Ted Sablay (Touring Guitarist/MD, The Killers)
Ted Sablay (Touring Guitarist/MD, The Killers)
McCabe's Guitar Shop3101 Pico Blvd, Los Angeles 90405
Ted Sablay, The Killers’ touring guitarist and musical director, brings his solo work to McCabe’s. An American guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist, he performs under his own name.
Raised in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Sablay became part of the Las Vegas music scene and has shared stages with Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney and Elton John. His 2026 album State & Motion has been described as “a guitar-driven American rock record” with “Heartland bones, power-pop hooks, no fat.”
McCabe’s is a working instrument shop with a concert history stretching back to the late 1960s, and its back room has welcomed both emerging artists and performers who keep returning. The show takes place among walls hung with guitars and other stringed instruments, with the audience seated in folding chairs facing a small stage. It is a listening room: there is no bar, and the quiet lets acoustic detail and lyrics carry through the room. Concerts are ticketed, and the shop’s current listings and tickets are available online, so check ahead for your show. The shop is on Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica; the concert room is reached through the store. Expect an evening focused on the performance, rather than drinks or dinner between sets.