u201cAldo\u201d) Dorr on bass and vocals and Paul Giovine on drums and percussion who provide the metamorphic foundation of the band on stage and in the studio.<\/p>\n

Band had been a member of several Boston jazz bands. Dorr is a sought-after bassist for Boston area blues band and also worked in Jamaica as a reggae artist. Giovine\u2019s background is rock and punk rock.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis line-up has been solid for three years,\u201d said Warre. \u201cWe don\u2019t play a standard blues band repertoire. A lot of blues bands play the same few songs such as \u2018Born Under a Bad sign,\u2019 \u2018Spoonful,\u2019 and \u2018The Thrill Is Gone.\u2019 It\u2019s really repetitive.<\/p>\n

\u201cI pick songs that other blues bands don\u2019t \u2013 for example songs by J. B. Lenoir. We like to discover songs that are off the beaten path.<\/p>\n

In 2018, Bees Deluxe released their\u00a0all-original acid-blues album,\u00a0\u201cVoice of Dog,\u201d\u00a0which was produced by Joe Egan on Slapping Cat Records.<\/p>\n

The band\u2019s new CD,\u00a0\u201cMouthful of Bees,\u201d\u00a0which features an original sound that they call \u201cacid blues,\u201d\u00a0was produced by Egan and Warre. It includes three originals and seven classic blues songs re-interpreted by the band.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur repertoire has about 60 covers \u2013 most of which are deep cuts — and 40 originals. You\u2019re in danger if you play too many originals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Bees Deluxe — https:\/\/youtu.be\/9Ae6It4EEL0<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at Jamey\u2019s House of Music on July 2 will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 at the door.<\/p>\n

On July 3, Jamey\u2019s will present a twin bill featuring Woehrwolf and View Finder.<\/p>\n

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Woehrwolf<\/p><\/div>\n

Woehrwolf is the solo stage performance of the music of Daniel Woehr. A blending of folk, punk and folk-punk adjacent influences that comes out in sweet serenades and emotional outbursts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m originally from West Chester, New York,\u201d said Woehr, during a phone interview Monday from his home in West Philadelphia. \u201cI first started playing in 2016 when I was in Binghamton, New York.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to SUNY \u2013 Binghamton and majored in mechanical engineering. My main occupation now is telcom engineering.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith music, I think I always messed around with instruments \u2013accordion, trumpet, banjo. I always wanted to write. One day, I decided to do it. At the time, I was working in a factory packing potato chips.<\/p>\n

\u201cGuitar is my main instrument. And I play a little of a lot of instruments \u2013 keyboards, accordion, banjo, trumpet and also kazoo. I always perform solo \u2013 mostly just guitar live with a little bit of looping. I played in Binghamton a lot at a bar called The Belmar.\u201d<\/p>\n

A few years ago, Woehr decided to relocate to Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

\u201cI live in West Philly now,\u201d said Woehr. \u201cI\u2019ve been here about three years, I just decided that I wanted to be here. It seemed like a really approachable city to live in. Plus, a lot of my favorite bands were Philly bands \u2013 Man Man, The Extraordinaires, On The Water.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started playing around Philly in 2019 including gigs at The Grape Room. With the pandemic, I haven\u2019t played much in the last two years. My last show was October 2019. Now it\u2019s just this show on Saturday. There are no other shows on my schedule.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a few other bands I work with. I have friends in West Chester I meet up with. Their band is called Line Lions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Woehrwolf has released four discs \u2013 \u201cCats on Edwards\u201d album in 2016, \u201cThe Brothers Tapes\u201d EP in 2017, \u201cThe Longest Summer Ever EP in 2017, and \u201cLeaving\u201d LP in 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my live show, I play songs from all four,\u201d said Woehr. \u201cMostly, I play newer things.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, I\u2019m working on five or six new songs. I broke a string on my guitar so I\u2019ve been playing a five-string guitar.\u201d
\nVideo link for Woehrwolf — https:\/\/youtu.be\/BFTIvpAAzNU<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at Jamey\u2019s House of Music on July 3 will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 at the door.<\/p>\n

Art Alexakis, the mastermind behind the enduring band Everclear, is hitting the road again with his band \u2013 and dividing the tour into two parts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re doing 20 shows in July on the first leg,\u201d said Alexakis, during a phone interview Wednesday afternoon from a tour stop in Boston.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen, we\u2019ll do 25 more on the second leg in September and October. The break allows me to spend time at home with my 13-year-old daughter. The shows will be all over the country, but I don\u2019t think we play Philly until the second leg.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Everclear<\/p><\/div>\n

