18 August 15 - 21, 2024 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents Santana and Counting Crows 7 P.M. THURSDAY, AUG. 15, DICKIES ARENA, 1919 MONTGOMERY ST., FORT WORTH. $45.50+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM From one angle, the pairing of Latin rock legend Carlos Santana and ‘90s folk-rock collective Counting Crows doesn’t make a ton of sense. From another angle, however, it starts to gel: Santana long ago passed into the realm of clas- sic rock and as Counting Crows’ debut August and Everything After celebrated its (checks notes) 30th anniversary last year, well … guess that means Adam Duritz and the fellas are now lumped into that category as well. Santana has more than 50 years of favorites to pull from for this co-headlining tour, including the Grammy- winning Supernatural, which marks its 25th an- niversary this year. For their part, Counting Crows also has a hefty catalog to explore, one which continues to grow — the band’s latest, Butter Miracle, Suite One, arrived in 2021. PRESTON JONES Snow Tha Product 8 P.M. THURSDAY, AUG. 15, THE FACTORY IN DEEP ELLUM, 2713 CANTON ST. $34.50+ AT AXS.COM Snow Tha Product might be one of the most in- dustrious rappers in the game. Born Claudia Meza, the San Jose-born musician has roots in Texas: Her mother is from Fort Worth, and for a time growing up, Meza shuttled between Fort Worth and Houston as she steadily built her ca- reer. Signing with Atlantic Records in 2012, she dropped a series of acclaimed mixtapes (Good Nights & Bad Mornings; Good Nights & Bad Mornings 2: The Hangover) before leaving the major label world behind in 2018 to forge an in- dependent path. In the nearly 10 years since, she’s built up a formidable empire of podcasts, acting roles, Grammy nominations, mixtapes and albums, the latest of which, To Anywhere, dropped in 2022. Snow’s singular, rapid-fire, bi- lingual style has earned her co-signs from a wide swath of hip-hop, including Paul Wall, Tech N9ne and Big Daddy Kane, among others. PJ Zach Bryan 7 P.M. SATURDAY, AUG. 17, AT&T STADIUM, 1 AT&T WAY. $300+ AT SEATGEEK.COM Oklahoma-bred singer-songwriter Zach Bryan is an industry unto himself. The country-inclined troubadour has built an extraordinarily expan- sive following in a relatively short time — his first album, DeAnn, only materialized in 2019. He signed with a major label and kept up a blister- ing pace since then, releasing roughly an album a year, most recently The Great American Bar Scene, which debuted this past July 4. Accord- ingly, the 28-year-old has found himself in ever- larger venues, matching the speed with which he’s made a name for himself. This performance will mark his largest headlining gig in DFW to date — Bryan’s last headlining appearance in North Texas was a two-night stint at Billy Bob’s Texas a little over two years ago. He’ll be sup- ported by Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit (returning to North Texas about three weeks after headlin- ing the Majestic Theatre) and Levi Turner. PJ The Roots 8 P.M. SATURDAY, AUG. 17, THE PAVILION AT TOYOTA MUSIC FACTORY, 300 W. LAS COLINAS BLVD. $41.75+ AT LIVENATION.COM Over nearly 40 years, The Roots has shifted from progressive rap upstarts to the genre’s el- der statesmen. The Philadelphia band — an- chored by co-founders Questlove and Black Thought — hasn’t released a studio album in a decade, although the long-gestating End Game may someday be completed. Still, they have been anything but idle in the interim. Not least of the Roots’ many duties include its role as house band for The Tonight Show, as well as Questlove’s multi-hyphenate expansion into filmmaking (he won an Oscar for his 2022 docu- mentary Summer of Soul) and writing (multiple The New York Times bestsellers, including Music is History). Amid all of that, The Roots still makes time to take its justly acclaimed live act on the road, as they’ll do during the “Hip-Hop is the LOML” tour, which brings them back to North Texas less than a year after appearing in Fort Worth. With Digable Planets and Pharcyde. PJ Jane’s Addiction 7 P.M. SUNDAY, AUG. 18, THE PAVILION AT TOYOTA MUSIC FACTORY, 300 W. LAS COLINAS BLVD. $35.30+ AT LIVENATION.COM The latest in what can feel like a never-ending parade of acts from yesteryear back together to cash in on audience nostalgia, Los Angeles alt- rock quartet Jane’s Addiction (finally) has the band back together. After long stretches with- out members from its “classic” era — that would be Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, Stephen Perkins and Eric Avery — Jane’s Addiction found itself with those four back in action earlier this year. To celebrate, they’ve hit the road, bringing with them a setlist stacked with beloved tracks from LPs like Nothing’s Shocking and Ritual de lo Ha- bitual. Jane’s will be joined by Love and Rockets, another veteran rock act which has split and re- constituted multiple times in the last three de- cades — the British trio is best known for its brooding 1989 single, “So Alive.” Crawlers will open the evening. PJ Mikel Galicia Snow Tha Product will play the Factory in Deep Ellum on Thursday, Aug. 15. | LET’S DO THIS | t Music Hottest Latin aduLt CLub in daLLas! Free Menudo all day sunday Happy Hour everyday 11aM-7PM open 11am-2am everyday 11044 Harry Hines boulevard // (214) 206-3820 scan for more info
