{"id":81433,"date":"2025-12-04T15:51:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T15:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/81433\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T15:51:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T15:51:14","slug":"the-four-san-diego-concerts-you-definitely-dont-want-to-miss-this-week-san-diego-union-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/81433\/","title":{"rendered":"The four San Diego concerts you definitely don\u2019t want to miss this week \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Semi-Acoustic Evening with Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs \u2014 \u201cSongs and Stories from \u201cHeartbreaker\u201d<\/p>\n

Former Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers\u2019 guitarist Mike Campbell will be doing double-duty when he takes the stage at The Magnolia tonight.<\/p>\n

He\u2019ll be performing with The Dirty Knobs, the band he formed in 2001 as a side project from his work with Petty, his musical partner from 1970 until Petty\u2019s death in 2017. Campbell, 75, will also be sharing stories from his best-selling memoir, \u201cHeartbreaker,\u201d which was published in March.<\/p>\n

A much-in-demand studio guitarist, his other credits also include collaborations with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Joe Cocker, Chris Stapleton, Neil Diamond, former San Diegan Chris Hillman and Fleetwood Mac, whose lead singer, Stevie Nicks, offered to leave the band if Petty and The Heartbreakers would add her to their lineup.<\/p>\n

Her offer was declined because, as Campbell wryly writes: \u201cOne tempestuous blond was all we could handle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite his many credits with a slew of music legends, Campbell acknowledges in his book that his public profile stems almost entirely from one source. \u201cYou don\u2019t know about me without having heard a band by the name of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, but that\u2019s okay,\u201d he writes.<\/p>\n

As a songwriter, Campbell\u2019s credits include co-writing Nicks\u2019 \u201cStop Draggin\u2019 My Heart Around,\u201d Don Henley\u2019s \u201cBoys of Summer,\u201d the Dixie Chicks,\u2019 \u201cLubbock or Leave It\u201d and Chris Stapleton\u2019s \u201cWatch You Burn.\u201d His songwriting partnership with Petty produced such Heartbreakers\u2019 classics as \u201cRefugee,\u201d \u201cYou Got Lucky\u201d and \u201cRunnin\u2019 Down a Dream,\u201d whose title seems prophetic.<\/p>\n

Or, as Campbell writes: \u201cEarly on, even before we knew it, we made some unspoken deal that we were going down the line together, no matter what. Me and him. Full speed ahead, from the very beginning to the very end.\u201d<\/p>\n

Campbell is still moving down that line with The Dirty Knobs, whose drum chair is expertly filled by his longtime Heartbreakers\u2019 bandmate, Steve Ferrone.<\/p>\n

8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5.\u00a0The Magnolia, 210 East Main Street, El Cajon. $53.50-$92. ticketmaster.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\"DrummerDrummer and band leader Matt Wilson\u2019s Christmas Tree-O will wrap up the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library\u2019s Jazz Fall Series on Friday, Dec. 5. (Athenaeum Music & Arts Library)
\nMatt Wilson\u2019s Christmas Tree-O<\/p>\n

Dapper drummer. composer and band leader Matt Wilson shines in straight-ahead and edgy jazz settings alike, as befits a musician whose collaborators have included Lee Konitz, Charlie Haden, San Diego bass master Mark Dresser and many more.<\/p>\n

Wilson\u2019s Christmas Tree-O, featuring saxophonist Jeff Lederer, exudes enough joyous holiday spirit to illuminate any setting. Their repertoire has included everything from \u201cWinter Wonderland\u201d and \u201cI\u2019ll Be Home For Christmas\u201d to \u201cMele Kalikimaki\u201d and John Lennon\u2019s \u201cHappy Xmas (War Is Over).\u201d<\/p>\n

7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5.\u00a0Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall Street, La Jolla. $50-$55; 858-454-5872; ljathenaeum.org\/jazz<\/a><\/p>\n

\"EquallyEqually impressive as a guitarist, singer and songwriter, bluegrass-and-beyond-dynamo Molly Tuttle has won two Grammy Awards. (George Walker IV \/ Associated Press)
\nMolly Tuttle<\/p>\n

Change is in the wind for bluegrass guitar and vocal standout Molly Tuttle.<\/p>\n

In May, the Palo Alto native disbanded Golden Highway, the group with which she won consecutive Grammy Awards in 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n

Her new five-woman band does not yet have a name, but Tuttle\u2019s arresting new album, \u201cLittle Miss Sunshine,\u201d skillfully expands her musical palette to embrace elements of pop, country and rock.<\/p>\n

The results at times suggest the best Taylor Swift album Swift has yet to make.<\/p>\n

8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6. House of Blues, 1055 Fifth Avenue., San Diego. $39.25-$177. ticketmaster.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\"TheThe Blind Boys of Alabama \u2014 Sterling Glass, Ricky McKinnie, JW Smith and Joey Williams \u2014 will perform a holiday show at the Belly Up. (Cole Weber)
\nBlind Boys of Alabama Christmas Show, with Ben Powell<\/p>\n

The first edition of this truly legendary gospel-music vocal group was formed in 1939 as the Happy Land Jubilee Singers. Its members were students at what was then called the Alabama Institute for the Negro Deaf and Blind in Talladega.<\/p>\n

As the Blind Boys, they have won six Grammy Awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Grammy, performed three times at the White House and collaborated with such admirers as Ben Harper, Bonnie Raitt, Prince, Peter Gabriel, Kanye West and San Diego\u2019s Sara and Sean Watkins.<\/p>\n

I have heard the Blind Boys in concert halls, nightclubs, the Poway Performing Arts Center and \u2014 back in 1996 \u2014 at San Diego Street Scene, where they played on the same stage as The Monkees! In each instance, the group has consistently elevated its music and its audiences. Expect no less this time around.<\/p>\n

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9. Belly Up, 143 S. Cedros Avenue, Solana Beach. $60.80. 858-481-8140. bellyup.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Also recommended<\/p>\n

Friday, Dec. 5: Rebecca Jade & Friends\u2019 \u201cJingles & Jams,\u201d Sycuan Live & Up Close<\/p>\n

Sunday, Dec, 7: Kim Wilson & His Blues All-Stars, Winstons Beach Club<\/p>\n

Sunday, Dec. 7: Vienna Teng, Lou Lou\u2019s<\/p>\n

Sunday, Dec. 7: Jake Shimabukuro \u201cHolidays in Hawaii,\u201d Belly Up<\/p>\n

Wednesday, Dec. 10: Soweto Gospel Choir, Epstein Family Amphitheatre<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Semi-Acoustic Evening with Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs \u2014 \u201cSongs and Stories from \u201cHeartbreaker\u201d Former Tom…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81434,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[46512,46511,26626,46509,45484,74,76,75,46510,35324,46508],"class_list":["post-81433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-athenaeum","tag-belly-up","tag-house-of-blues","tag-matt-wilson","tag-mike-campbell","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-the-blind-boys-of-alabama","tag-the-magnolia","tag-tom-petty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}