Tangents Stories

Support the Hearts & Bands benefit concert on September 16

Want to experience a musical eclipse? A tsunami of sound waves proportions? The kind of show that makes Weather Girls sing “Halleluah”? It’s coming to the The Tipsy Burro Saloon & Cantina in Charlotte on September 16 for the Hearts & Bands concert benefiting the Matthews Free Medical Clinic. Performers include Mike Strauss Band, Randy Franklin & The Sardines, Mannish Boys, Temperance League, Loose Lugnuts and Funky Geezer. All in one rocking day.  I mean … damn! This show is so rocking,

Wyclef Jean at Neighborhood Theatre on August 10

So, I’m waiting for an hour for the show to begin. DJ keeps playing ... yawn. Opener plays a few songs ... okay. And then this dude comes out in total darkness and starts playing guitar. And it’s Wyclef playing “Gone Til November.” As an opener. The stage was set up for a full band, but over the next two hours, Wyclef played all of the instruments, all while playing Fugees songs, solo songs and whatever the heck came to his mind. ​Dude. Is. Insane. I mean, dang. Wyclef takes an Uber from the

Coconut Grove at Beantown on August 11

Oh my God! Has anyone else noticed that Beantown Tavern in Matthews has been booking bands? I’ve been so busy being the greatest wrestler ever seen (Sorry, Ric Flair. Get well soon so I can kick your ass again.), that I hadn’t been to any of Beantown’s shows. Well, damn! Coconut Grove played all of my favorite ’60s and ’70s classics, all while I drank, danced and ate lots of wings. I haven’t felt this manly since I took a chair upside Terry Funk’s head! Good times. And the concert was fun, too.