Youngtown’s The Vindys playing Stocker Arts Center, touring with Pat Benatar

They didn’t want to answer the phone. Jackie Popovec, the big-voiced frontwoman of The Vindys, was on vacation in Italy with boyfriend Rick Deak — a guitarist in the Youngstown-based alt-rock act — when his phone lit up during dinner at a nice restaurant. The phone said the call was coming from Beverly Hills, so they were too intrigued to not answer.