WARNING: SOME TWANG CONTENT!!!!
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LAST TIME ONLY ONE PERSON ASKED TO BE REMOVED, but I think their shoes were
too tight or something. 8 more people signed up for BLATANT PLUGS, so maybe
that means a couple of them will start showing up for gigs. Right now we a
bunch of folks are getting blatant plugs! (Might count em someday!)
READ THIS, PRINT THIS OUT
THIS THANG IS GETTING JAM PACKED WITH MORE AND MORE BLATANT PLUGS
AND NOT JUST MEMPHIS ANYMORE.... so look close!!!.... Several updates are
included, so hang onto this to refer to when you are looking for something to
do other than Baywatch! (I am trying to organize this by dates for you, but
some touring bands are included by band at the end)....... SEE JIM ROLL!!!!
(driving in a backseat near you!)
WEVL PLEDGE DRIVE IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW!!!!!! Listen to my show "Car Tunes"
on Monday and make a pledge..... please. VAN DUREN and TOMMY HOEHN are going
to be performing LIVE IN THE AIR ROOM. They have a new record out that is
cool, and they may even bring a few as pledge incentives...... jes do that
thang you do. Pick up the phone and call. In Memphis it is (901) 528-1990 or
pledge onlive at www.wevl.org
SIGN THE GUEST BOOK TOO!!!
GILLIAN WELCH tonight (Sat April 10) at Newby's
Delta Joe Sanders is at the Poplar Lounge on Thursday nights, I think. Or
atleast that is what I saw printed somewhere. If he is not, they need to have
him there. I'd rather watch Joe at the Pop Lounge than just go to the lounge
without him... Call first.
These are the Blatant Plugs from East Frayser, otherwise known as Raliegh in
the burbs of Memphis, Tennessee. No extra charge for type-ohs!
Joe Sanders is at the Front Street Deli during Happy Hours on Fridays. Those
of us who know Joe, know that the hours are always happy with him around.
(Can ya tell I love JOE?)
The Riverbluff Clan is at the Poplar Lounge on Friday nights, then at the
Hi-Tone on Sunday nights
APRIL 20 is the next songwriter night ar JUSTINS! Featuring Justice Natchez,
Klaudia Ploderer, and Roy Brewer and ME. Show time is at 7:30 assuming
someone does not get lost on the way to the gig!!!
"This is a public service announcement - with guitar!'' Joe Strummer
Ronnie Dawson is at the Hi-Tone on April 22
THE DAILY PLANET IS STILL DOING AN OPEN MIKE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS
THE STAGE STOP (God help us from spandex) is still doing an open acoustic
thang on Sunday nights with cheap steaks, and a Band Jam on Tuesday nights.
Actually, last time I went to the Stage Stop I did not see any spandex, that
was an eighties thing, so get off yer asses and JAM DUDES! The times, they be
a changing!
at Huey's Downtown (of course the crowds are always better in midtown)
Talkin' about DIANE PRICE and her Boyfriends
Yes, though Hueys has thrown out their Sunday Jazz Policy after nearly 20
years, you can still hear a couple of members of the Midtown Jazzmobile
backing up the Empress of Memphis Barrelhouse Piano at Hueys Downtown on the
following Sunday afternoons from 4 - 7 : April 11th
April 25th You can expect to hear plenty of sultry blusey numbers from her
new cd release, A Good Man is Hard to Find which of course will be
shamelessly hawked from the tiny bandstand in the window. ALSO LOOK FOR DI
ANNE May 9th, Huey's Downtown 4-7pm; May 23rd-Huey's Midtown 4-7pm; May
30th-Huey's Downtown 4-7pm Though Huey's 19-year Sunday jazz policy has
gone the way of the
Esso service station, you can still hear a couple of players from the old
Midtown Jazz Mobile with Di Anne Price and her Boyfriends Stop by Di Anne's
website at: www.DiannePrice.com
The Peabody rooftops open TAX DAY!!!!! April 15 with Kevin Paige.
The Memphis Songwriter Association Silver Anniversary celebration will be
held at the Black Diamond on Beale Street on Sunday, April 18 from 2-6 pm.
EVERYONE IS INVITED!!!! A bunch of songwriter types will be there (imagine
that)... some will even play!!!! Those that I know of (besides me) include
Kim Richardson, Jimmy Davis and Tommy Burroughs and I am sure many more will
be plugged as soon as I find out who they are!
The Mid-town Rhythm & Blues party to benefit Porter Leath Children's
Charities is being held at Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects (outdoors,
indoors, & the courtyard), 1500 Union Ave. on APRIL 24. Kevin Paige hits the
stage at 8:30 to get the crowd pumped up and going early, while Southern
Lights & The Memphis Sound keep it going late with the widest mix of music in
the mid-south.
