Charlotte NC Live Music, Band News & More 10/23/13 - 10/30/13

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CHARLOTTE EVENTS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
(10 years of live music in Charlotte compiled and distributed by Laurie Koster)
October 23, 2013 - October 30, 2013

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Wednesday October 23 - Happy Birthday Erin Stewart & Wanda Hubicki!

**MaxxMusic Presents: Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion
The Evening Muse
8:00pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/irion.htm

**MaxxMusic Presents: Mt. Thelonious
Double Door Inn
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/thelonious.htm

**Super Ape Residency w/Personnel & Bear Romantic
Snug Harbor
http://www.snugrock.com

**Skinny Velvet (every Wednesday)
Jack Beagle's NoDa
8pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/502050413216367/

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Thursday October 24

**MaxxMusic Presents: Sarah Blacker w/Suzie Brown
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/blacker.htm

**MaxxMusic Presents: The Morning After w/The Grand Olde Uproar
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/morningafter.htm

**MaxxMusic Presents: The Traffic Jam Band
The Double Door Inn
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/trafficjam.htm

**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: Rickie Lee Jones
McGlohon Theater at Spirit Square
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/rickielee.htm

**Kidnice Entertainment & Turntable present The Horror Bash Costume Party w/Brody & Choch, Shinobi Ninja, Crazyhorse & Colston, BPL, Sherman Hellville, DJ Shogun
The Neighborhood Theatre
8pm
http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com

**Full Service and Of Good Nature
Roux! (at Boudreaux's)
9pm
http://www.facebook.com/rouxnoda

**Big Octave (John Alexander, Ron Brendle, and Chris Garges) (every Thursday)
Blue every Thursday
8pm-11pm
http://bigoctave.bandcamp.com/

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Friday October 25

**MaxxMusic Presents: Tim Easton w/John Dungan
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/easton.htm

**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: Will Hoge w/Red Wanting Blue
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/hoge.htm

**MaxxMusic Presents: Atlas Road Crew w/Black Iron Gathering
The Evening Muse
10:30pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/atlas.htm

**MaxxMusic Presents: Mingo Fishtrap
The Double Door Inn
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/mingo.htm

**Stephaniesid w/The Catch Fire & Elves
Snug Harbor
9:30pm
http://www.snugrock.com

**Bass Church
The Neighborhood Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/basschurch.htm

**Junior Astronomers w/Diarrhea Planet, Little Bull Lee and Old Soles
Tremont Music Hall
http://www.tremontmusichall.com

**Chuck Johnson duo
Rodi
Gastonia, NC
http://www.facebook.com/events/250233371791989/?ref=2&ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

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

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Saturday October 26 - Happy Birthday E-S Guthrie!

**MaxxMusic Presents: Mike Farris w/Sam Lewis - Very limited number of tickets remain
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/farris.htm

**MaxxMusic & Landshark Entertainment Present: Band Of Heathens w/Greg Humphreys
The Visulite Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/heathens.htm

**MaxxMusic Presents: Imperial Deluxe With Heyrocco
The Double Door Inn
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/imperialdeluxe.htm

**The Loose Lugnuts w/The Barbed Wires
Thirsty Beaver Halloween
9pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/168748613326794/?ref=2&ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

**Gary Hoey w/Blanco Diablo and Abe Reid and The Spikedrivers
Tremont Music Hall
http://www.tremontmusichall.com

**Big Octave
The Delta
7pm-11pm

**MaxxMusic Presents: Black Market and The Stellas (Reunion) and Science In the Cave
and
Nodaween Rocky Horror Picture Show Viewing
The Neighborhood Theatre
http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/blackmarket.htm * http://www.maxxmusic.com/concerts/nodaween.htm

**The Mantras w/Stamper and Bubonik Funk
The Chop Shop
http://chopshopnoda.com

**Chuck Johnson Duo
The Lodge
9pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/589707234424838/?ref=2&ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

**Time Sawyer
Carrburritos
Davidson, NC

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Sunday October 27 - Happy Birthday Mark Federal!

