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Friday, August 8

Read Zach Lewis' review of the show at www.zlew.net/thoughts/?p=285

Friday, September 5 at 9PM

I aim to pick up Bill Hicks' Cross and combine that with what Todd Snider and Steve Earle do. I put a guitar around my torso and aim for truth with a capital T and a lot of people come to see me just to hear what's going to come out of my mouth next, which is often as much a surprise to me as it is to them. That can make for great entertainment for an hour onstage but let me tell you it's no picnic having to be the guy who says all that stuff, all day every day.

Oh yeah, what do I SOUND like? Well, I sound like a 44-year-old white guy who start out in punk and grew into a grizzled singer-songwriter with a bone up his ass, who's at least learned enough about singing to know what not to do. I write great lyrics even though I know they're secondary to the primary purpose of making you feel good. I play damn good rhythm guitar and pretty good Keith Richards-style slash and burn leads. That's the electric gigs. Most gigs are acoustic though (budget, you know) so on those gigs, on the acoustic guitar I'm really good about framing my voice with it, sometimes playing loud, sometimes barely breathing on the strings. Past that, I ain't no virtuoso, but I've got soul. I just try to put my emotions through my intrument and voice and make you feel good, and occasionally talk a blue streak that either makes you laugh out loud or pity me because I'm oviously an idiot who's beyond help.

I just go to that trance place rhythm takes you to. As they say, I don't play my instrument; I play the song. As for a "format" of music I play. They call it Americana, or indie music. I call it country rock and roll blues with a lot of words. Let's have a contest. Comeup with a genre name for me. I'll pick the one I like and we'll start a trend.

Saturday, September 6 at 9PM

The band plays a strange, eerie blend of goth influenced outsider folk.―We shot JR

An interesting blend of late-era Swans darkness and a Tindersticks-meets-Woody Guthrie penchant for acoustic instruments that benifits immensely from the fact that when the band plays live, the two vocalists, Jason Reed and Elicia Capehart produce some of the tightest and strangest vocal harmonies you'll ever hear.―Dallas Observer

Very strange, like The Cramps playing folk music or something.―We shot JR

Thursday, September 11 at 8PM

Mark Stuart is a veteran artist of the Folk/Americana music circuit. As a songwriter, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist he has toured extensively all over the USA, Canada and Europe. Few genres of Americana are left out of his performances (he touches upon blues, rock, folk, country and more).

Much of his time in the last decade has been devoted to a husband-wife duo, “Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart” but, he returns to his roots as a solo artist in 2008 for a sizeable portion of the year. In past years, Stuart lent his musical hands to other artists in the studio and on tour. Many of these fellow performers (Steve Forbert, Freddy Fender, Steve Earle, Jonnell Mosser) are well-known on the same “roots music” circuit.

Friday, September 12 at 7PM

BOYS NAMED SUE

The Boys Named Sue aren't your average cover band. Sure, they have a set list chock-full of titles you'd expect--"Crazy Arms," "Ramblin' Man," "Wurlitzer Prize." But it's not these classics that set them apart. After all, how many other bands will segue into a Good Charlotte song in the middle of Hank Williams' "Kaw Liga"? Including members of Slick 57, Dallas Trainwreck, Deadman and the Fabulous Harmonaires, the five Sues put on a raucous show that's anything but predictable. That is, unless you already know how a steel guitar can effortlessly re-create the opening bars of Eminem's "Lose Yourself." ― Susan Castellon, Dallas Observer

the Boys, whose members come from fine local bands like Slick 57, Trainwreck and Deadman, are a cover band trapped in the days when Sun Records meant something, yet also have one foot planted firmly in the present. Classic country jewels written by Roger Miller and Doug Sahm get mixed up in the set list with Southern versions of Violent Femmes and Pixies songs, and whether the band re-creates Eminem beats with pedal steel or plays the hell out of its Johnny Cash namesake, it does its damnedest to unite the two kinds of country listeners with a good, boozy time. ―S M, Dallas Observer

Friday, September 12 at 9PM

Wreckless Eric was one of the original Stiff artists, releasing the legendary Whole Wide World back in 1977. Since then he has made countless albums in different guises, moving between bubblegum pop, grunge, psychedelic and techno but always remaining true to the DIY spirit of his early Stiff days. His last, Bungalow Hi, released in 2004 was described by Andrew Weatherall as sounding 'like Bo Diddley trying to outdo Aphex Twin'.

