Chris Hillman, The Wilders, Ana Popovic, The Nace Brothers, and MORE @ Knuckleheads 6/15 - 6/21/2009
Wednesday 6/17
Ana Popovic (Blues)
with special guest Miss Major & Her Minor Mood Swings
"I am born of modern times, so I think that we should bring Blues to the mainstream and do it by modern looks, grooves, rhythms and arrangements - that is what I do! I do miss bands that have their own signature, especially with the Blues - people tend to copy a lot, people tend to sound like Stevie Ray or Jimmie Vaughan."
with Miss Major & her Minor Mood Swings
7:30 pm $10 adv
www.anapopovic.com
Thursday 6/18
Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen
Chris Hillman:
He is a folkie who wound up in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. He is a journeyman sideman who wound up singing lead on 10 top-10 country smash hits. He is a bluegrass mandolin picker who detoured to three Gold Records in rock bands. He is a self-taught composer who wound up cowriting some of the cornerstone songs of the country-rock repertoire. In the beginning, he was just another curly-headed, guitar-playing kid from Southern California. But his life in music has taken him through several of the major movements that have defined modern American pop -- folk-rock, hippie psychedelia, country-rock, jazz fusion, contemporary country and modern bluegrass. His name is Chris Hillman. During his three decades as a music maker, his laborators have included Emmylou Harris, Stephen Stills, Vern Gosdin, David Crosby, Gram Parsons, Dan Fogelberg, J.D. Souther, Bob Dylan, and Roger McGuinn. He has been a member of The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers and The Desert Rose Band. He is a living history of popular music. But since he is nowhere near finished making memories, that's a book he's not ready to write.
Herb Pedersen:
Herb began his career in Berkeley, California in the early 60's playing 5 string banjo and acoustic guitar with people like David Grisman, Butch Waller, David Nelson, and Jerry Garcia. For the last thirty years, Herb has lived in southern California, and participated in select music groups, either in recording, or traveling on the road doing concerts. His recording discography is like a who's who of the singer/songwriter scene, so prevalent in the 70s and 80s. His own groups, like The Desert Rose Band, and The Laurel Canyon Ramblers, show why Herb is so respected in the industry. With his lifelong pal, Chris Hillman, Herb is in the process of continuing the type of music they both grew up playing and singing. There is a work in progress most of the time and that's the way Herb likes it.
8pm $20 adv $25 dos
www.herbpedersen.com
www.chrishillman.com
Friday 6/19
Greg Brown
Greg Brown's mother played electric guitar, his grandfather played banjo, and his father was a Holy Roller preacher in the Hacklebarney section of Iowa, where the Gospel and music are a way of life. Brown's first professional singing job came at age 18 in New York City, running hootenannies (folksinger get-togethers) at the legendary Gerdes Folk City. After a year, Brown moved west to Los Angeles and Las Vegas, where he was a ghostwriter for Buck Ram, founder of the Platters. Tired of the fast-paced life, Brown traveled with a band for a few years, and even quit playing for a while before he moved back to Iowa and began writing songs and playing in midwestern clubs and coffeehouses.Brown's songwriting has been lauded by many, and his songs have been performed by Willie Nelson, Carlos Santana, Michael Johnson,
Shawn Colvin, and Mary Chapin Carpenter. He has also recorded more than a dozen albums, including his 1986 release, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, when he put aside his own songwriting to set poems of William Blake to music. One Big Town, recorded in 1989, earned Brown three and a half stars in Rolling Stone, chart-topping status in AAA and The Gavin Report's Americana rankings and Brown's first Indie Award from NAIRD (National Association of Independent Record Distributors). The Poet Game, his 1994 CD, received another Indie award from NAIRD. His critically acclaimed 1996 release, Further In, was a finalist for the same award. Rolling Stone's four-star review of Further In called Brown "a wickedly sharp observer of the human condition." 1997's Slant 6 Mind (Red House Records) earned Brown his second Grammy nomination. His latest CD, One Night (Red House), is a re-release of a 1983 live performance originally on Minneapolis' Coffeehouse Extemporé ’ecords.
9pm $25 adv $30 dos
www.gregbrown.com
Saturday 6/20
The Wilders Old Time country)
with special guest The Rural Grit All Stars (
"Someone's Got to Pay" judged Best Alt-Country Album
We are honored to take top prize for our album in the Independent Music Awards.
check out our nomination for Best Americana Song (Ike's "Hey Little Darlin")
AND Best Alternative Country Album ("Someone's Got to Pay")!
9pm $12 adv
The Wilders - "Hey, Little Darlin"
The Wilders - Honky Tonk Habit (live)
www.wilderscountry.com
Sunday 6/21
The Nace Brothers Annual Fathers Day Tribute to the Late and Great Johnny Nace
If you like real honky tonk country music you will love this. Dad?s guitar playing and singing is at it?s best. With lots of steel guitar and even some glass breaking in the background. The last seven songs are recorded live at Maxines in 1977. They feature, Dad?s partner of twenty-five years on the steel guitar, Joe Green. His tone and authenticity toward this music is unbelievable. The way they trade solos and then twin the melody, it?s like a country music jam band. I highly recommend it.
