09.06.18

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ONCE UNPREDICTABLE BLUES-SOUL
SHOWMAN ARTHUR ADAMS PLAYS
THE MIXX SATURDAY
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RHYTHMIC
CELEBRATION
DRUMMER JACOB ARMEN LEADS A
MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA SATURDAY
AT THE ALEX THEATRE
‘NAKED’ EMOTIONS
ETHAN HAWKE AND ROSE BYRNE
BRING NICK HORNBY’S ACCLAIMED
NOVEL ‘JULIET, NAKED’ TO RICHLY
ENTERTAINING LIFE
PHOTO: Marta Szczesniak
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HIS WILDEST DREAMS
MOODY BLUES LEADER JUSTIN HAYWARD LOOKS BACK AT HIS 50-YEAR CAREER
SATURDAY AT THE ROSE
BY CARL KOZLOWSKI
As the lead singer and songwriter for the Moody Blues, Justin
Hayward has spent the past 50 years confounding expectations.
First, Hayward shot the band to fame with the incredibly
haunting yet beautiful hit “Nights in White Satin,” singing of romantic
regret between youthful affairs at the age of 21.
The epic orchestral sound of that single, as well as its 1967 album
“Days of Future Passed,” made it a favorite of NASA astronauts,
who listened to it on numerous space missions aboard the space
shuttle Atlantis. Yet even that sound was not what it seemed to be.
It was created not by a multitude of musicians, but an early form of
synthesizer known as a Mellotron, which layered tracks of sounds
into a lush end result.
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Justin Hayward
After dominating the charts through the mid-1970s, the Moody
Blues were dealt a setback (along with most quality rock music) by
the disco era. After a decade off the charts, and now in their 40s,
they succeeded at making a massive comeback in 1986 by crafting
an inventive video for their song “Your Wildest Dreams” that became
a huge MTV hit.
Hayward has maintained a thriving career ever since, blending
eight solo albums with a total of 13 Moody Blues albums while traversing
the globe at age 71. Bringing his impressive, Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame legacy to the stage of The Rose nightclub in Pasadena
Saturday night, Hayward recently took time to look back on his
career from England.
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GET YOUR OWN...
BY JOHN SOLLENBERGER
KID STUFF
One Colorado,
41 Hugus Alley,
Pasadena, offers
free children’s
programming
at 4:30 p.m.
Thursdays in
September.
Tonight,
Thursday, Sept.
6, the selection is
The Christopher
T. Magician Not So Traditional Magic Show. Call
(626) 564-1066 or visit onecolorado.com.
UK SOUND
UK native and
LA-based
musician Baz
Francis, of
Magic Eight Ball
and Mansion
Harlots performs
music from
his new solo
album, “Face
that Launched
A Thousand
Shipwrecks” starting at 8 p.m. Friday at
The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena.
No Cover. Call (626) 500-0021 or visit
themixxpasadena.com.
SUMMER MUSIC FINALE
The Rotary Club
of Altadena’s
Farnsworth Park
summer concert
series closes with
Who tribute band
Who’s Next at 7
p.m. Saturday
at Farnsworth
Park, 568 E.
Mount Curve Ave.,
Altadena. Free. Call
(626) 798-6335 or visit altadenarotary.com.
CROSS-
GENERATIONAL FUN
In conjunction
with the Sierra
Madre Playhouse’s
production of
“The Gin Game,”
kids and adults
are invited to
Grandparents’ Day,
featuring a photo
booth, portrait
drawing materials
and a typewriter station to write to grandparents
and other elders, from 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday at 87 W.
Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre. Free. Call (626)
355-4318 or visit sierramadreplayhouse.org.
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