{"id":48779,"date":"2021-08-19T09:16:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T13:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=48779"},"modified":"2021-08-19T09:16:43","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T13:16:43","slug":"on-stage-rockabilly-legend-linda-gail-lewis-to-light-up-flash-rooftop-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=48779","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: Rockabilly legend Linda Gail Lewis to light up Flash rooftop show"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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Linda Gail Lewis<\/p><\/div>\n

The spotlight will be on rockabilly and honky-tonk music this weekend in Kennett Square.<\/p>\n

Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295,\u00a0http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org<\/a>) has two events scheduled this weekend as part of its Rooftop Series \u2013 Sin City Band on August 21 and Linda Gail Lewis on August 22.<\/p>\n

If Jerry Lee Lewis is \u201cThe Killer,\u201d then Linda Gail Lewis is his accomplice \u2013 his partner in crime.<\/p>\n

Their \u201ccrime\u201d is making roof-raising music \u2013 top-caliber, rockabilly, country, rock-and-roll, boogie-woogie music.<\/p>\n

Linda Gail is Jerry Lee\u2019s sister, and both are rockabilly royalty. Additionally, country star\u00a0Mickey Gilley\u00a0and gospel artist\u00a0Jimmy Swaggart\u00a0are her cousins.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy brother\u2019s name is so big, and I have a reputation of doing his kind of music,\u201d said Linda Gail Lewis, during a phone interview Tuesday afternoon from a tour stop in Union, Maine. <\/p>\n

\u201cI do his kind of music and some Elvis and some Texas rockabilly. I\u2019ve been working really hard on it for the last 34 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started my solo career when I was 40 when I left my brother\u2019s band. I\u2019m 74 now. The Lord has blessed me with good health and the ability to keep playing my music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lewis\u00a0is an American singer, songwriter and pianist. She has recorded with\u00a0Stephen Ackles,\u00a0Van Morrison, Robbie Fulks, and, of course, her brother,\u00a0Jerry Lee Lewis. She also has recorded with her two daughters, MaryJean Ferguson and Annie Marie Dolan, in a group called the Lewis 3.<\/p>\n

Like her brother Jerry Lee, Rockabilly Hall of Fame member Linda Gail Lewis soaked up the sounds of hillbilly music and rhythm and blues in the rural areas of Louisiana. The siblings grew up in Ferriday, Louisiana.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was always singing at home when I was young,\u201d said Lewis. \u201cI firs came onstage with my brother when I was 10 years old in a concert he played with Johnny Cash in Monroe, Louisiana.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe lived in Ferriday and music was always in our family. From age 14 on, I was always on the road with Jerry Lee.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to having her brother as an influence, Lewis also drew inspiration in the early days from Brenda Lee, Patsy Cline, and Lavern Baker. Her official recording debut came when she performed as Jerry Lee\u2019s duet partner for Sun Records in 1963 on a song called, \u201cTeenage Letter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recording with her brother, she scored a Top 10 country hit in 1969 with a version of Carl and Pearl Butler\u2019s \u201cDon\u2019t Let Me Cross Over.\u201d A rousing duet remake of Chuck Berry\u2019s \u201cRoll Over Beethoven,\u201d a staple of her act, followed it onto the charts the same year.<\/p>\n

The Lewis duo\u2019s 1969 Smash LP \u201cTogether\u201d, featured their rowdy duet style on a variety of country standards and rockers. This led to Lewis\u2019s debut solo album for the label, \u201cThe Two Sides of Linda Gail Lewis\u201d in 1969. Lewis also won an ASCAP award for her song \u201cSmile, Somebody Loves You,\u201d a Top 40 country hit in 1972.<\/p>\n

\u201cI stopped touring with my brother\u2019s band in 1977,\u201d said Lewis. \u201cI wanted to take time off to have a family. I came back in 1987 and then started on my own in 1997.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lewis is a popular touring act in the states and an extremely popular touring act in Europe \u2013 especially Scandinavia. Top-flight rockabilly acts always draw well across the European continent.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always try to tour Norway and Sweden in the summer,\u201d said Lewis. \u201cI also play a lot in Denmark and Finland \u2013 and quite a bit in Germany and Austria. And I do festivals in France.\u201d<\/p>\n