Native Son will have a CD release party at Newby's on Thursday Night, April
29th 9:00 PM. Tell Wayne howdy..........
AND THAT SAME NIGHT APRIL 29 at the Black Diamond on Beale is the next Keith
Sykes Songwriter Showcase featuring the GREAAAAT Earl Randal, along with
Roger Cook and Gerry Finney. Hey, Roger and Gerry are cool, but damn, EARL IS
THE MAN!!!!! (Gonna tear that play house down daddy!) Showtime around 8 PM $10
Every other Thursday at Kudzu you can find Philip Jaynes and Parker Anderson,
who also host an open mike every Tuesday night at the Cockeyed Camel
Heavy Blues Chevy is to perform in Union City, TN, Fri , April 30th, and
Sat., May 1st, (both 9:pm) at a club called "Shenanigan's". It's the only
club there, so it shouldn't be hard to find. They will do thier usual
Allmans/ Hendrix/ Trower retro selections along with some of the original
material from their new disc ya'll need to go out and buy.... Also, plans are
in the works for a Memphis CD release party soon.
Bruce Flett and the BLUEBIRDS will be hitting Memphis 4/30 - 5/1 and playing
at The Blues City Cafe. These guys are so much fun and really sound great.
Bruce's brother, Buddy Flett, plays killer guitar and they always make the
bar crowds crazy. (Buddy wrote two songs that made it on to Johnny Adams'
last CD)
COMING MAY 5 is the next Nancy Apple Songwriter Night at the SOUTH END. Well,
maybe. I am still depressed from the lousy turnout at the last one. SO WHAT
IS THE DEAL? Do you want to hear Memphis music or not? I was so bumbed out I
just got toasted and my part of the sucked, so I am glad you didn't
come....... Some of y'all must not be reading this becasue there was NO ONE
there except a few dedicated diehards..... (thank you Roy and Brenda and
Wayne and you know who you are). Get off yer asses!!!!!!!! (of course, the
Rolling Stones were in town, so that could have had something to do with it
she says to herself to not feel like such a LOOOOOOOOOOOOSERR). If it will
help get you to come to these gigs, I'll see if my significant other will
invite the guys from the naked firefighter calendar. (that might work for you
ladies) I'll make him promise not to mess with the PA anymore (that will make
you boys happy) and I hope to have the club actually make the PA work
properly, rather than rely on the kindness of Reba Russell..... everyone
tells me to face it, that is a great room but no one ever comes out, is it
really jinxed? I hope not. I'm gonna get some High John Root for the place,
and some Run Devil Run Powder!!!
Doing this makes me feel good, especially because there are so many bands
sending me their stuff, and that makes it not so blatantly obvious when I
plug my own gigs. Hey, but I reserve the right to put my stuff all in BOLD
CAPS, ok?? (heeee heeee)
COMING UP MAY 7, 8, & 9
Beale Street Music Festival
I think the line up is on their site www.memphisinmay.org
It is pretty cool
Reba Russell Band
KoKo Taylor
Wilson Picket
Dr. John
Clarece Carter
Booker T
Sheryl Crow
Bobby Blue Bland
Marcia Ball
James Cotton
Billy Lee Riley (about the only real rockabilly there that I have seen so far)
The Bar-Kays
Los Lobos
R.L. Burnside
HANG IT ON YOUR FRIDGE.... THERE IS NEW STUFF IN HERE. WE KNOW WHEN YOU
DELETE, BECAUSE YOU DON'T SHOW UP AT THE GIGS!!!!!
