Jeff Healey Band, Saigon Kick to Play Free Show in Newport

A free concert Sunday by the Jeff Healey Band and Saigon Kick will cap a weeklong canned food drive that the Hard Rock Cafe in Newport Beach and radio station KQLZ (100.3 FM) are sponsoring for the needy. Healey, the Canadian blues-rock guitarist who scored a Top 10 hit in 1989 with “Angel Eyes,” and Saigon Kick, a Miami-based hard rock band that has issued two albums on Atlantic Records, will play indoors at the Hard Rock from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

A KQLZ “Pirate Radio” truck parked outside the Hard Rock has been accepting donations of canned food since Monday and will continue to do so until after the concert. The food will go to the Orange County Food Bank, run by the Orange County Community Development Council.

The Hard Rock Cafe is at 451 Newport Center Drive, Fashion Island. Information: (714) 640-8844.

Too Many Joes has parted with its longtime bassist, Barry Stevenson. The local alternative-rock band will play its first show with a new bassist, Landon Donsbach, Friday night at Bogart’s in Long Beach, where it will share top billing with the Black Watch. Donsbach is a former member of Knock Down Ginger.

Stevenson said his departure was the result of friction with lead singer Dina Douglass. He is forming a new band with Kristi Lewis, who used to sing harmony in Too Many Joes.