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Since 2018, Walfredo Reyes Jr. (Wally) has been the drummer for Chicago and he was the band’s percussionist for four years before replacing longtime drummer Tris Imboden.But the Chicago gig is just the latest in a long career that includes stops with Santana, Traffic, Lola Falana, Lindsey Buckingham, David Lindley and Steve Winwood. Reyes is also an accomplished solo artist. His album of world music rhythms “WalllyWorld” was released in 2016 and features contributions from his Chicago bandmates, Keith Howland and Lou Pardini. In 2018, he released the live album “Jamming at The Baked Potato,” which was recorded at the iconic LA music club.Both a “man of the people” and drummer’s drummer,” Reyes, when not touring or recording, is a highly sought after clinician, who shares his love for drumming and expertise in Latin beats and rhythms with audiences across the country.Reyes will be kicking off the Chicago 2020 tour when the band opens its annual Las Vegas residency at the Venetian Theater. The residency is Feb.

Night Ranger has sold more than 17 million albums and the band is a staple on classic rock radio with hits like "Sister Christian" and "Don't Tell Me You Love Me."Night Ranger will be at the Hard Rock Live Biloxi on Friday, Feb. 21. Tickets to the show start at $29.99 and are available at Ticketmaster.com and the Hard Rock's box office. Brad Gillis, one of the founding members of Night Ranger, is the guest on this episode of the Listen to The Music Podcast.

Comic/writer Lewis Black will bring the It Gets Better Every Day tour to the Beau Rivage on Friday at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $34.95 and are available at Ticketmaster.com.From LewisBlack.com: Known as the king of the rant, LEWIS BLACK  uses his trademark style of comedic yelling and animated finger-pointing to skewer anything and anyone that gets under his skin. His comedic brilliance lies in his ability to make people laugh at the absurdities of life, with topics that include current events, social media, politics and anything else that exposes the hypocrisy and madness he sees in the world. 

The legendary Engelbert Humperdinck returns to Biloxi for an 8 p.m. show Saturday, Jan. 18, at the Beau Rivage. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com.From Engelbert.com: In a career spanning almost 50 years, Engelbert has generated sales in excess of 140 million records, including 64 gold albums and 23 platinum, four Grammy nominations, a Golden Globe, and stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Las Vegas Walk of Fame. He has performed for the Queen four times and many heads of state. He has recorded everything from the most romantic ballads to movie theme songs, disco, rock, and even gospel. His unique voice has charmed millions of fans around the globe. However, it’s not just the voice, but the man himself, with his endearing sense of humor and self-deprecating jokes. Engelbert has managed to strike a new chord with a younger generation after appearing on MTV several times.

The legendary and iconic George Clinton will bring his 50-plus years of funk to the Beau Rivage at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11. Tickets start at $24.95 and are available at Ticketmaster.com.From his beginnings with The Parliaments to Funkadelic, Parliament and beyond, George Clinton has been one of the most influential artists on popular music.And this is it. He announced that he was saying goodbye to the road but extended his Farewell Tour into 2020 with a handful of dates. This is the last show for Biloxi and possibly the Gulf Coast.The legendary George Clinton takes time from making his latest album to join us on Listen To The Music.

We have an exciting announcement on this episode of Listen To The Music Podcast and it involves our special guest, Mr. George Thorogood.Yes, that George Thorogood.Since 1975, they’ve sold over 15 million albums, built a classic catalog of hits, and played more than 8,000 ferocious live shows. They broke records with their 50 Dates/50 States tour, delivered landmark performances at Live Aid and on SNL, and became mainstays of radio, MTV and stages worldwide for more than two generations. Through it all, they’ve remained one of the most consistent – and consistently passionate – progenitors of blues-based rock in pop culture history.For the past 45 years, it’s been very good to be George Thorogood & The Destroyers. And in 2019, their Good To Be Bad Tour: 45 Years Of Rock will prove why like never before.

The annual Beau Rivage Casino & Resort Christmas show opens Saturday, Dec. 14. "Christmas In The Air" is the latest Beau Rivage Christmas show from legendary producer Jeb Rand. The show runs Dec. 14-15 and 18-27 with two performances daily -- at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.Tickets start at $12.95 and packages are available. Tickets can be purchased online by clicking here.Jeb Rand is our guest on a special holiday edition of Listen To The Music Podcast.