HEY, HERE is what is going on at Barrister's
147 JEFFERSON (in the alley) 527-8662 for info
APRIL
Fri Apr 16-Further, Fragile Porceline Mice, Deadlock, Tanger-8pm--$5.00
Sat Apr 17-11:29 w/ special guest-8pm--$5.00
Wed Apr 21-Skinlab, Black Sun-8pm--$6.00
Thur Apr 22-Filthy Diablo, PolyPlush Cats-8pm--$5.00
Fri Apr 23-Nile, Epoch of Unlight, Copsodomy -8pm--$6.00
Sat Apr 24-Tommy Boy Records…Joydrop w/ Ed and Johnny Romania-8pm--$5.00
Sun Apr 25-Sprungmonkey w/ special guest-8pm--$5.00
Wed Apr 28-Camber, Kayla, Morilla-8pm--$5.00
Thur Apr 29-CadillacVoodoo Choir w/special guest Greg Hisky-8pm--$5.00
MAY
Sat May 8-Buried Alive, In Truth, Clenched Fist, Dissaray, Hardknox-7pm--$5.00
Fri May 14-Joygirl(feat. Melanie from Carcrash) w/ special guest-8pm--$5.00
Sun May 16-Econoline Crush w/ special guest-8pm--$2.92
Tue May 25-Teen Idols, The Lillingtons-8pm--$5.00
Wed May 26-John Wesley Harding w/ Megan Reilly, and, Lucero-8pm--$7.00
Thur May 27-Pro-Pain w/ Pissing Razors & special guest-8pm--$7.00
Sun May 30-Bickley w/ special guest-8pm--$5.00
JUNE
Sat June 5-Avail w/ Boy Sets Fire & By All Means-8pm--$7.00
Thur June 10-Boiler w/ special guest-8pm--$5.00
Mon June 21-Grip Inc. w/ Candiria and special guest-8pm-$10.00 ADV/$12.00
DOOR
The Scott Sudbury Band and Rubber Soul will be appearing at the Stage Stop
May 1st. (AND NO, THEY WILL NOT BE WEARING SPANDEX) This will be the first
time these two Great bands have played together. A GREAT time will be had by
all.
The Cadillac Cowgirl with her Marion Kind (hey, that is the band name of the
day, subject to change at the drop of a hat) will play in Clarksdale,
Mississippi on May 14th at Court Square
We also will be at some other club that night in Clarksdale so I will let ya
know........
May 21 see the The Cadillac Cowgirl with her Marry'n Kind at Kudzu's in
Memphis (notice anything different, which ya like best?)
GUESS WHAT YA'LL!!!!!!
The band got invited by the Twang Gang to play at TwangFest 3 in St. Louis!!!!
Coming up JUNE 10, 11, & 12 at Off Broadway in St. Louis!!!!! Yea Hawwww
Here is the Thursday Night Line Up When We Play on JUNE 10
12am: V-Roys (Knoxville, TN - headliner)
11pm: Jim Roll (Ann Arbor, MI)
10pm: Deliberate Strangers (Pittsburgh, PA)
9pm: Cadillac Cowgirl (aka Nancy Apple) (Memphis, TN)
8pm: Elena Skye and the Demolition String Band (Hoboken, NJ)
(I made my friend's bands bold to blatantly give them a boost!!!!!)
FRIDAY JUNE 11
The Damnations TX (Austin, TX - headliner)
Jim Stringer and the Austin Music Band (Austin, TX)
Hayseed (Nashville, TN)
Gypsy Mechanics (Nashua, NH)
Old Rip (Chicago, IL)
SATURDAY JUNE 12
Dale Watson and His Lone Stars (Austin, TX - headliner)
Ex-Husbands (Nashville, TN) (I don't know them, but love them and would be
proud to claim em as an ex-husband any day!!!!)
Buck Diaz (Philadelphia, PA)
Heartbreak Hill (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Polish Hillbillies (Pittsburgh, PA)
We think you'll agree with us that this is one achingly cool lineup. For all
the latest developments, be sure to check out the Twangfest web site.
The Mary Janes will be at the Daily Planet on Friday June 18
Go see the P2 poster boy when he's in your town. Please. The band needs the
money. Jim Roll Band Tour Dates:
4/16 -- Barking Spider, Cleveland, OH
4/17 -- Pluto's, Pittsburgh, PA
4/22 -- Second Story, Bloomington, IN
4/23 -- Bluebird Cafe, Nashville - Writer's Night (short set - solo)
5/26 -- Schuba's Chicago (w/Silos, Tim Easton) -- *tentative*
6/1-4 -- w/Ray Wiley Hubbard -- Austin, TX -- *tentative*
6/5 -- Kerrville, TX
6/10 -- Twangfest, St. Louis
Any requests for interviews, radio appearances or in stores contact:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ok, that's all I know for now. Hope to see you at a gig soon. If you are a
band that wants to be mentioned in future notices, e-mail me baby!
Love, Nancy
THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE FOR THE MEMPHIS MUSICIANS TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING,
PLEASE PAY THE COVER WITHOUT TOO MUCH BITCHING!
Thanks
(and guest list weezles, we don't mind letting you in for free, but please
refrain from talking throughout the entire show!)
Do you need a band for you next shindig? E-mail me for the
Cadillac Cowgirl
or Nancy Apple and Roy Brewer Unplugged
or Nancy Apple and Roy and Jay Harrington unplugged
or Nancy Apple and Kim Richardson unplugged
or Dr. Rockabilly
or the Roy Brewer Swang Thang (with Nancy on drums once every 10 years)
HELL, Need a band....... Flash money, we will show up and play whatever you
want. We even know Alice Cooper!!!!!
