Not too many local shows sound more fun than this: Some of the Valley's best Americana, country, and rock singers getting together for a full night of Tom Petty songs at Yucca Tap Room. "Petty Thieves" features our old pal Chris Orf, a New Times freelancer, Jim Bachmann, who wowed us with his cover of Alan Jackson's "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow" for The Sun Sessions and local legend Mark Zubia, among others.And, as always, if it's at the Yucca Tap Room, it's free.
Jonathan McNamaraA few weeks back, we had a little idea for Up on the Sun: inspired by The Black Cab Sessions and The Peel Sessions we thought it'd be cool to do something similar with Phoenix bands here on Up n the Sun. The Train Tracks, a very cool local site, is also doing something like this, getting local bands to play an acoustic song while riding the light rail, but we thought we'd get local artists to play something you've never heard them do before, in our courtyard, an environment that
Jonathan McNamara Yes, that's right, we've got another Sun Session for you today! What, you didn't think we'd just do one this week? This is probably the biggest music weekend of the year in Phoenix!The Sun Session, in case you missed yesterday's post (featuring Jim Bachmann and Tony Martinez playing Alan Jackson's "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow") are our way of previewing a big show by a national act while giving a local act a chance to strut their stuff. We're bringing local musicians in to do a c
