Tallying up the past two years, Jackie Venson breaks down her performances: outdoor shows (60%), reduced-capacity inside sets (30%), cancellations (10%). Four consecutive Saturdays at historic BBQ heaven Lamberts conform to health protocols.: “The last two years, how hard has it been? So the first year, I didn’t play at all. The second year things kinda fell into place. And then now, we’re in this defiant year, where people are so tired.: “I get it, but I’m sorry, the pandemic isn’t over because you’re over it.”: Plague couldn’t have helped September’s Southland roots nugget Love Transcends.: “I spent the last two years atomic bombing my following into exponential growth, so this album was, like, 200% better than any release I ever had,” reveals the Prince-like ATX native, also a singing-shredding, multi-instrumentalist dynamo. “It’s so ironic: ‘So Jackie, you are going to make it, but it’s going to take a pandemic.’”: Get there early for the R&B fourpiece warming up on opening night, Venson’s 32nd birthday.: “My dad’s going to open,” she affirms.: Andrew Venson taught her everything the headliner’s Broadway-loving physician mother didn’t.: “He does a really good version of Keb’ Mo’s ‘Dangerous Mood,’ a blues song about being hot for a woman,” she laughs. “He really plays it up, but he’s also a crooner. Women in the audience, they’re all like, ‘Wow!’ He’s irresistible. He’s got 10 kids for a reason.”
Sat., Feb. 5, 8pm