David Alan Coe,Curtis Salgado,Roomfull of Blues,Chuck Mead,Sunny Sweeny,Jeff Bergen's Elvis Show,Outlaw Jim, and MORE @ Knuckleheads 6/22-28/2009
Wednesday 6/24
Chuck Mead (of BR549)
with special guest Outlaw Jim & The Whiskey Benders
He's been known as the co-founder of the three-time Grammy nominated BR549, the honky-tonk heroes that almost single-handedly lit and carried the blowtorch for the mid-90's alternative country explosion. He's been hailed as "The Hillbilly Renaissance Man" for his subsequent successes as a songwriter, performer, producer and musical theater director. Now after more than a decade as one of the most uncompromising and consistent talents in the American roots music movement, Chuck Mead at last emerges with the most anticipated role of his entire career: Solo Artist. With Journeyman's Wager, Chuck Mead throws down the gauntlet with an album that defies all sonic expectations while re-defining his position as one of the hardest-working artists in the business. "I respect the term 'journeyman'," Mead says, "because that's what I consider myself. I've been living by my wits musically for more than 20 years now, going from job to job and doing them all pretty well.
Certainly there's a hustle to what I do, but there's always been a gambling aspect to it, too. With this album, it's finally all me going all-in. It's a record that challenges listeners in a good way. Best of all, I've challenged myself."
Outlaw Jim & The Whiskey Benders
Jim's New Cd is out and he will be doing a CD release party here
8pm $8 adv
Thursday 625
Curtis Salgado (Blues/ R & B /Soul)
Curtis Salgado's musical journey began with his birth in Everett, Washington, in 1954. His family moved to Eugene, Oregon when he was one and he grew up there listening to jazz, and to his father, an aspiring singer of classical music. His ambitions coalesced when, at age 12, he saw Count Basie's band perform in Eugene. Curtis became a part of the burgeoning Northwest blues scene starting in 1972 with a band called Three-Fingered Jack. Eventually he hooked up with up-and-coming guitarist/vocalist Robert Cray, and recorded the album "Who's Been Talking." In six years with Robert, the higher level of visibility enabled Salgado to sit in with the likes of Muddy Waters, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Albert Collins and Bonnie Raitt. Aside from being a tremendous vocalist, Curtis is one of the finest blues harmonica players in the country. In 1979, when John Belushi was in Eugene filming Animal House, he caught Curtis' act and liked what he heard and saw. Curtis took the actor under his wing and schooled him on blues and R & B history, which Belushi soaked up like a sponge, and used a good portion of Curtis' show as the basis for the Blues Brothers act he and Dan Akroyd put together. The first Blues Brothers album was dedicated to Curtis
8pm $13 adv
Friday 6/26
Jeff Bergen's Elvis Show
Jeff Bergen is quickly becoming one of the most exciting and talked about
Elvis Tribute Artists in the industry today.
6:15 pm to 7:30 pm $6 cover at the door
Friday 6/26
Sunny Sweeney
Between having three dogs named Merle, Nash, and Dolly and an East Texas accent so pronounced you could pick her out in a crowded honky-tonk from across the room, Sunny Sweeney is so country she probably snores Loretta Lynn melodies in her sleep. That much was clear long, long before she ever got around to recording her debut album, Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame . So what the hell she thinking when she skipped off to New York City shortly after graduation to pursue a career in theater or comedy instead of conquering the dancehall and opry circuit back home is anyone's guess. Maybe she was just testing herself ? making absolutely sure she was born to be a country singer, not just another pretty young improv-comedian from Longview, Texas, lighting up the Great White Way.
9pm $10 adv
Saturday 6/27
David Allan Coe
with special guest Outlaw Jim & the Whiskey Benders
"I spent a lifetime, Looking for the answers
Somewhere in search of my soul,
I lost it in Nashville, I found it in Austin,
I sold it in New Mexico"
David Allan Coe is an American country music singer who achieved his greatest popularity in the 1970s and 1980s. He has written and performed over 280 original songs throughout his career. As a songwriter, his best-known compositions are "Would You Lay with Me (in a Field of Stone)," originally recorded by Tanya Tucker, and "Take this Job and Shove It.
10 pm $25 adv $30 dos
Sunday 6/28
Roomful of Blues
Roomful of Blues is a horn-driven musical band that plays jump blues. The group was
formed in Westerly, Rhode Island in 1967 by guitarist Duke Robillard and pianist Al Copley. Since then, the band has been continually touring and recording. Their debut album, Roomful of Blues, known as "The first Album" on the CD version, was produced by Doc Pomus and Joel Dorn in 1978.
