November 26, 2008 - December 3, 2008
"Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below
and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words."
~ Robert G.
Ingersoll ~
**All shows are in Charlotte, NC, unless stated otherwise**
WED | THU | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED
Wednesday November 26 - Happy Thanksgiving Eve - Happy Birthday Jason Maner!
**Joe
Davis
Solo and Unplugged
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**U-Phonik
Wild Wing Cafe
10pm
http://www.myspace.com/uphonik
**Jared
Allan
Cedar Street Tavern
8pm-11pm
http://www.jaredallan.com
**Simplified (Acoustic w/Clee &
Sheridan)
Ballantyne Village-Village Bistro
14815 John J. Delany
Drive, Ste 150
9pm
http://www.simplifiedmusic.com
**Scoot
Pittman (Trio)
Vesuvio...Ballantyne Village
9pm
http://www.scootmusic.com
**Seven
Minute Bender w/Mr. Invisible
The Visulite Theatre
9pm
http://www.visulite.com
**Standard
Brands
The Pewter Rose
9pm
http://www.pewterose.com
**Bobby
Donaldson, Rick Blackwell or Kerry Brooks, Donnie Marshall, Robin
Rogers
Yesteryear's
9pm-midnight
http://www.robinrogers.com
Thursday November 27 - Happy Thanksgiving!
**Malcolm Holcombe
Rodi
8pm
http://www.rodiworld.com * http://www.malcolmholcombe.com
**Edwin McCain (trio) w/Patrick Davis
The
Neighborhood Theatre
8pm
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com
**MaxxMusic and Landshark Entertainment Present:
The Derek Trucks Band
McGlohon Theatre
8pm
http://www.maxxmusic.com
**Lenny Federal Band
The Comet Grill
9:30pm
http://www.myspace.com/thecometgrill * http://www.myspace.com/lennyfederal
**Soul Survivor featuring Shana Blake of The Near Misses with
Arrie Bozeman & Jeanine Conroy w/Etta Lea of The Near Misses (early
show)
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**The Hot House Hefftones & Lee Neitzel of Transmission
Fields & Russell Howard (late show)
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Hells Bells w/Blanco Diablo
Amos'
Southend
Blanco Diablo will be filming the show for a DVD Release. The First
20 people in line at the door will get a Blanco Diablo emblem T-shirt and be
included in the film! Line starts before 8pm.
http://www.amossouthend.com * http://www.myspace.com/blancodiablo
**Rusty Knox
Summit Coffee
8pm-11pm
Davidson,
NC
http://www.myspace.com/rustyknoxmusic
**The Virginia Reel CD Release w/South Career
Snug
Harbor
11pm
http://www.snugrock.com * http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/the_virginia_reel_finds_its_bass/Content?oid=413584
**MaxxMusic and Landshark Entertainment Present:
Other People
The Visulite Theatre
10pm
http://www.visulite.com
**The Ocie Davis Duo featuring Troy Conn
The Pewter
Rose
9pm
http://www.pewterose.com
**Public Radio, Sent by Ravens and Broadcast Safe
A copy of
Public Radio's new EP included with every ticket
Tremont Music
Hall
9pm
http://www.tremontmusichall.com
**Jared Allan
Therapy
9pm-12am
http://www.jaredallan.com
**Jackson Crossing w/Matter of Fact
The Double Door
Inn
10pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**WNCW-FM
88.7/100.3 FM - Local Color Show
featuring local and regional
artists
Fridays 9:00-11:00 pm
http://www.wncw.org
**Bullship,
Hammer No More the Fingers & Ultimate Optimist
Snug
Harbor
11pm
http://www.snugrock.com
**Bums Lie
w/Satta Tribe
The Double Door Inn
10pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Jared
Allan
Village Bistro
9pm
http://www.jaredallan.com
**MaxxMusic and Landshark Entertainment Present:
The Masonboro Boys
The Visulite Theatre
10pm
http://www.visulite.com
**Yo Mamas
Big Fat Booty Band w/Tropic Culture
The Neighborhood
Theatre
8pm
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com
**Reeve
Coobs & Sarah DeShields & Sallie Mosely of The Beautiful Blue
(early show)
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Scoot
Pittman Trio w/Todd Greene (late show)
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**WNCW-FM
88.7/100.3 FM - Local Color Show
7:00 pm
http://www.wncw.org
Sunday November 30 - Go Panthers! - Happy Birthday Daniel Coston!
