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32 GO! DAYTON DAILY NEWS 05.8.09 LIMIT 4 TICKETS PER PERSON FIRST DAY OF SALE The Black Crowes how to go WHO: Tom Wilson WHERE: Funny Bone Comedy Club Restaurant, 88 Plum The Greene, Beavercreek WHEN: 7:30 and 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 8 and 9, and 7.30 p.m. Sunday, May 10. COST: $15-145 MORE INFO: (937) 429-LAFF (5233 or www.daytonfunny bone.com 15 t. with very special guest The Levon Helm Band Wednesday, July 7:00 pm PlazaOrchestra: $55 LawnTerrace $30 Robert Earl i mi -I Jr.

with special guest The Greencards Lyle Lovett His Large Band Thursday. July 16 8:00 pm PlazaOrchestra: $35 LawnTerrace $25 Keen 1 Wright-Patt Credit Union, Toyota and Frickers present Randy Travis. 12th Annual Celebrity Concert for Charity, Inc. 1 "ft IB FROM 'BACKTOTHE FUTURE' TO MULTIMEDIA RENAISSANCE MAN Friday, August 7 7:00 pm LawnTerrace $20 Headlining the Festival Boney James Friday, PlazaOrchestra: of August 14 7:30 pm $38 LawnTerrace $26 Norman Brown Summer Storm Lvj.w with Wayman Tisdale and Eric Darius BY DON THRASHER CONTRIBUTING WRITER Tom Wilson is something of a multimedia renaissance man. He's best known as the character actor behind such indelible roles as Biff Tannen in the "Back to the Future" films and.

Coach Fredericks on the cult television series "Freaks and Geeks," but he's also a. successful stand-up comedian, songwriter and visual artist. "I was just the artistic kid in school that didn't fit in anywhere really," Wilson said recently, speaking over the telephone from his fornia home. "I did music and theater and art and stuff. That was me then, and it kind of still is." boomer items such as an Evel Knievel thermos, a View-Master, a balsawood airplane and an electric football game.

"Using all my deep, artsy talk, they are representations of pop icons," Wilson said. "I thought it was my own commentary on my own being a pop icon. The fact is, if you get one of those paintings from me and people see it in your living room, you're going to say, 'And you know who painted this? That guy who was blabbity I thought it was an interesting commentary for a pop icon to paint pop icons." More info: www.tomwilsonusa.com. QKTACT contributing arts arid music writer Don Thrasher at donaldthrasherWiaol com. Wilson, who delivers a mix of straight-stand-up and humorous songs, will be dis-playing his comedic side at The Funny Bone through Sunday, May 7-10.

"Being a stand-up is kind of a weekend job," Wilson said. "I do about every other weekend, Thursday through Sunday, or something like that. I have four kids back here in California so unlike some comics who do a tour, hitting city after city after city, I am the king of flying across this great kind of ours. I fly out, do a weekend of shows, have a good time, then I fly back and bring someone back an Ohio T-shirt." Wilson, an exceptional visual artist, creates pop- art paintings of iconic baby the Vine and IheViw nm i ticketmaster ticketmaster.com 1-800-745-3000 Saturday, August PlazaOrchestra: $42; LawnTerrace $27 KeyBank KettorlmgMntttatCtwtm' tmineClasi PEPSI CiTYKifrrkiNG I All TWKf SAI (5 FtNAI ACTI5tS ft 1 PROG AM SUBIIU 10 LHANljt 1.