8pm $16 adv
Chuck Mead (of BR549)
with special guest Outlaw Jim & The Whiskey Benders
He's been known as the co-founder of the three-time Grammy nominated BR549, the honky-tonk heroes that almost single-handedly lit and carried the blowtorch for the mid-90's alternative country explosion. He's been hailed as "The Hillbilly Renaissance Man" for his subsequent successes as a songwriter, performer, producer and musical theater director. Now after more than a decade as one of the most uncompromising and consistent talents in the American roots music movement, Chuck Mead at last emerges with the most anticipated role of his entire career: Solo Artist. With Journeyman's Wager, Chuck Mead throws down the gauntlet with an album that defies all sonic expectations while re-defining his position as one of the hardest-working artists in the business. "I respect the term 'journeyman'," Mead says, "because that's what I consider myself. I've been living by my wits musically for more than 20 years now, going from job to job and doing them all pretty well.
Certainly there's a hustle to what I do, but there's always been a gambling aspect to it, too. With this album, it's finally all me going all-in. It's a record that challenges listeners in a good way. Best of all, I've challenged myself."
Outlaw Jim & The Whiskey Benders
Jim's New Cd is out and he will be doing a CD release party here
8pm $8 adv
Thursday 625
Curtis Salgado (Blues/ R & B /Soul)
Curtis Salgado's musical journey began with his birth in Everett, Washington, in 1954. His family moved to Eugene, Oregon when he was one and he grew up there listening to jazz, and to his father, an aspiring singer of classical music. His ambitions coalesced when, at age 12, he saw Count Basie's band perform in Eugene. Curtis became a part of the burgeoning Northwest blues scene starting in 1972 with a band called Three-Fingered Jack. Eventually he hooked up with up-and-coming guitarist/vocalist Robert Cray, and recorded the album "Who's Been Talking." In six years with Robert, the higher level of visibility enabled Salgado to sit in with the likes of Muddy Waters, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Albert Collins and Bonnie Raitt. Aside from being a tremendous vocalist, Curtis is one of the finest blues harmonica players in the country. In 1979, when John Belushi was in Eugene filming Animal House, he caught Curtis' act and liked what he heard and saw. Curtis took the actor under his wing and schooled him on blues and R & B history, which Belushi soaked up like a sponge, and used a good portion of Curtis' show as the basis for the Blues Brothers act he and Dan Akroyd put together. The first Blues Brothers album was dedicated to Curtis
8pm $13 adv
Friday 6/26
Jeff Bergen's Elvis Show
Jeff Bergen is quickly becoming one of the most exciting and talked about
Elvis Tribute Artists in the industry today.
6:15 pm to 7:30 pm $6 cover at the door
Friday 6/26
Sunny Sweeney
Between having three dogs named Merle, Nash, and Dolly and an East Texas accent so pronounced you could pick her out in a crowded honky-tonk from across the room, Sunny Sweeney is so country she probably snores Loretta Lynn melodies in her sleep. That much was clear long, long before she ever got around to recording her debut album, Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame . So what the hell she thinking when she skipped off to New York City shortly after graduation to pursue a career in theater or comedy instead of conquering the dancehall and opry circuit back home is anyone's guess. Maybe she was just testing herself ? making absolutely sure she was born to be a country singer, not just another pretty young improv-comedian from Longview, Texas, lighting up the Great White Way.
9pm $10 adv
Saturday 6/27
David Allan Coe
with special guest Outlaw Jim & the Whiskey Benders
"I spent a lifetime, Looking for the answers
Somewhere in search of my soul,
I lost it in Nashville, I found it in Austin,
I sold it in New Mexico"
David Allan Coe is an American country music singer who achieved his greatest popularity in the 1970s and 1980s. He has written and performed over 280 original songs throughout his career. As a songwriter, his best-known compositions are "Would You Lay with Me (in a Field of Stone)," originally recorded by Tanya Tucker, and "Take this Job and Shove It.
10 pm $25 adv $30 dos
Sunday 6/28
Roomful of Blues
Roomful of Blues is a horn-driven musical band that plays jump blues. The group was
formed in Westerly, Rhode Island in 1967 by guitarist Duke Robillard and pianist Al Copley. Since then, the band has been continually touring and recording. Their debut album, Roomful of Blues, known as "The first Album" on the CD version, was produced by Doc Pomus and Joel Dorn in 1978.
8pm $16 adv
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