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…Eubanks that is. Jay Leno’s uber talented guitarist and fearless leader of The Tonight Show band is rolling in to Annapolis this August. This east coast, Philly born & bred talent fell in love with the guitar at age 12 while attending a James Brown concert and the rest is history. Check him out here as he rips it up for an acoustic improv solo….

Every music fan has a list of those “can’t miss shows.” Heart has certainly become one such show for me. Sure, they sang diddys like, “Barracuda,” “Crazy on You,” and “What About Love,” which you truly must catch in the flesh based on the novelty of it all, but beyond the hits these ladies are performers. Pure performers.

Now, I’ll tell you the truth. I’ve never seen them live. But I have seen more than a boat ton of YouTube videos, non-tour broadcasts, interviews, rattled around to every jam and definitely screamed some lyrics so loud to have lost my voice for a day. Trust it’s easy to do because Ann Wilson is not messing around. Some critics were not far off in referring to her as “the female Robert Plant,” only I would set her even more apart than merely drawing comparisons.

And Nancy Wilson can play a guitar to the point where you’re surprised it hasn’t disintegrated in her hands. Her relevance transcended the days of Heart and found additional ground in film composition. Take a bite out of “Elevator Beat” from the Vanilla Sky soundtrack and you’ll get what I’m giving.

I don’t know about you but I like music to be something I can really sink my teeth into. I want it to be just as piercing as Ann’s voice and saturated in joy, angst and everything in between which is exactly why I will be in living color at the Pier Six Pavilion on Sunday.

So far I am managing to hold it together just long enough to be productive until Sunday night. If I turn up missing chances are I am parked outside the venue getting a no camping ticket, if they have those. Come show time Ann’s gonna be giving me the “not so much” look down stage left cause I’ll be straight kill’in it. But no worries I won’t ruin the show for you probably just my vocal cords. This is a once in lifetime show but you’re going to have to see for yourself.