6:30pm $8 adv
The Nace Brothers on youtube
www.nacebros.com
Ana Popovic (Blues)
with special guest Miss Major & Her Minor Mood Swings
"I am born of modern times, so I think that we should bring Blues to the mainstream and do it by modern looks, grooves, rhythms and arrangements - that is what I do! I do miss bands that have their own signature, especially with the Blues - people tend to copy a lot, people tend to sound like Stevie Ray or Jimmie Vaughan."
with Miss Major & her Minor Mood Swings
7:30 pm $10 adv
www.anapopovic.com
Thursday 6/18
Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen
Chris Hillman:
He is a folkie who wound up in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. He is a journeyman sideman who wound up singing lead on 10 top-10 country smash hits. He is a bluegrass mandolin picker who detoured to three Gold Records in rock bands. He is a self-taught composer who wound up cowriting some of the cornerstone songs of the country-rock repertoire. In the beginning, he was just another curly-headed, guitar-playing kid from Southern California. But his life in music has taken him through several of the major movements that have defined modern American pop -- folk-rock, hippie psychedelia, country-rock, jazz fusion, contemporary country and modern bluegrass. His name is Chris Hillman. During his three decades as a music maker, his laborators have included Emmylou Harris, Stephen Stills, Vern Gosdin, David Crosby, Gram Parsons, Dan Fogelberg, J.D. Souther, Bob Dylan, and Roger McGuinn. He has been a member of The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers and The Desert Rose Band. He is a living history of popular music. But since he is nowhere near finished making memories, that's a book he's not ready to write.
Herb Pedersen:
Herb began his career in Berkeley, California in the early 60's playing 5 string banjo and acoustic guitar with people like David Grisman, Butch Waller, David Nelson, and Jerry Garcia. For the last thirty years, Herb has lived in southern California, and participated in select music groups, either in recording, or traveling on the road doing concerts. His recording discography is like a who's who of the singer/songwriter scene, so prevalent in the 70s and 80s. His own groups, like The Desert Rose Band, and The Laurel Canyon Ramblers, show why Herb is so respected in the industry. With his lifelong pal, Chris Hillman, Herb is in the process of continuing the type of music they both grew up playing and singing. There is a work in progress most of the time and that's the way Herb likes it.
8pm $20 adv $25 dos
www.herbpedersen.com
www.chrishillman.com
Friday 6/19
Greg Brown
Greg Brown's mother played electric guitar, his grandfather played banjo, and his father was a Holy Roller preacher in the Hacklebarney section of Iowa, where the Gospel and music are a way of life. Brown's first professional singing job came at age 18 in New York City, running hootenannies (folksinger get-togethers) at the legendary Gerdes Folk City. After a year, Brown moved west to Los Angeles and Las Vegas, where he was a ghostwriter for Buck Ram, founder of the Platters. Tired of the fast-paced life, Brown traveled with a band for a few years, and even quit playing for a while before he moved back to Iowa and began writing songs and playing in midwestern clubs and coffeehouses.Brown's songwriting has been lauded by many, and his songs have been performed by Willie Nelson, Carlos Santana, Michael Johnson,
Shawn Colvin, and Mary Chapin Carpenter. He has also recorded more than a dozen albums, including his 1986 release, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, when he put aside his own songwriting to set poems of William Blake to music. One Big Town, recorded in 1989, earned Brown three and a half stars in Rolling Stone, chart-topping status in AAA and The Gavin Report's Americana rankings and Brown's first Indie Award from NAIRD (National Association of Independent Record Distributors). The Poet Game, his 1994 CD, received another Indie award from NAIRD. His critically acclaimed 1996 release, Further In, was a finalist for the same award. Rolling Stone's four-star review of Further In called Brown "a wickedly sharp observer of the human condition." 1997's Slant 6 Mind (Red House Records) earned Brown his second Grammy nomination. His latest CD, One Night (Red House), is a re-release of a 1983 live performance originally on Minneapolis' Coffeehouse Extemporé ’ecords.
9pm $25 adv $30 dos
www.gregbrown.com
Saturday 6/20
The Wilders Old Time country)
with special guest The Rural Grit All Stars (
"Someone's Got to Pay" judged Best Alt-Country Album
We are honored to take top prize for our album in the Independent Music Awards.
check out our nomination for Best Americana Song (Ike's "Hey Little Darlin")
AND Best Alternative Country Album ("Someone's Got to Pay")!
9pm $12 adv
The Wilders - "Hey, Little Darlin"
The Wilders - Honky Tonk Habit (live)
www.wilderscountry.com
Sunday 6/21
The Nace Brothers Annual Fathers Day Tribute to the Late and Great Johnny Nace
If you like real honky tonk country music you will love this. Dad?s guitar playing and singing is at it?s best. With lots of steel guitar and even some glass breaking in the background. The last seven songs are recorded live at Maxines in 1977. They feature, Dad?s partner of twenty-five years on the steel guitar, Joe Green. His tone and authenticity toward this music is unbelievable. The way they trade solos and then twin the melody, it?s like a country music jam band. I highly recommend it.
6:30pm $8 adv
The Nace Brothers on youtube
www.nacebros.com
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