AmoChip Dabney and guests play the Boondocks Lounge Saturday.

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Local Grammy-nominated musician and multi-instrumentalist AmoChip Dabney will be performing as "Live From the Amosphere!" Saturday.

The show will go down at Boondocks Lounge and feature guests like Mitzi Cowell on guitar playing everything from jazz to funk to Cajun.

There will be some covers and original Dabney work, but it mostly should be thoroughly danceable for a $5 cover.

The show starts at 9 p.m., and Boondocks is at 3306 N. First Ave.

— Kevin W. Smith

Solar Culture has a pretty full weekend lined up.

Friday night is the CD-release party for local easy-going rock outfit Crossing Sarnoff. Sarnoff will celebrate its most recent release, "Lessons From the Soul."

Local soft-rockers The Otterssey will open the show at 9 p.m. Admission is $7, or $10 with the Sarnoff CD.

Sunday sees quirky Chicago indie-pop act Casiotone for the Painfully Alone roll into town.

Opening is the L.A. folk-act Foot Foot at 9 p.m. for $7.

Radio personalities Johnjay and Rich made their Colorado Springs debut on Monday, expanding their reach beyond their Arizona base.

The pair — Johnjay Van Es and Rich Berra — took over the morning slot on KVUU "My 99.9" in their first move outside of the state. According to a press release, it might be the first of many states as the pair looks to "add more members to the dysfunctionally fun family."

The show originated in Tucson and is now based out of Phoenix. It airs on 93.7-FM KRQ in Tucson and 104.7 KISS FM in Phoenix and features celebrity interviews (real and imagined) and giveaways that make headlines, including one that attracted the attention last fall of TV host Ellen DeGeneres.

DeGeneres had Johnjay, Rich and sidekick Carrie on her show to present a contest winner with a new car.

The Tucson Jazz Society has a memorable Memorial Day weekend in store with two talented acts on tap.

On Saturday, Lavay Smith will make an appearance with her Red Hot Skillet Lickers at the JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort, 3800 W. Starr Pass Blvd.

Smith is a sultry, sexy throwback to blues and jazz acts from days gone by. Based out of the Bay Area, she is bringing a seven-piece band to perform tracks from her 2006 release, "Everybody's Talkin' Bout Miss Thing!"

The show begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $35, with discounts available, through the Tucson Jazz Society, 903-1265.

Up next is Pete Escovedo, famed Latin jazz percussionist and brother to Austin rocker Alejandro Escovedo.

Pete has played and recorded with some of the best of the best. Carlos Santana, Al Jarreau, Poncho Sanchez and Cal Tjader are among a long list of names who have featured his work.

His Latin Jazz Sextet will perform at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, 7000 N. Resort Road.

They take the stage at 7 p.m. Tickets are $40-$85, with discounts available. 903-1265.

— Gerald M. Gay

Local DJ Don Jennings announced recently that he was leaving KXCI (91.3-FM).

For a decade, Jennings has hosted a weekly radio show, "Locals Only," that's devoted to live music from Tucson acts.

His last show will be Monday, June 9, beginning at 8 p.m.

"Locals Only" will continue with new a new host or hosts, according to Jennings.