Everyone loves chocolate milk, except maybe those with an unfortunate biological aversion, so its only natural to expect good things from a band whose drummer bears that very name. With Chocolate Milk on the skins and a prominent Dirty Dozen Brass Band alum leading the way, Big Sams Funky Nation (www.

Forget about the swine flu for just a moment. Theres another kind of pandemic that should grab your attention and this one will leave you just as sweaty and feverish. The DJ Logic bill on the Blind Tigers website is not and never was happening, so heres an alternative for the jam-minded.

A few might recall the time he played the tiny downtown Greensboro watering hole the Rhinoceros Club way back in 1985, while others will remember his two-night stand here before more than 30,000 at the Greensboro Coliseum only a few years later. The Saturday evening show will mark Bruce Springsteen's (www.

Another year, another round of one of North Carolina's preeminent music festival. The late, great Merle Watson's signature event in Wilkes County is back with another stellar lineup of the best artists in all of roots, folk, country and bluegrass music.

This ones going to be a real doozy. What do you get when you combine one of the 'Big 3' living jazz guitarists, two seminal New Orleans funk musicians and a noted producer and multi-instrumentalist who has performed as a member of the Beach Boys? Call it Jon Scofield's Piety Street Band

If youre like me and have seen The Last Waltz more times than Martin Scorsese has, then youre probably a fan of Steady Rollin Bob Margolin (www.myspace.com/ bobmargolin) and dont even know it. Margolin was a member of Muddy Waters band from 1973 to 1980 and appeared in the Bands allstar farewell performance along with Waters.

It's a rare thing indeed that the Triad area hosts any of the great jazz fusionists. While those on the avant-garde end of the spectrum might never make it to the area under normal circumstances, local jazz fans are happy anytime a big name comes to town and the show Saturday at the High Point Theatre.

The Athens, Ga. jam band will bring their experimentations in live 5.1 concert surround sound, an intensely retina-blinding light show, and strong band-fan connection to the heart of downtown Winston, where they played two electric shows around this time last year.

Next time you see the King of Country Western Troubadours (and I'm not talking about Marty Stuart) crank out any of his chart-toppin hits onstage, it will be without those awesome mutton chops. It appears that Unknown Hinson (www.myspace.

One of the most ironically named, yet simultaneously revered blues guitarists of all time will make an appearance at Greensboro's Carolina Theatre on the unluckiest day of the year this Friday, March 13.