England also figures in the picture.<\/p>\n

Lewis met Van Morrison at a Jerry Lee Lewis convention in England. After a sound-check jam session, Morrison proposed the collaboration, which resulted in the Pointblank\/Virgin duet album, \u201cYou Win Again,\u201d which was released in 2000.<\/p>\n

In 2014, Lewis met rockabilly guitarist Danny B Harvey (Headcat, Rockats) who introduced her to Lanark Records. During four extremely creative days at Lanark Studios in Lancaster (PA), Lewis, Harvey, and her daughter Annie Marie Lewis, along with producer\/bassist Quentin Jones and drummer Blair King cut 12 tracks for an album called \u201cHard Rocking Woman,\u201d which was in 2015 by Lanark Records.<\/p>\n

In 2018, Lewis recorded a duo album with Grammy nominated singer\/guitarist Robbie Fulks. It was recorded and produced by Robbie Fulks who wrote most of the songs.<\/p>\n

\u201cRobbie is a great songwriter and a really great producer,\u201d said Lewis. \u201cAnd he\u2019s a great entertainer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do some writing. I just wrote my new single \u2013 a pandemic song called, \u2018Oh Pandemic.\u2019 I usually have one or two originals on each album.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lewis also spoke about her brother Jerry Lee, who is recovering from medical problems.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s doing really well and almost completely recovered from the major hemorrhagic stroke he had,\u201d said Lewis. \u201cHe\u2019s living in Southaven, Mississippi, which is just outside Memphis.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just saw Jerry Lee a week ago Monday. He\u2019s doing so well. I think he\u2019ll go back onstage \u2013 but not with the heavy schedule he used to have.<\/p>\n

\u201cMyself, I am touring a lot. Sometimes, I do have a set list. Most of the time, I just go on and play. I choose the songs by the reaction I\u2019m getting from the songs I\u2019ve played.\u201d<\/p>\n

That can be a challenge for her backing band. But the band accompanying her in Kennett Square should be equal to the task. The group features her old friend Quentin Jones (Guitar) along with Kenny Aaronson (Bass) and David Uosikkinen (Drums). On their own, they have a band called QDK.<\/p>\n

Jones, Uosikkinen and Aaronson started working together\u00a0in 2014, backing up legendary rockabilly artist Robert Gordon in support of his 2014 release \u201cI\u2019m Coming Home,\u201d which Jones co-produced and played guitar on, and Uosikkinen played drums on. \u00a0Since then, the trio has worked with Johnny Neel of the Allman Brothers and Billy Burnett, who is known for his work with Fleetwood Mac and his Columbia Records\u00a0solo projects.<\/p>\n

Individually, Jones, Uosikkinen and Aaronson have literally played for a \u201cWho\u2019s Who\u201d of rock and roll.<\/p>\n

Jones, who is endorsed by Gretsch Guitars,\u00a0has lent his guitar talents\u00a0to, Peter Noone and Herman\u2019s Hermits, Billy Burnett, Charlie Gracie, Robert Gordon, Linda Gail Lewis, the Rockats, and the Reach Around Rodeo Clowns.\u00a0He co-produced\u00a0Charlie Gracie\u2019s\u00a02011 ABKCO Records release\u00a0\u201cFor the Love of Charlie\u201d with Al Kooper; and has written for Lee Rocker of the Stray Cats. Jones was a 2016 inductee into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame in Nashville.<\/p>\n

Uosikkinen is a founding member of The Hooters,\u00a0and has been behind the drum kit for Cyndi Lauper, Rod Stewart, Alice Cooper, Patty Smyth,\u00a0Robert Gordon, Charlie Gracie, Dar Williams,\u00a0and his own band,\u00a0David Uosikkinen\u2019s In The Pocket.\u00a0He also played at historical musical events,\u00a0Live Aid and Roger Waters\u2019 The Wall in Berlin.<\/p>\n

Aaronson is a world-renowned bass player,\u00a0who\u00a0was 1988 Rolling Stone\u2019s Bassist of the Year.\u00a0He is known\u00a0for his work with The Yardbirds, Bob Dylan, Brian Setzer, Mick Taylor, Hall and Oates, Dave Edmunds, Joan Jett, and Billy Idol.<\/p>\n

