In 1989, country music got a kick with the first Garth Brooks album, but it was Clint Black who really put his foot on the gas with his own debut, “Killin’ Time.” The disc included four no. 1 hits with “A Better Man,” “Nobody’s Home,” “Walkin’ Away” and the title track.

Thursday

The singer/guitarist will bring those classics and others from the 1990s to Bluestem Amphitheater when he opens Essentia Health’s Bluestem Concert Series on Thursday. Opening the show is vocal quintet Home Free.

Tickets range from $59 to $145.75, plus fees. jadepresents.com .

Thursday

Though he sings in a calm, pleasant baritone, Leo Kottke prefers to let his fingers do the talking. Since his 1969 debut, appropriately called “6-and-12-String Guitar,” he’s picked away at folk, jazz and blues styles on 20 solo

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