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TUESDAY, MARCH 17
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TAB BENOIT
St. Patrick's Day with
SHORT ROAD HOME
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Eat Drink, Listen Closely*
Guitarist
ANDY McKEE with JOEL TIPKE
Tickets $ 10 adv • S13 at the door
FRIDAY, MARCH 13
Tickets $ 15 adv • $20 at the door
SATURDAY, MARCH 14
THE HUSHPUPPIES
w/ ERICA SUNSHINE LEE
Tickets $10 adv • $12 at the door
SUNDAY, MARCH 15
, m )HEIDI HENSLEY
V m-y CD RELEA ^ E PARTY w/ SONIA LEIGH
Tickets $7 adv • $10 at.the door
Tickets $5 adv • $8 at the door
Irish Food & Drink
Sperials Ail Night
Monthly Jazz Series with
SQUAT
Tickets $5 adv • $7 at the door
THURSDAY, MARCH 19
FRIDAY, MARCH 20
An Evening of Louisiana Creole Roofs Music and Zydeco |
w/ CEDRIC WATSON & BIJOU CREOLE \
Tickets $10 adv • $13 at the door
SATURDAY, MARCH 28
THE GOURDS
CD RELEASE PARTY
Tickets $15 adv • $17 at the door
3/27 - VAL EMMICH w/ SONS OF WILLIAM
3/29 - ARI HEST and TIM BRANTLEY w/ DAVID KOON
4/3 • Hillary Lindsey Songwrilers tn the Round
presented by The Tumarnofors (benefitting the
Children’s Tumor Foundation)
COMING SOON
4/4 - TOMMY TALTON CD Release w/ LINGO
4/18 • An Evening with the DAN TYMINSKI BAND
4/24 • NORMALTOWN FLYERS 30th Anniversary Show
4-25 ■ Evening with JIM,MY HERRING BAND
All doors at 6pm and ail shows 18 + up. Bring in this ad for 2 for 1 admission!
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BLUEGRASS SERIES
$3 All the time • Every Tuesday
7-10pm • $1 OFF TERRAPIN
MARCH 10
BUCK & NELSON
JOHN STRAW'S
WEDNESDAY BLUES
LOCAL, REGIONAL & NATIONAL BLUES ACTS
MUSIC 8-11 PM • $5 ALL THE TIME
MARCH 11
BIG DON BAND
MARCH 18
BLUES CROSSING
MARCH 24
THE SUGGINS BROTHERS
MARCH 31
KORT McCUMBER &
McCUMBERLAND GAP
MARCH 25
ROCKIN'JAKE
OUR MUSIC EDITOR’S WEEKLY PICKS
It was due time Flagpole stopped worrying
and learned to love the blog. As we continue
to iron out the wrinkles of the revised www.
flagpole.com, you will find a shiny new gem
stone on the music page: Homedrone. So
far we've recruited music writer Jeff Tobias
and seasoned blog-pro Jordan "Athens Music
Junkie" Stepp to keep the blog filled with
local music musings and multi-media. I'll pop
in there as well from time to time with late
breaking news, and you'll likely see other
Flagpole writers making surprise appearances.
Also, remember to check out our other online
exclusives such as live music reviews and the
art and culture blog, The Exhibitionists. Don't
miss "Don't Miss," either—if you don't see it
in these pages, you are sure to find it online,
updated weekly. For the computer illiterate,
never fear—you don't need an Internet con
nection to enjoy these fine shows.
The Ultimate CCR Tribute: This isn't your
typical cover band! Tonight features perfor
mances by celebrated local songwriter Bain
Mattox plus Atlanta's The Beggar's Guild
and Augusta's Edison Project. These artists
should be well suited for the evening, with all
three having often drawn inspiration from the
sounds of Heartland rock. Each act will play a
short set of originals plus a couple Credence
Ben Clack and Mercer West they are calling
"Magic: The Gathering."(Rye Bar, Friday 13)
Wovenhand: David Eugene Edwards, formerly
of 16 Horsepower, makes a rare appearance
Friday with his solo project Wovenhand. He
last came to Athens about a year ago, per
forming as a duo with drummer Ordy Garrison.
There is a Christian message in Edwards' music,
but the songs' rich spirituality is more striking
than any dogma. Wovenhand feels epic, like it
was born from the depths of the Earth itself,
risen from volcanos and sent thundering down
white water rapids. Edwards' husky voice,
backed by gothic harmonies, seems to conjure
mystical Native-American chants rather than
church pews and Bible school. Wovenhand
isn't blissful, blind praise—it's fire and brim
stone, death and loss, light and shadow.
Wovenhead speaks to the staggering depths
of faith, the struggle and humility demanded
of God's most loyal servants. Even if you are
not among the believers, the cinematic beauty
of Edwards' music is staggering just the same.
(40 Watt, Friday 13)
Heidi Hensley Band: Local songwriter and
artist Heidi Hensley is celebrating the release
of her new album A Record of Wrongs tonight.
We hope to have a review in print very soon,
Clearwater Revival covers, and then the acts
will combine, Captain-Planet-style, to form a
"superband," taking on CCR classics for the
rest of evening. (40 Watt Club, Thursday 12)
Everthus the Deadbeats: "There's a hole in
my side and my guts are hanging out, what's
that all about?" asks this quirky Indianapolis
band in "John Kill Visits the Doctors." The
theatrical, slightly eerie number sounds like
Queen penning the soundtrack for a Tim
Burton film. In fact, all the tunes have the
bouncy feel of a an irreverent musical, some
times soaring with '60s powerpop and other
times more darkly psychedelic. Everthus the
Deadbeats is a bit more subdued than, say,
Man Man, but fans of experimental, slightly
wacky rock will find a lot to smile about here.
Also on the bill tonight is Dark Meat, play
ing an acoustic set. I just hope there will
be enough room in the intimate confines of
Rye Bar for additional audience members to
squeeze in. This show is part of a three-day
extravaganza of bookings by local promoters
but the tracks previewed online at www.mys-
pace.com/heidihensleymusic seem to show
case very polished contemporary rock that
lives up to her claim of being the "love child
of Bono, Sting and Sheryl Crow." (Melting
Point, Sunday 15)
A Mi Ami: I've seen a lot of bands make
wild declarations about their disparate influ
ences, and when I saw "'60s free jazz, dub,
minimalism, disco and African music" all in
one sentence on Mi Ami's bio, I was skeptical
at best. But truth be told, this trio offers all
of that and more. Mi Ami has deconstructed
dance music and rebuilt it, offering at times *
a chaotic, tribal energy and at others times
a more subdued trip, a mellow, jazzy cod
down-beat dub mix. Perhaps not surprisingly,
Mi Ami features two members from the now
defunct hyper-percussive Dischord act Black
Eyes. This show is also part of "Magic: The
Gathering."(Farm 255, Sunday 15)
Michelle Gilzenrat music@tlagpole.com
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