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Bands, bikers take part in benefit

Gray Areas

Entertainment Editor Andy Gray.

Assorted ramblings from world of entertainment:

• Several area bands will perform Saturday at El Cowboy in Austintown to raise money for Keith Burke of Niles.

The poker run and benefit starts with registration at 10 a.m. at the restaurant, 1739 S. Raccoon Road. First bike out will be at 11 a.m. with the last out at noon and last motorcycle in at 4 p.m.

The cost for the poker run is $15 per driver and $10 per passenger.

The music starts at 3 p.m. Saturday, and the musical lineup includes Art Miller, Wet Lemon, G-Force with Nik Killa, Broken Reins and the Fillbillys. A $10 donation is requested for those coming for the music but not participating in the poker run.

Proceeds from the event with benefit Burke, who’s dealing with bills and lingering health issues after a severe case of COVID-19 in late 2020.

• Foo Fighters announced an unexpected release for the July 17 edition of Record Store Day.

The band led by Warren native Dave Grohl is putting out “Hail Satin” under the name The Dee Gees, and side A includes five covers of Bee Gees favorites — “You Should Be Dancing,” “Night Fever,” “Tragedy,” “Shadow Dancing” (a hit for brother Andy Gibb) and “More Than a Woman.”

Side B will feature live in the studio versions of five tracks from the band’s latest album, “Medicine at Midnight” — “Making a Fire,” “Shame Shame,” “Waiting on a War,” “No Son of Mine” and “Cloudspotter.”

“Hail Satin” will be a limited edition of 12,000 worldwide. But I wouldn’t expect Foo Fighters to make a return appearance to Record Connection in McKinley Heights, where the band played a Record Store Day concert for a crowd of about 150 people in 2015.

The Dee Gees made its live debut on Sunday as Foo Fighters performed “You Should Be Dancing” at Madison Square Garden, the first arena show in New York since the COVID-19 pandemic started. Audience-shot video of the recording can be heard on YouTube.

• Youngstown’s Anthony LaMarca will be a part of the Andy Warhol Museum’s first Sound Series event since the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Block Party from 2 to 10 p.m. Sept. 18 at the Pittsburgh Museum will be headlined by Dean Wareham and Dean & Britta, the duo Wareham formed with his former Luna bandmate Britta Phillips.

Dean & Britta will perform “13 Most Beautiful … Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests,” music they composed to accompany a selection of Warhol’s silent film portraits. The performance will mark the 13th anniversary of that project’s debut, and the live performance will accompany newly digitized, high-definition versions of the films.

The evening will conclude with Wareham revisiting his pre-Luna band Galaxie 500 and performing songs from its 1989 album “On Fire.”

LaMarca will be part of the band for both the Dean & Britta and Galaxie 500 sets. Dean & Britta contributed to LaMarca’s recent album “Indianola Pizza Dough.”

Tickets for the block party are $35 ($30 for Warhol museum members and students) and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at warhol.org.

• The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and the Cleveland Cavaliers announced the three finalists in the talent search “From Garage to Glory,” and two the three acts are from northeast Ohio.

Uptight Sugar from Cleveland and Recess from Parma are joined by Nashville singer-songwriter Sarah Faith, who are competing for a showcase performance as part of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction festivities in Cleveland in October.

Music fans can listen to the three finalists, vote for their favorite and register to win $1,000 at www.from garagetoglory.com.

Andy Gray is the entertainment editor of Ticket. Write to him at agray@tribtoday.com.

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