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Sat Nov 21 2009
8:00p
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Don White
Open: The Loomers
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(SAWTELLE ROOM) If you laugh and cry within the same ten minutes, you either need a vacation or y...
Age Limit: All Ages Tickets: $12 advance - $16 day of show
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Show Details: (SAWTELLE ROOM) If you laugh and cry within the same ten minutes, you either need a vacation or you are sitting in the audience at a Don White show. This working class family man from Lynn, Massachusetts has emerged as the thoughtful songwriter of the decade whose relevance to our lives is evidenced by the powerful reaction he evokes at every concert. Radio audiences, too, are not safe from the Don White experience. Valerie Adams of WNCS Radio, Vermont said, "I've never seen anything like it. Every time I play I Know What Love Is the phones light up like a Christmas tree." Whether he is singing, speaking, or setting up the sneakiest punch line of the night, Don has the hearts of his audience. They know they have his.
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Don White
Country / Americana / Country B...
Tulsa, OK
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Sample Song: Daddy Bo
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Sat Nov 21 2009
8:00p
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Tony Bird
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( BALLROOM ) Malawi-born song man, Tony Bird, is a complete original. He has been called "The Fat...
Age Limit: All Ages Tickets: $16 advance - $20 at the door
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Show Details: ( BALLROOM ) Malawi-born song man, Tony Bird, is a complete original. He has been called "The Father of African Folk-Rock" and with a mesmerizing intensity, his voice, vision, guitar style and persona are unique in all of folk music.
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Sun Nov 22 2009
8:00p
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FutureStars Fall Showcase...
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An all ages show featuring 5 promising local bands.
Interested?
You must be 18 or under to partic...
Age Limit: All Ages Tickets: $10 advance - $15 day of show
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Show Details: An all ages show featuring 5 promising local bands.
Interested?
You must be 18 or under to participate.
Pick up your official application at:
CITY MUSIC Leominster/Gardner
978-534-8989/978-630-3620
www.citymusiconline.com
HURRY! Deadline for applications is Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009.
Showcase is Sunday, Nov. 22 at the Bull Run.
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Sat Nov 28 2009
6:00p
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BELLEVUE CADILLAC
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They're not your average band. This is a multi-generational musical experience filled with joy, w...
Age Limit: All Ages Tickets: $18 advance - $22 at the door.
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Show Details: They're not your average band. This is a multi-generational musical experience filled with joy, wonder, comedy, audience participation and the zaniest stage show currently on tour! Imagine flying trombones, spinning trumpets and sizzling saxophones leaping off the stage and dancing with the crowd! Everybody rides in this big Cadillac as it cruises through Hot Jazz, New Orleans R&B, delta blues, Kansas City jump, R&B, Philly Soul, Doo Wop and anything else that rocks. Highly original yet familiar, Bellevue Cadillac is a wild romp through America's rich history of cars and rock 'n Roll, for a musical experience you'll never forget.
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Fri Dec 4 2009
8:00p
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Bill Kirchen's Honky-Tonk ...
Bryan Pero & the Tired Horses
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It's not accurate to say that Bill Kirchen plays American roots music. Bill Kirchen IS American r...
Age Limit: All Ages Tickets: $20 advance - $24 day of show
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Show Details: It's not accurate to say that Bill Kirchen plays American roots music. Bill Kirchen IS American roots music, celebrating an American musical tradition where country music draws upon its origins in blues and bluegrass, and in the Western swing of Texas and California honky tonks. He first gained renown as lead guitarist and vocalist for Commander Cody & his Lost Planet Airmen, where the resonant twang of his battered Telecaster drove "Hot Rod Lincoln" into the Top Ten in '72. He's played guitar on recordings and performances with Nick Lowe, Doug Sahm, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Ralph Stanley, Gene Vincent, Link Wray, Danny Gatton and Hoyt Axton. A Kirchen performance recalls a half century of guitar legends and extends their brilliance into the new millenium. He received a Grammy nomination for in 2001. In 2002 he was inducted into the Washington Area Music Association Hall of Fame along with Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana) and John Phillip Sousa as well as winning 10 additional Wammies including Artist of the Year and Musician of the Year. In previous years, he won 2000 Rock/ Roots Rock Instrumentalist of the Year, Roots Rock Album (Raise A Ruckus) and 1999 Instrumentalist of the Year at the WAMA Awards, as well as being a multiple winner in 1997 and 1998, receiving ten awards, including Songwriter of the Year.
