JD McPherson (SOCKS: A Rock N' Roll Christmas Tour)

JD McPherson plays the Bluebird Theatre on Sunday, December 20, as part of his SOCKS: A Rock N' Roll Christmas Tour. The show starts at 8 PM.

McPherson comes from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, and his debut album, Signs & Signifiers, was produced by his musical partner Jimmy Sutton, leader of the R&B group the Four Charms. It's a rhythm & blues and rock 'n' roll record that pulls from roots music and adds a postmodern edge, drawing on influences as different as the Clash, Little Richard, the Pixies, T.Rex, and hip-hop. The album was recorded at Sutton's all-tube home studio in Chicago with engineer Alex Hall.

Before he signed with Rounder, McPherson studied experimental film at the University of Oklahoma and earned an M.F.A. in open media from the University of Tulsa. He also worked as a middle-school art teacher. He's a visual artist as well as a musician, and that background informs the way he approaches his records.

This stop is part of the SOCKS: A Rock N' Roll Christmas Tour, so the set will be built around the holiday theme. The show is at the Bluebird Theatre in Denver on Sunday, December 20, starting at 8 PM.