Vocalist and trumpet player Bexy Ribeiro of local band Digital Butter will join the ranks of local tribute collective That ’90s Show for its That ’90s Love Show performance at Rhythm & Brews on Friday.IF YOU GO¦ What: That ’90s Love Show.¦ When: 9:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14.¦ Where: Rhythm & Brews, 221 Market St.¦ Admission: $10.¦ Phone: 423-267-4644.¦ Website: www.rhythm-brews.com.
Don’t be fooled by the saccharine greeting cards. Try not to seek wisdom in a bag of candy hearts. Whatever messages Valentine’s Day is trying to sell, romance isn’t just holding hands and declaring one’s love from rooftops.
It’s a seriously complicated topic, a fact musicians have long understood and embraced.
Friday night, Feb. 14, at Rhythm & Brews, local tribute collective That ’90s Show will reprise its Valentine’s Day concert with a set list of Clinton-era hits about crippling self-doubt (“Creep”), regret (“Baby One More Time”) and romance that begins and ends in bed (“Caress Me Down”).
The 28-song, multigenre-spanning set isn’t all lonely-hearts anthems, however. There are nods to the romanticized view of love, but the point of the show is to explore every aspect of relationships, even the painful ones, says group co-founder and drummer Jonathan Susman.