Archive for December, 2015

Buzz “Buzzsaw” Fowler Tribute is 3 p.m. Dec. 27 at the Rhythm Room

Buzz “Buzzsaw” Fowler Tribute is 3 p.m. Dec. 27 at the Rhythm Room

By Patricia Myers

Jan “Buzz” Burgess Fowler, 61, a Phoenix harmonica player and leader of the Toolshed and First String bands in Phoenix, died of a heart attack on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015. A celebration of life featuring more than 60 musicians will begin at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 27 at the Rhythm Room, 1019 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix 85015 (602-85014, rhythmroom.com). Admission is free, with donations encouraged to raise funds for the family’s funeral expenses, as well as canned goods for St. Mary’s Food Bank in Phoenix…

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Riffs: Music News from Out and About

Riffs: Music News from Out and About

By Patricia Myers

Pianist Charles Lewis, among the musicians who regularly performed at the legendary Century Sky Room jazz-blues club of 1960s Phoenix, will play for the club’s reunion on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. The free public event starts at 4 p.m. and will feature others who entertained there, including vocalist-bassist Michael Reed. The event will be at the William H. Patterson Elks Lodge #477, 1007 S. Seventh Ave. (north of Buckeye, lot parking at the lodge and across Seventh), Phoenix 85007, 602-254-1772.

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