Mickey Raphael has been playing with Willie Nelson for more than 40 years. He's been with Willie through the highs, the lows and the rebirth where Willie is now considered one of the all-time greats.He's also played on hundreds of albums. The harmonica solo on Motley Crue's "Smoking In The Boys Room?" Yep. That's him.

Singer/songwriter Jeff Coffey has had a very prolific 2019. His latest album, "Origins" will be released in December and his latest single, a cover of "I'll Be Home For Christmas" is available digitally and on Spotify, Apple Music, etc.On Thursday, Nov. 21, he will host a live performance on his Facebook page, Jeff Coffey Music.The former tenor singer/bassist for Chicago joins us on the Listen To The Music Podcast.

The rock band Warrant and special guests Firehouse hit the stage at the Beau Rivage on Friday at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $25 and are available at Ticketmaster.com.At its core, WARRANT is an American rock band through and through. Hitting it big in 1989, the Hollywood, CA based band rose through the ranks of the local Sunset Strip scene to the level of multi-platinum selling, chart-topping success. The band first came into the national spotlight with their debut album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich. This album produced Radio and MTV chart toppers “Down Boys,” “Sometimes She Cries,” and the massive hit “Heaven” which reached #1 in Rolling Stone and #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in a row. The single “Heaven” enjoyed Gold sales and the Album went Platinum in Canada as well, eventually selling over 3 million copies. The band toured the globe performing 262 shows in support of DRFSR and closed the year with a Platinum Home Video.WARRANT’s sophomore album Cherry Pie was released in September 1990. Thi

On a very special episode of Listen To The Music Podcast, Brother Mike Love of The Beach Boys calls in and we talk about those great late 60s and early 70s albums he made with The Beach Boys, the track to success for "Kokomo" and why he decided to cover a song by the Ramones.The Beach Boys will be at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino at 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct.11 and Saturday, Oct. 12. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com.

Loverboy will be at the Hard Rock Live Biloxi on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 8 p.m. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com. For more than 30 years, LOVERBOY has been “Working for the Weekend”, delighting audiences around the world since forming in 1978, when vocalist Mike Reno was introduced to guitar hot shot Paul Dean. In March 2009, the group was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall Of Fame at the Juno Awards show at GM Place in Vancouver, BC, where they joined the likes of  Bryan Adams, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young and David Foster.Unfinished Business is the latest Loverboy album released in 2014. The title came from Dean’s idea to involve the band’s fans in choosing the name of the album in a popular vote on Facebook, where the choices were first winnowed down to 10 and then opened up to Loverboy’s followers, who chose Unfinished Business, giving it the most “likes".Loverboy singer Mike Reno joins us on the Listen To The Music Podcast, sponsored by Coast Observer.

Johnny Mathis has been recording and touring for 62 years. He has recorded 79 original albums and six Christmas albums. To many, he is known as "The Voice of Romance" and "The Voice of Christmas." In 2017, he released his latest album, "The Great New American Songbook," which finds him covering songs by Bruno Mars and Pharrell, among other contemporary artists. On Friday, Sept. 27 and Saturday, Sept. 28, Mathis returns to the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com.Johnny Mathis is our special guest on the Listen To The Music Podcast, sponsored by Coast Observer.

Judas Priest returns to the Coast with a performance Thursday, May 9 at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino.Lead singer and founding member Rob Halford discusses the band's 50th anniversary and the legacy of Judas Priest.There are few heavy metal bands that have managed to scale the heights that Judas Priest have during their nearly 50-year career. Their presence and influence remains at an all­-time high as evidenced by 2018's 'Firepower' being the highest ­charting album of their career, a 2010 Grammy Award win for 'Best Metal Performance', plus being a 2006 VH1 Rock Honors recipient and a 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination.Judas Priest originally formed in 1969 in Birmingham, England (an area that many feel birthed heavy metal). Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton, K.K. Downing and Ian Hill would be the nucleus of musicians (along with several different drummers over the years) that would go on to change the face of heavy metal. After a 'feeling out' period of a couple of albums, 1974's 'Rocka Rolla' and 197