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Black Keys' show will be tribute to artist, raising money for local charity; Strange Familiar returns
Published on Thursday, Nov 26, 2009
Happy Turkey Day, everybody.
I'll be honest, both my brain and belly are already sitting at the table in the super fancy restaurant in Savannah, Ga., where my wife, her mother and I are spending the holiday inhaling contemporary new Southern cuisine, so let's not dawdle.
There is myriad stuff to do while you digest your turkey (or Tofurkey, if you prefer) over the course of the weekend, starting with two shows on Friday.
First, the Black Keys will be performing a sold-out concert at Musica in Akron with a dual purpose. The show is a tribute and art show to Alfred McMoore, a local artist and longtime family friend of Keys members Pat Carney and Dan Auerbach. McMoore, who died in September, inspired the band's name with his use of the phrase ''a black key'' for someone or something he did not like.
The show is also a benefit concert for Community Support Services, which helped McMoore, who suffered from mental health problems throughout his life. Proceeds from the show will benefit the more than 2,000 Summit County residents who get help from the agency.
As a bonus, the band will be selling copies of Black Roc, its collaboration with former Roc-A-Fella Records honcho Damon Dash and John Peets of the band's management company. Black Roc is a musical meeting of the minds between the Keys and a few of Dash's closest hip-hop friends, including Raekwon, Mos Def, Jim Jones, Pharoahe Monch, RZA, Ludacris, the late Ol' Dirty Bastard and Q-Tip.
If you're having unpleasant flashbacks to the Judgment Night soundtrack that mixed indie rockers and rappers back in the '90s, Black Roc is a lot more consistent than that record, with the Keys providing good live beats and grooves for the gaggle of emcees.
It's probably not going to change the world, but it's a solid record, certainly worthy of a couple of spins on the old digital Victrola.
Also performing Friday night at Tangier in Akron for the benefit of others will be LA transplants the Strange Familiar, led by newlyweds Kira Leyden and Jeff Andrea. The band, whose mainstream pop-rock music has been featured in the ABC series The Secret Life of the American Teenager and NBC's The Biggest Loser, will be returning home to Akron for the holidays.
The show is for the members' alma mater, Walsh Jesuit (Class of 2001), and the school's Labre Project, which provides food and fellowship to Akron's homeless population.
Also on the bill is the Barberton-based sextet Woovs.
And if those weren't enough opportunities for you to turn your gluttony into a good thing, there will be another benefit show on Saturday. The show, sponsored by the Celtic Club, is dubbed Twistin' Tom's Big Holiday Ball and is a benefit for Bedtime Snack, the pop, rock, blues, folk show on 91.3 (WAPS-FM) the Summit hosted by Twistin' Tom.
The radio show broadcasts from 11 p.m. to midnight on Tuesdays.
Twistin' Tom (who actually did the twist with Chubby Checker some years ago) does quite a bit of live recording of local and national acts for the show. He finances the show from his own pocket, but his labor of love needs some help.
Performing at the benefit will be Akron-based funk-rock nonet Ozone, which from the few tunes I heard should put on an enjoyable hip-shaking show.
The band, led by demonstrative lead singer Odell ''Ozone'' Lyde, recently got permission from the Cleveland Cavaliers (you know, the professional Cleveland sports team that doesn't suck) to film a Cavs-centric video for Ozone's riff-heavy song Witness (get it?) during a Cavs home game.
The band has re-recorded the tune to make references to King James and Shaq-Diesel, and the video will be played on the big board at the Q during an upcoming game.
The band will premiere the new version of the tune at the show.
Also on the bill are Michael Grady and Caroline Rames, David Palonio and Milo and Merle Mollenkopf. Proceeds will go toward keeping Bedtime Snack on the air.
OK, I've got pumpkin and sweet potato pie on the brain, so I'll wrap this up with a hearty Happy Turkey Day to all. Remember when you're all gathered around the table to tell your friends and family you love them . . . even if you don't like them very much.
Malcolm X Abram can be reached at mabram@thebeaconjournal.com or 330-996-3758.
Happy Turkey Day, everybody.
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