Thursday, May 12
John Fogerty
Not many artists could release a record that features such disparate collaborators as the Zac Brown Band, the Foo Fighters, Keith Urban, Alan Jackson, Bob Seger, Dawes, Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert, Tom Morello and Kid Rock. However, on 2013’s Wrote a Song for Everyone, John Fogerty, former frontman for corner store bluegrass rock ‘n’ rollers Creedence Clearwater Revival, did just that. And, yeah, the record is an attempt at familiarizing the younger generations with the bard of the bayou, the Berkeley-born singer, songwriter and one hell of a guitar picker who you would’ve thought crawled right out of the gumbo-humid Delta; but the son of a bitch has earned it. $50-$150, 8pm, The Majestic Theatre, 224 E. Houston St., (210) 226-3333
Thursday, May 12
Asleep at the Wheel
The looming, booming Ray Benson and his merry band of swingers prove that Bob Wills and Texas Swing still reign supreme. $22.50, 7pm, Gruene Hall, 1281 Gruene Road, (830) 606-1281
Thursday, May 12
Nic Armstrong & the Thieves
Sounding like the whole British invasion of the ’60s – not the ’90s Britpop explosion – Nic Armstrong and the Thieves do justice to the formative decade, while still doing their own thing. $5, 9pm, Limelight, 2718 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 735-7775
Thursday, May 12
Ill Niño 15th Anniversary Tour
With half the band sporting Rapunzel-length dreadlocks, probably ’cause they look “cooler” when they headbang in sync, Latin metal group Ill Niño falls more on the nü side of the brooding genre than the Latin. $16, 7pm, Fitzgerald’s, 437 McCarty Road, (210) 629-5141
Friday, May 13
Alfredo Rodriguez Trio
Making a fan out of Quincy Jones, no small feat, Cuban-born Alfredo Rodriguez has rapidly risen to stardom under the tutelage of the famed producer. $35, 8pm, Carver Community Cultural Center, 226 N. Hackberry St., (210) 207-7211
Friday, May 13
Moodie Black
In a gathering of forces that can only be fated by the gods of some supremely menacing hip-hop netherworld, Limelight is presenting one hell of a Friday the 13th show this week. At the top of the bill, Minneapolis noise-rap outfit Moodie Black plies a positively excruciating form of horror-enthused hip-hop that’s as jarring as it is without precedent. Local support will be provided by SA’s Ghost Palace (among others), a more traditional hip-hop act that nevertheless keeps its lyrical focus on the darker, grittier side of things and its production in the urban gothic vein. $5, 9pm, Limelight, 2718 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 735-7775
Friday, May 13
Freddie Gibbs: A Shadow of Doubt Tour
On “Fuckin’ Up The Count,” the Cardinal sin of slanging, Gary, Indiana’s Freddie Gibbs chronicles the realities of hood success over a forlorn minor Rhodes riff. $18, 8pm, Alamo City Music Hall, 1305 E. Houston St.
Saturday, May 14
Lourdes Perez and May Nasr in Concert
Lebanon’s May Nasr and Puerto Rico’s Lourdes Pérez unite to prove that music and compassion can drown out the sounds of bombs and jackboots, from across hemispheres. $15, 7pm, Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, 922 San Pedro Ave., (210) 228-0201
Saturday, May 14
ODYSSEY Fest
Local experimental label TIMEWHEEL presents some of the best bands in the 210 for this two-day event starting on Saturday including Verisimilitude, Xy!0, MASLO and Ghostpizza. $11.54 – $37.92, 7pm, a top secret SA location, RSVP via Facebook for address
Sunday, May 15
The Charlie Daniels Band
The lyrics on Daniels’ “Long-Haired Country Boy” are so perfect and classic it’s only a shame that there is no belt big enough on which to emblazon them. $59.50, 7pm, Gruene Hall, 1281 Gruene Road, (830) 606-1281
This article appears in May 11-17, 2016.