By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
The Sunset Sinners plan to put healthcare workers at the forefront of their upcoming concert in Salina's Stiefel Theatre.
The concert is scheduled for 8 p.m. Oct. 22 in the Stiefel Theatre, 151 S. Santa Fe. Another Salina band, Paramount, is scheduled to open the concert.
Tickets for the Sunset Sinners and Paramount concert start at $20 and are on sale now at the Stiefel Theatre box office. Buy tickets online at www.stiefeltheatre.org, by telephone at 785-827-1998, or in person at the Stiefel Theatre box office. The Stiefel Theatre box office is open for phone or walk-up sales from noon-5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
"We always are all about trying to do what we can to show appreciation for military and first responders, but one thing we're really wanting to do with this concert is really appreciating all the folks in the healthcare industry," said Sinners' drummer Blake Blackim. "After COVID, if there's anybody that needs a release and a night to go have fun, and hopefully people appreciate them, it's everybody that's been involved in the healthcare industry."
And, there will be a doctor in the house, specifically on the stage playing a few tunes with the Sunset Sinners. Dr. Sean Herrington, an emergency medicine specialist in Salina and a musician in his own right, will join the band for several songs, Blackim said.
Additionally, Blackim's daughter, Brittany Blackim, an accomplished flutist, will once again be performing with the band.
"It's just going to be a fun night with kind of an Oktoberfest vibe," Blake Blackim said. "Friends of ours, Paramount band, will be the opening act for us. Folks dig them so it's gonna to be a good night."
Blake said the Sunset Sinners will be playing songs from their recently released live album, Original Sin, which includes the hits Always Time for One More Beer, Friday Night, and Old Glory, as well as the band's newest song, Sunset Sinner.