18 May 25 - 31, 2023 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents Dead & Company 7 P.M. FRIDAY, MAY 26, DOS EQUIS PAVILION, 1818 FIRST ST. $70+ AT LIVENATION.COM What a long strange trip it has been for Dead & Company. The band came together in 2015 when John Mayer got together with Grateful Dead’s original guitarist Bob Weir and drum- mers Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann as well as longtime collaborators bass player Oteil Bur- bridge and keyboardist Jeff Chimenti. Mayer had been guest-hosting The Late Late Show and invited Weir to play with him. At that point, Weir was putting together a band for some Grateful Dead 50-year anniversary shows. One thing led to another, and the band started going on tour every summer they could. Now it is time to bid the Dead’s reincarnation farewell on its final tour. The band hasn’t announced exactly why it intends for this tour to be its last, but after 60 years of truckin’, who can blame them? Plan on arriving early and staying late as the Dead are well-known for playing four-hour-long shows. DAVID FLETCHER Bush 7:30 P.M. FRIDAY, MAY 26, THE PAVILION AT TOYOTA MUSIC FACTORY, 300 W. LAS COLINAS BLVD. $29.50+ AT LIVENATION.COM There was a moment in time when Bush was probably the biggest band on the planet. It was the mid-’90s and the world of music was still in a kind of post-grunge haze. Hip-hop hadn’t yet taken middle America by storm, and rock was still very much the dominant music genre. Bush released its debut album Sixteen Stone at the very end of 1994, and the singles “Everything Zen,” “Little Things,” “Comedown” and “Glycer- ine” dominated the charts throughout 1995. The fifth single from that album, “Machinehead,” was released in 1996, just in time to whet people’s appetite for the band’s second album, Razor- blade Suitcase, which came out at the height of Bush’s popularity — a height the band hasn’t re- ally seen since. Touring its ninth album, The Art of Survival, Bush plays Friday night in Irving with Canadian alt-rock band Our Lady Peace whose single “Clumsy” is sure to be somewhere deep in your late-’90s subconscious. DF 38 Special 10 P.M. FRIDAY, MAY 26, BILLY BOB’S TEXAS, 2520 RODEO PLAZA, $20+ AT AXS.COM Everybody knows about Ronnie Van Zant and Lynyrd Skynyrd, but people all too often forget about the little band started by his little brother Donnie, 38 Special. Founded with singer and guitarist Don Barnes in 1974 when Lynyrd Sky- nyrd was at its absolute peak of popularity, 38 Special would go unnoticed by the mainstream music scene until 1981 when the band’s fourth album, Wild-Eyed Southern Boys, spawned its first hit single “Hold On Loosely.” While Donnie Van Zant and Barnes shared vocal duties on all of 38 Special’s albums, it is Barnes’ voice we hear on the band’s biggest single and its follow- up “Caught Up In You.” The band would produce many more top 40 singles, but none would match either the grandiosity or the staying power of those first two singles — which are both surely being played on a classic rock sta- tion somewhere this instant. DF Reckless Kelly 10 P.M. SATURDAY, MAY 27, BILLY BOB’S TEXAS, 2520 RODEO PLAZA, $20+ AT AXS.COM Whether you think of them as roots rock, Texas country or Americana, Idaho-via-Austin band Reckless Kelly has been at it for over 25 years now, bringing a raw performance with refined musicianship. The band’s 2020 dual-release American Jackpot and American Girls began as a small album project with band leader Willy Braun taking the helm as producer, and it ex- panded as the band laid down enough material for two solid albums — which are divided be- tween the band’s trademark storytelling and ex- ploration of the human condition. A true road warrior band, Reckless Kelly is known for build- ing a connection with its audience from the stage, and in the intimate space of Billy Bob’s Texas, the band is sure to put on great show. Reckless Kelly has been promoting this particu- lar show on its socials for some time, selling lim- ited edition posters for the show on the band’s online merch store. DF Memorial Day Benefit Concert 1 P.M. MONDAY, MAY 29, OPENING BELL COFFEE, 1409 BOTHAM JEAN BLVD. $10 AT OPENINGBELLCOFFEE.COM On Memorial Day, Opening Bell Coffee in the Ce- dars will host a full afternoon of local songwrit- ers honoring the men and women who have died while serving in the military. Benefitting the National Coalition for the Homeless Veterans, nine acts will take the stage from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m. The benefit is being held in honor of Lt. Col. Eric John Krüger who died Nov. 2, 2006, in Baghdad of injuries suffered when an IED deto- nated near their vehicles. His sister, Kristy Kru- ger, will be among the many acoustic acts set to take the stage at this family-friendly event to play a short set of songs. The afternoon will also see sets from singers and musicians Michael Ko- liba, Daniel Caniotta, Pritush Magarjan, Hilary Whitehead, KP Wade, Caleb Dean, Jennifer Wa- ters, Jeff Story and the Dollar Store Generals. This is a great list of new and local talent and it is all for an amazing and important cause. DF Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 | LET’S DO THIS | t Music Bush plays Friday at The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory. Hottest Latin aduLt CLub in daLLas! Free Menudo All Day Sunday Happy Hour Everyday 11AM-7PM hours: Sun-Thur 11AM-2AM // Fri-Sat 11AM-4AM 11044 Harry Hines Boulevard // (214) 206-3820 chicasbonitas.business.site
