Evening with Steve Poltz (Saturday Show)
Evening with Steve Poltz
McCabe's Guitar Shop3101 Pico Blvd, Los Angeles 90405
Steve Poltz brings his solo show to McCabe's, with a set shaped by the freewheeling spirit of his latest album, JoyRide. His 14th solo record grew from a spontaneous East Nashville session with Dex Green: real-time playing, accidental poetry and, in Poltz's telling, no seatbelts.
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, raised in Southern California and now based in Nashville, Poltz is known for shows McCabe's describes as “raucous, joyous, improvisational and always strange.” Expect stellar guitar work and songs that can have listeners smiling one minute and crying the next.
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.