Trippie Redd Concert in Philadelphia Theatre of the Living Arts March 12

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times

Creedence Clearwater Revisited

Fans of music from the tardily 1960s know that a concert past Creedence Clearwater Revisited is a safe bet. And, in recent times, the band'south expanse concerts have been hosted by safe places to bet.

Around a year-and-a-half agone, Creedence Clearwater Revisited performed at a casino in downtown Philadelphia. On March 8, the band is headlining a show at the Xcite Center at Parx Casino (2999 Street Road, Bensalem, 888-588-7279, https://parxcasino.com).

Dorsum in the late 1960s and early on 1970s, Creedence Clearwater Revival was a huge ring.

The iv musicians from the San Francisco Bay area were responsible for a huge number of hits, including classic rock standards such as "Proud Mary," "Born on the Bayou," "Accept You Ever Seen the Pelting?," "Bad Moon Rise," "Who'll Stop the Rain?," and "Lookin' Out My Back Door."

In 1982, the ring dissolved in what was a stone-and-coil version of one of the nastiest divorces yous could ever imagine.

It immediately became obvious that there would never exist a revival of Creedence Clearwater Revival featuring the four original members — rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, bassist Stu Cook, drummer Doug Clifford and guitarist/singer John Fogerty.

Now, a reunion of the 4 is impossible because Tom Fogerty passed abroad in 1990 due to complications from back surgery.

And, the possibility of Clifford and Cook reuniting with John Fogerty with amiable results is somewhat every bit likely as Obama and Trump going on a kayaking trek together.

Fortunately for fans of Creedence Clearwater Revival, the band'southward music has been kept alive through Creedence Clearwater Revisited — a group put together past Cook and Clifford 24 years ago.

The current quintet features atomic number 82 guitarist Kurt Griffey, lead singer/rhythm guitarist Dan McGuiness, multi‑instrumentalist Steve Gunner, Cook and Clifford.

"The original Creedence was four members – two guitars, bass and drums," said Clifford, during a recent telephone interview from his habitation in Scottsdale, Arizona.

"At present, there are five of us. The fifth guy does all the overdubs, keyboards, rhythm guitar, percussion and harmonies. With five, nosotros tin can really reproduce the songs well.

"This is our 25th twelvemonth with the project and we're still doing what we do. Steve has been with us since Twenty-four hour period One. Kurt has been with us seven years and dan is in his fourth year."

The was no super catalyst for the formation of Creedence Clearwater Revisited.

"In 1995, I got Stu to move to Lake Tahoe, where I was living," said Clifford. "We were hanging around a lot and decided we wanted to do some music. We wanted to play together. We were jamming together in the studio – bass and drums – and it got wearisome.

"We said to each other – we demand to become a band. And, at that place was no-one playing Creedence music, so nosotros put this project together. It wasn't that difficult. The personality just evolved from the players. Staying true to the music was the easy part."

Lead guitarist Kurt Griffey brings crowds to their feet and the forepart of the phase with his solos.  He has recorded and toured with other notable musicians including members of the Eagles, Foreigner, the Moody Blues, Wings, Lynyrd Skynryd, Santana and Journey.

McGuiness has a powerful voice and a soaring range and Gunner provides musical versatility to the band.

Not too many people think what the original Creedence sounded similar in concert. Because Creedence broke up so early on, in that location was a huge void for alive performances. Creedence was 9-and-a-half years in the making and three-and-a-half years touring.

With Creedence Clearwater Revisited carrying the torch, fans can hear what Creedence Clearwater Revival sounded like onstage.

When fans hear Creedence Clearwater Revisited play, Creedence music is what they get — 100 percent Creedence Clearwater Revival music.

"If it's non Creedence, we don't play information technology," said Clifford. "Nosotros've never made any new music with this band. Nosotros don't want to. We play the hits.

"1969 was a imprint twelvemonth for working – three albums and tours. Then, at that place was 'Cosmo's Factory' in 1970 – an anthology that had six hits.

