Staff Reports
The area’s largest entertainment facility at 2,000 seats and just a short drive westward from Columbus features a variety of big names in 2020. Here’s a glance at just a few:
Feb. 12 — Richard Marx: The pop-rocker who was huge in the 1980s and 1990s with hits such as “Hold On to the Night,” “Endless Summer Nights” and many more. And the good news for today is that most online fans say he sounds nearly as good today as he did back then. And concert reviews prove that his onstage humor is as polished as ever.
Feb. 29 — The Beach Boys: What needs to be said about an iconic group that helped shape a generation of music lovers with the sweetest, tightest harmonies ever? You already know the hits, from “Surfer Girl” to “I Get Around.” The band is marking its 50th anniversary with a new disc soon.
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March 7 — America: The group’s best-known soft rock tunes, which include “I Need You,” “Ventura Highway,” “Don’t Cross The River,” “Tin Man,” “Lonely People” and “Sister Golden Hair,” were cornerstones of 1970s Top 40 and FM rock radio.
March 19 — Carrot Top: Scott “Carrot Top” Thompson has been known as comedy’s King of Props for the better part of three decades since his debut on television’s “Star Search.” Fans have flocked to his Las Vegas headlining residency at Luxor Hotel and Casino since 2005 to see his show.
March 26 — Gordon Lightfoot: At age 81, the Canadian singer-songwriter has been performing for 50 years — and still retains much of the rich baritone (check the recent online clips) he was known for in the 1970s with such classics as “Sundown,” “If You Could Read My Mind” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.”
March 27 — Melissa Etheridge: Etheridge’s 1988 self-titled debut, which she recorded in four days, went double-platinum and served notice pretty quickly that she sang in those heart-wrenching, raspy tones like she meant every syllable. More than 30 years later, she’s known for songs such as “Come to My Window,” “I’m the Only One” and “Yes I Am.”
March 28 — Kenny G: The Grammy-winning artist whose heyday was in the 1990s is the biggest-selling instrumental musician of all time. To add to his accolades, Kenny G has both the best-selling instrumental album of all time with “Breathless” and the best-selling Christmas album of all time with “Miracles.”
Information and tickets: browncountymusiccenter.com