**Simplified - TOYS FOR TOTS
CAMPAIGN
Mac's Speed Shop
2511 South Blvd.
Bring a new,
unwrapped toy to donate
9pm
http://www.simplifiedmusic.com
**MaxxMusic
Presents: Kate Campbell CD Release w/Phyllis Tannerfrye
The Evening
Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com
**Beards of
Power, Matthew Paul Butler, The Holly Days and The Have and the Have
Nots
Snug Harbor
9pm
http://www.snugrock.com
**Mannheim
Steamroller
Belk Theatre
**WNCW 88.7
Local Color
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
http://www.wncw.org
**"New
Music & Indie Label" Show 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm and "90
Minutes" (Local Music Show)
WEND 106.5 The End
(every Sunday) Host: Divakar (divakar@1065.com) http://www.1065.com
**"No
Static At All" Radio - an eclectic mix of music by local
musicians
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
hosted by Gael Warning's Jeff
Chester
http://www.myspace.com/nostaticatallfm
**Find Your
Muse Open Mic
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.myspace.com/findyourmuse
**The
Monday Night Allstars
The Double Door Inn
10pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
Tuesday December 2 - Happy Birthday Ben Dungan!
**MaxxMusic
and Landshark Entertainment Present: Hawthorne Heights with
Emery, The Color Fred, Tickle Me Pink, & The Mile After - The Never Sleep
Again Tour
The Visulite Theatre
7pm
http://www.visulite.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com
**Fair Play
featuring Bobby Donaldson (guitar), Donnie Marshall (drums), Tuf (bass) &
Robin Rogers
The Fairview Grill
9:30pm - 1am
5124 Park
Rd.
http://www.fairviewgrill.com
**Red
Rocking Chair (every Tues)
The Comet Grill
http://www.myspace.com/thecometgrill
**Open Mic
at The Bucket Shop (every Tues)
1601 Montford Drive
http://www.myspace.com/tuesdaynightbucketshop
**Dead End
Parking
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
**Tosco
House Party Open Mic
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com
**Scoot
Pittman (Trio)
Vesuvio...Ballantyne Village
9pm
http://www.scootmusic.com
**The
Lights, Fluorescent, Junior Revolution & Junior Astronomers
Snug
Harbor
10pm
http://www.snugrock.com
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Band/Artist/Media News, Features, Announcements and Upcoming
Events
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*** = New Additions This Week
Misc News, Events & Announcements:
***Donations and Investors are still needed to fund Therese Bartholomew's "The Final Gift" Film Documentary featuring music by Rick Spreitzer and The Near Misses. Please see The Charlotte Observer Feature Story: http://www.charlotteobserver.com:80/464/story/287179.html and visit http://www.thefinalgiftfilm.com to VIEW THE TRAILER, find out more and to make a donation. NEW - For every "From the Bottom" CD (FEATURING "NO IDEA" FROM THE FILM) sold from Rick Spreitzer's website, $5 will be donated towards this project. Just mention the film or Therese when ordering. http://www.rickspreitzer.com
***"35 Years of the Blues: The Double Door Inn," - Excerpts & photos from the book now featured in the December issue of Charlotte Magazine. http://www.charlottemagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5686 (or www.charlottemagazine.com and search for Double Door) * http://www.myspace.com/ddithebook
**Jay Garrigan (solo) performing music for “Savage in Limbo” a play by John Patrick Shanley on December 12, 13, 19, 20 at CAST Theater in Charlotte, NC. Reservations Encouraged. CAST Theater, 1118 Clement Ave, For reservations: 704-455-8542
Your Vote Still Counts:
***Annual Elevate Lifestyle Awards - http://www.elevatelifestyle.com/ElevateLifestyleAwards.html
***Vote for your top ten albums of the year on NPR - http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2008/11/the_years_best_cds.html
**Final Round voting for Bruce Hazel & Some Volunteers! beginning Friday November 21, 2008 thru Friday, December 12th. Bruce Hazel and Some Volunteers are one of 13 semi-finalists in an international search for the Best Unsigned Band by Little Steven Van Zandt and Wicked Cool Records. http://www.goldiesgarage.us/index.php?option=com_registration& task=register
Recent Show Reviews, Photos and/or Videos:
***Photos of Carrie Rodriguez, Romantica and Sun Domingo @ The Evening Muse by Monty Chandler - http://montychandler.smugmug.com/Music and a review at http://theeveningmusephotos.blogspot.com/2008/11/romantica-carrie-rodriguez.html
***Videos of Sun Domingo @ The Evening Muse - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yanB27itZFQ
***Photos of The Subdudes @ The Visulite Theatre by Mark Federal - http://s261.photobucket.com/albums/ii76/AFedForFreedom/Subdudes/?albumview=slideshow
***More live show reviews at http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=4811551
Classifieds:
***Charlotte Folk Society Fundraising Instrument
Raffle - December 7, 2008. Winner need not be present to
win.