"We have what the fans want — Creedence music. They come for the experience. We never get tired of playing Creedence music. We observe that it's all-time to focus on the most popular stuff. We keep information technology elementary. And, in a lot of cases, we nail it just equally good as Creedence Clearwater Revival did.

"We do 45-50 shows a year. Our audience ranges from eight to 80 – and information technology gets younger all the time. We take probably the broadest demographic of any band in America."

The Creedence songs may be old but for the members of Creedence Clearwater Revisited, playing them never gets erstwhile.

"Nosotros just become out and have a good time – and so does the audience," said Clifford. "And, almost importantly, we take the proper level of actuality."

Video link for Creedence Clearwater Revisited – https://youtu.exist/HjuXin4iEXc.

The show at the Xcite Center at Parx Casino volition commencement at 8 p.thou. Tickets are $35, $45, $55, $65 and $75.

Other upcoming shows at the venue are Reba McIntyre on March 9, JB Smoove on March 16 and Norm Macdonald on March 27.

If you're a fan of loud, relentless, aggressive metal music, then the identify you desire to be on March 8 is the Theatre of the Living Arts (334 South Street, Philadelphia, 215-222-1011, http://world wide web.lnphilly.com).

On Friday dark, the venue on Due south Street is hosting the Decibel Magazine Tour featuring Morbid Angel, Immolation, Necrot, and Claret Incantation.

Necrot

Necrot is a badass ring from a badass metropolis – a three-piece death metal/punk band from Oakland, California. Necrot – Luca Indrio, Sonny Reinhardt, Republic of chad Gailey — is touring in support of its critically-acclaimed new anthology "Blood Offerings," which was released final June via Tankcrimes.

The album solidified Necrot's position equally 1 of the top young metal bands in America. The tape earned the Number 29 spot on Billboard's Difficult Rock Chart and Number 52 on Billboard's New Artist Chart upon its first week of release and continued to rack up sales ever since.

"We haven't gotten dorsum into the studio for a while," said Gailey, during a telephone interview Wednesday from the Town Ballroom in Buffalo, New York. "We plan to go into the studio at the cease of the year.

"Nosotros've but been touring non-stop since the album came out. Nosotros did two North American tours – full U.S. and Canada tours. We were in Europe touring for forty days and we played a agglomeration of festivals. Nosotros've been keeping busy that way."

The band'due south work on "Blood Offerings' began more than 3 years ago.

"We started putting the songs together for 'Claret Offerings' effectually the terminate of 2015," said Gailey. "We worked on them in between some of the modest tours we did in 2016.

"We recorded the anthology in August 2016. Nosotros did the initial tracking with producer Greg Wilkinson at Earhammer Studio. Nosotros've recorded all virtually all of our music there every bit well as stuff with our different individual projects. We all have dissimilar bands but Necrot is our main band."

"Blood Offerings" was mastered past Brad Boatright at Audiosiege and comes shrouded in the unhallowed cover fine art of Marald Van Haasteren. The limited vinyl edition comes as a foil-stamped, gatefold deluxe LP available in iv colour variants.

"Once nosotros had the initial drum tracks and scratch guitar, we'd play live in the studio and build on it," said Gailey. "Nosotros all came up with songs together. Nosotros did 10 songs but only used eight of them on the album.

"We finished the album in January 2017.This is our showtime total-length. Before this, we just had demos and singles. This had to exist the best we'd e'er done – or else.

"There are a lot of bands on this bout, so we only get to exercise a 30-minute set. We can realistically only play about six or vii songs so half is from 'Blood Offerings' and half are songs that appeared on our demos. We picked the strongest from each and nosotros've gotten great response. We play the ones nosotros know people will like.

"Touring with Morbid Angel headlining, we're the 2d ring on out of four. It'south killer to play thirty minutes every night. It's a perfect amount of time for people to exist fatigued in — in-and-out and get out them wanting for more."

Video link for Necrot – https://youtu.be/bTNas0q5exI.

