Editor’s Pick Lone Butte Casino—Chandler, AZ—800.946.4452 Cascades Lounge: Phoenix area bands & DJs offer free live entertainment Mo-Sa Verona Chophouse: Sunday Jazz Brunch Live—10am to 3pm Mazatzal Casino—Payson, AZ—800.777.7529 Event Center: Creedence Relived (CCR Tribute)—Oct. 5 New Year’s Eve Party—Dec. 31 Paradise Casino—Yuma, AZ—888.777.4946 Events: Desert Rage IX Battle at Paradise—Oct. 20 at 6pm Sharky’s Bar & Bites: DJ Rudy Espinoza—Fr—9:30pm Bling Bling Karaoke Sa Nights Quechan Casino—Winterhaven, CA—877.783.2426 Pipa Event Center: Featuring headlining acts on a regular basis. Sidewinders Bar & Grill: Featuring a variety of live music on the weekends. Talking Stick Resort—Scottsdale, AZ—480.850.7777 The Showroom & Grand Ballroom: Leon Russell—Oct. 17 Don Felder (An evening at the Hotel California)—Oct. 17 Cowboy Mouth—Oct. 26 Jackie Evancho—Nov. 3 Elayne Boosler—Nov. 10 Asia—Nov. 13 Blue October—Nov. 17 Styx—Nov. 18 Coffee Garden: Dueling Pianos—Th, Fr & Sa from 8-11pm Wild Horse Pass Casino—Chandler, AZ—800.946.4452 Encore Lounge: Featuring a variety of live music nightly. Showroom: Melissa Etheridge—Oct. 5 Country Showdown—Oct. 6 Alfie Boe—Oct. 13 Jeff Garlin—Oct. 19 The Temptations—Oct. 26 Jim Brickman—Nov. 9 Riders in the Sky—Nov. 17 Legends of Country Music Show—Dec. 9
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STYX at TALKING STICK RESORT Sunday, November 18, 2012 Tommy Shaw, James “JY” Young, Lawrence Gowan, Todd Sucherman and Ricky Phillips (along with the occasional surprise appearance by original bassist Chuck Panozzo), have performed more live since ’99 than all of the previous years of its career combined. Two Super-Bowl appearances, Pollstar Box Office chart-topping tours with Def Leppard, Journey, Boston, REO Speedwagon, Bad Company (to name only a few), two more studio albums and no end in sight, STYX continues to conquer the planet, one venue at a time. Spawned from a suburban Chicago basement in the early ‘70s, Styx would eventually transform into the virtual arena rock prototype by the late '70s and early '80s, due to a fondness for big rockers and soaring power ballads. Early on, Styx's music reflected such then-current prog rockers as Emerson, Lake & Palmer and the Moody Blues, as evidenced by such releases as 1972's self-titled debut, 1973's Styx II, 1974's The Serpent Is Rising, and 1975's Man of Miracles. While the albums (as well as non-stop touring) helped the group build a substantial following locally, Styx failed to break through to the mainstream until a track originally from their second album, Lady, started to get substantial airplay in late '74 on the Chicago radio station WLSFM. On the eve of the tour in support of the album, original guitarist John Curulewski abruptly left the band and was replaced by Tommy Shaw. Shaw proved to be the missing piece of the puzzle for Styx, as most of their subsequent releases throughout the late '70s earned at least platinum certification (1976's Crystal Ball, 1977's The Grand Illusion, 1978's Pieces of Eight, and 1979's Cornerstone), and spawned such hit singles and classic rock radio standards as "Come Sail Away," "Renegade," "Blue Collar Man" and "Fooling Yourself.” For tickets, and more details, call the Talking Stick Resort Box Office at 480-850-7734 or visit www.talkingstickresort.com.
Yavapai Casino—Prescott, AZ—800.756.8744 Yavapai Cantina: Karaoke with Cruisin’ Susan—Fr—8pm-Midnight Trivia—We, Live Bands—Tu & Sa
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