S 3/5 | 8PM | $10
THE CLAUDETTES
The Claudettes fuse Chicago piano blues with the full-throttle energy of rockabilly and punk and the sultriness of ’60s soul to write a thrilling new chapter in American roots music. Johnny Iguana pounds the piano alongside seductive singer Berit Ulseth, bassist/guitarist/singer Zach Verdoorn and drummer Michael Caskey. Johnny, who toured for years with his cult-favorite rock band oh my god, is also in the Grammy-nominated groups Chicago Blues: A Living History and the Muddy Waters 100 Band. He has toured/recorded with Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush and more and played piano on the Chicago Plays the Stones album featuring Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Buddy Guy. The Claudettes recorded their 2018 album “DANCE SCANDAL AT THE GYMNASIUM!” with Grammy-winning Black Keys producer Mark Neill and have recorded a new album with Grammy-winning producer Ted Hutt (Old Crow Medicine Show, Gaslight Anthem, The Devil Makes Three). This album, “High Times in the Dark,” came out April 3, 2020 on Forty Below Records.
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S 3/26| 8PM | $5/$10
SUPERMONKEY
wsg RUSTY SOUL BAND & PETE MILO
SuperMonkey is a recording artist, guitarist, singer, producer, and record label owner from Pittsburgh, PA. After releasing 7 albums & EP's with a variety acts and line ups SuperMonkey is currently touring as a stripped down 3 piece band in the vein of Jimi Hendrix & Stevie Ray Vaughn, preforming original songs from all of his recordings as well as a few choice covers like The Beatles, Prince, and Led Zeppelin. SuperMonkey has shared the stage with many acts like members of Guns ‘n Roses, Samantha Fish, White Denim, Quiet Riot, Fuel, Ace Frehley, The Fixx, The Biters, and Robin Trower. Owner of Pittsburgh Rock 'n Roll Record Label SuperMonkey Recording Company, and is the Marketing Partner at Tonic Recording Studios.
PETE MILO: 60s rock and roll riff and modern power-pop
RUSTY SOUL BAND: Rusty Soul Band blends genres to offer a unique sound that is at the same time fresh and familiar. A deep-pocket funky bass-and-drum backbeat pours the foundation. Two pure and powerful guitars meld different yet complementary tones to provide a unified wall of sound. Soulful voices provide the character and identity that make it all work. They call it Blue-Collar Rock-N-Roll. Fans of classic 4-on-the-floor rock, southern rock, r&b and even country/western music will find something to like.
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F 4/1 & S 4/2 | 8PM | $20 GA
THE WALKING CLAMPETTS
What do you call four grownup Akron lads, scattered around the US, that have been playing music together for 40 years...
The Walking Clampetts are thrilled to be getting back together on stage again, for the first time since Thanksgiving 2018! Johnnie Teagle (NY), Mike Purkhiser (CA), Mikey Hammer (GA) and Bob Basone (OH) will provide two long sets of their take on Early Rock&Roll, both Friday April 1st AND Saturday April 2nd. Two action-packed nights of rockabilly numbers, surf instrumentals, garagebands... hits and obscurities for your dancing pleasure!
General admission bar gig like the old days (no reserved seating), the band looks forward to seeing friends and fans from the '80s, '90s and 21st century, playing loud and proud, putting out those crazy rhythms that won't let you sit down! The boys promise to work up a sweat and hope you will as well (your presence on the dance floor is requested but not mandatory).
It wouldn't be a Clampetts show without SOMEBODY joining them to sing a few or rip some solos and a number of those from all eras plan to be there honoring the legacy of early R&R usual suspects, early supporters and a few to be initiated under fire! A number of songs that have been overlooked in recent years/decades will come out of the vault, as well as a few new ones; closing set each night will be the killers, opening set each night will be totally different setlists, so plan on getting there early - both Friday AND Saturday!
NOTE: At the request of the band,
PROOF OF VACCINATION IS REQUIRED at the door, no exceptions.
