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October's concert calendar includes shows for every taste
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U2's concert at Raymond James Stadium is the biggest this month. Fellow rockers Muse open.
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Published: September 30, 2009
Updated: 09/30/2009 05:12 pm
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Hope you've been catching up on your rest. Music fans won't have many nights off this month. There are concerts — sometimes several — on all but a few days in October, er, Rocktober. Not that it's just rock. There's blues, jazz, country and one of classical music's biggest names as well. No sleep 'til November! Here we go:
Friday: Choices, choices. Retro new wavers The Killers are at the USF Sun Dome. The father of shock rock, Alice Cooper, is at Ruth Eckerd Hall. Lilith Fair's Paula Cole is at Capitol Theater. Jimmy Thackery brings the blues to Skipper's. But our pick is the searing soul vocals of Bettye Lavette at the Palladium in St. Petersburg.
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Saturday: Thrash metal titans Metallica perform, with their sonic godchildren Lamb of God and Gojira opening, at the St. Pete Times Forum.
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Sunday: You don't ask "How was the Gwar concert?" You ask, "Did you get any on you?" See what we mean at the Ritz Ybor. Job for a Cowboy and The Red Chord open.
Monday: Indie rockers Dear and the Headlights give you a Monday night option other than the NFL at The Orpheum in Ybor City. Kinch opens.
Tuesday: Alternative rock newcomers The Airborne Toxic Event have a literary bent, taking their name from Don DeLillo's novel "White Noise." The Henry Clay People and Red Cortez open at the State Theatre.
Wednesday: Do I smell smoke? Must mean The Black Crowes are back at Ruth Eckerd Hall. Truth & Salvage Co. opens.
Thursday: Blues guitar great Johnny Winter plays the State Theatre.
Oct. 9: Heck, U2 even named on album "October," so it makes even more sense that the Irish superstars will be at Raymond James Stadium with Muse opening.
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Oct. 10: You didn't think The White Stripes invented the rock duo, did you? Jack White acknowledges his debt to Dex Romweber, who performs with sister Sara on drums at Dave's Aqua Lounge.
Oct. 11: WMNF's Woodstock recreation in August was such a hit they decided to restage a bit of it. "Woodstock Flashback" features Point Six, The Ditchflowers, The Beauvilles, Blue Dice, Soul2Earth, Big Wiggler, Four Star Riot and Captain Obvious at Skipper's Smokehouse.
Oct. 12: Brazilian psychedlicists Os Mutantes have been resurrected for the 21st century and still make some of the weirdest and most wonderful music you'll ever hear. Deleon opens at Skipper's Smokehouse.
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Oct. 14: Teenage Bottlerocket plays the loud, fast punk rock with Cobra Skulls, Red Scare and more at The Orpheum.
Oct. 15: The Clearwater Jazz Holiday kicks off its four-day run with Al Jarreau, Mike MacArthur & Nate Najar and Tom Brantley Collective at Coachman Park.
Oct. 16: Brad Paisley is one country superstar who can flat out-pick. Dierks Bentley and Jimmy Wayne open at the Ford Amphitheatre.
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Oct. 17: Post-post-punks The Bravery play under the stars or clouds at State Theatre.
Oct. 18: Senses Fail heads up a post-hardcore bill with A Skylit Drive, Closure in Moscow and Fact at the State Theatre.
Oct. 19: Singer, songwriter, novelist and Kurt Cobain reference point Leonard Cohen makes a rare appearance in this area at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center.
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Oct. 20: Living legend Willie Nelson makes up the date he postponed in March at Ruth Eckerd Hall.
Oct. 21: We're going with The Allman Brothers Band at Ruth Eckerd Hall, but you also could opt for Kiss at the Forum or emo-core favorites Thursday at the State Theatre.
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Oct. 22: Get to Bonnie Raitt's Ruth Eckerd Hall show early to catch the opening act, retro-soul shouter Ryan Shaw.
Oct. 23: Utter depravity. You could try the always X-rated Freakers' Ball at Skipper's Smokehouse with The Legendary JCs with Rev. Billy C. Wirtz or see the aptly named Revolting Cocks with The Jim Rose Circus, Blownload and Left Spine Down at the State Theatre.
Oct. 24: After last night's debauchery, go confess your sins to Christian metal band Stryper at Bourbon Street.
Oct. 25: Bay area super group Moonalice (G.E.Smith, Pete Sears, Jack Casady) performs at Skipper's Smokehouse.
Oct. 26: An evening of pop-punk with All Time Low along with Sarasota homeboys We the Kings plus Hey Monday and The Friday Night Boys at The Ritz Ybor.
Oct. 28: Would it kill you to get some culture? Famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma performs at Ruth Eckerd Hall.
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Oct. 30: You vill attend ze concert by industrial icons KMFDM at State Theatre und you vill LIKE it!
Oct. 31: Igor's Red Elvises finish up a two-night stand at Skipper's Smokehouse. The Vodkanauts open.
And there you have it. You're on your own on the 27th and 29th, but there's plenty of great local music around as well.
Before you go, check the venue's Web site for updates. Things change, you know. Sometimes they tell us, sometimes they don't. We're just trying to help, OK?
Music critic Curtis Ross can be reached at (813) 259-7568.
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