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News / Music Menu Will Downing, ZZ Top and Krown tonight (06/02/11)

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WILL DOWNING: If you ever wanted a record deal, going to the same Brooklyn high school as music industry heavy hitters Clive Davis and Motown's Kedar Massenburg never hurts. But Will Downing made his own name in the business from working with the likes of Anita Baker, Billy Ocean and Kool & The Gang before seeing solo success. Since then, he's overcome a couple of major hurdles to continue to crank out the kind of music his fans have come to expect from him. $45-$65. Knight Theater. www.blumenthalarts.org. (Mike McCray)

ZZ TOP: So what the hell do you need to know about ZZ Top? The trio's Texas blues-rock-boogie has fed a couple of generations of rockers, the band released its debut in 1970, and even though its greatest hits record came out 20 years ago, contemporary digitized kids can sing along with the old cats with nary a care about outmoded tunes. Grab the aforementioned youngsters, plop down on the grass underneath the skyscraper lights and by all means get up and dance to the "Tube Snake Boogie." $25-$110. Time Warner Cable Uptown Amphitheatre. www.livenation.com. (Shukla)

JOE KROWN TRIO: The veteran trio of New Orleans music, Krown (Hammond B-3), Walter "Wolfman" Washington (guitar & vocals) and Russell Batiste (drums and background vocals), lay down bayou-bred jazz, funk and blues with utmost ease. Individually, their resumes are expansive, while they've been grooving together for about five years where their seasoned chops converge into bopping interplay. $12-$15. Double Door Inn. www.doubledoorinn.com. (Shukla)

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