Renowned guitarist-vocalist Michael Campagna and his eclectic, talented band begin a monthly residency at Visionarium,  1020 Mission Street, Friday, October 3 (and every consecutive Friday for four weeks thereafter). Show: 7:30pm-9:30pm. Tickets: $17.85 (of which $15. is fully refundable on food and drinks). All ages welcome. Info: (626) 460-6055 or visit visionarium.shop/index.php/en-us/. “Visionarium and hospitality are synonymous. Italian culture bought to you, with a great wine list and excellent cuisine, they are truly patrons of the arts,” says Campagna.

In addition to Campagna on guitar and lead vocals, his group includes Amy Meenan (keyboards); Henry Osbourne (bass); and John Hause (drums). They’ll perform all originals during their two-hour set.

The Pasadena-based musician has long been a fixture in the Los Angeles blues-jazz scene, with several critically-lauded albums to his  credit.  Originally from Buffalo, New York, where he was inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame in 2014, Campagna is a prolific songwriter, having penned songs for such notable music artists as Chaka Khan, Jennifer Holiday, and Maxine Nightingale, among others. Campagna’s uptempo track “U By U By U” was featured in the John Grey-directed 2010 film, White Irish Drinkers. Michael is a regular performer at the South Pasadena-based Eclectic Music Festival; is an accomplished fine artist; and is Creative Director of the South Pasadena Conservatory. He was also a former member of seminal experimental rock group Psychic TV in the 1990s and began his performing career playing bass for the great blues artist Freddie King when he was in eighteen in Buffalo. Presently, Camapgna is in the studio recording new music with  Gary Mallaber, onetime drummer with, among others, Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, and the Steve Miller Band, to name a few.

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    (South Pasadena CA) – dougdeutschPR