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Friday October 14th & Saturday October 15th
There's a big ol' festival going on in Dumbo Brooklyn. The galleries will be open to the public, the baby-strollers will be hogging the sidewalks and, as always, New York's own Jan Bell will be curating some of New Yorks best musical showcases.
The music will vary from American old-time to gypsy-punk-surf-rock, to Macedonean dances to honkey-tonk to, well, a little of everytthing. The lineup is as follows:
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Friday, October 14th
10:00 pm
Rodeo Bar
375 Third avenue
Corner of 27th St.
Manhattan
Full Dinner Menu
Free
Wayne "The Train" Hancock has been called "the master of hillbilly swing," a "roots Renaissance man," a "country singer's country singer" and "Hank Williams meets Gershwin." But the phrase most frequently echoed throughout his career is "Wayne Hancock is the real deal." Joe Ely said it, Hank Williams III said it, Bobby Koefer from the Texas Playboys said it, as have countless music fans and writers when referring to Hancock's authentic and original blend of honky tonk, western swing, blues and big band that he calls "juke joint swing!"
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Tuesday, October 11th
9:00 pm
Freddy's Back Room
485 Dean St.
Corner of 6th Avenue
Brooklyn
There's a benefit goin' on down at Freddy's Back Room. All proceeds will go to hurrican relief. There are apparently a number of bands playing (I've even heard a rumor that the Spunk Lads may make an appearance), however, the only confirmed listing I have is for the Jug Addicts. Think of it as a suprise. Go on down to Freddy's, support a good cause and see what the night may have to offer.
Bill Carney's Jug Addicts apply the twinning principal utilized by Ornette Coleman's early 60s groups and the Max Roach's Double Quartet to the jug band idiom. The result is a particularly robust and raucous jug band sound free of any archival obsessiveness. Comprised of jug band veterans culled from the Don't Look Now Jug Band, MetroPolecats, and Pork Chop, the Jug Addicts' repertoire draws from early jazz, tin pan alley, ragtime, and string band music, along with the classic jug band canon.
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Saturday, October 8th
4:00 pm - 2:00 am
The Hook
8 Commerce St.
Between Richards and Columbia
Red Hook, Brooklyn
A North-South battle of the bands to benefit the New Orleans Musicians Clinic (NOMC). This annual festival of rockabilly, country, beer and men in oversized caps brings together twenty-two bands from around the country to play music, whine over the lack of unblemished skin left to get tattooed and swill North Carolina Moonshine.
All the proceeds from this years festival will be donated to help musicians who were displaced by hurricane Katrina.
I'm not sure exactly what the schedule is but I do know the bands who are playing.
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Thursday, October 20th
Kings County Opry
Freddy's Back Room
485 Dean St. at 6th Ave.
Brooklyn
8:30 pm
Free
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The evening starts at 8:30 pm with a song circle featuring all the night's acts as they jam and croon away on whatever songs strike their fancy. Following the circle three bands play an hour set. Sir His Highness El Presidente Doc Oscar books amazing bands every month and you can be assured an evening steeped deep in the hills of traditional American song.
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Saturday, October 8th
10:00 pm
Lillie's
46 Beard St.
Corner of Dwight St.
Red Hook, Brooklyn
FREE
On the second saturday of every month Alex Battles puts together a great (and free) country music showcase at Lillie's bar in Red Hook. Come on out and join in the fun with this great music and your old friend beer.
The October lineup is:
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The Roulette Sisters are an all-girl trio in the tradition of the Boswell and the Andrews Sisters, these sisters play an American repertoire that spans the Carter Family, Bessie Smith, Leadbelly, Pink Anderson, Memphis Minnie, Papa Charlie Jackson as well as original compositions. The sisters are rumored to have different fathers, but don't you go spreading rumors - they are strong believers in their own kind of familiy values. - and they can probably kick your ass anyway.
They have a very busy October this year. If you don't make it to at least one of their shows you'll kick yourself until the new year.
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Saturday, September 10th
10:00 pm
Lillie's
46 Beard St.
Corner of Dwight St.
Red Hook, Brooklyn
FREE
The 2nd Saturday of every month will feature a free country music showcase at Lillie's. The September show features Sweet William, The Crevulators, and the Banjorama! Anarchy Jam on the outdoor stage. Come on out and join in the fun with this great music and your old friend beer.
The lineup is:
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Thursday, September 8th
7:30 pm
Southpaw
125 5th Ave.
at St. John’s Place
Park Slope, Brooklyn
$7
One great night. Four footstompin' acts.
Thank the lords of train hoppin' there's gonna be another Jugfest at Southpaw. What's could possibly be better than pretending hobos are still riding the rails, cigarettes are sold by beautiful women wandering through speakeasies with trays of goodies, moonshining is a necessity and amplification doesn't exist. Come listen to four of New York's best jug bands perform right in your backyard.
The lineup is:
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Tuesday, August 30th
9:00 pm
FREE
Lakeside Lounge
162 Avenue B at E 10th St.
East Village
Manhattan
The East River String Band plays old Delta/Ragtime blues covers and some originals too. Sets include songs by Robert Johnson, Skip James, Hokum Boys, Memphis Jug Band, Mississippi Sheiks, and more!
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