Weekend Ideas: Fabruary 12, 2015

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With the Black Crowes broken up again – perhaps even for good, given the latest impasse with his brother Rich, singer Chris Robinson has turned full energies to the Chris Robinson Brotherhood, a band that loves to jam in the tradition of the Grateful Dead. CRB, where the singer plays a guitar opposite foil Neal Casal, certainly should be stretching out in a two-night stand at the Paradise Rock Club on Friday and Saturday.

CJ Chenier also draws on family legacy, that of his late father Clifton, as he makes zydeco rock at Johnny D’s Uptown on Friday.  Bright, edgy LA indie-rockers Bad Suns hold court the same night at the Brighton Music Hall, where the textural Wisconsin indie-folk group Phox follows on Saturday (you can also jump to my recent interview with Phox frontwoman Monica Martin here). UPDATE: Phox show is POSTPONED to a later date.

George Clinton conducts his extended funk jams with the latest, sprawling edition of his institution Parliament-Funkadelic at House of Blues on Saturday. And NOW POSTPONED TO MARCH 7 due to weather, Shaun Wolf Wortis will host his 22nd annual Mardi Gras Ball, this year at Cuisine en Locale, a health-care benefit for the New Orleans Musicians Clinic. Ex-Slide frontman Wortis will be backed by his Legendary “Vudu” Crew led by sax man-about-town Paul Ahlstrand, with guest singers including Jen “Jenny Dee” D’Angora, Peter Moore, Andrea Gillis and Amber Casares, who proves in rehearsals that it should be a night to remember.


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