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Peter Case performs "Ice Water"

In a career that spans over three decades, LA tunesmith and Hamburg native Peter Case has built a reputation as one of America’s finest singer-songwriters. Sometimes cited for his early work with The Nerves and the song “Hangin’ on the Telephone”—which became a hit for Blondie—and routinely associated with the Plimsouls —whose irresistibly catchy “A Million Miles Away” landed on the soundtrack to the 1983 movie Valley Girl and went on to be covered by many 1980s bands including the Goo Goo Dolls—Case has been working primarily as a solo act for the past 17 years, crafting great songs that draw from the broad palette of American roots music. An engaging performer, he’s currently promoting A Case for Case (Hungry For Music), a tribute disc that features 47 tracks covered by such heavy hitters as Dave Alvin, John Prine, Joe Ely, Bill Kirchen, Gurf Morlix and Victoria Williams —among others. Proceeds from the release will go to Hungry For Music, an organization that helps to distribute musical instruments to inner-city children. Case will be joined by the always in-demand Rob Lynch on drums, guitarist Mark Winsick (who contributed a cover of “Rise and Shine” on the tribute) and fellow Hamburg expat and musical ace Jim Whitford on bass.

Saturday, May 27 at 9:30pm. Sportsmen’s Tavern, 326 Amherst Street

(874-7734). Free. (Donations welcome.)