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To say this show will be a treat for southeastern Michigan music lover is a major understatement. A limited number of general admission tickets ($35 online; $45 day of) in the intimate Ski Hill Grill venue will no doubt sell out.
The Berkley, Mich. native stormed the music world in 1982 with his self-titled debut album that featured the hit "Someday, Someway", which peaked at Number Thirty-six on the Top Forty chart. Rolling Stone magazine included it in its Best 100 Albums of the Eighties list: the album is an alternately rousing and heartbreaking cycle of infectious pop rockers ("Cynical Girl," "Rockin' Around in N.Y.C.," "She Can't Dance") and ballads ("Mary Anne," "Not for Me") — none of them clocking in at more than 3:07.
"At the time, everyone focused on the Fifties-rock influence on my songs," says Crenshaw. "I was widely compared to Buddy Holly [who he portrayed in the film La Bamba] — which is a hell of a nice compliment. But to me the real influences on that record were bands like Rockpile and Squeeze. The first album is very much a product of its time. I wasn't trying to make my pop masterpiece, I was just trying to do a good day's work."
Crenshaw crafted countless more gems following that remarkable debut and is now on a tour celebrating his 40 years in showbiz!
