Big Bad Voodoo Daddy front man Scotty Morris on the Holmes Amphitheatre stage during Jazz in the Pines. (2011/File Photo)
I just posted about the initial fall lineup of the Fox Performing Arts Center in Riverside, which adds artists like Big Bad Voodoo Daddy to a lineup with some artists previously announced, like Boz Scaggs on Sept. 14.
Beyond La Sierra University and the Masters of Harmony Christmas concerts (Dec. 7 and 8, respectively) we’ll see five concerts with known recording artists and one ABBA tribute act for the rest of 2013.
All of the tickets will be on sale Friday, July 19 via Ticketmaster and the Fox Box Office, which tends to have fewer fees. Read about the events announced at the Fox for the rest of 2013
Boz Scaggs, Sept. 14
Boz Scaggs has come throught he region a few times over the years (casinos, the McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert, Thornton Winery in Temecula on Sept. 15), but Sept. 14 marks his Fox debut.
Tickets start at $47 and go up to $99 for VIP, before fees. With the fees, they’re up to $63-$121.20 on Ticketmaster.
Best Boz Scaggs song ever: “Lido Shuffle” (close second: ballad “We’re All Alone”)
The Rides, Sept. 24
Stephen Stills, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Barry Goldberg make up blues supergroup The Rides, which will release a debut album, “Can’t Get Enough,” on Aug. 27 on 429 Records. The song has some originals, covers and a vintage Stills song. The group started as an homage to the album “Super Session,” which featured Stills and Goldberg. Beth Hart will open the show.
Tickets are $29-$89 before fees via Ticketmaster, $42.45-$72.70 after fees.
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Sept. 28
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy brings their big band sound back to the Fox in September. Fun fact: Member Alex “Crazy Legs” Henderson grew up in Riverside.
Tickets are $22-$45 before fees, $34.50-$59.95 after.
Also of note: Big Papa and the TCB, who just did PE Live with us, is opening the show. Always good to see local artists at the Fox, something that I hope continues when Live Nation comes in.
Check out the videos of Big Papa and the TCB on PE Live:
Sheila E., Oct. 26
Sheila E. is one of the great percussionists in music and she’s headed to Riverside. She’s played with artists as diverse as her father, Pete Escovedo, Prince and Diana Ross. Sheila E., like John Bonham, is one of the only artists that you WANT to see perform a drum solo. Also, “The Glamorous Life” is a REALLY great song.
Two others performer with local ties, Jessy J and Lakin, will open the show.
Tickets are $25-$75, before fees, $37.06-$93.30 after.
ABBA Mania, Nov. 23
Somehow, tribute acts are still really big, and apparently big enough to make it into the Fox every few months. Personally, I want to see a Eurovision-style battle with all of the ABBA tributes out there. No matter who was entered, the cast of the “Mamma Mia!” movie would come in last.
Tickets are $20-$57 before fees, $31.45-$73.25 after.
Bill Medley and Darlene Love, Dec. 28
I really want to write a short story called “The Righteous Brother and The Crystal” about this pairing. Both of them have made classic songs that you hear everywhere. EVERYWHERE. For Medley: “Unchained Melody,” “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’, the theme song from “Just the Ten of Us.” For Love: “Today I Met the Boy I’m Gonna Marry,” “He’s a Rebel” and her annual stint performing “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” on David Letterman’s final show before Christmas for more than 25 years.
The press release said “Celebrate the Holidays at the Fox” so I don’t know if it will still feature holiday music, even though it’s on Dec. 28, or what. Stay tuned for more. And stay tuned for this:
Thoughts on the lineup? I think Scaggs and Sheila E. will do well with the crowd. I’m also intrigued by The Rides. Plus, Bill Medley and Darlene Love will be there while the Festival of Lights is still going on, so that could be big.