TODAY
Jesse Cotton Stone will perform at 8:30 p.m. today at White Water Tavern in Little Rock. Admission is $10.
According to his biography at jessecottonstone.com, Stone started playing guitar by ear at age 11, while he and his family traveled and worked on the carnival circuit — his grandfather was a balloon clown.
He calls himself a "Colorado-born, American highway raised, bluesman" and third-generation "carny." It was the music of Jimi Hendrix that Stone says eventually led him to play the blues. After hearing Hendrix play, the young Stone sold his Matchbox car collection so he could buy an electric guitar. He formed the Jesse Cotton Stone Band at 14, but he had already played all over Missouri and at the Chicago House of Blues.
Stone is working on two albums to release in the coming months.
Venues
Big Chill, 910 Higdon Ferry Road, Hot Springs, (501) 624-5185, http://thebigchillh…">thebigchillhotsprin…
First Financial Music Hall, 101 E. Locust St., El Dorado, (870) 444-3007, http://eldomad.com">eldomad.com
Four Quarter Bar, 415 Main St., North Little Rock, (501) 313- 4704, fourquarterbar.com
Griffin Restaurant, 101 E. Locust St., El Dorado, (870) 444-3008, http://eldomad.com">eldomad.com
Kings Live Music, 1020 Front St., Conway, (501) 205-8512, kingslivemusic.com
Low Key Arts Center, 118 Arbor St., Hot Springs, (501) 454-0323, lowkeyarts.org
Ozark Folk Center, 1032 Park Ave., Mountain View, (870) 269-3851, arkansasstateparks.…
Rev Room, 300 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock, (501) 823-0090 http://revroom.com">revroom.com
Stickyz Rock ’n’ Roll Chicken Shack, 107 River Market Ave., Little Rock, (501) 372-7707, http://stickyz.com">stickyz.com
Stone’s Throw Stifft Station, 3015 W. Markham St., Little Rock, (501) 379-8663, stonesthrowbeer.com
White Water Tavern, West Seventh and Thayer streets, Little Rock, (501) 375-8400, http://whitewaterta…">whitewatertavern.com
• DeFrance will perform at 8 p.m. today at Griffin Restaurant in El Dorado. Admission is $5.
• William Blackart and Richard will perform at 9 p.m. today at Maxine's in Hot Springs. Admission is free.
FRIDAY
Bill Kirchen and Redd Volkaert will perform at 2 and 7 p.m. Friday at the Ozark Folk Festival in Mountain View. Tickets are $12 per show or $19.50 for an all-day pass to the center's Craft Village.
Kirchen is known as the guitarist in 1970s band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen and Volkaert was the guitarist in Merle Haggard's band. Both are considered "masters of the Telecaster."
• Newsboys United will perform at 7 p.m. Friday at First Financial Music Hall in El Dorado. Tickets range from $35 to $155.
• "Monster Ball 2019" will feature Drowning Pool, along with opening acts Thirteen X and McCuin, at 8 p.m. Friday at the Rev Room in Little Rock, Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 day of show.
• Sunny Sweeney, along with opening act Erin Enderlin, will perform at 8:30 p.m. Friday at Stickyz Rock 'n' Roll Chicken Shack in Little Rock. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 the day of the show and $75 for VIP.
• The Ben Miller Band will perform at 8:30 p.m. Friday at Kings Live Music in Conway. Admission is $5.
• The Rios will perform at 9 p.m. Friday at Maxine's in Hot Springs. Admission is $5.
• The Brent Frazier Band will perform at 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday at The Big Chill in Hot Springs. Admission is $5.
• The Big Dam Horns will perform at 10 p.m. Friday at Four Quarter Bar in North Little Rock. Admission is $7.
SATURDAY
Joey Barrett will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday for the "Riffs at Stifft" at the Stone's Throw Stifft Station in Little Rock. Admission is free.
• DJ Josue Juarez will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at Griffin Restaurant in El Dorado. Admission is $5.
• Julian Davis & The Situation will perform at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Kings Live in Conway. Admission is $5.
• "An Homage to The Police" will be at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Rev Room in Little Rock. Tickets range from $15 to $20.
• Panic Priest, Mr. Kitty and Kill Vargus will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday at Maxine's in Hot Springs. Admission is $7.
• Nashville Pussy will perform at 10 p.m. Saturday at Four Quarter Bar in North Little Rock. Admission is $12.
SUNDAY
Aaron Lee Tasjan will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday at White Water Tavern in Little Rock. Admission is $12.
• Julian Davis will perform at 8 p.m. Sunday at Four Quarter Bar in North Little Rock. Admission is free.
• The Lewd Awakening Revue: Boo-La-La will perform at 9 p.m. Sunday at Stickyz. Admission is $10.
MONDAY
Singer-songwriter Linda Lowe will mark the 30th anniversary of her charity, "Women in the Round on the Road," with a performance at 7 p.m. Monday at the Low Key Arts Center in Hot Springs. Admission is $25.
Lowe, a native of Hot Springs, will be joined by Lynn Langham, Becky Smith, Aura Lee, Judi Messina, Selia Qynn, Mary Shannon and Barbara Raney.
Lowe will also mark the release of her latest CD, Barbwire Heart.
WEDNESDAY
The Chris Parker Jazz Group will perform for the "Sessions" at 8 p.m. Wednesday at South on Main in Little Rock. Admission is $10.
Weekend on 10/17/2019