Events

[ROCK] What, you may ask, is the difference between Brian Setzer’s Rockabilly Riot, which will be featured at this week’s Tuesdays in the Park show at Artpark, and the Brian Setzer Orchestra, whose appearances most Decembers light up every Christmas? For this tour, the pompadoured guitarist behind the big Gretsch leaves the horns behind for shows that are a little less swing and a little more rockabilly, though his four-piece band otherwise mines the same 1950s vein he has been working since the heyday of the Stray Cats 35 years ago. The current setlist favors original material over covers, but Setzer’s new songs have always been sly reworkings of his influences, making his shows as much fun for rockabilly historians as for fans who just wanna dance. Opening the show on Tuesday, June 27 is Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, whose new album is a tribute to the music of Louis Armstrong, Louis Jordan, and Louis Prima, which means the audience is likely to be sweaty even before the headliner hits the stage.