Charlotte NC Live Music, Band News & More 06/20/12 - 06/27/12

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CHARLOTTE EVENTS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
(compiled and distributed by Laurie Koster since March  2003)
June 20, 2012 - June 27, 2012

LAST  WEEK.5 OF THE UKE PROMOTION!
TO RAISE FUNDS TO HELP SUPPORT ME AND THE  CHARLOTTE EVENTS CALENDAR!!

For all  those who donate $25 or more (including any who have previously  donated this year), I will include their name in a drawing to win this
Pono MB Baritone ukulele and case (valued over $400) to help raise  money for the support of the Charlotte Live Music Weekly Events Calendar!
(Donate $50 and get 2 entries, $75/3, etc.) If won locally, we  can make arrangements for pickup, delivery or a mutually agreed upon meeting  place. If outside of the area, we can ship anywhere in the U.S.
(Please make  your donation using the PayPal Button below.) Winner will be chosen Sunday July  1, 2012, using the Random Generator at Random.org.
Good Luck!!
Thank you to local singer/songwriter, and dear friend, Rick  Spreitzer, for this generous donation!

(actual photo - more views at http://www.koolauukulele.com/p-mbthumbs.html.  Full details  can be found at http://www.lauriekoster.com/pono_ukulele.htm)

THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HAVE  ENTERED AND SUPPORTED SO FAR!
(see comments  below)

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What's New | Looking Ahead | Thank You | Links 

Wednesday June 20 - Happy Birthday Tim Helfrich &  Matt Faircloth!

**Off The Record w/ Jeff  Hahne feat. The Belmont Playboys
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**Simplified
Music at Morrison
6pm
http://www.simplifiedmusic.com

**MaxxMusic Presents:  The  Kingston Springs & The Weeks With Asherel
The Double Door  Inn
9pm
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/kingston.htm

**MaxxMusic Presents:   Damion Suomi & The Minor Prophets
The Evening  Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/suomi.htm

**Aqualads Residency  w/Chalkies
Snug Harbor
9pm - No Cover
http://www.snugrock.com

**Greg  Lilley
Blackthorne (Ballantyne)
6pm-9pm
http://www.reverbnation.com/greglilley

**Megan Jean and the KFB  Band w/ Jud Block
Tommy's Pub
8pm

**Bums Lie music video  shoot at Sanctuary
Sanctuary Pub
11:30pm

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Thursday June 21

**SweetWater Brewery  Presents:  Railroad Earth w/Bison
The  Fillmore-Charlotte
8pm
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151005466960185&set=a.126866540184.127153.95782130184&type=1&theater

**Simplified
NC  Music Factory - The Saloon (Benefit)
Benefiting The Sandbox and Their Evening  of Believing Prom
7pm
http://www.simplifiedmusic.com

**Byron Hill & John  Ford Coley
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**MaxxMusic and Landshark  Entertainment Present: Brave Baby w/Heyrocco & Octopus Jones
The  Visulite Theatre
8:30pm
http://www.visulite.com

**Copper Into Steel w/Chris  Cook Band
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com

**Mike Strauss  Band
US National Whitewater Center
7pm-10pm - No Cover
http://usnwc.org/riverjam/band-schedule/

**Jared  Allan
The Village Tavern
7pm-10pm
http://www.jaredallan.com

**Songwriters in the Round  w/Amy Broome and TBA
Summit Coffee House
8pm
http://www.summitcoffee.com

**Greg  Lilley
Queen City Q (Uptown)
7:30pm-10:30pm
http://www.reverbnation.com/greglilley

**Jill  Dineen
McHale's Irish Pub
Fort Mill, SC
http://www.mchalesirishpub.com/fortmill/calendar.php

**Big  Octave
Blue Restaurant And Bar (at the corner of 5th and  College)
8pm-11pm
http://www.myspace.com/bigoctave

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Friday June 22

**Simplified
The  Rusty Rudder
10pm
http://www.simplifiedmusic.com

**Emily  Lynch w/ Alexis Worthington & Crystal Bright + The Silver  Hands
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**MaxxMusic  & Landshark Entertainment Present: Todd Snider w/Kevin  Gordon
The Visulite Theatre
8:30pm
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/snider.htm