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SU 4/10 | 4PM | $15-$20
HAMELL ON TRIAL
Hamell on Trial is the musical alias of New York-based folk punk hero Ed Hamell. A one-man explosion, he is loud-as-war one minute, stepping off the microphone to whisper to an enthralled audience the next. This is a dynamic performance informed by politics, passion, intelligence and the all-important sense of humor. His caustic wit and devil-may-care attitude has long been a favorite of anti-establishment icons Aesop Rock, Kimya Dawson, Ani DiFranco and the critical elite inciting Rolling Stone magazine to call him "Bald, bold and superbad!" Henry Rollins says "Hamell is a one man rock show!" He has been described as "Bill Hicks, Hunter S. Thompson, and Joe Strummer all rolled into one" by Philadelphia Weekly and a "one man Tarantino flick: loud, vicious, luridly hilarious, gleefully and deeply offensive" by the Village Voice.
His tenth album, Tackle Box, is his second for New West Records and features all instruments and sounds played by Hamell himself, with the exception of one. Hamell states, “The first voice you hear on the album is Donald Trump. It’s from a campaign rally where he was saying he'd like to punch a protester in the face. His supporters cheer. I thought I'd kickstart the album making people aware that, should they disagree with that attitude, should they find his actions deplorable, his lies, his vanity, his lack of grace and intellect, his pandering to the lowest common denominator, his inciting violence towards minorities and the disenfranchised, they could find safety here at a Hamell show, from a Hamell song. Let us remember that he did not win the popular vote, his supporters are in the minority and I will treat them with all the respect THEY show minorities. The first voice you hear on the album is Donald Trump. ALL other voices you hear on the album, in firm and resolute opposition, are mine.”
Tackle Box was co-produced by the Grammy award winning producer Phil “The Butcher” Nicolo (Bob Dylan, Ms. Lauryn Hill) and features the controversial song “Not Aretha’s Respect (COPS),’ an autobiographical tale teaching his child how to not get shot by a police officer. “‘COPS’ is a song about parenting. My son is 15, I'm teaching him how to drive. I'm explaining, because he has the ability at home to explain his side of the story to me, that he might not have that chance when he's in a situation with a police officer. Say ‘Yes sir, no sir’ and come home safe to me. The boss ain't always right, but he's always the boss. All four incidents in the song actually happened. I play all kinds of gigs, house concerts, theaters, diy punk rock rooms and the kids love this song. It's even has a chorus they can sing along to and rally behind. Last year I was touring across the country with my son and the day after we played Dallas, some cops got shot. I wish no violence on anyone. I preface my introduction to this song live now by saying I just wish the good cops would call out the bad cops. This “Code of Blue” thing is helping no one. And if we don't think it's a race thing, well...”
Once again we see Hamell uncompromising, fearless, obscene, insightful, absurd, angry & poignant and, in a first-time-ever ploy, including four children's songs...for balance. Hamell says, “I threw the four ‘FROGGY’ songs in there, trying my hand at children's songs if you will, to maybe make sense of what the American Dream is or maybe was. In the four songs, interspersed throughout the album, we see the character Froggy as a child, courting, running a business with his wife, and finally surrounded by his grandchildren. This is how he interprets success. I think in light of all the volatility in the country, I needed to remind myself of happier times or potential. And of course the listener, after so many confrontational topics, needs a little refuge.”
Hamell tours the world constantly, seemingly enjoying every performance challenge. From larger stages and theaters, winning the coveted Herald Angel Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, to house concerts and DIY underground spaces, this is a man who clearly loves to play. Armed with a battered 1937 Gibson acoustic guitar that he amplifies mightily and strums like a machine gun, a politically astute mind that can't stop moving, and a mouth that can be profane one minute and profound the next, with Tackle Box, Hamell sets his sights on the new America and issues personal and spiritual. His performances invoke thoughts of the great, rebellious satirists and social commentators of the past: Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor and Bill Hicks. Hamell is a great mind with acoustic punk rock mixed with a seeker's soul. There's no way around his obscenity but in that is a willingness to fight for the free thinkers of the world. Don't we need that now more than ever?
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