Fortunately, area fans of Alexakis and Everclear won\u2019t have to wait until them to catch the tour because it touches down on July 2 in Berks County at Reverb (1402 North Ninth Street, Reading, 610-743-3069, www.reverbconcerts.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The tour is the Summerland Tour and it features Everclear, Living Colour, Hoobastank, and Wheatus.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Summerland Tour\u00a0is an annual touring\u00a0music festival, founded by\u00a0Alexakis and mainly featuring bands that began in the 1990s\u00a0alternative rock<\/a>\u00a0era.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a good variety,\u201d said Alexakis. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a 90s alt band with Wheatus, an 80s band with Living Colour, a current band with Hoobastank and Everclear. It\u2019s a great rock-and-roll show.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Summerland Tour made its debut in 2012 featuring\u00a0Everclear,\u00a0Gin Blossoms,\u00a0Lit,\u00a0Marcy Playground\u00a0and\u00a0Sugar Ray. It was named in \u201cThe Ten Hottest Summer Package Tours of 2012\u201d by\u00a0Rolling Stone.<\/p>\n

Some of the other featured bands over the years were Fuel, Local H, Sponge, Toadies, Spacehog, LIVE, Eve 6 and Soul Asylum.<\/p>\n

When Everclear got its start in 1991, it was a rock trio from the Pacific Northwest. More than anything, it was a vehicle for the music of Alexakis \u2013 the band\u2019s vocalist and guitarist.<\/p>\n

After the limited release of their independently released debut album,\u00a0\u201cWorld of Noise,\u201d the band found success with their first three albums on\u00a0Capitol Records \u2013 \u201cSparkle and Fade,\u201d \u201cSo Much for the Afterglow,\u201d and\u00a0\u201cSongs from an American Movie Vol. One: Learning How to Smile,\u201d all of which were certified platinum.<\/p>\n

The current Everclear line-up features Dave French on guitar, Freddy Herrera on bass, Brian Nolan on drums and Alexakis on vocals and guitar.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis line-up has been together for a long time,\u201d said Alexakis. \u201cThis is Dave\u2019s 17th year. Freddie has been our bass player since 2008 and Brian has been our drummer since 2015.<\/p>\n

Altogether, Everclear has released 10 albums. The most recent was \u201cBlack Is The New Black\u201d in 2015.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur set list for this tour includes all the hits and fan favorites,\u201d said Alexakis. \u201cWe do one from \u2018Black Is the New Black,\u2019 and one from \u2018World of Noise.\u2019 We do a lot from \u2018Sparkle and Fade\u2019 and \u2018So Much for the Afterglow.\u2019 We\u2019re going to run the gamut. The focus is going to be heavy rock \u2013 guitar rock.\u201d<\/p>\n

That Alexakis is even able to go put on tour is somewhat of a minor miracle. If he had the nine lives of a cat, he\u2019s probably already used three of them \u2013 including surviving a drug overdose when he was 22.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore than that,\u201d said Alexakis, as he pondered why he\u2019s still alive at age 59. \u201cI\u2019ve had drug addictions but now I\u2019m 32 years sober.\u201d<\/p>\n

In March 2019, Alexakis announced that he had been diagnosed with\u00a0multiple sclerosis\u00a0in a letter to fans posted on the band\u2019s website. Alexakis said he was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting MS following a car accident three years prior.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got MS and then I got COVID this year. The combination of both was tough \u2013 just dealing with the fatigue. I was in bed for two months. For being older and having a disease, I\u2019m feeling really good.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year, we had 84 shows booked and only did four \u2013 all outside gigs or drive-in shows. This year, we\u2019ve already played 11 shows across the country. Doing a hot summer tour is going to be tough for someone with MS. But I\u2019m doing O.K.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Everclear \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/MW6E_TNgCsY<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at Reverb on July 4 will start at 6 p.m. Tickets are $35.<\/p>\n

Another upcoming show at Reverb is Faster Pussycat and enuff z\u2019nuff on July 6.<\/p>\n

More than 20 years after co-founder Jerry Garcia died, and the band technically dissolved, the Grateful Dead continues to capture the imagination and loyalty of millions around the world.<\/p>\n

Surviving members of the pioneering jam band that formed in 1965 have continued to play together in various combinations \u2014 live as The Other Ones, the Dead, Furthur and, most recently, Dead & Company, which features guitarist John Mayer playing with original members Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann.<\/p>\n

After more than 50 years, one might think the band\u2019s devoted fan base \u2014 lovingly called Deadheads \u2014 would be diminishing. Instead, new generations of fans have emerged, as have a growing army of Grateful Dead tribute bands.<\/p>\n

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Splintered Sunlight<\/p><\/div>\n

If you\u2019re a Deadhead living in the Delaware Valley, chances are extremely good that you have attended at least one show by Splintered Sunlight, the premier Philly area Dead tribute band.<\/p>\n

This weekend, Splintered Sunlight will perform at the Ardmore Music Hall (23 East Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, 610-649-8389,\u00a0www.ardmoremusic.com<\/a>) for three nights from July 1-3 as part of the band and venue\u2019s \u201cDead, White and Blue: 3 Nights of Splintered Sunlight\u201d presentation.<\/p>\n