The show at the TLA, which also features Morbid Affections, Immolation and Blood Incantation, will kickoff at seven p.m. Tickets are $28.50.

Other upcoming shows at TLA are Hippie Sabotage – The Beautiful Across on March vii, Trevor Hall on March 9, State Champs on March 10, Lords of Acid on March 11 and Trippie Redd on March 12 and 13.

Badflower

Badflower, a California band featuring vocalist/guitarist Josh Katz, lead guitarist Joey Morrow, bass guitarist Alex Espiritu and drummer Anthony Sonetti, will exist performing at Fillmore Philadelphia (1100 Canal Street, Philadelphia, 215-309-0150, www.thefillmorephilly.com) on March 8 as role of "The Dissonance Presents Nothing More – The Truth Tour." The tour also features Nothing More, Of Mice and Men, and Palisades.

On February 22, Badflower released its highly-predictable debut anthology "OK, I'm Sick" via Big Machine/John Varvatos Records. The ring, which was nominated for an iHeart Radio Laurels for Best New Rock/Alternative Creative person, scored a Number i hit at Active Rock with its song "Ghost."

Badflower racked up more than than nine million views on the music video for "Ghost," and performed the hit on "The Late Belatedly Testify with James Corden." The song lodged itself at Number seven on Billboard'due south 2022 Year-End Mainstream Stone Songs Chart and the band'south current single "Heroin" is in the Peak xv and climbing at Rock Radio.

"Alex and I went to school together at Santa Susana High in Simi Valley," said Katz, during a phone interview Wednesday from a tour end in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

"Nosotros've been playing music together forever. Anthony was in another band near is. Joey is from the Bay Surface area. We were living in the same edifice in Hollywood when we were in music school."

Badflower released their debut unmarried "Lather" via Hundred Handed Records.

"Our get-go unmarried was 'Soap' in 2015," said Katz. "That was the song the label picked to put out. Since then, we've had much bigger singles."

Badflower's fortunes took an upturn with the arrival of John Varvatos in its world. Varvatos is an American contemporary menswear designer and record label possessor.

"John put one of our songs in a fashion prove," said Katz. "That had a big influence on our career."

A demo version of the band's song "Animal" was used in Varvatos' show during New York Fashion Week. Badflower went to New York City to showcase for Varvatos and head executives at Republic Records. Not long afterwards, the band signed with Democracy Records. In 2016, Badflower released its debut EP "Temper."

"Nosotros had 'Temper' finished and nosotros were in limbo after being signed to that indie label (Hundred Handed Records)," said Katz. "When we signed with Commonwealth, nosotros told them that we had already begun making a record in our garage."

The cocky-produced drove impressed the label and Republic released "Animate being" as the start single. "Temper" dropped in Nov 2022 and Badflower was named Apple Music'due south Artist of the calendar week. iTunes named "Animal every bit one of the all-time rock songs of 2022 and "Atmosphere" as one of the best stone albums of 2016.

"Nosotros started working on the new album in October 2017," said Katz. "We started writing and recording immediately after a bout. Nosotros were writing songs that applied to our lives also every bit life in this club and this generation. It couldn't have been written in any other time period.

"The song 'Ghost' we didn't fifty-fifty want on the album. We idea information technology was also heavy and that we'd be vilified considering of the way we looked at suicide. Nobody talks about suicide this directly. I felt that information technology was an important topic that we needed to deal with. I'm very pleased with the response the song has gotten. It was the Number I rock song in the country."

"Ghost" was inspired past the vocalist-guitarist's struggle with panic disorder. The song resulted in a catharsis for Katz, a beacon of hope for fans and a hit single.

Badflower is the first deed signed to Big Machine/John Varvatos Records, a newly minted partnership between Big Machine Label Group president/CEO Scott Borchetta and Varvatos, the iconic fashion designer.

Badflower's new unmarried is a vocal called "Heroin." Information technology has nothing to practice with dying, accidental overdoses, drug addiction or event with the lethal white pulverization itself.