**Josh  Daniel
NoDa Brewing
6:30pm-8:30pm

**Chuck  Johnson "the Charlyhorse"
Big Ben
8pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/256478254457063/

**Temperance League, Wylie  Hunter & the Cazadores, Mark Crozer & the Rels
Snug  Harbor
9pm
http://www.snugrock.com

**Lenny Federal Band  w/Wicked Powers (Every Friday)
The Comet Grill
9:30pm
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com * http://www.myspace.com/lennyfederal

**Pink Floyd The Wall, Live  feat.  Kaitlyn Kennedy, Hello Handshake, The Coal Miner Brigade, S.O. Stereo,  Danielle Engle, Ghost Town Revelry, Bill Averbach, Dr Cirkustien, Grown Up  Avenger Stuff, M4 Messenger, Jared Allen, Tattermask, Adam Middleton.  Case Federal and The Agents
The Neighborhood Theatre
8pm
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com

**Of Good  Nature w/Tidal Jive & The Dirk Quinn Band
The Double Door  Inn
10pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.aspx

**Greg  Lilley
Queen City Q (Uptown)
5pm-7pm
http://www.reverbnation.com/greglilley

**Rock  Bottom
Friends Sports Bar & Grill
9:30pm-1:30am
http://www.facebook.com/events/230839080370943/

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Saturday June 23

**Rick Spreitzer & The  Antique Babies
Summit Coffee
8pm-11pm
Davidson, NC
http://www.rickspreitzer.com

**Matrimony w/Ancient  Cities
The Neighborhood Theatre
9pm
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com

**MaxxMusic Presents: Tony  Furtado
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**MaxxMusic & Landshark  Entertainment Present: Griffin House
The Visulite  Theatre
7:30pm
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/griffin.htm

**Jason Herring & The  Mystery Plan
The Visulite Theatre
9:30pm
http://www.visulite.com

**Greg  Lilley & Co.
Parktowne Village Summer Concert Series (Park &  Woodlawn)
7pm-10pm
http://www.reverbnation.com/greglilley

**Amy  Broome and Marvin Duke
Salisbury Pride
2pm
110 Lee  Strreet
http://www.amybroome.com

**Simplified
Icehouse  Southend
10pm
http://www.simplifiedmusic.com

**Kidnice Launch Party  w/D&D Sluggers, Eclipse of the Candy Flippers, Dead Fame
The  Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**Charlotte Bayou  Festival
Independence Park
12pm-8pm
all-you-can-eat buffet,  arts and crafts, face painters, kid's zone, and New Orleans Blues, Jazz, Funk,  and more!
http://www.charlottebayoufestival.com

**Jared  Allan
Boardwalk Billy's (UNCC)
10pm
http://www.jaredallan.com

**Birds With Teeth CD  Release Party w/Babyshaker, The Local Traumatic, Old Soles
Tremont  Music Hall
9pm
http://www.tremontmusichall.com

**Donna Duncan Band w/Kevin  Harrison
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.aspx

**The Young, Little Bull  Lee, The Serfs
Snug Harbor
9pm
http://www.snugrock.com

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Sunday June 24

**Carolina  Gator Gumbo
High Point Area Arts Council Arts Summer Splash  Concert
High Point City Lake Park
6pm-7:30pm
602 W. Main St Jamestown  NC
http://www.highpointarts.org/ArtsSplash.asp

**Tommy  Castro w/The Pam Taylor Band
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/castro.htm

**Music On  The Greenway and Greenway Concerts present Listener w/The Homeless Gospel  Choir
Ephesus Church
7pm
1510 S. Mint Street
http://www.facebook.com/events/180820298713843/

**Afton  Showcase
The Evening Muse
6:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**Jared  Allan
Wine Vault
7pm-11pm
http://www.jaredallan.com

**2012  Teagarden House Concerts (South Charlotte, NC) Presents: Joe Newberry & Mike  Compton
email teagardensound@gmail.com for information and  reservations

**The  Eldorados
The Thirsty Beaver
5pm

**The Roundtable's Sunday  Edition hosted by Randy Walker (every Sunday)
WSGE  91.7FM
noon-1pm
http://www.wsge.org/program/publicaff.php

**Divakar Hosts the New Music  and Indie Label Show 7pm-8:30pm
AND "90 Minutes" (Local & Regional Music)  - 8:30pm-10 pm
WEND 106.5 The End (every Sunday)
http://www.1065.com

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Monday June 25

**Chuck Johnson w/Tom Kuhn
Cedar Street Tavern
5:30pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/219430648167654/