Amy Rigby started a country band in eighties New York City, went on to form girl group The Shams, and began her solo career in 1996 with the US hit album Diary Of A Mod Housewife. Her five solo albums embrace pop, country, folk-rolk, Merseybeat, psychedelia and beach music. ‘One of rocks most distinctive and consistently excellent songwriters‘ (Washington Post).

Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby have been touring together for over two years now. They describe themselves as ‘a two piece rock ‘n’ roll group with vocal harmonies‘.

Wreckless Eric... an alien of extraordinary ability ―US Government Department Of Immigration

Amy Rigby... poet laureate of bohemian domesticity ―Memphis Flyer

Wreckless Eric... maverick genius ―Record Collector

Trading off guitars, jokes and sweet-yet-tough vocal harmonies, the duo delivered a winning set. ―Los Angeles Times

Wreckless Eric and American singer/songwriter Amy Rigby played with awe-inspiring energy and enthusiasm for more than two-and-a-half hours. ...they accompanied one another perfectly. ―Bristol Evening Post

As earth shattering late-1970s sorta-punk ballads go, I'd put Stiff Records alum Wreckless Eric's "Whole Wide World" on par with Johnny Thunders' "You Can't Put Your Arms Round a Memory" without reservation. Eric performs alongside his main squeeze, the deceptively domestic and equally funny pop singer-songwriter Amy Rigby. ―Willamette Week

Startling! ―Der Spiegel

Adorable! ―The Scottish Herald

Saturday, September 13 at 9PM

"Relaxed, peaceful, and largely acoustic, benyaro sounds to be born less out of the smoggy subways and more out of the Smoky Mountains." - Ryan Muldoon, Richmond Times-Dispatch

Thursday, September 18 at 8PM

Deke Dickerson cuts a huge figure, both literally and figuratively, in the landscape of American roots music. In a world where cartoonlike "retro" and "revival" acts come and go with the seasons, Deke has maintained an entirely different standard of musicianship by continuing to do what he does best, mixing the best American musical styles of the last five decades.

He is regarded as one of the most respected and versatile guitar players around, even prompting Reverend Horton Heat to declare on his web site that Deke is "the best rockabilly guitar player in the whole world!" In the Americana genre he is regarded as a true musicologist, mixing together genres as disparate as old-time country, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, and surf. In rockabilly he is acknowledged as one of the very top acts in the world and regularly headlines festivals from Las Vegas to Finland.

Deke's music has appeared in a slew of movie and television soundtracks, most recently in the Oscar-winning movie Sideways and the TV show Monster Garage

Friday, September 19 at 9PM

Harmonies - if you had to describe the music of Girlyman in one word, this would be it. The story doesn't end there, of course: the band blends modern acoustic, americana, and folk-rock into a musical recipe The Village Voice has called "really good, really unexpected, and really different." The wide range of instruments - acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin, djembe, electric baritone guitar - reflects an eclectic sound, and the band members switch off lead vocals and songwriting duties. But it is the stunning three-part vocal blend that creates the Girlyman magic.

Girlyman (Nate Borofsky, Doris Muramatsu, and Ty Greenstein) hails from Atlanta, GA, though they formed the band while sharing an apartment in Brooklyn, NY. And the name? "It's great for us, provocative and playful," says Muramatsu. "It makes people laugh. But it also hints at how we've never quite fit in. Nate wears make-up onstage, I'm a Japanese-American playing to mostly white audiences. Ty is a grown-up tomboy. The name Girlyman lets us acknowledge that we're out of the mainstream, but without taking ourselves too seriously."

Saturday, September 20 at 9PM

“Lafayette, Louisiana’s Bluerunners blend Cajun culture with punk energy and country, blues, and roots-rock sounds. Their new recording combines tough grooves, serious playing, soulful vocals, and incisive songwriting in a perfect balance that offers one of the most distinctive sounds in American music….A superior piece of roots music….” -Blues Revue Magazine

“Wisely, The Bluerunners never took a vow of purity. Their sound wants to have it both ways, and that dichotomy has served them and their listeners well….Above all else, The Bluerunners are gonna make you move.” -Rick Cornell, No Depression Magazine