"The electric current unmarried 'Heroin' was written a long, long time agone," said Katz. "Information technology'due south well-nigh a terrible human relationship. The overall theme is about habit but information technology's not nigh drugs.

"Nosotros all live in 50.A., only we've spent the concluding 10 months touring. Nosotros're out on this bout now and information technology's simply the start. We're going to exist touring beyond this year. After that, we'll work on another anthology. Right now, there is nothing left in the can. We got it all out on this album."

Video link for Badflower – https://youtu.be/79EjzCJlSYE.

The show at The Fillmore, which also features Nothing More than, Of Mice and Men, and Palisades, will beginning at 6:30 p.one thousand. Tickets are $26.fifty.

Other upcoming shows at The Fillmore are Dan + Shay on March ix, The Wall Experience on March ten and Ella Mai on March 13.

Roomful of Blues

On March 9, The Sellersville Theater (24 Due west Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808, www.st94.com) volition welcome the return of Roomful of Blues, a Rhode Island-based band with a recording career that has lasted longer than 40 years and resulted in more than than 20 albums.

The band has toured worldwide and has treated fans around the world to its unique blend of a variety of music genres including stone and coil, swing, R&B, boogie-woogie, soul and a number of different blues styles.

Roomful of Blues has received v Grammy Award nominations and vii Blues Music Awards, including "Dejection Band Of The Year" in 2005). The Down Beat International Critics Poll has twice selected Roomful of Dejection as "Best Blues Band".

Over the years, more than fifty different musicians have been part of Roomful of Blues' line-up, including vocaliser/guitarist Duke Robillard, vocalizer Lou Ann Barton, keyboardist Junior Brantley and trumpeter Fred Jackson.

Roomful of Blues is currently an eight-piece unit featuring guitarist/bandleader Chris Vachon, tenor and alto sax histrion Rich Lataille, Mark Earley (saxophone), Rusty Scott (pianoforte, Hammond B-3 organ), Carl Gerhard (trumpet), John Turner (bass), Phil Pemberton (vocals) and Chris Anzalone (drums).

Roomful of Blues' first album was an eponymous release in 1978. But information technology has been a while since the New England-based band put out a record. Its latest album "45 Alive" was released more than five years agone.

"We have been working on our next album," said Pemberton, during a phone interview Wednesday forenoon from his abode in Worcester, Massachusetts.

"Three or four of us accept been writing and Chris has been doing a lot of writing. We all write on our own. When something starts to come together, we get together and work on it. It comes in spurts."

According to Vachon, "We recorded '45 Live' in 2013. It was our 45th yr being together, so nosotros decided to practise a live tape. Nosotros did it in Rhode Island at a club called Ocean Mist in Wakefield. We recorded iii nights in a row there and there were sell-out crowds every night. It'due south our favorite niggling bar.

"We worked there a lot before, so we knew it was going to be a adept state of affairs. We gear up upwards with a command room on the side. Nosotros played the aforementioned set every night. When it was time to put the album together, I concluded up picking stuff from all three shows. There were a lot of people there for every prove. Information technology was St. Patrick's Day weekend, so people were actually in a party mood."

Not many bands stay together for more 10-15 years. Very few make information technology past 25 and passing a 40th anniversary is well-nigh unheard of. Roomful of Blues is historic its 50th anniversary last year but didn't make a big deal of it.

"We played some shows that were promoted as 50th anniversary shows," said Pemberton. "But nosotros didn't really do annihilation special to celebrate 50 years. We've had a lot of albums and a lot of ring members over the years. At the terminal check, there were 55 members over 50 years.

"This lineup is the most stable. I've been in the ring for x years. Rich Lataille is a founding member and has been in the band since 1970. Chris Vachon has been around since 1990.

"We have 25 CDs of history to pull from and nosotros change it up a lot. It we play the same stuff all the time, it gets wearisome for the fans – and dull for the band. We desire to get people dancing. We want to get people moving in their seats. So, we try different things and unlike songs.

