It's hard to believe that Richard Marx has never performed a solo
acoustic show. After all, the pop auteur of '80s swooners Right Here
Waiting and Hold On to the Nights is like the Nookie
Whisperer, a soft-spoken chart-topping romantic. But tonight, the
46-year-old will be hosting his very first acoustic gig at Clearwater's
Capitol Theatre.

"It's very much a storyteller kind of thing," he
told the Stuck in the '80s podcast crew of Sean Daly and Steve Spears.
Expect hits (Hazard, Endless Summer Nights), tall tales
and more than a few zingers. "After maybe two or three years of touring,
I learned to get the joke: that I wasn't doing anything particularly
important. So I started to have a lot more fun with it and tell stories
during the shows."

Richard Marx performs at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Capitol Theatre, 405 Cleveland St., Clearwater. Tickets are $34.50. Click here for details.

Click here to read the rest of Steve and Sean's interview with Marx, including his thoughts on American Idol, his work with Lionel Richie and Kenny Rogers, and being a "drug virgin" during the '80s. And click here to listen to the Stuck in the '80s podcast interview with Marx.