**The Loose Lugnuts
Southend Chili Cookoff at IceHouse
1:30pm-3pm

**Melissa Mummert album release party
The Evening Muse
3pm and 7pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com * https://www.facebook.com/events/493167374101289/

**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 "90 Minutes Plus" (Local, Regional & Indie Music)
8 pm-10 pm
WEND 106.5 The End (every Sunday)
http://www.1065.com/pages/divakar.html?_show

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Monday October 28 - Happy Birthday JD Wilson!

*Find Your Music Open Mic w/Featured Performer: Tristan Omand
The Evening Muse
8pm
http://www.eveningmuse.com

**Monday Night All Stars (every Monday)
The Double Door
10pm
http://doubledoorinn.com/eventlist.asp

**Chuck Johnson & Tom Kuhn
Cedar Street Tavern
5:30pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/207997409348271/?ref=2

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Tuesday October 29 - Happy Birthday Mike Mitschele & Jesse Clasen!

**Rachel Kate w/ Jordan Igoe
Snug Harbor
http://www.ticketfly.com/event/381115-rachel-kate-jordan-igoe-charlotte/

**Chris Cook (Every Tuesday)
Sharkey's
7pm
Gastonia, NC
http://www.facebook.com/events/212603485559319/?ref=22

**Bill Hanna Jazz Jam (every Tuesday)
The Double Door Inn
9pm
http://www.doubledoorinn.com/calendarview.aspx

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

**Carolina Entertainment Network Mixer
Wet Willie's at NC Music Factory
7pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/219622958200649/

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Wednesday October 30

**Reverend Horton Heat w/Wayne The Train Hancock and Dex Romweber
Tremont Music Hall
http://www.tremontmusichall.com

**Super Ape Residency w/ Benji Hughes, Andy the Doorbum (GWC)
Snug Harbor
http://www.snugrock.com

**Skinny Velvet (every Wednesday)
Jack Beagle's NoDa
8pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/502050413216367/

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************************************************* Band/Artist/Media News, Features, Announcements and Upcoming Local and Regional Events ************************************************* *** = New Additions This Week Misc News, Events & Announcements: ***Old House Studios presents free Instrument Selection and Maintenance Panel, Sun. Nov. 3rd 6pm. Panelists include insurance specialist Alex Maiolo, electronics repair tech Rob Preston of RFI Audio, guitar guru Chip Coleman of Coleman Music, and studio drummer/clinician Rick Murray. Please RSVP on the event page if they plan to attend. https://www.facebook.com/events/436896116419583/ **"Rockin' Kids First" 2nd Annual Benefit Concert and Auction for Kid's First of the Carolina's. December 14 at 1:00pm until December 15 at 1:30am at The Chop Shop featuring: Chosen Rejects, Carson Hilll, The Reason You Stayed, Radio Toy Company, Rock U Roadshow, JackKnife Barbers, One More Hero, Jonas Sees In Color, Moses Jones, Jake Haldenwang Music "Halden Vang", Analog Daze, Michael Tracy, Fiftywatt Freight Train, Beyond the Fade, REVELUS, A Course of Action, Kelen Heller **VOTED BEST AMATEUR NIGHT BY CREATIVE LOAFING BEST OF 2013 - The Evening Muse Monday Night Find Your Muse Open Mic and Radio Show is looking for weekly and featured talent.If you are an original artist (local or touring) who would like to play the 30 minute featured performer slot on one ofthe Monday nights, please email us at findyourmuse@eveningmuse.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.***The Featured Performer Slots are filled through DECEMBER!. Find us on FB - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Find-Your-Muse-Open-Mic-and-Radio-Show/213629105349332 and Follow us On Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/FindYourMuseClt. - ***Find Your Muse Open Mic and Radio Show was chosen as the Winner of the 2013 Best Open Mic Night in Charlotte by Charlotte magazine BOB Awards! Congratulations Team FYM: Erik Button, Ralph Jannelli, Pat Maholland and Don Koster! And of course a big thanks to all the musicians, performers and attendees who come out week after week and help make this weekly event SO successful. **Thank you for your support of the SHOMOLIVE Indiegogo fundraising campaign! Visit http://www.indiegogo.com/shomo?c=activity&a=1434608 to read all the great press from The Examiner, The Impaler Speaks, CLTBuzz, Historic SouthEnd, CltBlog and More! ***Local Music Management Startup ShomoLive Launches Beta This Summer! http://detailedblock.com/2013/04/26/local-music-management-startup-shomolive-launches-beta-this-summer/ Upcoming House Concerts: **Charlotte's Other Concert Venue - Your Living Room (Jody Mace/Common Chords House Concerts talks to WFAE) http://www.wfae.org/post/charlottes-other-concert-venue-your-living-room **Support Local House Concerts Basement Series Presents: Nov. 8th Paul Geremia http://supportlocalhouseconcerts.org/ **Common Chord Concerts Present: Time Sawyer Saturday, November 16 at 7:30pm http://www.facebook.com/events/724984347528624/ Recent Reviews, Photos, Interviews, TV, Press and Current Events worth noting: **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/ R&R Motel Guests Latest News: ***Watch for a new website that will feature all of these artists and more of our touring friends. **Desert Noises Top Pick for Austin City Limits Festival: http://www.austin360.com/news/entertainment/acl-fest-2013-our-teams-picks/nZ8Rr/ Radio: **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. (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", 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: **ROCKS! Entertainment is a Community-Based online source for music entertainment in the Piedmont area of North Carolina. https://www.facebook.com/ROCKSMagazine **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