1 KM-505 Kentucky Artist Deluxe A-Model Mandolin with hardshell case.
Suggested retail price $595. Tickets $2 ea. or 6 for $10
1 handcrafted
Romanian Violin from Keith, Curtis, and Clifton, with case and bow. Value
$1,195. Tickets $5 ea. or 6 for $25.
Buy tickets and get more information at
http://www.folksociety.org.
Radio:
**Listen online to our local and regional bands at Complex Radio - WNCW 88.7FM , CharlotteMusician.com, WGWG 88.3FM (Boiling Springs, NC) and WSGE 91.7FM, as well as those weekly specialty programs mentioned above.
***Please visit these businesses & friends who kindly sponsor and support this newsletter***
***Looking Ahead: (new additions or updates)
^Potential sell out - recommend getting advance
tickets
12/05 - ^A special
evening with David Childers - Rodi
12/05 - Doc
Watson with Richard Watson & Jack Lawrence - The Neighborhood
Theatre
12/06 - ^Old Crow
Medicine Show - The Neighborhood Theatre -
SOLD OUT
12/07 - The Dan Tyminski Band -
McGlohon Theatre
12/09 - Tyler Hilton w/Curtis Peoples - The
Visulite Theatre
12/10 - ^Jukebox the Ghost - The
Evening Muse
12/10 - ^Damien Horne - The
Double Door
12/10 - Sister Hazel w/Andrew Hoover - Amos'
Southend
12/10 - ^David
Byrne - Ovens Auditorium
12/11 - Vertical Horizon -
Pavilion at EpiCentre (rescheduled)
12/12 - ^Patty Larkin - The Evening Muse
12/12 -
Ten out of Tenn - Christmas
Show - The Visulite
Theatre
12/12 - John Legend - Ovens Auditorium
12/12 -
Marc Broussard - The Neighborhood Theatre
12/12 -
Neil Diamond - Time Warner Cable Arena
12/16 - Vince
Gill & Amy Grant - Ovens Auditorium
12/18 - AC/DC
- Time Warner Cable Arena
12/19-20 - Acoustic
Syndicate - The Visulite Theatre
12/23 - Jim
Brickman - Ovens Auditorium
12/26/27/28 - ^The Avett Brothers - The
Orange Peel/Asheville, NC - SOLD
OUT
***New Year's Eve
Shows***
12/30-31 -
^Band of Horses w/The Whigs - The Variety
Playhouse/Atlanta - Chance to Win Tickets Here
12/30-31 - ^The Avett Brothers w/Jason Webley and Auld Lang
Syne - Belk Theatre (12/31 SOLD
OUT)
12/31 - ^Simplified - The
Visulite Theatre
12/31 - Paul Thorn Band - The Neighborhood
Theatre
12/31 - Jamie McLean Band - The Double Door
Inn
12/31 - The Sammies - Snug Harbor
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01/11 - The
Wu-Tang Clan - Amos' Southend
01/14
- David Bromberg - The Neighborhood Theatre
01/14 -
^The Eagles - Time Warner Cable
Arena
01/15 - Girlyman - The Evening Muse
01/17 - The Explorer's Club - The Evening
Muse
01/17 - Two Man Gentleman Band -
The Evening Muse
01/21 - Hammell on Trial - The Evening
Muse
01/22 - The Gourds - The Visulite Theatre
01/22 - ^Keller
Williams - The Neighborhood Theatre
01/23 - The Duhks - The Neighborhood
Theatre
01/24 -
^Alejandro Escovedo - The Neighborhood
Theatre
01/30 - Leon Russell - The
Neighborhood Theatre
01/31 - Citizen Cope w/Alice Smith -
The Neighborhood Theatre
01/31 - ^Tosco Music Party - CPCC
Halton Theatre - Tickets on Sale NOW - featuring Contagious Blues Band,
Desmond Myers, Vinx and More!
02/03
- Brett Dennen - The Orange Peel - Asheville, NC
02/04 - Elf Power w/Vic Chesnutt - The Grey Eagle -
Asheville, NC
02/08 -
Cowboy Junkies - The Orange Peel - Asheville, NC
02/10 - Slipnot - Cricket (Bojangles)
Arena
02/14 - The Del McCoury Band w/Belleville
Outfit - The Neighborhood Theatre
02/15 - Lucy
Kaplansky - The Evening Muse
02/23 - ^Kathleen Edwards - McGlohon Theatre
02/25 -
Dr. John and The Neville Brothers - NC Blumenthal Performing
Arts Center
02/28 - Loudon Wainwright III
w/Lucy Roche - The Grey Eagle - Asheville, NC
04/08 -
k.d. lang - Ovens Auditorium
04/23-26-
MerleFest
(If you go to a show in Asheville -
be sure to let the band know you came from Charlotte)
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