"For 20 years, the Bluerunners have intermingled the fully amped guitars of modern roots rock with the fiddles and accordions of traditional Cajun music. Their sound remains as fresh and invigorated as ever. The Bluerunners have always excelled onstage, revving up an electric fusion of Cajun music and roots rock like a Lafayette-based Replacements." -Keith Spera, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA)

Thursday, September 25 at 8PM

LAURA HARRELL

FRANKIE 45

DAVE LITTLE

Friday, September 26 at 9PM

Thursday, October 2 at 8PM

Texas honky-tonk stalwart turned Minnesota heartland rocker Mary Cutrufello is back, and back in Texas! Three years after being sidelined with vocal nodes, Cutrufello returns to the Lone Star state with "35," a taut and rockin' collection of songs showcasing her writing, her guitar playing, and her once-again powerful voice.

"Believe me when I tell you," says Cutrufello almost breathlessly, "Nobody is happier than I am that this record even exists!" And while it is a welcome return to the microphone for the multi-talented and articulate singer/writer/guitarist, it also stands on its own as her strongest collection of songs and performances to date. Guitars chunk, wail, chop, and make all manner of surprising sounds. The vocal chorus of Andra Suchy and Twin Cities legend Mark Lickteig offers daring takes on the traditional backing vocal role. And above it all is Cutrufello's rehabbed and rejuvenated voice, at turns proud and pleading, telling her stories of desperation and redemption, wonder and resolve.

35 is a long road, or a long time, or a point in life when it's a daily fight against the ossifying forces and the leaden pull of comfort. F. Scott Fitzgerald claimed there are no second acts in American lives; 35 is when you find out if that means you.

Friday, October 3 at 8PM

“San Antonio native Terri Hendrix seems to have been hovering on the brink of “making it” for several years now. Her albums are always well received—everyone from the Washington Post to Rolling Stone has raved about them—and in Texas she’s highly regarded. But Hendrix didn’t really catch on with the national scene until recently, when she won a GRAMMY for penning ‘Li’l Jack Slade,’ a song adopted by the Dixie Chicks. On her own, Hendrix plays smart blues/pop/folk/rock, sings thoughtful lyrics and always displays subtle guitar work with thought provoking lyrics and attention to detail." ―AOL

Wednesday, November 5 at 8PM

"Excellent musicians and delightful human beings, they brought the house 'up' and kept it there through three encores at the Kerrville Folk Festival. We can't wait to have them back." ―Dalis Allen, KERRVILLE FOLK FESTIVAL, Kerrville, TX

"Old Settler's Music Festival audiences will never be the same after The Waybacks knocked them back on their heels. If you haven't seen them, go … but hold on tight, you're in for a heck of a ride." ―Doc Roberts, OLD SETTLER'S MUSIC FESTIVAL, Austin, TX

" … few bands have produced instrumental virtuosos who can follow the lead of newgrass icons like Sam Bush, Tony Rice and David Grisman … The Waybacks, on the other hand, feature hot pickers who are destined to become revered new-acousticians, thanks to their individual solo styles and the band's novel and irreverent tenor." ―Scott Nygaard, ACOUSTIC GUITAR MAGAZINE

" … chops to spare, a sense of humor, and no respect whatsoever for standard operating procedure … very impressive … do yourself a favor …" ―Rick Anderson, Bluegrass Unlimited

"This eclectic quintet ventures where few acoustic groups have gone. The music made by The Waybacks ... features some of the most exotic settings for mind-blowing picking you'll ever hear. These guys are extraordinary musicians, and their spellbinding solos will leave you slack jawed. They call their music 'acoustic mayhem.' I call it sheer genius." ―Michael Miller, BayArea.Com

Saturday, November 8 at 9PM

There are moments when you forget to care about what you are doing. Not that you are being careless, just that you are so involved in your actions that you aren't thinking about what the product might be. You might say something you didn't mean to say, but are forever glad you did. The words may just leap out of your mouth. Or you may find yourself drumming on a hospital gurney in an elaborate rhythm. Or you may find yourself stacking the coffee creamers at a diner, not in a meaningless spire, but rather into a complex structure of vast implications.

That moment when you stop caring about what you are doing and you just let go and you just say or play: that is what Vermillion Lies sounds like. Sad, angry, happy, scary, silly, innocent, vengeful, powerful, weak, perfect, flawed. We are human and we sound like humans.

Actually, we sound like humans having fun

Friday, August 22 at 9PM

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