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22 PASADENA WEEKLY | <strong>09.06.18</strong>
PW OPINION PW NEWS PW LIFE PW ARTS •INTO THE NIGHT• BY BLISS BOWEN Arthur Adams A New Approach •NITELIFE• Thursday Aug 06 through Wednesday Aug 12 PLEASE NOTE: Deadline for Calendar submissions is noon. Wednesday of the week before the issue publishes. PASADENA, SOUTH PASADENA & ALTADENA 1881 Bar 1881 E. Washington Blvd., Pasadena (626) 314-2077 facebook.com/1881bar Fridays—Live jazz Saturdays—Gypsie jazz Wednesdays—Reggae The Blue Guitar Arroyo Seco Golf Course 1055 Lohman Lane, South Pasadena (323) 769-3500 blueguitar.club Thursday—Trio WoRK The Boulevard Bar 3199 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena (626) 356-9304 blvdbar.com Fridays—Drag performances hosted by Tia Wanna every Friday Cabrera’s Mexican Cuisine 655 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena (626) 795-0230 cabreras.com Thursdays—Live jazz Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays—Karaoke Coffee Gallery Backstage 2029 N. Lake Ave., Altadena (626) 798-6236 coffeegallery.com Thursday—Laura Zucker & Ed Tree Friday—Adjoa Skinner Saturday—Incendio Sunday—Matinee show w/Alex Depue & Miguel Dehoyos; evening show w/Triokait Wednesday—Rick Bagby Der Wolfskopf 72 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena (626) 219-6054 derwolfskopf.com Fridays—“Night Court” features Deejay Kind Cromang spinning vinyl soul, funk, disco and boogie Edwin Mills by Equator 22 Mills Place, Pasadena (626) 564-8656 edwinmills.com Friday—Gretje Angell Saturday—Chloe Perrier Tuesday—Jim Sims Wednesday—Leah Ashton El Portal Restaurant 695 E. Green St., Pasadena (626) 795-8553 elportalrestaurant.com Fridays—Mariachi México Saturdays—Alanniz Sundays—Mariachi Bella Ice House 24 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena (626) 577-1894 icehousecomedy.com Thursday—Last Call w/Carson Daly taping Friday—Paul Rodriguez; Laughnasium; Comedy Madness w/Mike Quu; Deathsquad Saturday—Six Weeks to Stand Up w/Rudy Moreno; Cool Beans Comedy improv class; Fritz Coleman Speaks to a Generation Waverly School Benefit; Uncle Joey’s Working Out; Michael Yo & Friends; Old School presents Friday Nite –CONTINUED ON PAGE 24 ONCE UNPREDICTABLE BLUES-SOUL SHOWMAN ARTHUR ADAMS PLAYS THE MIXX SATURDAY PHOTO: Emmanuel De Zorzi is more,” as they say, and guitarist Arthur “Less Adams learned the power of that maxim early from listening to one of its foremost practitioners: B.B. King. Like King and countless other blues and soul elder statesmen, Adams has been circling back to a more minimal style in his playing, after decades of establishing a reputation as a wild, unpredictable player onstage. A 1940 Christmas baby, Adams grew up in western Tennessee singing in the church choir — an influence still discernible in the cadence and fervor of his vocal delivery — and for a short time toured regionally in a gospel combo with his cousins. He started playing in blues bands, but after college and a series of touring misadventures decided to go where the work was: LA. That work ethic has determined much of the shape of his career, and contributed mightily to his stylistic range. Landing here in the mid- ’60s, Adams became a busy guitarist for hire on sessions for films, television, and a broad range of artists (the Jackson 5, Quincy Jones, Hugh Masekela and Nancy Wilson, to name a few). He recorded and produced numerous singles but not until the next decade did he make any albums. The earthy, Bill Withers-style grooves of 1972’s “It’s Private Tonight” reflected the times (and perhaps the influence of co-producers Bonnie Raitt and Tommy LiPuma), while 1975’s “Home Brew” and 1977’s “Midnight Serenade” signaled the funk and soul directions Adams was taking. Several of those tracks, along with his number one UK disco hit, 1981’s “You Got the Floor,” comprise the bonusdisc half of his 2017 release “Look What the Blues Has Done for Me.” Those older recordings provide an interesting contrast to the newer material in the album’s first half, performed by Adams with fellow blues and gospel veterans such as James Montgomery and Leo Bud Welch. Surveying almost five decades of work as a sideman and writing songs recorded by the likes of King and Nina Simone, “Look What the Blues Has Done for Me” finds Adams striving to make a statement. In the late 1990s and early ’00s, Adams was a regular live-wire presence at King’s eponymously named nightclub in Universal City and other area venues like the Langham in Pasadena and the longgone Cozy’s in Sherman Oaks. Appearances like Saturday’s show at the Mixx occur less often these days. Onstage, Adams constructs guitar solos from long, lean melodic phrases, accented with his signature note flurries, and still ventures into the audience while playing. As a singer he remains physically as well as musically expressive, sometimes becoming so invested in the line he’s wailing that he almost knocks over the microphone and his arms fly up in the air as if to extend it with more breadth and feeling. If he doesn’t evince King’s elegance, he does give “less is more” his own kind of twist. n Arthur Adams performs at the Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, at 8-11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6; general admission $20 in advance/$25 at the door. Info: (626) 500-0021. Tickets: eventbrite.com/e/ arthur-adams-tickets-48579146535?aff =ebdssbdestsearch. Arthuradamsband. com, themixxpasadena.com Ferocious Blues CHRIS DUARTE GROUP ROCKS ARCADIA BLUES CLUB Whether you call their sound “punk blues,” “rocking blues” or “ferocious blues,” the Chris Duarte Group will be tearing up Arcadia Blues Club Saturday night. Ferocious blues seems fitting, as axe ace Duarte’s fingers have been known to bleed during his hard-driving performances. A true road warrior, Duarte plays some 150 gigs a year, including major clubs and festivals throughout the US Canada and Europe. Duarte’s music channels the spirits and sounds of past masters of the craft, while affixing his own signature to the sound. The Austin native stepped in to fill the shoes of the late Stevie Ray Vaughan after Vaughan’s passing and quickly gained a national reputation. Duarte has recorded on various blues labels, with his debut disc, “Texas Sugar/ Strat Magik,” outselling expectations on Silvertone Records. Visit duarte.rocks. — John Sollenberger Music starts at 7 p.m. Saturday at Arcadia Blues Club, 16 E. Huntington Drive, Arcadia. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Call (626) 447-9349 or visit arcadiabluesclub.com. <strong>09.06.18</strong> | PASADENA WEEKLY 23
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