If one of your New Year鈥檚 resolutions was to get out more and see live music, we鈥檝e found three shows that just might inspire you to keep that resolution a lot longer than the promise you made to cut beer and chocolate from your diet.
- The Tempations: The 1960s R&B band has been going strong for six decades. Mind you, the lineup is not the same in decade seven as when they started in the early 1960s, but the music ... That鈥檚 why you go see a Temptations show, to hear the current lineup of Otis Williams, Ron Tyson, Terry Weeks, Larry Braggs and Willie Greene Jr. sing those classics made famous by their Temptations predecessors: 鈥淛ust My Imagination (Running Away with Me),鈥 鈥淢y Girl,鈥 鈥淭he Way You Do the Things You Do,鈥 Since I Lost My Baby,鈥 鈥淚 Wish It Would Rain鈥 and later hits including 鈥淩unaway Child,鈥 鈥淧apa Was A Rolling Stone鈥 and 鈥淭reat Her Like a Lady.鈥
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They hit the stage at Desert Diamond Casino, 1100 W. Pima Mine Road, at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11. Tickets are $25 to $45 through or at the door.
- Blues and guitar wizardry: Boston guitar phenom Johnny A. brings his signature Gibson guitar to 191 Toole on Friday, Jan. 10, for what promises to be hold-your-breath kinda magic. Johnny A., who was inducted into the Boston Music Hall of Fame, brings his 鈥淛ust Me ... and My Guitars鈥 show to the Old Pueblo with 蜜柚直播鈥檚 own Tom Walbank opening.
Johnny A. draws on influences from some of his generation鈥檚 brightest guitar stars, including Eric Clapton and Steve Vai. He鈥檚 shared the stage with B.B. King and has been on the lineup of prestigious festivals including Tokyo鈥檚 Fuji Rock and the Montreal Jazz Fest in Canada.
His 21-and-older show at 191 Toole, 191 E. Toole Ave., starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $24 through .
- Celebrating downtown radio: A trio of 蜜柚直播 bands will help the low-power downtown FM station KMKR-LP (or K-Maker Radio) mark its second anniversary with an all-ages concert Saturday, Jan. 11, at Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St.
La Cerca, Louise Le Hir, and Miss Olivia & The Interlopers will perform beginning at 7 p.m.
Admission is $5 at or at the door.
Contact reporter Cathalena E. Burch at cburch@tucson.com or 573-4642. On Twitter @Starburch
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