Knuckleheads Saloon

THE place for live music, be it blues, honky-tonk, rockabilly, or whatever, in the Kansas City area! Knuckleheads Saloon is the greatest roadhouse, honky-tonk and blues bar around!

Sunday, July 05, 2009

Leon Russell, Webb Wilder, Reverand Peyton's Big Damn Band, Didley Squat, John Nemeth, and MORE @ Knuckleheads 7/6 - 7/12/2009

Wednesday 7/8
Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band (Blues)
Although the family-based act which is comprised of fingerstyle guitarist Reverend Peyton, his wife and washboard player Breezy Peyton, and drummer/brother Jayme Peyton have only been around for three years, in that time period these country-blues aficionados from rural Indiana have played more than 250 shows annually and logged more miles on their van than most acts who have been around for a decade.
8pm $10 adv
www.bigdamnband.com

Thursday 7/9
Diddley Squat (Blues)
Diddley Squat is an Original Texas Blues Band in the style of all the greats such as T-Bone Walker & John Lee Hooker.
8pm
www.dsquat.com

Friday 7/10
Leon Russell
with special guest John Nemeth
Leon Russell is a music legend and perhaps the most accomplished and versatile musicianin the history of rock 'n roll. In his distinguished and unique 50 year career, he has played on, arranged, written and/or produced some of the best records in popular music. Leon has played on pop, rock, blues, country, bluegrass, standards, gospel, and surf records. As a session musician, arranger, producer, singer, songwriter, pianist, guitarist, record company owner, bandleader, and touring musician, he has collaborated with hundreds of artists, including Glen Campbell, Joe Cocker, Willie Nelson, Edgar Winter, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, J.J. Cale, David Gates, Bruce Hornsby, Hal Blaine, Tommy Tedesco, Bobby "Boris" Pickett, B.B. King, Freddie King, Bill Wyman, Steve Cropper, Carl Radle, Chuck Blackwell, Don Preston, Jesse Ed Davis, Rita Coolidge, Gram Parsons, Barbra Streisand, Ike & Tina Turner, Ricky Nelson, Herb Alpert, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, Ann-Margret, Dean Martin, Marvin Gaye, Dave Mason, Steve Winwood, and groups such as Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, The Monkees, The Astronauts, The Accents, The Fencemen, The Ventures, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, Jan & Dean, Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & The Raiders, The Rolling Stones, The Ronettes, The Crystals, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The Everly Brothers, The Righteous Brothers, The Flying Burrito Brothers.,
John Nemeth is a rising blues star; a singer steeped in the tradition and reminiscent of B.B. King, Ray Charles and Junior Parker, and a harmonica player of riveting intensity and virtuosity.
9pm $20 adv
www.johnnemethblues.com
www.leonrussell.com

Saturday 7/11
Webb Wilder & Three Bad Jacks

with special guest Kevin Gordon
There are roots rockers, and then there's Webb Wilder Hardly a purist, he has described the music he and his band, The Beatnecks, make as Rock for Roots fans and Roots for Rock fans In essence Rock and Roll There�s nothing new about combining R & B, Rock and Roll, Country Blues Pop and Rock The Rolling Stones and the Beatles proved that it can yield marvelous and diverse results I said he wasn't a PURIST.
I didn't say he wasn't very PICKY about the quality of the music That includes everything from the sonics of the recordings, the choice of players, the influences he draws on, the songs he chooses to cover, or how attentive he is to the craftsmanship of his own songs.
Three Bad Jacks
The self-proclaimed Last Of The Full Grown Men hasn�t limited his creativity to the music business A little wheeling and dealing at the crossroads, a quick slap to an upright bass and a smokin' beat. Add to the mix the guitar chops of Elvis Suissa and Three Bad Jacks music comes in to stretch the borders of rock. Three Bad Jacks are the bastard sons of rock and roll greats like Elvis Presley, Joe Strummer, Johnny Cash and Joey Ramone. This full throttle trio fuses the best parts of rock, punk and rockabilly into a unique sound that defies any label or category
"Kevin Gordon's 'O Come Look At The Burning' may be the least classifiable of the "Nashville Underground" lot but perhaps the best, with a strange assortment of swamp rock, blues and literate lyrics."--Playboy, September 2006
8:30 pm $15 adv
www.myspace.com/kevingordonmusic
www.threebadjacks.com
www.webbwilder.com