Sounds at SOhO: Fillmore FRENZ-y & Boffo Broadway

Kenny Lee Lewis, bassist and backup singer for the Steve Miller Band since the early 1980s, has put together a five-piece band called THE FRENZ and secured half a dozen special guest singers and musicians with decades of combined rock history for a tribute show at the iconic Fillmore West in San Francisco and its counterpart in New York. The venues are where the legendary rock concert promoter Bill Graham changed the way concertgoers experienced live music starting in the 1960s when he would book disparate acts on the same bill, adding psychedelic light shows. THE FRENZ show at SOhO on March 24 will feature memorable songs from classic rock and blues acts that played the Fillmore, including Cream, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Howlin’ Wolf, Allman Bros, Neville Bros, Jimi Hendrix, Santana, Jeff Beck, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Grateful Dead, the Doors, the Kinks, and many more. 

Two nights later on March 26, SOhO segues to the other end of the sonic spectrum, with a Night of Broadway from Classic to Contemporary. Actor and radio personality Ed Giron emcees the evening of music that promises: “One singular sensation, and no more talk of darkness, and no wizard that there is or was is ever gonna bring us down.” Vocalists Deborah Bertling, Carole McNeil, and Gary Smith are joined by pianist Renée Hamaty for the evening of songs of some of the most beloved Broadway musicals, while Giron will provide a bit of history and background. Visit www.sohosb.com.