Video link for Linda Gail Lewis — https:\/\/youtu.be\/rka6Up7mre4<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Rooftop show will start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25.<\/p>\n

The Flash\u2019s Rooftop Series was scheduled to present the Sin City Band on July 17, but the weather forced postponement of the show. Now, the local country rockers are slated to perform on August 21.<\/p>\n

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The Sin City Band<\/p><\/div>\n

The Sin City Band was started in 1974 in New Hampshire. The band is now based in Delaware and was inducted into the Delaware Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.<\/p>\n

Sin City Band features Scott Birney (vocals, acoustic guitar), Jim Ficca (drums), David Berry (piano, organ), Steve Hobson (vocals, electric guitar), and Bob Bloomingdale (vocals, bass).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not working as much as we used to do,\u201d said Birney, during a recent phone interview from his Chester County home in New London.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe still play every Monday night from 6-9 p.m. at a brew pub just outside of Newark \u2014 Argilla\u2019s in Meadowood. We\u2019ve been playing there for six or seven years.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore that, we had a regular gig in Newark at East End Caf\u00e9, which later became Mojo and now is Grain. We\u2019d been doing that since the late 80s.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe celebrated our 45th anniversary at the Kennett Flash two years ago. I started the band in 1974 in New Hampshire when I was attending New England College. We played tons of college and junior college shows all around New England. We had a circuit \u2013 and we also played VFW halls.<\/p>\n

\u201cI moved down here in August 1975. We had a connection at the Stone Balloon in Newark and played a lot of shows there. We also spent a season playing ski resorts in Colorado in 1975-1976.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Sin City Band has roots in rock, country and country-rock. The group took its name from a Flying Burrito Brothers\u2019 song penned the late, great Gram Parsons.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t resist playing some Flying Burrito Brothers\u2019 songs in our shows,\u201d said Birney. \u201cWe\u2019re an Americana\/roots band.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had a lot of different musicians in the band over the years, but this current line-up has been around for a while. We\u2019ll be a five-piece band on Saturday \u2013 two guitars, piano, bass and drums. We\u2019ll be playing honky-tonk music \u2013 originals and covers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know so many songs and we\u2019ve been at it so long, people know our originals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sin City Band has a long history in this area and another link to the Chester County\/Northern Delaware music scene.<\/p>\n

The Spinto Band was born out of Sin City. Of the six Spinto members, only one doesn\u2019t have a father, stepfather or uncle who is or was part of Delaware honky-tonk institution the Sin City Band.<\/p>\n

Video link for Sin City Band \u2013\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/TYA4FgHXlR4<\/a><\/p>\n

The Rooftop show will start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20.<\/p>\n

The Candlelight Theatre (2208 Millers Road, Arden, Delaware,\u00a0www.candlelighttheatredelaware.org<\/a>) will be a bustle of activity this weekend with the latest installment of its Comedy Club on August 19 and performances of the hit musical \u201cAin\u2019t Misbehavin\u2019 \u2013 The Fats Waller Musical Show\u201d from August 20-22.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s an old saying \u2013 \u201cYou Can\u2019t Go Home Again\u201d \u2013 which was taken from the title of Thomas Wolfe\u2019s 1940 novel, \u201cYou Can\u2019t Go Home Again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Frank Vignola<\/p><\/div>\n

Don\u2019t tell veteran comedian Frank Vignola that \u201cYou Can\u2019t Go Home Again.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the Candlelight Theatre \u2018s Comedy Club on August 19. Vignola is the show\u2019s headline act with Sharon Simon as the feature and Dave Evans as the MC.<\/p>\n

\u201cCandlelight gave me my first paid professional acting work a long time ago,\u201d said Vignola, during a phone interview Monday afternoon from his home in New York City.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what\u2019s so cool about this show. Now, after all these years, I\u2019m getting to go back to the same theater doing a show. It\u2019s a different kind of cool. It\u2019s literally the first place after I graduated from high school where I did acting and got paid.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vignola is a Delaware native who got his start in the entertainment business at Candlelight Dinner Theatre doing productions of \u201cCamelot\u201d and \u201cFiddler on the Roof.\u201d under the direction of the late great Julian Borris.<\/p>\n

