Hi all of you NC/SC Americana Fans: Time for the weekly update for the Charlotte Americana Showcase, held weekly at the Double Door Inn, 9:00 PM $5.00 cover. This Tuesday, February 16th: Lenny Federal hosts with Michael Reno Harrell and special guests Elena Skye and the Demolition String Band Elena along with Charlotte native Boo Reiners and the rest of the Demolition Stringers have been delivering their fresh take on retro honky tonk for the last 5 years in NYC. They are regulars at Greg Garing's Alphabet City Opry (the NYC version of our Showcase) and were recently part of the Hank Williams Birthday Tribute. Skye began playing bluegrass at age 14 and studied mandolin with Kenneth "Jethro" Burns (Homer & Jethro). Boo began playing 5-string banjo in NC and he has played with musicians ranging from Brian Setzer, Donald Fagen, Steve Earle to Freedy Johnson. The band is currently touring in support of their debut release, "One Dog Town" - "performances .. by an eclectic cast of musicians who converged where honk-a-billy swagger, good bluegrass raisin' and some rock and roll battle scars nudge, bump and grind into each other in an oilydirt lot at a county fairgrounds." Come on out Tuesday night - we don't want Boo's bandmates thinkin' that NYC audiences are better than his homies'!!! Maxx MaxxMusic & The Charlotte Americana Showcase
