Perhaps that’s why Metheny just released an acoustic album titled “What’s it All About.”Ī 10-song collection of well-known pop songs, Metheny recorded the CD in just one day in February.Īmong the tunes are Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence,” the Association’s “Cherish,” the Stylistics’ “Betcha By Golly, Wow,” the Beatles’ “And I Love Her” and “Pipeline” by the Chantays. Pat Metheny is one of the world’s best jazz guitarists, with three gold albums, 12 Grammys and 22 chart albums to his credit.īut even though he performs regularly in a crossover style that melds jazz, fusion and rock styles, you won’t hear him on many radio stations. Information: 61.Īnother enduring music legend comes to the Keswick Theatre at Easton Road and Keswick Avenue in Glenside on Wednesday. in Phoenixville Thursday, playing a 16-song set which includes old stand-bys “The Wizard,” “Free ‘n’ Easy,” “Gypsy,” “Look at Yourself” and “Lady in Black,” along with new tunes like “Nail on the Head.” The legendary band heads into the Colonial Theatre at 227 Bridge St.
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Today, Uriah Heep consists of original guitarist Mick Box plus Trevor Bolder (guitar), Bernie Shaw (vocals), Phil Lanzon (keyboards) and Russell Gilbrook (drums), but the hard rock sound of the early 1970s remains on a new concert CD “Live in Armenia” and a new studio disc “Into the Wild.” But fans have stayed with Uriah Heep through numerous personnel changes, including the deaths of lead singer David Byron (in 1985 at 38 years of age) and bassist Gary Thain (in 1976 at 27). The band had one minor hit, “Easy Livin’,” yet still managed a string of best-selling albums in the 1970s, seven of them among the Top 100 in Billboard magazine.įour gold albums and 15 charted discs don’t seem to matter to radio programmers, either. Unless you listen to “Deep Tracks” or similar satellite radio stations, you’ll never hear Uriah Heep over the airwaves. The rest of the set list (if last summer’s leg of the tour is any indication) will feature the hits plus favorites “September Gurls,” “Hero Takes a Fall” and covers of Nazz and Who songs.
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in Philadelphia, expect to hear a few songs from the new CD, which includes “I’ll Never be Through With You,” “Ball ‘n’ Chain” and “Mesmerized” plus a smattering of “Doll Revolution” cuts. When the group hits the stage Saturday at the Theatre of the Living Arts at 334 South St. The success of that disc led the band (minus Steele but with Derrick Anderson added to the lineup) to release another new album this week titled “Sweetheart of the Sun.” Unfortunately, the Bangles broke up for the 1990s, but returned in 2003 with the album “Doll Revolution.”