\u201cI graduated from Christiana High School and was heading to the University of Delaware,\u201d said Vignola. \u201cThe summer before I started was when I got involved with the Candlelight Theatre. I did two productions there that summer. The late, great Julian Borris was the director.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I remember, we got $5 a show for being in the chorus but the big money was in waiting tables in costume.\u201d<\/p>\n

From Arden, Vignola took his talents west to Newark to spend four years studying theater at UD.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t start out as a comedian,\u201d said Vignola. \u201cI started out as an actor. I was a theater major at the University of Delaware. \u201cI got an internship at the Delaware Theater Company in 1990. I figured it would be a good way to get Equity points.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was during this period that the seeds of doing stand-up were planted.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat summer, I hung out with friends who were doing bar comedy shows,\u201d said Vignola. \u201cSlowly, I got to the point where I wanted to give it a try. I think when I was younger, I was a bit of a class clown. And I always loved cartoons.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter I was almost done my internship, I did my first stand-up at an open mic at the old Comedy Cabaret in Wilmington. That was July 1990.<\/p>\n

\u201cI moved to New York at the end of summer 1990 and was still moving toward being an actor. I thought I\u2019d do a little comedy on the side. In November, I was in a contest at a comedy club in New York and came in second.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just clicked. I realized that I should be a stand-up comedian. So, I shifted all my focus to comedy. I always did enjoy doing comedy and musical theater.\u201d<\/p>\n

It certainly appears that Vignola made the correct career choice.<\/p>\n

In addition to appearances on Comedy Central, Amazon Prime and SiriusXM radio, Vignola also has performed at Montreal\u2019s prestigious \u201cJust for Laughs\u201d Comedy Festival and toured the Middle East with Armed Forces Entertainment.<\/p>\n

His acting credits include the film roles of \u201cEddie\u201d in \u201cTilting at Windmills\u201d (International Film Festival Manhattan), \u201cMr. Leibowitz\u201d in \u201cGame Night\u201d (Amazon Prime) and voicing the character of \u201cDr. Robert\u201d in the animated television pilot \u201cBen v World\u201d.<\/p>\n

As a teacher he has taught stand-up at some of Manhattan\u2019s finest comedy clubs — including StandUpNY, The Laugh Lounge and Broadway Comedy Club — in addition to mentoring and private coaching the next wave of New York City\u2019s up and coming comedians.<\/p>\n

When Vignola was starting out in stand-up, it didn\u2019t take long for him to move up the tradition stages of performing as a live comic.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think everybody goes through the MC, feature, headliner progression,\u201d said Vignola. \u201cNow, if somebody books me, they know I have a lot of time in.\u201d<\/p>\n

For a stand-up, timing is a crucial asset.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou start to develop your sense of timing right away for the first two years,\u201d said Vignola. \u201cBut to really know what you\u2019re doing takes 5-7 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think every comic does observational comedy. I\u2019m more autobiographical. I can go all over the board but I\u2019m not an insult comedian. And I don\u2019t work blue. I\u2019m clean \u2013 PG13.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you do a Google search for Frank Vignola, the first few pages will be all stories and pictures of a bespectacled dude holding a guitar.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a different Frank Vignola \u2013 a jazz guitarist from West Islip, New York. Delaware\u2019s Frank doesn\u2019t play guitar and Long Island\u2019s Frank doesn\u2019t do comedy routines.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy comedian friend \u201cJackie the Jokeman\u201d Martling told me that I should hook up with him and we could do a tour together,\u201d said Vignola.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t expect to see a \u201cFrank Vignola\u00b2 Tour\u201d anytime soon but do expect to laugh a lot if you check out Delaware Frank\u2019s homecoming at the Candlelight Theatre.<\/p>\n

Video link for Frank Vignola — https:\/\/youtu.be\/_mtZvPZ7aWk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

A cash bar is open and table snacks are provided.\u00a0Tickets are $30 and onsite parking is free.<\/p>\n

