Rock listeners have a high pain threshold. They don’t shock easily. They adhere to angst-ridden lyrics. They show empathy in the presence of the powerchord-driven anthems packaged in tattooed cellophane cases, latching onto one or two bands whose sounds resonate in their chests.

Nightclubbers of a certain age will recall the glory days of Three Rivers Inn, the showroom that packed ’em in during the 1960s with major stars like Jimmy Durante, Peter Lawford and Louis Armstrong, despite the fact that the supper club was in the relative backwater of Phoenix, far, far away from the swizzle sticks of Vegas lounges.

Dana Fuchs, Magic Slim and the Teardrops, Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters, Mike Roberts, J.W. Jones, Mark Doyle, The Super Delinquents.

Rock listeners have a high pain threshold. They don’t shock easily. They adhere to angst-ridden lyrics. They show empathy in the presence of the powerchord-driven anthems packaged in tattooed cellophane cases, latching onto one or two bands whose sounds resonate in their chests.

Nightclubbers of a certain age will recall the glory days of Three Rivers Inn, the showroom that packed ’em in during the 1960s with major stars like Jimmy Durante, Peter Lawford and Louis Armstrong, despite the fact that the supper club was in the relative backwater of Phoenix, far, far away from the swizzle sticks of Vegas lounges.

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