Pay your respects to innovator H.R. this week Credit: Photo via HR/Facebook
There are famous people and then there are legends. And in punk — no, make that modern music in general — there are few greater, more trailblazing legends than Bad Brains leader H.R.

That alone is incentive enough to go spend some time in his venerable company whenever the opportunity comes your way. Especially fortunate, then, that the next opportunity for us will be at DeLand’s supremely chill and picturesque Cafe DaVinci, which is as ideal a locale as it gets to bask in H.R.’s reggae grooves.

He’s been through a lot (e.g., years of ongoing mental health issues including the excruciating SUNCT syndrome) and we’ve been through a lot (e.g., America these days), so a relaxed and intimate musical gathering with irie vibes would do us all some needed good right now. Opening will be Ohio punks The Raging Nathans.

6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, Cafe DaVinci, DeLand, $20.

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This article appears in Dec 4-10, 2024.

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