Music at the Crossroads
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HOT CONCERTS THIS WEEK
HOUSTON AREA
Sunday - Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands, $35-$95, Ticketmaster.com.
Sunday - Katy Perry, Verizon Wireless Theater, $15.50-$17.50, Ticketmaster.com
Aug. 7- Crue Fest with Godsmack, Motley Crue, Cynthia ...
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HOT CONCERTS THIS WEEK
HOUSTON AREA
Sunday - Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands, $35-$95, Ticketmaster.com.
Sunday - Katy Perry, Verizon Wireless Theater, $15.50-$17.50, Ticketmaster.com
Aug. 7- Crue Fest with Godsmack, Motley Crue, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands, $29.50-$95, Ticketmaster.com
Aug. 8 - Green Day with Franz Ferdinand, Toyota Center, $25-$49.50, Toyotacentertix.com.
SAN ANTONIO
Aug. 9 - Green Day with Franz Ferdinand, AT&T Center, $23-$47.50, Ticketmaster.com
AUSTIN
Sunday - Ryan Cabrera, Stubb's BBQ, $10-12, Stubbsaustin.com
Monday - Counting Crows and Augustana, Austin Music Hall, $38, Austinmusichall.com
CORPUS CHRISTI
Aug. 5 - Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Whataburger Field, $67.50, Ticketmaster.com
Perhaps there are no greater touring buddies than legends Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp.
The best part is they'll be at ballparks in Corpus Christi and The Woodlands this week. All three are exceptional songwriters, especially Bob Dylan, who is considered to be the poet-laureate of rock 'n' roll.
Personally, I'm a big Mellencamp fan. My favorites are "Human Wheels," "Cherrybomb" and "Pink Houses."
Dylan and Nelson are a little before my time, but have each had a huge impact on the music industry. You can bet Dylan will sing his "Blowin' in the Wind," and "Like a Rolling Stone," and Nelson his "Whiskey River," and "On the Road Again."
Texan Willie Nelson has performed in Victoria before. Once he came to the Armadillo Festival in the 1970s. He sang at Fossati's and another time at Sun Valley Ranch.
Dylan, 68, and Mellencamp, 57, are both Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame inductees (Dylan in 1988 and Mellencamp in 2008).
Nelson, 76, was inducted in the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001. Dylan was inducted in 1982.
This isn't the first time the trio has toured together. They last toured back in 1985 as part of the Farm Aid benefit, a concert that raises awareness about the loss of family farms. This October, Nelson and Mellencamp will join forces for Farm Aid again, alongside Dave Matthews and others, in St. Louis.
Dylan, Nelson and Mellencamp have all left legacies of their own. All three are icons. All three are poets with impressive catalogues. All three are going to knock your socks off this coming week. Be ready.
Ticket information is in the calendar below.
Tickets that go on sale this week include:
The Decemberists at Houston's House of Blues, Oct. 2. Tickets, between $23 and $50, go on sale at 10 a.m. today at Ticketmaster.com
The Mars Volta at Houston's Verizon Wireless Theater, Sept. 17, and in San Antonio Sept. 19. Tickets for the Houston concert can be purchased at Livenation.com at 10 a.m. Saturday. Presale tickets for San Antonio's at the Municipal Auditorium become available today at 10 a.m. Prices range from $27.50-$35.
Julian Cavazos is a weekly music columnist for the M3 of the Victoria Advocate. He can be reached at jcavazos@vicad.com, or 361-580-6535.
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