The venue\u2019s current theatrical production also features a performer who graduated from high school in Delaware and has a history at the Candlelight Theatre.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>One of the featured performers in \u201cAin\u2019t Misbehavin\u2019,\u201d which is running through August 29, is Tiffany Dawn Christopher.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to Mount Pleasant High for two years and then spent junior and senior year at Cab Calloway School of the Arts in Wilmington,\u201d said Christopher, during a phone interview Wednesday afternoon from her home in northern Delaware. \u201cI was in the second graduating class at Cab Callloway.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first Candlelight show I did was \u2018Jesus Christ Superstar\u2019 in 2006. Over the last 15 years, I\u2019ve done 10-plus shows at the Candlelight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like Vignola, Christopher studied acting in college \u2013 but not as a major.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to Howard University where I majored in mass communications and had a minor in theatre,\u201d said Christopher, who works in the Wilmington Mayor\u2019s office focusing on marketing, special projects and cultural affairs.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a child, I was always singing. I was singing in church and dancing when I was three. We had a singing family. My mom, my grandmother and my aunt all sang. My first professional job was my junior year in high school at the Three Little Bakers Dinner Theater in Pike Creek (Delaware).\u201d<\/p>\n

Three Little Bakers Dinner Theater was a much-loved dinner theater owned and operated by Kennett Square brothers Hugo, Al and Nicholas Immediato. They were known for their famous catchphrase, \u201cThat\u2019s-a-nice.\u201d Sadly, the theater closed in 2007.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy first show at Three Little Bakers was \u2018West Side Story,\u2019\u201d said Christopher. \u201cI\u2019ve been doing professional theater ever since. Other shows I did there were \u2018The King & I\u2019 and \u2018South Pacific.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cPrior to doing \u2018Jesus Christ Superstar\u2019 at Candlelight, I wasn\u2019t really familiar with the theater. A friend was working the show and they needed some featured dancers. He asked if I was interested, and I ended up in the show.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy first lead acting role at Candlelight was as Lady of the Lake in \u2018Spamalot.\u2019 I also played the title role here in \u2018The Drowsy Chaperone.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Christopher\u2019s most recent appearance at Candlelight prior to \u201cAin\u2019t Misbehavin\u2019\u201d was in earlier this year in \u201cBeehive:<\/p>\n

The 60\u2019s Musical.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAin\u2019t Misbehavin\u2019\u201d is a musical\u00a0revue\u00a0with a book by\u00a0Murray Horwitz\u00a0and\u00a0Richard Maltby Jr.<\/a>, and music by various composers and lyricists as arranged and orchestrated by\u00a0Luther Henderson. It is named after the song by\u00a0Fats Waller\u00a0(with\u00a0Harry Brooks\u00a0and\u00a0Andy Razaf),<\/p>\n

\u201cAin\u2019t Misbehavin\u2019\u201d is a tribute to the music of\u00a0Thomas \u201cFats\u201d Waller. It is set in the Golden Age of swing — a time when\u00a0Manhattan\u00a0nightclubs<\/a>\u00a0like the\u00a0Cotton Club\u00a0and the\u00a0Savoy Ballroom\u00a0were the playgrounds of\u00a0high society\u00a0and\u00a0Lenox Avenue\u00a0dives were filled with piano players banging out the new beat.<\/p>\n

Thomas Wright\u00a0\u201cFats\u201d\u00a0Waller\u00a0(May 21, 1904 \u2013 December 15, 1943) was an American\u00a0jazz\u00a0pianist, organist, composer, violinist, singer, and comedic entertainer.\u00a0His innovations in the Harlem\u00a0stride style\u00a0laid the groundwork for modern jazz piano.<\/p>\n

His best-known compositions — \u201cAin\u2019t Misbehavin\u2019\u201d and \u201cHoneysuckle Rose\u201d — were inducted into the\u00a0Grammy Hall of Fame\u00a0in 1984 and 1999.\u00a0Waller copyrighted more than 400 songs, many of them co-written with his closest collaborator,\u00a0Andy Razaf.<\/p>\n

Christopher has some history with \u201cAin\u2019t Misbehavin\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very familiar with the show,\u201d said Christopher. \u201cI had never done it, but I had seen my mom do it.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mom, Dawn Christopher, used to perform also. She did \u2018Ain\u2019t Misbehavin\u2019 at Three Little Bakers. That must have been in 2005 or 2006.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome people don\u2019t understand \u201cAin\u2019t Misbehavin\u2019\u201d because it\u2019s not a book show. But audiences really like it. They can relate to the music.\u201d<\/p>\n