A Titan of the Telecaster guitar " - Guitar Player magazine May 1998 & June 2002
"Bill Kirchen rules. It's just that simple..."
- Austin American-Statesman
More info: BillKirchen.com
Opener: Bryan Pero & the Tired Horses - An original, Boston-area Rock and Roll band with roots in country, blues and classic rock. Critics have lauded the band for "playing the living hell out of some of the finest roots music to grace the Northeast corridor since Dylan and the Hawks hunkered down in a Catskills basement 40 years ago."
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Sat Dec 5 2009
8:00p
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Tom Rush
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From his early days at Club 47, the Cambridge coffeehouse that also gave Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and...
Age Limit: All Ages Tickets: $35 advance - $40 day of show
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Show Details: From his early days at Club 47, the Cambridge coffeehouse that also gave Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and Judy Collins their start back in the 1960's, through 14 albums, to his sold out Club 47® concert series which has filled the likes of Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, Tom's knack for finding wonderful songs, writing his own and championing emerging artists has made him a legend. Tom's music includes healthy doses of both folk and blues influences. He also was the first major artist to record the songs of a then-unknown Joni Mitchell, and also recorded a number of songs from such emerging singer/songwriters of the time as Jackson Browne, Eric von Schmidt, James Taylor and Eric Kaz. Rush's own compositions are still lauded for their poignant, undeniable lyrics. When U2 performed on this year's Grammys, Bono was heard singing a bit of Tom Rush's "No Regrets.". This version appears in their live sets, and also the live version of the song currently available on iTunes. Bono talked about it in a Rolling Stone Interview.
The new DVD release "Festival Express", chronicling an infamous 1970 cross-Canada concert tour by train, contains a full-length video of Tom singing "Child's Song."
"... his voice is outstandingly versatile; his guitar playing is sheer genius; his sense of humor side splitting ..." Trina E. Kingsbury, MARTHA'S VINEYARD TIMES
"Probably the only man alive who should be allowed to sing Joni Mitchell songs" Eric Fidler, CHICAGO TRIBUNE.
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Fri Dec 11 2009
8:00p
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Savoy Brown w/ Kim Simmonds
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One of the earliest of British blues bands, SAVOY BROWN (with founder guitarist Kim Simmonds at t...
Age Limit: All Ages Tickets: $22 advance - $26 day of show
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Show Details: One of the earliest of British blues bands, SAVOY BROWN (with founder guitarist Kim Simmonds at the helm) helped launch the UK blues/rock movement that paved the way for such acts as Led Zeppelin. In 1969 Kim jammed onstage in London with Jimi Hendrix and Eric Burdon. Savoy Brown have released 35 albums. Ex-members of Savoy Brown have also been members of other rock & blues acts like Fleetwood Mac, Robert Cray Band, Black Sabbath, Humble Pie, U.F.O., Chicken Shack, Ten Years After & Foghat. Kim was recently inducted into Hollywood's Rock Walk of Fame. The current line-up is David Malachowski, Gerry Sorrentino, Mario Staiano and is led as always by Kim Simmonds. With more than 3 decades behind them, they continue to be a powerful and important blues/rock/boogie act for the new millenium. Their newest release, "Too Much Of A Good Thing: The SAVOY BROWN Collection 1992 - 2007" is not so much a "best of " CD, but a compilation of favorites from the last 15 years of Savoy Brown recordings.
"Make no mistake about it: Simmonds isn't just up on his game, he gets better and better with age."---Michael Lisi - Gazette Reporter
More info: www.SavoyBrown.com
Opener: The White Owls (Dennis Brennan & Mike Dinallo)
"Dennis Brennan can electrify audiences with his ability to cross brilliantly from rock to soul, blues, country, and jazz, while breathing fresh life into each." - Steve Morse, Boston Globe
"Lonesome, ornery and great."--Peter Guralnick, author DREAM BOOGIE, The Triumph of Sam Cooke and LAST TRAIN TO MEMPHIS, The Rise of Elvis Presley.