Splintered Sunlight\u2019s line-up includes Zeren \u201cButchy\u201d Sochorow on guitar, Stephen Spatz on bass, Mike Borowski on keyboards and two drummers –Jerry Horan and Scott Toop.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe band started in 1992 bur I didn\u2019t join until 1995. \u201cBefore I joined, the band was playing many shows.<\/p>\n

\u201cI played in anther band \u2013 the Rum Runners, who took their name from a Robert Hunter lyric. We played Dead music and did shows at the Jersey Shore a lot.<\/p>\n

\u201cA friend of mine told me that he knew a Dead tribute band that was looking for a guitar player. I was living down the shore in Long Branch, and they were in Philly. But we came together.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to gratefuldeadtributebands.com<\/a>, there are more than 300 registered Grateful Dead tribute bands worldwide, including acts in the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, Japan and 48 of the 50 United States. Only North Dakota and Idaho are lacking. Thirty-one of those bands, including Splintered Sunlight, are in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

Splintered Sunlight sits on an elevated plateau all its own in the Keystone State.<\/p>\n

A short while after Sochorow joined Splintered Sunlight, the band was signed by a management agency and began getting booked in some of the larger clubs in the region, including the Electric Factory. It has become a regular at SteelStacks, Musikfest and has an annual early July run of shows at Ardmore Music Hall it calls \u201cDead, White & Blue.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ardmore Music Hall is our first home,\u201d said Sochorow. \u201cWe used to play there when it was Brownie\u2019s. Splintered Sunlight has played more than 1,000 shows at that venue.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve always been a Dead band. We love the music and want to honor the band. Now, we also play Jerry Garcia Band and Ratdog songs. We try to mix it up.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve done shows in part devoted to a particular Dead album \u2013but not recently. We have three shows in Ardmore this weekend. We\u2019ve made the set lists and they\u2019re a mix of all kinds of stuff.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis weekend, we have a female singer as well \u2013 Rosalind Rose. So, we\u2019re comfortable with 70s Dead music with Donna Godchaux. We\u2019ll have six players in the band.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video for Splintered Sunlight \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/5–iWyh9dUk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Splintered Sunlight will perform at the Ardmore Music Hall for three nights from July 1-3 as part of the band and venue\u2019s \u201cDead, White and Blue: 3 Nights of Splintered Sunlight\u201d presentation. Shows start at 8 p.m. each night. Tickets are $39-$65 (Table Seating; sold in pairs).<\/p>\n

The second show of the 2021-2022 season of Candlelight Theatre (2208 Millers Road, Arden, Delaware,\u00a0www.candlelighttheatredelaware.org<\/a>) has arrived and has audiences dancing in their seats, smiling and laughing.<\/p>\n

The new production is \u201cBeehive: The 1960\u2019s Musical.\u201d<\/p>\n

The members of the all-female cast ask audiences to join them for this rollicking musical tribute to the ladies who left their mark on the music of the 60s. With big voices and bigger hairdos,\u00a0\u201cBeehive\u201d\u00a0will have audience members dancing in the aisles and singing along with many of the iconic songs from the past.<\/p>\n

The show, which was created by Larry Gallagher,\u00a0is a celebration of the powerful female voices of the 1960s. This musical review will transport audiences with timeless hits such as \u201cMe and Bobby McGee,\u201d\u00a0\u201cMy Boyfriend\u2019s Back\u201d, \u201cBe My Baby,\u201d \u201cSon of a Preacher Man\u201d, and \u201cYou Don\u2019t Own Me\u201d.<\/p>\n

There are six performers in the cast at the Candlelight \u2013 Macy (Macy Chaplin), Tiffany (Tiffany Dawn Christopher), Phoebe (Phoebe Gavula), Tiara (Tiara Greene), Jenna (Jenna Kuerzi) and Kaylan (Kaylan Wetzel).<\/p>\n

Wetzel is familiar with the songs in the show \u2013 but she didn\u2019t grow up with them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the music from my mom\u2019s era,\u201d said Wetzel. \u201cShe grew up in the 1960s. And my father too \u2013 he loved the Beatles.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBeehive: The 1960\u2019s Musical\u201d is running now through July 18. Tickets are $65.50 for adults and $33 for children (ages 4-12). All seats are reserved.<\/p>\n

Music at Marshall Park (200 East Marshall Street, West Chester, http:\/\/marshallsquarepark.org\/<\/a>) concerts are back. The free shows will feature Sin Brothers on July 1, John Grecia Band on July 22, and Dirk Quinn Band on August 12. All three events are on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. Rain Dates are July 8, July 29, and August 19.<\/p>\n

Punch Line Philly (33 East Laurel Street, Philadelphia, 215-606-6555<\/a>, http:\/\/www.punchlinephilly.com<\/a>) will host Drew Michael from July 1-3.<\/p>\n

Helium Comedy Club (2031 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, philadelphia.heliumcomedy.com<\/a>) will feature Todd McComas and Shaun Latham on July 1.<\/p>\n

The American Music Theatre (2425 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster, 800-0 648-4102, www.AMTshows.com<\/a>) will present Michael W. Smith on July 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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