Ben Vaughn Quintet
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[Dec. 28] Philadelphia's twang-bar king moved his operations to Los Angeles and his home to the Mojave Desert, but that doesn't mean he forgot about us.
Philadelphia’s twang-bar king Ben Vaughn moved his operations to Los Angeles and his home to the Mojave Desert during the height of his network-television fame — he scored Third Rock From the Sun and That ’70s Show, among other things — but that doesn’t mean he forgot about us. His syndicated radio program, The Many Moods of Ben Vaughn (one of Jerry Blavat’s favorites), airs Saturdays at 5 p.m. on WXPN. His 2006 album, the lush and somber Designs in Music, sounds as much like fall in Philadelphia as it does a hot, windy night in Hollywood, and he likes to pop into town for near-secret live gigs. This Saturday’s show is no secret, a Tin Angel event with his quintet, along with friend/instrumentalist Dan Montgomery.
Sat., Dec. 28, 7:30 and 10 p.m., $20, with Dan Montgomery, Tin Angel at Serrano, 20 S. Second St., 215-928-0978, tinangel.com.
