HONKY TONK HOUSE CONCERTS 2010
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| March 20, 2010 Malcolm Holcombe with special guest Quinn Sands |
Malcolm Holcombe is like a myth. A backwoods character in a
Southern Gothic novel with a voice filled with a grave-dirt rattle and
telling tales of simpler, and harder, times. Times he knows about.
Surviving brushes with Nasvhille Big Labels, addictions and demons –
No less than Steve Earle once famously said of him “”Malcolm
Holcombe is the best songwriter I ever threw out of my recording
studio.” Strong praise from a man that knows a thing or two about
demons. --Baron Lane
Southern Gothic novel with a voice filled with a grave-dirt rattle and
telling tales of simpler, and harder, times. Times he knows about.
Surviving brushes with Nasvhille Big Labels, addictions and demons –
No less than Steve Earle once famously said of him “”Malcolm
Holcombe is the best songwriter I ever threw out of my recording
studio.” Strong praise from a man that knows a thing or two about
demons. --Baron Lane
| April 23, 2010 Wepecket Island Records "Rolling Roots Revue" |
| February 27, 2010 Drew Nelson with special guest "Big Money" Wayne Chmielewski |
"Drew Nelson is one of my favorite new artists. He is an excellent guitarist as well
as an accomplished songwriter. His songs sound like the rest of us feel. Drew's
characters are anything but defeated. They are dazed,angry, amazed and climbing."
-John Gorka
as an accomplished songwriter. His songs sound like the rest of us feel. Drew's
characters are anything but defeated. They are dazed,angry, amazed and climbing."
-John Gorka
Special guest-- Cleveland area singer/songwriter/guitarist "Big Money" Wayne
Chmielewski will open the show!
Chmielewski will open the show!
Quinn Sands sounds like "Lucinda Williams meets Christine McVie and
they hang out with Carole King."
they hang out with Carole King."
| May 15, 2010 Otis Gibbs |
Otis Gibbs is a man in search of an honest experience. Some
people refer to him as a folk artist, but that is a simplistic way to
describe a man who has planted over 7,000 trees, slept in hobo
jungles, walked with nomadic shepherds in the Carpathian
Mountains, been strip-searched by dirty cops in Detroit, and has an
FBI file. Otis has played everywhere from labor rallies in
Wisconsin, to anti-war protests in Texas, Austria and the Czech
Republic, Feed & Seed Stores in the Midwestern U.S. and in
countless, theaters, festivals, bars and living rooms. Much of his
work concentrates on the world that is ignored by pop culture.
Sometimes forgotten, obsolete or simply marginalized, it is a
world that doesn’t fit into a twenty-second sound bite or a White
House talking point. Otis has spent the last fifteen years traveling
across America and abroad documenting this world, and has a
story to share about each stop along the way.
people refer to him as a folk artist, but that is a simplistic way to
describe a man who has planted over 7,000 trees, slept in hobo
jungles, walked with nomadic shepherds in the Carpathian
Mountains, been strip-searched by dirty cops in Detroit, and has an
FBI file. Otis has played everywhere from labor rallies in
Wisconsin, to anti-war protests in Texas, Austria and the Czech
Republic, Feed & Seed Stores in the Midwestern U.S. and in
countless, theaters, festivals, bars and living rooms. Much of his
work concentrates on the world that is ignored by pop culture.
Sometimes forgotten, obsolete or simply marginalized, it is a
world that doesn’t fit into a twenty-second sound bite or a White
House talking point. Otis has spent the last fifteen years traveling
across America and abroad documenting this world, and has a
story to share about each stop along the way.
| May 29, 2010 The Mighty King of Love Returns! Phil Lee |
Phil Lee writes intelligent songs full of wit, humor and grace that blend sizzling
Dylan-esque rock and roll, country and western, mid-sixties British Invasion and
medicine show sounds that end up being utterly unique and sung in a voice that can
shoot straight through to your heart. His new album is called So Long, It’s Been
Good To Know You and he calls it his “first posthumous release. “ There’s nothing
wrong with putting out a record posthumously except that it raises certain
logistical problems when it comes to touring. And there’s also the teeny tiniest little
glitch in the truth in advertising area, since Phil Lee is most definitely still very
much among the quick. Maybe he’s just thinking five or six decades ahead – and it’s
even money even then. His guitar player/producer/accomplice/crony Richard
Bennett dubbed him “the Don Rickles of Rock” and true, Phil will sometimes fan his
quills porcupine-style as a situational barometer. But he doesn’t do it much these
days; no need. When you make records as good as Phil Lee does, winning friends
and influencing people is a cinch.
Dylan-esque rock and roll, country and western, mid-sixties British Invasion and
medicine show sounds that end up being utterly unique and sung in a voice that can
shoot straight through to your heart. His new album is called So Long, It’s Been
Good To Know You and he calls it his “first posthumous release. “ There’s nothing
wrong with putting out a record posthumously except that it raises certain
logistical problems when it comes to touring. And there’s also the teeny tiniest little
glitch in the truth in advertising area, since Phil Lee is most definitely still very
much among the quick. Maybe he’s just thinking five or six decades ahead – and it’s
even money even then. His guitar player/producer/accomplice/crony Richard
Bennett dubbed him “the Don Rickles of Rock” and true, Phil will sometimes fan his
quills porcupine-style as a situational barometer. But he doesn’t do it much these
days; no need. When you make records as good as Phil Lee does, winning friends
and influencing people is a cinch.
| June19, 2010 Linda McRae with special guest GS Harper |
'When all the trends fade and become dated, and all the music
from the cutting edge becomes dull, Linda McRae will continue
to stand tall, singing and playing music with honest soul and
humility, cutting through the fog with her timeless clarity.
Linda is one of the true, soulful pioneers of honest roots
music. Her singing and playing brings honour to her heroes and
to her friends and fans." Colin Linden (Grammy Nominee,
Producer, Guitarist for Bruce Cockburn, Emmy Lou Harris,
Krauss & Plant)
from the cutting edge becomes dull, Linda McRae will continue
to stand tall, singing and playing music with honest soul and
humility, cutting through the fog with her timeless clarity.
Linda is one of the true, soulful pioneers of honest roots
music. Her singing and playing brings honour to her heroes and
to her friends and fans." Colin Linden (Grammy Nominee,
Producer, Guitarist for Bruce Cockburn, Emmy Lou Harris,
Krauss & Plant)
GS Harper sounds like "Wood and wire, good friends, cold
beer, honest mistakes, and no regrets."
beer, honest mistakes, and no regrets."