**Greg  Lilley & Co. w/Kerry Brooks
Amelie’s French Bakery (NoDa) 
8pm-10pm
http://www.reverbnation.com/greglilley

**Joint  Damage, Seaboard + Ben Kennedy, Eastern Seaboard Duo
Snug  Harbor
9pm - No Cover
http://www.snugrock.com

**Find Your Muse Open  Mic
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**The Monday Night  All-Stars
The Double Door Inn
10pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.aspx

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Tuesday June 26

**Porter Robinson w/Mat Zo  & The M Machine
The Neighborhood Theatre
8pm
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com

**Red Rocking Chair (every  Tuesday)
The Comet Grill
http://www.cometgrillcharlotte.com

**Bill Hanna Jazz Jam
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com

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Wednesday June 27

**MaxxMusic Presents: Miles  Neilson & The Rusted Hearts
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**MaxxMusic Presents:  Cabinet 
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/cabinet.htm

**Jared  Allan
Press Wine
6:30pm-9:30pm
http://www.jaredallan.com

**Greg  Lilley
Blackthorne (Ballantyne)
6pm-9pm
http://www.reverbnation.com/greglilley

**Aqualads RESIDENCY, Army  of Infants
Snug Harbor
9pm - No Cover
http://www.snugrock.com

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******************************************************************************************* Band/Artist/Media News, Features,  Announcements and Upcoming Local and Regional Events ************************************************************************* ****************** *** = New Additions This Week Misc News, Events & Announcements: ***NEW!  The Evening Muse Monday Night Find Your Muse Open Mic  is undergoing some changes!  If you are an original artist (local or touring)  who would like to play the 9pm 30 minute featured performer slot on one of the  Monday nights, please email us at fymbooking@gmail.com with  the date you'll be in town or interested in, your EPK or links to your music  and/or a good, decent quality video.  **June 2012 Art at The  Evening Muse presents Bryan Miller - http://www.facebook.com/events/340355112701579/ **Mashable Meetup Social  Media Day 2012! Saturday, June 30th - 1pm-5pm - The room is filling up nicely. This will be a great networking and  social media opportunity for all involved. Supporters & Sponsors (so far)  include: SBN Marketing, ShomoLive Charlotte, Deuce 14, Mr. Invisible  (DJ), Globa Text, @B.I.G. Council, Project HALO, Lindsay Wynne Photography and  food provided by Kickstand Charlotte, Loco Lime and Hawthorne's New York Pizza  & Bar! Not to mention the prizes! Perhaps you'd like to sponsor, be  involved or attend as well? .... http://www.meetup.com/Mashable/Charlotte-NC/637232/ Upcoming House  Concerts: **2012 Little Yellow Music House  Concerts (Columbia, SC) 6/30:Carter Sampson; 8/25 or 8/26: Will  Kimbrough w/Vince McKinley - https://www.facebook.com/LittleYellowMusicHouse **SLHC  Basement Series Presents: Daniel Justin Smith 7/14; Barbara Lamb  8/25 http://www.supportlocalhouseconcerts.org **2012  Teagarden House Concerts (South Charlotte, NC) 10/20: The Cloers CD  Release Party.  teagardensound@gmail.com. Recent Reviews, Photos, Interviews, TV,  Press and Current Events worth noting: ***Matrimony on Charlotte Today - http://www.wcnc.com/charlotte-today/Matrimony-with-Golden-City-159729875.html ***Mr. Invisible releases "The Heist" Video - http://clclt.com/vibes/archives/2012/06/18/mr-invisible-releases-the-heist-video **BeleChere  July 27, 28 & 29 - Asheville, NC -  Aunt Martha, BOOMBOX, David  Mayfield Parade ~ David Wax Museum ~ Delta Rae ~ Doc Aquatic ~ Dr. Dog ~ Ethan  Andrew McMahan ~ Grown Up Avenger Stuff ~ Inner Visions ~ Jody Medford &  Cash Creek ~ Jonathan Scales Fourchestra ~ Kovacs & the Polar Bear ~ Lacy  Green ~ Larry Keel ~ Lorraine Conard Band ~ Los Amigos Invisibles ~ Lucero ~  Lyric ~ Michael Reno Harrell ~ Papa Grows Funk ~ Randall Bramblett ~ Sanctum  Sully ~ Spicy Moustache & the Flavor Saviors ~ stephaniesid ~ Tennessee  Hollow ~ The Archrivals ~ The Buchanan Boys ~ The Critters ~ The Swayback  Sisters ~ The Travis Smith Project ~ Whitney Moore ~ Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty  Band http://belecherefestival.com/Listen/LineUp/tabid/111/Default.aspx - ~ **Music  Videos of Bands You Should (and may eventually) Get To Know:  http://charlottemusic.typepad.com/unknown_greats_you_should/ **Happy Trails - Rodney  Lanier - http://vimeo.com/33930867 **Rodney Lanier Memorial  Service and New Orleans style processional down N. Davidson - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZjdovdIkzU&sns=fb *  **Goodbye Rodney - John Schacht/Shuffle Magazine - http://www.shufflemag.com/charlotte-bids-adieu-in-style-to-local-musician-rodney-lanier/ This and That: **Randy Walker, host of WSGE 91.7FM's The Roundtable's  Sunday Edition, is looking for bands/musicians who would like to  be a featured guest on his weekly radio program. If interested, please contact  Randy at lowwillie@aol.com for more information. http://www.wsge.org/program/publicaff.php News from our friends who have graced the Rock & Roll Motel: ***And the winner of  the 36th Bi-Annual Eddie's Attic (Decatur, GA) Open Mic Shootout is......  Breaking Laces! ***Please consider  donating to our friends The Winter Sounds in their campaign to complete their  next great album - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/patsgonewild/the-winter-sounds-are-going-all-the-way-8k-for-run Radio: **The Roundtable's Sunday  Edition hosted by Randy Walker (every Sunday) - WSGE 91.7FM - 9am-10am  -http://www.wsge.org/wsge/ **Listen online to our  local and regional bands at WNCW 88.7FM , "90 Minutes", CharlotteMusician.com, WGWG 88.3FM (Boiling Springs, NC) and WSGE 91.7FM, as well as those weekly specialty programs  mentioned above. **Plaza Midwood Community  Radio - http://pmcradio.org/ Misc.  Organizations and Links: **The Charlotte Live  Alt/Rock/Indie Music Meetup - http://www.meetup.com/LiveMusicMeetup/ **Post and read reviews  about anything and everywhere in Charlotte at Yelp.com - http://www.yelp.com/charlotte-nc **Essential Charlotte - The  People & Places That Make Us Unique - http://www.essentialcharlotte.com

