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Page 8—<strong>March</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
G Love, Meat Loaf music, more at Cave<br />
Reggae with Common Kings, G<br />
Love & Special Sauce, and a night<br />
of Meat Loaf hits performed brilliantly<br />
by his band Neverland Express with<br />
an American Idol winner.<br />
Mix in top shelf tributes to Queen,<br />
Metallica, Aerosmith, Lynyrd Skynyrd and<br />
The Doors and <strong>March</strong> figures to be full of<br />
madness at The Cave <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong>. The<br />
mountain’s intimate concert venue is hopping<br />
with shows every Friday and Saturday<br />
and every seat front and center. With<br />
the dance floor mere inches from the stage,<br />
the audience is right on top of the action<br />
with sound, lighting and special effects that<br />
are concert-quality. All in a cozy setting<br />
with full cocktail service including craft<br />
beers, even “snow” fall.<br />
QUEEN NATION gets the month off<br />
to a rocking start on <strong>March</strong> 2 and is a mustsee,<br />
especially with the hit movie about the<br />
band that’s on big screens. Formed over a<br />
decade ago, the band rocked Anaheim Sta-<br />
Queen Nation<br />
returns to<br />
The Cave<br />
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dium after an Angels game and its performance<br />
of “Bohemian Rhapsody” at the<br />
Roxy in Hollywood has been a YouTube<br />
hit. No wonder either; Gregory Finsley on<br />
vocals and keyboards belts out the song in<br />
the true style of the late Queen singer<br />
Freddie Mercury.<br />
Guitarist Mike McManus is tasked<br />
with trying to match the great Brian May<br />
lick for lick and really rips on “Bohemian<br />
Rhapsody.” Pete Burke on drums assumes<br />
the role of Roger Taylor, even singing on<br />
“I’m in Love With My Car.”<br />
The golden age of vintage Queen with<br />
songs like “We Will Rock You/We are the<br />
Champions,” “You’re My Best Friend,”<br />
“Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” and<br />
more kindle memories of the Live Killers<br />
album. Queen Nation has played in front<br />
of thousands at festivals and casinos but<br />
The Cave’s intimate setting really makes<br />
the show go off. Tickets $15-$35.<br />
COMMON KINGS bring awardwinning<br />
reggae to The Cave<br />
one night only <strong>March</strong> 8. The<br />
first two EP’s by the Orange<br />
County band each reached the<br />
Top 10 on Billboard’s reggae<br />
chart and the 2017 debut album<br />
Lost in Paradise was nominated<br />
for a Grammy Award.<br />
Last year’s EP One Day hit<br />
#2 on Billboard, a spot also<br />
reached in 2015 by Hits & Mrs.<br />
Common Kings infuses head<br />
rocking beats, feel good vibes<br />
and emotional fever into its live<br />
sound, in part because most of<br />
its members were born in the<br />
South Pacific. Lead singer<br />
Sasualei “Jr. King” Maliga is<br />
an impressive talent and the<br />
whole band is tight. $35-$50.<br />
G LOVE & SPECIAL<br />
SAUCE next night on <strong>March</strong><br />
9 sees the three-member alternative<br />
hip-hop band make its<br />
first Cave visit. “Baby’s Got<br />
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<strong>Big</strong> weekend at The<br />
Cave <strong>March</strong> 8-9 with<br />
Common Kings<br />
(above) then G Love<br />
& Special Sauce<br />
Sauce,” “Peace, Love<br />
& Happiness” and<br />
“Cold Beverage” are<br />
notable hits, all with a<br />
laid-back blues sound.<br />
The group marks<br />
25 years with its<br />
“Sauce” tour, a span<br />
that has seen it serve<br />
as house band for<br />
Comedy Central’s “Turn Ben Stein On” for<br />
three years and in a famous soda commercial.<br />
Show tickets are $35-$55 or $99 includes<br />
“Pre-Show Pop Off” featuring general<br />
admission with early entrance, all request<br />
acoustic performance and Q&A with<br />
G Love, personal photo, limited edition<br />
poster signed by the band and more.<br />
MEAT LOAF PRESENTS BAT is<br />
on <strong>March</strong> 16. The show’s presented by<br />
Grammy winner Meat Loaf featuring his<br />
band plus Caleb Johnson, season 13 American<br />
Idol winner, performing the star’s Bat<br />
Out of Hell album in its entirety. Johnson<br />
has a #1 album to his credit and has toured<br />
with the biggest names in rock. Johnson<br />
delivers his own touch to classics like “Bat<br />
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Out of Hell,” “Paradise By the Dashboard<br />
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Love,” all while staying true to Meat Loaf’s<br />
delivery. Tickets $40-$60.<br />
The weekend opens on Friday, <strong>March</strong><br />
15 featuring local favorites Dr. Harrison<br />
& The Credentials featuring MountainTop<br />
Strings. Tickets $10-$20.<br />
METALLICA and AEROSMITH<br />
are the focus the following weekend with<br />
top shelf tribute bands <strong>March</strong> 22-23. First<br />
up is Masters of Puppets on Friday, Masters<br />
of Puppets tribute to Metallica. The<br />
band began as a Bob Hope USO act in<br />
2005, performing for troops at countless<br />
events, and ended up becoming the most<br />
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