The lack of crossover between the Phoenix and Tucson scenes has always struck me as a little odd, not only because we're out here in the desert together, without another decent-size city within a five hour's drive of us, but because the music coming out of the scenes isn't all that different, really. Maybe it's the spirit of diplomacy fostered by the Obama administration, but this has been a big week for intra-Arizona relations (that close game between the nationally ranked ASU Sun Devils a
E-40 is scheduled to perform on November 14 at the Venue of Scottsdale.This week's crop of just announced concerts are quite diverse, to say the least. Not only will blues-rock legends like Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Kim Wilson be making a stop at the Rhythm Room in the coming weeks, but hip-hop superstar E-40 (a.k.a. the "Ambassador of the Bay Area" and the cat who introduced "ghost riding the whip" into the national consciousness) hits up the Venue of Scottsdale next month.
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