Picks

Thursday, January 24, 2002

gb Leighton, Fitzgerald's, 9 PM
(708) 788-2118
$6, 21+

gb Leighton is an earnest, working-man's rocker- the sort of blustery, crowd-pleasing Joe who's been out of style since John Cafferty's career went into decline.  But the Twin Cities-based Leighton is a showman, that's for sure:  Live From Pickle Park finds him ripping through meat-and-potatoes rock, complete with rhythmic piano and an oddly rollicking, borderline-inexplicable cover of "Sweet Jane."  Leighton's latest studio album is It's All Good.