The cast also features Gabrielle Hines, a Coatesville native and graduate of Muhlenberg College with degrees in theatre and music. Hines has studied theatre and music at Goldsmiths University in London, England.<\/p>\n

Her past credits include Grace in\u00a0\u201cAnnie,\u201d Danielle in\u00a0\u201cBring it On: The Musical,\u201d\u00a0Lady in Brown in\u00a0\u201cFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide\/When the Rainbow is Enuf,\u201d\u00a0and Yvonne in\u00a0\u201cSunday in the Park with George.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hines is the cheerleading coach for North Brandywine Middle School and director of Coatesville High School\u2019s Musical Theatre Collective.<\/p>\n

\u201cAin\u2019t Misbehavin\u2019 \u2013 The Fats Waller Musical Show\u201d is running now through August 29 with shows on August 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28 and 29. Tickets are $65.50 for adults and $33 for children (ages 4-12). All seats are reserved.<\/p>\n

The Ardmore Music Hall (23 East Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, 610-649-8389,\u00a0www.ardmoremusic.com<\/a>) is hosting Breakwater and UGO on August 20 and Tauk on August 21.<\/p>\n

The venue is also teaming up with Narberth Ambulance and Suburban Square to present the \u201cArdmore Rock N\u2019Ride \u2013 Main Line Bicycle Race and Music Festival\u201d on August 21. The music will be featured on two stages — Suburban Square and Schauffele Plaza — from noon-8 p.m. on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The line-up features Mondo Cozmo, George Porter Jr., The Skatalites, Nik Greeley & the Operators, Sixteen Jackies, Splintered Sunlight, Mutlu, Laura Lizcano, the 29ers, DJ Bohfunk and the Snacktime Brass Band.<\/p>\n

City Winery (990 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, citywinery.com\/philadelphia<\/a>) will host Teddy Thompson and Jenni Muldaur on August 19, Lyfe Jennings on August 20, and Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen on August 21.<\/p>\n

The Queen (500 North Market Street, Wilmington, 202-730-3331, www.thequeenwilmington.com<\/a>) will present Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue on August 19.<\/p>\n

Upcoming acts at Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808,\u00a0www.st94.com<\/a>) are Brian Dunne on August 19, Yellow Brick Road on August 21, and Ronstadt Revue on August 22.<\/p>\n

Jamey\u2019s House of Music (32 South Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, 215-477-9985, www.jameyshouseofmusic.com<\/a>) will host Hannah Stone and the Mean Wendy Band on August 20 and the Jeff Fetterman Band on August 21.<\/p>\n

Citizens Bank Park (Broad Street and Pattison Avenue, Philadelphia) will be rocking this weekend — and not with the sound of Philllies\u2019 fans cheering for their team.<\/p>\n

On August 20, the ballpark will host the Hella Mega Tour with a 5:30 p.m. starting time.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Hella Mega Tour\u00a0is an ongoing tour by American rock bands\u00a0Green Day,\u00a0Fall Out Boy, and\u00a0Weezer\u00a0that was announced on September 10, 2019, and originally included dates from March to August 2020. Due to the\u00a0COVID-19 pandemic, the Oceania and Asian legs of the tour were canceled, as well as some European dates and the sole Canadian date. The rest of the tour was rescheduled to 2021 and 2022.<\/p>\n

On August 21, Dead & Company are coming to Philadelphia — a city the Grateful Dead often referred to as their \u201csecond home.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Grateful Dead, who first appeared in Philadelphia on April 26, 1968, would eventually make Philadelphia a second home, with a record-setting 53 appearances at the Spectrum (plus four more after the death of Jerry Garcia in 1995). No other artist comes close to the number of performances by the Grateful Dead at the Spectrum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times The spotlight will be on rockabilly and honky-tonk music this weekend in Kennett Square. Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295,\u00a0http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org) has two events scheduled this weekend as part of its Rooftop Series \u2013 Sin City Band on August 21 and Linda Gail Lewis on August 22. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8457],"tags":[14000,7426,13997,13998,13999],"class_list":["post-48779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-d-arts-entertainment","tag-aint-misbehavin","tag-featured","tag-julian-borri","tag-linda-gail-lewis","tag-the-sin-city-band"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48780,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48779\/revisions\/48780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/48775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}