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***Looking Ahead: (new additions or updates)

(^=Potential sell out - recommend getting advance  tickets)

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06/22 - Joe Purdy w/The Giving Tree Band - The Grey Eagle (Asheville,  NC)
06/28 - Lost in the Trees -  The Visulite Theatre
06/28 - Yarn - U.S. National Whitewater Center 
07/03 - Tab Benoit w/Sol Driven Train & Eric Lindell - US National Whitewater Center
07/03 -  Coldplay - Time Warner Cable Arena
07/04 - Moreland  & Arbuckle w/These United States, Have Gun, Will  Travel - US National Whitewater Center
07/07 - Sons of Bill - The  Rusty Rudder
07/07 - The Soul Food Festival featuring WAR -  Uptown Charlotte
07/08 - Crosby Stills & Nash - Durham,  NC - Durham Performing Arts Center
07/10 - Roger Water's The Wall  Tour - Time Warner Cable Arena
07/14 - ^Jackson Browne w/Sara Watkins - The Belk  Theater - FEW, IF ANY, TICKETS REMAIN07/19 - ^The Killers - The Orange Peel (Asheville,  NC)
07/19 - ^Blitzen Trapper - Tremont Music Hall
07/26 - Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band! - Knight  Theater
07/26-29 - BeleChere - Asheville, NC
07/26-29 - FloydFest - Floyd, VA
07/29 - Boombox - The Neighborhood Theatre
07/31 - Lindsay Buckingham (solo) - The Neighborhood Theatre 
08/02 - Desert Noises - The Evening  Muse08/03 - Will Hoge - Visulite Theatre
08/17 - Jay  Brannan - The Visulite Theatre
08/18 - Malcolm Holcombe - The Evening Muse
08/18 - George  Jones - Durham PAC (Durham, NC)
09/09 -  Colin Hay - McGlohon Theater
09/10 - Chris Isaak - McGlohon Theater 09/25 - Mark Kozelek (of Sun Kil Moon & Red House Painters) - The Grey Eagle  (Asheville, NC)
09/26 - Fiona Apple - The Fillmore  Charlotte10/01 - Gotye - Raleigh Amphitheater (Raleigh, NC)
10/24 - An Evening  With Chris Smither - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
10/26 - David Sedaris - The Durham Performing Arts Center (Durham, NC)
10/20 - Tim O'Brien  with Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore - The Grey Eagle (Asheville,  NC)
11/02 - Tony Lucca (finalist on The Voice) - The  Visulite Theatre

SPECIAL THANKS!

