Corona for the Cure Benefit Show 3.10.18

Last night I got a chance to do something I've always wanted to do - play a set of Afghan Whigs tunes live. Though my current occasional cover band gig is with RVM playing 1990s Pearl Jam tunes, lead singer and guitarist (and former The Stepford Five cohort) Keith Jenkins new outfit Rival Cities was set to take part in a benefit show called Corona for the Cure at the Big Room Bar, owned by CD102.5. Each set consisted of a band or solo performer covering a band or artists lost to cancer, with sets covering Warren Zevon, the Ramones, George Harrison, The Tragically Hip, David Bowie, and more.

Concert Review: J. Robbins & Bicentennial Bear @ Big Room Bar, Columbus, OH (5/4/16)

Over the years of co-hosting the Dig Me Out Podcast, I've had a chance to interview a lot of musicians and music folks, but only on the rarest of occasion have I actually met them in person. That small list grew a tiny bit bigger when I had the chance to see James "J" Robbins and his band in the Big Room Bar here in Columbus, with my old friends in Bicentennial Bear opening. Afterward, I chatted with J for a few minutes, and I picked up some merch to take home.