It's been a year since Lisa Otey and Diane van Deurzen moved to Michigan during the pandemic. They are back in Tucson for a series of homecoming concerts.
Cathalena E. Burch When the pandemic hit in 2020, longtime Tucson blues duo Lisa Otey and Diane Van Deurzen were at a career and personal crossroads.
“We didn’t want to leave Tucson, but we knew that there would be nothing in 2020 or 2021,” Van Deurzen said during a phone call last month. “With no income coming in, we had the house in Tucson and the fixer-upper here. We knew that we had to do something.” “We are so excited to be able to see everyone again,” Van Deurzen said. “We’ve heard from some friends and some venues and they are really happy to see us perform there again. It will be so nice to go to old haunts again.”
“It became like an online community with people from Tucson and Green Valley and all over the country,” Otey said. “We started taking song requests and having conversations in the chat window.” When they return home this weekend, every concert the couple plays will feel like a party. But not a farewell party.Contact reporter Cathalena E. Burch at [email protected]. On Twitter @Starburch
• 7 p.m. Sunday, May 8, The Century Room at Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St.; $15, reserved through hotelcongress.com/family/century-room
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