"Half the gear up is covers – songs the band has done with other people…for case, the album nosotros did with Earl King. We also pull out old dejection classics like Magic Sam's 'Piece of cake Baby,' which is a great slow blues vocal."

Roomful of Blues definitely knows how to please its fans. It has been doing it for one-half-a-century.

According to Vachon, "The reason for our longevity is the music we similar to play. We've had our ups and downs. Some years we've toured more others. Nosotros currently play about 150 shows a twelvemonth. The band keeps getting new fans and there are a lot of older people who have been listening to the states for years."

Pemberton and his bandmates are always happy to accept a return appointment at the Sellersville Theater.

"The Sellersville Theater is always a groovy place to play," said Pemberton. "They make you feel comfortable. They feed you lot bang-up food and the staff is very friendly. And, our audiences in that location are always cracking. Nosotros love playing Sellersville."

Video for Roomful of Blues — https://youtu.exist/p5XkI0zor74.

The evidence at the Sellersville Theater, which has Gabe Stillman as  the opener, will start at 8 p.thousand. Ticket prices range from $25-$39.50.

Other upcoming shows at the venue are Satisfaction (Rolling Stones Tribute) on March 7, Fates Alarm with MindMaze on March 8, The Outside Track with Jules Tarpey on March 10, Tab Benoit with Whiskey Bayou Revue on March 11, John v And The Creatures with Dead Girls Academy & Jared James Nichols on March 12, and Howie Day with Emma Charles on March 13.

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Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295, http://www.kennettflash.org) volition preset Eric Gales on March 8 and Jackie Verna on March ten.

The Steel Urban center Coffee Business firm (203 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, 610-933-4043, www.steelcitycoffeehouse.com) will host "Music for Jesse" featuring Kate Nice, Allison Lutschaunig, Hope McGinnis, Rik & Wendi Bourne, Dave Loves Donna, Cindy Ross & Mike Perauskas, Bluish Moon, The Holts, Casey Chew, and Partial Eclipse on March 8, and Aptitude Benjamins with Conor & The Wild Hunt on March 9.

Chaplin's (66 North Main Street, Spring Metropolis, 610-792-4110, http://chaplinslive.com) volition host "A Tribute to David Bowie — Brian Filone's Bowie Experience" on March 9.

The Ardmore Music Hall (23 East Lancaster Artery, Ardmore, 610-649-8389, www.ardmoremusic.com) will present The Expendables with special invitee Ballyhoo! On March seven, Star Kitchen on March 8, and Jeff Mattson & Friends on March 9.

The Academy of Music (Broad and Locust streets, Philadelphia, 215-731-3333, www.kimmelcenter.org) is hosting the Pennsylvania Ballet's production of "Giselle" now through March 17.

The Merriam Theater (250 Southward Broad Street, Philadelphia, 215-893-1999, world wide web.kimmelcenter.org) is hosting the National Tour of "Rent" at present through March 10.

The Keswick Theater (291 North. Keswick Avenue, Glenside, 215-572-7650, www.keswicktheatre.com) presents Ron Bennington, Jim Florentine, Robert Kelly & Rich Vos on March eight, Tony Toni Toné & Jody Watley on March 9 and "Bowie Commemoration: The David Bowie Alumni Tour" on March x.

Annenberg Middle (3680 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, https://annenbergcenter.org/events) presents an interdisciplinary/dance/movement program titled "Vessels" now through March 10.

The Grand Opera House (818 Northward Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware, 302-652-5577, www.thegrandwilmington.org) will nowadays Renniw Harris' "Lifted" on March 7 and viii and "Songs of Ireland: A Celtic Commemoration" on March 10.

The Locks at Sona (4417 Chief Street, Manayunk, 484- 273-0481, sonapub.com) volition present "Johnny A. – Just Me and My Guitars" on March 8, Richard Bush-league & The Peace Creeps with Smash Palace on March 9 and David Keenan with special guests Shane Dodd and Jeffrey Martin on March 10.

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