By Will McGuirk

The Twist or the Bearcat? It’s your choice, but there is a choice as downtown goes uptown with Cancon cat David Wilcox who gets it on at the Biltmore Theatre Thursday, March 9. Opening is the diamond Matt Holtby who brings some of his own uptown smoothness to the downtown. He is so chill he makes Jimmy Buffett look flustered.

The same night at the Regent Theatre is the incomparable Chubby Checker, a stalwart of rock ‘n roll iconography synonymous with the dance craze 45, the Twist. Born Ernest Evans, he is one of the OGs, whose legacy as Chubby is a 7-inch of pure joy. One song, one dance, destiny sealed; who else can say that?