They know their history; it’s gospel to them.
They drop names like Thomas Dorsey, the father of black gospel, or Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the first to combine church hymns with rock and roll — long before Elvis Presley swiveled on scene.
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If it weren’t for the Clark County School District’s mariachi music program, Krystal Reyes would have never considered college. Her professional aspirations would have tapped out with a front desk position at the casino where she now works. And, her musical interests would have never surpassed the tween tingles she got while listening to a Britney Spears album.
Brian Howerton sighed as the judges named the bronze medalist at the Percussion World Championships late Friday night.
The campus is quiet, deserted, as you would expect of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on an eventless Friday evening.
“Yesterday –– The Beatles Tribute” is scheduled to take the stage at the Starbright Theatre for performances at 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Three or four nights a week you can find Centennial Hills-area resident John Windsor entertaining audiences at an Irish pub with genial patter and rollicking music. He’s happy and comfortable with that schedule.
When falling asleep as a child, Jerry Tiffe would rock himself to sleep by singing.
Presidio Brass, a San Diego-based quintet, recently stopped by Rancho High School, 1900 E. Searles Ave., to perform and give music lessons to students.
Las Vegas resident Herb Hardesty toured with R&B legend Fats Domino for more than 30 years and has performed with the likes of Tony Bennett, B.B. King and Ella Fitzgerald.
