20 November 17–23, 2022 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents George Strait 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, nov. 18 and 19, dickieS arena. 1911 montgomery St. $400+ at ticketmaSter.com Returning to North Texas this week is the “King of Country” himself, George Strait. Strait played two shows at Dickies Arena the last time he was in our neck of the woods, which was the first time he had played in Fort Worth in 37 years. The venue must have treated him right because he has once again scheduled two shows, both sold out and both with verified resale tickets starting at $400. Strait retired from touring with a blowout concert at AT&T Stadium in 2014, but after two years he started coming back around with one-off concerts and festival appearances. After all, Strait did not retire from music or live shows all together—just the arduous touring part of it. Strait has also released two albums since he retired from touring, with his most re- cent, Honky Tonk Time Machine, coming out in 2019. Canadian country music singer Tenille Townes played a couple of shows with Strait back in February and will be opening both shows this week in Fort Worth. david Fletcher Joe Satriani 6:30 p.m. Saturday, nov. 19, majeStic theatre, 1925 elm St. $38+ at ticketmaSter.com Guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani had only released two albums when, in 1988, Mick Jagger asked him to play guitar on Jagger’s first solo tour. A few years later, Satriani was chosen as Ritchie Black- more’s temporary replacement in Deep Purple. While credits like these would be the envy of any guitar player, Satriani has made an even bigger name for himself as a solo artist, earning 15 Grammy nominations throughout his career and selling over 10 million albums to make him the all- time bestselling instrumental rock guitarist. Trained under jazz masters and drawing influ- ences from British guitar gods as well as Jimi Hendrix, Satriani has really set the bar for solo guitar performance, using hammer-ons, pull-offs, two-handed tapping, volume swells and whammy bar effects. Satriani is currently touring in support of his eighteenth album, The Elephants of Mars, which was released this past April. dF Rock Lottery #19 7:30 p.m. Saturday, nov. 19, dan’S SilverleaF, 103 n. induStrial St. $15 at prekindle.com After a three-year pause due to COVID, Denton’s Rock Lottery is back for its 19th edition. For the uninitiated, the Rock Lottery concept is a simple one. On Saturday morning, 25 musicians will meet at Dan Silverleaf to create five original bands by drawing names out of a hat. These five different bands will then be given just 12 hours to come up with three to five songs and only one can be a cover. The bands will return to the venue and perform the songs in front of a live audience starting at 8:30 p.m. Among the bands represented at this year’s event are Mutha-Fal- con, Upsetting, Starfruit, Temptress and The Hope Trust among many, many more. Tickets for the event can be purchased now for $15, but the price will go up the day of the show. All the pro- ceeds from the event will benefit Denton’s KUZU community radio station. dF Pentatonix 6 p.m. tueSday, nov. 22, dickieS arena, 1911 montgomery St. $95+ at ticketmaSter.com Arlington’s a cappella pop quintet Pentatonix originally formed as a trio to win a radio contest to meet the cast of Glee. The three became five before entering the third season of The Sing-Off, which the group would go on to win in 2011. In the 11 years since, Pentatonix has released 10 studio albums and earned three Grammy awards. Of those 10 albums, six have been Christmas-themed, including the group’s most recent album, Holidays Around the World, re- leased late last month. A festive mix of classic and original songs, Holidays Around the World offers audiences the warm holiday spirit they’ve come to expect from Pentatonix this past de- cade with a little help from American pop stars like Meghan Trainor and international acts like Lebanese singer Hiba Tawaji. Folk trio and win- ners of season 21 of The Voice, Girl Named Tom, open the show Tuesday night in Fort Worth. dF King’s X 8 p.m. WedneSday, nov. 23, treeS, 2709 elm St. $20 at axS.com Progressive metal band King’s X first came to- gether in 1979 in Springfield, Missouri, under the named “The Edge,” where bass player Doug Pin- nick and drummer Jerry Gaskill played along- side two others. The band replaced its original guitarist with Ty Tabor in 1980, and when Kirk Henderson left the band in 1983, the band con- tinued as a three-piece, changed its name to Sneak Preview and recorded its debut album under that name. That same three-piece per- forms Wednesday night in Deep Ellum. A few years after the band’s debut, Sneak Preview would move to Houston and under the direction of ZZ Top producer Sam Taylor, would change its name to King’s X. From 1988 until 2008, the band released a dozen albums of solid guitar work and chunky grooves. After a long hiatus, the band returned in 2022 with its 13th album, Three Sides of One, and it returns to North Texas Wednesday night with opening support from Bezel and The Joey C Jones Band. dF Art Credit | Let’s do this | t Music George strait performs on Friday and saturday.
