The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave., Syracuse

September 23, 2023 marked 50 years since singer-songwriter Jim Croce's untimely death in an airplane crash, just as he was experiencing his first taste of success after playing dive bars for years and working odd jobs to make ends meet.

"Operator," "Don't Mess Around with Jim," and "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" were staples of AM radio in the 1970s, and he truly was one of the best storytellers of the era.

Ryan Burdick, Kevin Roe, John Dancks, Charlie Richards, Jeff Ingersoll, and Aaron Buitron are paying tribute to this extraordinary artist taken too soon.

The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave., Syracuse

The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave., Syracuse

With his soulful, honeyed tenor, sly humor, and uncanny knack for melody, Chris has traveled the world over, performing to a dedicated and ever-growing fan base with nothing but his guitar and his songs.

The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave., Syracuse

What kind of guy fronts a seminal rock band on RCA called "Jukin' Bone" in the 70s, then plays the rock & roll revival circuit with Bobby Comstock, replaces Ronnie James Dio in Elf, tours with Van Halen, records two classic blues albums and "Backbone Slip", plays sax, tours the world for three years with Savoy Brown, gets a Grammy nomination, a Syracuse Music Hall of Fame award and has a successful solo career to boot?

The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave., Syracuse

Hosted by Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers and members of Syracuse's own Dead to the Core, with special guests each month, Shakedown Sunday celebrates the music of the Grateful Dead — not just the band's originals but songs from across the roots and rock worlds they made their own.

The December 2023 Shakedown Sunday features Dead to the Core's Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers, Wendy Sassafras Ramsay, and Tim Burns performing with special guest Jefferson Hamer.