Wah-Wah Guitar Pioneer Del Casher Dies at 88

The articles highlight a range of upcoming live music and performance events. In São Paulo, Hayley Williams leads the Nov. 12 concert listings, alongside jazz tributes and a musical about Gilberto Gil. In Alabama, Fort Payne’s Torch Fest will feature local acts, including acoustic performances by Matthew Allan Martin and Bert David Newton and a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute by The Stranded Band. Houston’s concert calendar includes a newly announced New Order tour date with Future Islands opening, while Waco Symphony plans a live-orchestra screening of “Top Gun: Maverick.” The Houston article also remembers guitarist and wah-wah pedal inventor Del Casher, who recently died at 88.