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Sat Dec 12 2009
8:00p
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COMEDY NIGHT w/ Paul D'...
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Paul D'Angelo is one of the nation's top comedians, appearing on Comedy Central and performing in...
Age Limit: All Ages Tickets: $15 advance - $20 day of show
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Show Details: Paul D'Angelo is one of the nation's top comedians, appearing on Comedy Central and performing in virtually every major comedy club in America. His animated style, charismatic stage presence, and spontaneous improvisational abilities make every show a unique and hilarious experience. D'Angelo was a national finalist in the 2005 Sierra Mist, Next Great Comic Search and a finalist in the 2003 Laughs Across America, Las Vegas Comedy Festival. He has also written and produced three television pilots.
Graig Murphy rapidly shot to fame due, in part, to his hilarious impersonations on Sports Radio WEEI where he can be heard doing the voices of Red Sox Manager Terry Francona, Patriots owner Robert Kraft, former Sox manager Grady Little, announcers Joe Morgan, Jon Miller, Shannon Sharpe, and Harry Kalas, as well as Governor Deval Patrick, James Earl Jones and more. Sports impersonations aside, Murphy is one of the funnies guys on the circuit.
Tyler Boeh already has credentials comedians much older would kill for. He took second in the Portland Comedy Competition and won the Oregon International Comedy Competition. He competed in the month long Seattle International Comedy Competition, where he was a finalist. And he was a semifinalist at the Boston Comedy festival. He also took third in the San Francisco International Comedy Competition. His comedy is high energy, intelligent and physical. But most of all he is funny.
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Fri Dec 18 2009
8:00p
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Chris Barron (Sawtelle Room)
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Chris Barron (of the Spin Doctors) and the Time Bandits - Best known as the lead singer and songw...
Age Limit: All Ages Tickets: $20 advance - $25 at the door
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Show Details: Chris Barron (of the Spin Doctors) and the Time Bandits - Best known as the lead singer and songwriter for the Grammy nominated Spin Doctors, whose debut Pocket Full of Kryptonite sold over 10 million units worldwide with songs, Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong and Two Princes both hit Billboard’s top five. Barron is out in support of his latest release Pancho And The Kid a song-oriented mixture of American musical forms that showcase the beauty, versatility, subtlety and raw emotional power of his memorable voice.
If you're wondering where he's been, 6 or 7 years ago specialists gave Chris a 50% chance of ever talking normally again - let alone singing on a professional level when he was stricken with vocal chord paralysis. Always a fighter, Chris has had a painful but miraclulous marathon recovery. Now he's singing better than ever, winning audiences all over again with the sincerity and that vocal tone that has made his voice recognizable to millions all over the world.
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Fri Dec 18 2009
8:00p
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Paul Geremia (Ballroom)
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Paul Geremia is possibly the greatest living performer of the East Coast and Texas fingerpicking ...
Age Limit: All Ages Tickets: $15 advance - $19 day of show
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Show Details: Paul Geremia is possibly the greatest living performer of the East Coast and Texas fingerpicking and slide styles. He has been called a national treasure. John Hammond says that he'd drive a thousand miles to see Paul play. "When Paul plays Leadbelly, you can close your eyes and swear that it is Leadbelly himself." Paul has created a style which is very much his own combining his interpretations of the music of Blind Lemon Jefferson, Robert Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Scrapper Blackwell and Blind Blake. His superb recordings have made him a critical favorite and place him firmly among the legends who inspired and influenced him over the past four decades. Paul has been traveling far and wide, performing in every capacity from street singing to club and concert bookings throughout the U.S.A., Canada and Europe. He has built a reputation as a first rate bluesman, songwriter, "scholar" of early jazz and blues, and one of the best country blues fingerpickers ever with his tools - six and twelve-string guitars, harmonica, piano and a husky soulful voice.
For more info: www.paulgeremia.org/
Paul has a new DVD from Stefan Grossman's Guitar Artistry Series. You can check it out at:
http://guitarvideos.com/guitarartistry/13109dvd.htm
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