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Ed. note: This piece was compiled by Jennifer Almond.

Don Chambers plays at New World Brewery Thurs., July 9, and at The Garage Fri. July 10
(Jason Thrasher)

THURSDAY, July 9

CHA CHA COCONUTS 606 The Retro Duo

THE GATOR CLUB The Cherry Bombs

GATORZ Sammy J (Early)/DJs Mark & Kevin (Late)

KROAKY’S Kroaky’s Rock Band Challenge

NEW WORLD BREWERY Don Chambers w/Urbane Cowboys/Roppongi’s Ace/Al Torchia Don Chambers sings in a raspy drawl, plays banjo with electric guitar aggression and writes Southern Gothic narratives about death, heartbreak and other grim topics set against slinky Southern-fried roots rock that crackles and burns with a fiery intensity. Last September, with his Athens, Ga.-based band GOAT, Chambers released his fourth album, Zebulon, which was co-produced by the Drive-By Truckers’ Patterson Hood and featured on NPR’s Second Stage. Chambers has been likened to Tom Waits and Johnny Cash, and both are adequate, if not accurate, comparisons. (Chambers also performs at The Garage on Fri., July 10.) —Leilani Polk

OLD PACKINGHOUSE Acoustic Sunshine

SKIPPER’S SMOKEHOUSE Grateful Dead Night w/Uncle John’s Band

FRIDAY, July 10

ACE’S Swamp Donkey/Standback

AMERICAN LEGION POST 312 Night Train

BC’S RECOVERY ROOM Kachina Bluestar Open Jam

CABANA INN & LOUNGE Steal River Band

CAFÉ RUELLE Tommy D

CHA CHA COCONUTS Steel Pan Dan (Early)

CLANCY’S TIKI BAR Kettle of Fish

CROWBAR Perpetual Groove I’ve seen this four-piece jamtronica ensemble play a dozen or so times and in a range of settings, from danky bars to a stage nestled in a lovely stretch of valley in the North Carolina mountains. No matter the backdrop, P-Groove delivers the dance-tastic goods, mixing electro with funk and country-rock tastiness, and throwing in synth-tastic covers of songs like the Butthole Surfers’ “Pepper,” “Naïve Melody” by the Talking Heads, and Peter Gabriel’s “Diggin’ in the Dirt.” —LP

DAIQUIRI DECK Josh Magwood Group/DJ Trinni

DCOY DUCKS KoKo Ray & The Soul Providers

THE DISTILLERY Basic Rock Outfit

5 O’CLOCK CLUB Big T & The Tornadoes (Early)/Someone From Somewhere (Late)

THE GATOR CLUB The Boneshakers

GATORZ Storm Surge

GECKO’S @ THE LANDINGS Michael J. Weiss

THE HAYE LOFT AT EUPHEMIA HAYE Ray Biscoglia and Glenn Stevenson

HONOLUANA ISLAND GRILL Gary Ryley & The Alternators Blues Band

THE IRISH ROVER Irish Pub Songs w/Paul Duffy

LEBARGE Sly McLeod

OLD PACKINGHOUSE Radio-Free Carmela

ORPHEUM Baby Nova/Certified Goonz & Guests

PASTIMES PUB Hillgrass Bluebilly Tour feat. Left Lane Cruiser/Restavrant

PEGGY’S CORRAL The Burghs

SKIPPER’S SMOKEHOUSE Legendary JC’s

THE STATE THEATRE Local Lockdown/When Honor Meant Everything/Full Flight/Set The Sights/Thrown Alive/Suggestion

STEEL CAN ALLEY 1 Year Anniversary Party

WOODY’S RIVER ROO Dusty (Early)/Mitch Clark (Late)

SATURDAY, July 11

ACE’S Wikked Jester

AMERICAN LEGION POST 312 Night Train

BC’S RECOVERY ROOM Jeff Evans Band

CABANA INN & LOUNGE Local Celebrity Band

CAFÉ RUELLE RJ Malloy

CHA CHA COCONUTS Steel Pan Dan (Early)

CLANCY’S TIKI BAR Rye Road

DAIQUIRI DECK Sly McLeod

DCOY DUCKS Trinity 7

THE DISTILLERY Offshore Riot

5 O’CLOCK CLUB My Friend Scott

FORD AMPHITHEATRE Aerosmith/ZZ Top As a child of the ’80s, my first intro to Aerosmith came via the singles off Permanent Vacation — “Dude Looks Like a Lady,” “Rag Doll,” “Angel.” Perhaps not the most appropriate MTV fare for an 8-year-old, but I didn’t really get the sexual (and humorous) overtones until I got older. This tour, the Steven Tyler-fronted rock band plays its most influential album, 1975’s Toys in the Attic, in its entirety, but scattered throughout a set of other hit singles. Bearded blues-rockers ZZ Top shares the bill with lots of riffage and ’80s numbers like “Cheap Sunglasses,” “Gimme All Your Lovin’,” and “Legs,” combined with ’70s classics like “La Grange” and “Tush.” —LP

GATORZ EZ Street (Early)/Sudden Impact (Late)