"You have created a most  important thread in the fabric of all that is music, without it there would be  no blanket to cover the many (until now) unpublished music and music related  happenings!  We could not do without you, your love, deep devotion and  unstoppable drive keeps us on course! Again…..we sincerely thank you for all  that you do!"  Rufus & Cyndi Smith  Support Local Concerts

Thank  you Maureen Ryan Griffin!  What a beautiful, generous & thoughtful  friend!
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"I  have benefited from your newsletter so much these past few years how could I not  kick in? Thank you so much for what you do!"
Michele Ruge - Art  Coordinator - The Evening Muse

"Thank  you for all you do for the music community. It is very much  appreciated." Love, Cate (& John Cloer)
Look for  their first full-production CD w/producer Chris Rosser this summer.  You can  help make it happen!  Please visit http://indigogo.com/thecloers and give what you can to these  wonderful
musicians, constant local music supporters and human  beings.

Darla & Eric Ellington - You're  simply awesome!

"Again  thank YOU for all you do for the Charlotte Music scene!"
Debby &  Chuck Johnson (Winner of the Charlotte Music Awards Singer Songwriter of the  year and Americana Artist of the year, and nominated for the Carolina Music  Awards Americana Artist of the year). 

"we really do appreciate  you and all you both do for the community!"
Thank you so much Don  & Jean & Carolina Gator Gumbo!
(Arts Splash Summer Concert Series -  High Point - June 24th @ 6:00pm - Go have some fun!)

"Please accept this as a  contribution to the great work you continue to do for the events calendar and  CLT music."
Tom (Kuhn) of Red Rocking Chair (every Tuesday at The Comet Grill) and with Chuck Johson around town.

"Thank you for all the hard  work putting the newsletter together. I really appreciate all of your  efforts."
Regards, Will (Dempsey)

"...I want to thank you for  all the work you have done over the years to benefit live music in the Charlotte  area!
I wish my donation could be more and hopefully down the road I  can help again." David (Beasley)

"Thank you for all you do  to get out the word about the rich musical offerings in our region.  No  matter
how great the music, there won't be an audience for it without  communication!"
Wanda Hubicki - The Charlotte Folk  Society

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Thank you to those who  have reciprocated links or shown appreciation or have supported me in some way  throughout the years.  This weekly newsletter not only takes many, many hours to  compile, distribute, blog and promote, but also costs a monthly fee.  As many  have shared with me, it's both a valuable resource, and a treasured promotional  tool. I started it, (in 2003), as a service to my musician clients and friends  who, at the time, had few ways of promoting their shows, or a publication that  would have an interest in writing about, or even listing their independent  shows. It has grown since then to include much more, but its purpose remains the  same - not to be a comprehensive list, but a way to help promote and advertise  those artists and venues I'm familiar enough with to personally recommend, and  whom I feel may need, and appreciate, what I do.

Best of Charlotte Awards & Press Patrons of the Arts • by Courtney  Devores - The Charlotte Observer • March, 2012 #1  Music Fan (Charlotte Folk Society) First  Couple of Charlotte Music (Uptown Magazine) skirt! Magazine -  #1 Fan - February 2006 Passion Issue Living it up at the 'Rock  & Roll Motel' •  Charlotte couple shares their home with touring rock  bands. by April Denée/The Charlotte Observer http://aprildenee.com/2011/05/01/livin-it-up-at-the-rock-roll-motel/ http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/05/01/2256244/living-it-up-at-the-rock-roll.html

The  Charlotte Weekly Happenings Newsletter, Updates and latest news can also be  found at: 

TRENDING CHARLOTTE  MUSIC - http://www.twylah.com/charlottemusic

http://www.carolinamusicconnection.com * http://charlottemusic.typepad.com/charlotte_events_calendar/ *  http://charlotteeventscalendar.blogspot.com/ and http://twitter.com/charlottemusic

(Please forward this newsletter  to your friends, and also consider a link back to my website to encourage people  to sign up for this newsletter.  And finally, as always, it's a good idea  to check with the artist or venue prior to driving to a show).