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4 ID A A 10 20 17 Music Nightlife SEVEN STAY CONNECTEDFRESNOBEE.COM A ny day John 5 can play his guitar, he considers it a good day. had good days since I was 7 years says the guitarist, well-known for working alongside metal icons Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie, though his also includes work with Rick Springfield, Meatloaf, Ricky Martin, Alice Cooper and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Currently, playing with his own band, the Creatures, on a tour that stops Saturday night at Fulton 55. The band does instru- mental guitar music. hear some metal shredding, sure.

kind of John thing. But you also get some blue- grass picking and the odd jazz chord thrown in for good measure. This is John 5 in his pure form. is exactly what I play at he says. In fact, he was playing right before he picked up the phone to talk.

And every time he does, he learns something, some new technique. That goes straight into his songs, so he forget it. a bit like high- school Spanish, he says. You forget it all unless you use it every day. So, what John 5 does.

just pick and pick and pick and all I he says. For those who saw the guitarist when he stopped through in 2015, the band is touring in support of the just-released of the and has put together an all-new show with a new covers medley. Details: 7 p.m. Sat- urday. Fulton 55, 875 Divisadero St.

559-412-7400, www.fulton55.com The event: Local psych-rock band Light Thieves hosts a free con- cert to celebrate the re- lease of its long-awaited sophomore album. The band will be joined by longtime friends and col- laborators Sahab and Eighteen Hundreds, plus DJ Conor Miles and Green Giant. The draw: Light Thieves has been getting a good amount of online buzz in anticipation of the new LP That includes a video premiere on New Noise Magazine and Impose and a full stream of the album up now at Exclaim. all been a long while coming. album is some- thing been sitting on for too says Mike Adame, who sings and plays keyboards in the band.

Light de- but was released in 2013, and most of was tracked two years ago at a session in Seattle. Where the music on rit was transition- al, created mostly by Adame and guitarist Joel Melton as they were figur- ing out what to do post- Fierce Creatures, represents the growth of Light Thieves as a unit, Adame says. is a bit more he says. will be in limited release on clear vinyl. Only 200 copies were pressed and they will only be available at the release show and accom- panying two-week tour, which kicks off March 15 in Sacramento and will stop at Treefort Music Fest in Boise, Idaho, March 24-26.

Local rapper Zee Will is also on the Treefort lineup this year, FYI. Details: 7 p.m. Friday. Tioga-Sequoia Beer Gar- den, 745 Fulton St. Free.

All ages. 559-486-2337, tiogasequoia.com THE MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET The event: John Muell- er, the guy behind the Buddy Va- lens tribute Dance presents Night in The 90-minute concert and tribute to Sun Records plays at the Visalia Fox. The draw: Presley, Perkins, Lewis and Cash. Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash, otherwise known as the Million Dollar Quar- The concert re-cre- ates (at least in spirit) the legendary jam session that happened at Sun Studios in 1956. This is 90-plus minutes of iconic rockabil- ly, country, gospel and rock and roll.

A par- tial set list includes: Suede Prison Balls of and Details: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Visalia Fox The- atre, 300 Main Visalia. 559-625-1369, www.foxvisalia.org Joshua Tehee: 559-441-6479, MUSIC NIGHTLIFE PICKS The week in entertainment: John 5, Light Thieves and Night in BY JOSHUA TEHEE Special to The Bee Guitarist John 5 is on tour with his band The Creatures. The band plays Saturday, March 11, at Fulton 55.

ANDY LEI Special to The Bee Local psych-rock band Light Thieves releases its sophomore album, with a free concert Friday, March 10, at the beer garden at Tioga-Sequoia..