GECKO’S @ PALMER CROSSING Michael J. Weiss

THE HAYE LOFT AT EUPHEMIA HAYE Mike Markaverich

HONOLUANA ISLAND GRILL Bud Buckley

THE IRISH ROVER Irish Pub Songs w/Bobby Vesey

LEBARGE Rich McKee

MATTISON’S FORTY ONE Omni

MATTISON’S RIVERSIDE The Venturas

NEW WORLD BREWERY YBOR CITY Sons of Hippies Album Release Party w/Geri X/GreyMarket/Villanova Junction “We’re hippies in essence and state of mind instead of being just poseurs,” singer/guitarist/key mistress Katherine Kelly told CL Saraosta in a recent interview about Sons of Hippies, her Sarasota-based duo with drummer/vocalist/synth master Jonas Canales. The music is driving, electro-psychedelic alt-rock, guitars warped or watery or run through multiple effects to create layered textures, and accompanied by the sweet but aggressive lead vocals of Kelly with harmonies by Canales. The band celebrates the self-release of its first album, Warriors of the Light, at this Tampa show with some pretty heavy-hitting local alt artists rounding out the bill. —LP

O’LEARY’S The BeThere Brothers

OLD PACKINGHOUSE Mumbo Jumbo Band

SCALAWAGS Benefit Concert w/ Slow Burn

SKIPPER’S SMOKEHOUSE WMNF 4th Annual AmericanaFest feat. Blue Mountain/Ted Lukas & the Misled/Will Quinlan & the Diviners/Have Gun Will Travel/Thomas Wynn & the Believers/Nervous Turkey/Black Finger/Mike Dunn & the Kings of New England/Roppongi’s Ace/ Matt Butcher/Nine Volts Another multi-band, genre-specific, day-long bill hosted by ’MNF and featuring all the usual roots music suspects. Headlining are alt-country purveyors Blue Mountain, a trio that hails from Oxford, Miss., and are fronted by formerly married duo Laurie Stirratt (bass and harmonies, twin sister of Wilco bass player John Stirratt) and Cary Hudson (guitar and vocals, recently named as one of the “Top 10 Alternative County Guitarists of All Time” by Gibson Magazine). A high-quality roster of area acts provide support. —LP

STEEL CAN ALLEY Disengage/Barrelhead/The Dood

TEQUILA BEACH Democracy

TROPICANA FIELD REH on the Road: Smash Mouth As the alt-rock movement of the early ’90s shook out, bands such as Smash Mouth cropped up, bands with very little in common with the likes of Nirvana. Smash Mouth scored two major hits — “Walking on the Sun” (1997) and “All Star” (’99) — in a kind of surf/hippie/pop realm. The group’s star has faded in the 2000s — their 2006 album Summer Girl failed to chart on the Billboard 200 — but the San Jose, Calif., group still has enough juice to entertain the crowd after a Rays game. The team has never lost one of these contests that are followed by a concert, and let’s hope that picking Smash Mouth to perform does not break the streak. —ES

WOODY’S RIVER ROO The Arch (Early)

SUNDAY, July 12

ACE’S Mark Pelham Acoustic

BC’S RECOVERY ROOM Larry’s Open Jam

CLANCY’S TIKI BAR Jack Tamborine

DAIQUIRI DECK Spy vs Spy

GATORZ Anything Goes (Early)/Breezin (Late)

THE HAYE LOFT AT EUPHEMIA HAYE Mike Markaverich

LEBARGE Rich McKee

PEGGY’S CORRAL Swamp Donkie (Early)

SKIPPER’S SMOKEHOUSE Ken Block w/Shawn Hopper & Brian Spotts

VFW HALL POST 3233 Lymbyc Systym

WOODY’S RIVER ROO Hot Items (Early)/The DT’s (Late)

MONDAY, July 13

BC’S RECOVERY ROOM Steppin’ Stone Open Jam

THE HAYE LOFT AT EUPHEMIA HAYE Eddie Tobin

GATORZ Tim & Rosanne

LEBARGE Max McCann

THE STATE THEATRE Anti Nowhere League/Duane Peters Gunfight/Cobra Skulls/Ashers/Jakked Rabbits

TUESDAY, July 14

ACE’S The Springfield Cubs

BC’S RECOVERY ROOM Nick

GATORZ Shawn Brown

HOOSIER BAR Bad JuJu

LEBARGE Sly McLeod

SKIPPER’S SMOKEHOUSE Mer, Curly & Maggie/Karen Zack

THE STATE THEATRE Phat Tuesdays w/Wild 98

Letters From Elvis plays at Cock & Bull Pub Wed., July 15 (Courtesy Patrick Johnson)

WEDNESDAY, July 15

ACE’S Blues Jam w/The Whodoos

BC’S RECOVERY ROOM Jeff Earl Open Jam

COCK & BULL This Is an Adventure/Cyptorchid Chipmunk/Letters From Elvis/Mustache Rides Featuring Beardsley/Shiv The Blue Needle/Joey Potter Experience/Andy the Doorbum Another mixed bag of musical flavors will be spicing up the Cock & Bull Wednesday night. Emerging local electro-pop powerhouse This Is an Adventure is sure to draw their loyal and growing fan base as the show’s headliner. They will be joined by the always visually intriguing Letters From Elvis, technical prog-rock bass-and-drum duo Shiv the Blue Needle, North Carolina’s happy hardcore hero Andy the Doorbum, bizarre West Virgina-based ska/punk/WTF band Cryptorchid Chipmunk, and the entirely-too-normal-to-be-on-this-bill Joey Potter Experience. The flyer says “Mustache Rides Featuring Beardsley” (not sure if that’s a musical group or an activity). —Tim Sukits

GATORZ Breezin’

LEBARGE BC Hathaway

OLD PACKINGHOUSE Keith Rich

SKIPPER’S SMOKEHOUSE Island Night w/Tribal Style

WOODY’S RIVER ROO Tom & Bob

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