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Family members said Robertson was a devout Catholic who loved fishing, working on cars and listening to bluegrass and mariachi music.

“Slowly but surely, I got this reputation as a guy who could play anything. One night you’d see me play bluegrass in a little pizza shop, the next night it would be hard rock.”

“Brighter Days” finds the artist fusing rock ’n’ roll, country and bluegrass touchstones into a clarity of vision that he’s honed since rising from the Los Angeles cowpunk scene in the 1980s.

The event was filled past capacity, with all of the venue’s 1,600 seats filled and many standing in the back of the room for the combination bluegrass concert and political rally.

Hodges built a low stage using leftover materials from the waterbed business, and the venue hosted blues, bluegrass and rock ’n’ roll artists.