It's a safe bet that most everyone is familiar with the heavily made-up shock rocker Alice Cooper, who brings his latest stage project, "The Psycho-Drama Tour," to Davenport's Adler Theatre on August 23.
Perhaps less familiar is the Alice Cooper who finds the time to play golf nearly every day - even while touring - and who hosts the Alice Cooper Celebrity Golf Am, now in its 11th year.
When
was the last time a Quad Cities venue featured a performance that
included a jazz band with a dancer? I have lived in the Quad Cities
for 30 years and have never heard of anything like that happening
here.
If
Chris Isaak traded in his rockabilly shtick for some country duds,
the result would probably sound a lot like Justin Morrissey's new
CD, A War of Wills.
In
his biography, Bettendorf native Tim Stopulos lists influences that
range from Beethoven to Maroon 5, a bit of youthful overreaching that
you might expect from a 23-year-old.
The
Holmes Brothers have always had an eclectic style. Wendell, the
guitar player and raspy-voiced singer, once told me that so many
hours touring in the van acquainted them with all kinds of music. I
can just hear them, all three singing along to whatever they happen
upon on the radio, trying it out later live and then in the studio
with their own gospel spin.
Don
Vappie knows about boring music.
Some
things are too embarrassing for public consumption, so the man born
Garrett Dutton and known as G. Love exercised some control over the
content of his new documentary and concert DVD, A
Year & a Night with G. Love & Special Sauce.
The
MySpace page profile for the Quad Cities trio Head Held High includes
upcoming shows, the band's influences, and a response to the prompt
"Sounds like." The group has written "a rock band."
