Keith Sweat at Pechanga

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Every quiet-storm radio block since 1987 owes Keith Sweat a royalty check. He didn't just sing New Jack Swing -- he helped invent the whole sound of begging beautifully, the pleading tenor that runs from 'Make It Last Forever' straight through 'Nobody' and 'Twisted.' A Keith Sweat show is a specific kind of grown-and-sexy church service, the room split evenly between people who were there the first time and people whose parents were. Pechanga sets it on a Thursday night in October, a short valley drive that lands you somewhere between a slow jam and a full-on singalong. Come dressed like you mean it. Bring the person these songs remind you of -- or the group chat that still quotes them. Nobody, and I do mean nobody, does it quite like him.