***Looking Ahead:
new additions or updates italicized in blue
^=potential sell out - recommend getting advance tickets
* = promotional sponsor - thank you!

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10/25 - Father John Misty - Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, NC)
10/25 - Neutral Milk Hotel w/Half Japanese & Daniel Johnston - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium (Asheville, NC)
10/26 - ^Mike Farris w/Sam Lewis - The Evening Muse - FEW TICKETS REMAIN
10/30 - Brent Dennen - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
10/30 - Pearl Jam - TWC Arena
11/03 - Bootsy Collins - The Neighborhood Theatre
11/04 - ^Birdsmell (Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses) - The Evening Muse - SOLD OUT
11/05 - ^Caravan of Thieves - The Evening Muse
11/10 - Houndmouth - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
11/12 - Cyndi Lauper - Belk Theater
11/14 - ^Kevin Devine & NowNow - The Evening Muse
11/15 - Patrick Davis - The Neighborhood Theatre
11/15 - ^Ellis Paul w/Peyton Tochterman - The Evening Muse
11/20 - ^An Evening With Tim O’Brien & Darrell Scott: NIGHT ONE - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
11/21 - ^An Evening With Tim O’Brien & Darrell Scott: NIGHT TWO - The Grey Eagle (Asheville, NC)
11/22 - Folk Soul Revival w/Keelan Donovan - The Evening Muse
11/23 - A Silent Film - The Neighborhood Theatre
11/27 - MGMT - Grady Cole Center - Charlotte, NC
12/07 - John Prine w/Justin Townes Earle - Ovens Auditorium
12/14-15 - Carolina Chocolate Drops w/ Pokey Lafarge - The Neighborhood Theatre
12/30 - Gregg Allmann Band w/The New Familiars - The Fillmore Charlotte
12/31 - ^The Avett Brothers w/Shovels & Rope - TW Cable Arena
01/12 - B.B. King - Blumenthal Performing Arts
02/01-02 - Neutral Milk Hotel - Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, NC)
02/08 - Tosco Music Party 25th Anniversary - Knight Theater
02/22 - HOUSINGFEST: A Concert to End Homelessness, The Blind Boys of Alabama w/Jim Lauderdale - Neighborhood Theatre
04/19 - Chick Corea - Knight Theater

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Best of Charlotte Awards & Press s Patrons of the Arts • by Courtney Devores - The Charlotte Observer • March, 2012 First Couple of Charlotte Music (Uptown Magazine) 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 #1 Music Fan (Charlotte Folk Society)

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