Thurs 2/25: Emmitt-Nershi and Zepparella in Vail tonight...

Mar 10, 2010 by

It should be a fun night in Vail as two national touring acts come into town. In the village, Emmitt-Nershi Band play at Samana. With years of collective experience under their belts, Drew Emmitt and Bill Nershi exemplify the forward-thinking modern bluegrass musician. As linchpins of two legendary jam-bands –Drew with Leftover Salmon, Bill with the String Cheese Incident–both men have done the stadium-filling, high-profile rock ‘n’ roll thing to perfection. Along the way, however, they’ve honed their songwriting and playing chops and studied the bluegrass, rock and jazz masters they admire. Above all, Drew and Bill have shared a commitment to keeping music human-scaled and honest. Those qualities are found in abundance on their latest and greatest collaboration, New Country Blues–11 tunes made in Newgrass heaven. I’m sure there will be a Nersh...

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Wed 3/3: Great American Taxi

Mar 3, 2010 by

In support of their new CD Reckless Habits, Vince Herman’s Great American Taxi takes the stage at Samana Lounge in Vail tonight. Taxi, who you may also know from trying to complete the rock and roll crossword puzzle in the latest print issue of Mousike, brings their uninhibited sound which can be described as a swinging concoction of swampy blues, progressive bluegrass, funky New Orleans strut, Southern boogie, honky tonk country, gospel, and good ol’ fashioned rock ’n’ roll. Great American Taxi was born when singer, guitarist, and mandolin player Vince Herman of Leftover Salmon joined keyboard player and singer Chad Staehly for a superstar jam to benefit the Rainforest Action Group in Boulder, in March of 2005. “We put together a dream band of the best local musicians for a one-off gig,” Herman...

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Tues 3/2: Grayson Capps and The Bridge...

Mar 2, 2010 by

Grayson Capps at Agave, The Bridge at Three20South – more info on each below… Grayson Capps and The Stumpknockers are touring in support of their new album Rott ‘N’ Roll, a title that originated with Grayson Capps’ fans in New Orleans as an explanation of his music. Prostitutes, alcoholics, vagrants and drifters often inhabit the southern troubadour’s songs, while his live performances are ignited by sanctified Southern soul, howling back-country stomp and raucous roadhouse blues. Slowly, but surely, the phrase spread from one city to the next as the definition of the Grayson Capps experience. For Grayson himself, Rott ‘N’ Roll has come to represent the state of mind needed to play uncompromising roots music as a means for survival in the Dirty South; the yin and yang between the debauchery of life on the road and the...

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Roller Derby Girl will give you a SXSW shout-out for $100...

Mar 1, 2010 by

INDIE-ROCK PIONEERS CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN TO FUND SXSW TRIP BY LETTING FANS SPONSOR SONGS AT THEIR SHOWS! DAVID LOWERY LEADS BOTH CRACKER & CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN FOR THREE SXSW SHOWCASES IN AUSTIN The more things change, the more they stay the same… well, perhaps at least for CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN, the pioneering Santa Cruz-based band that helped usher in indie-rock over a quarter-century ago. Although the band doesn’t currently have a label, they’re incorporating an inventive, if not absurd, way of funding their trip to perform at this year’s SXSW Music Festival in Austin, TX. In a nutshell, CVB are selling fans the right to sponsor songs during their two SXSW performances for $100 each. In exchange, a Santa Cruz Roller Derby Girl will skate across the stage carrying a placard with the respective...

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Lubriphonic starts 2 week tour tonight...

Mar 1, 2010 by

Chicago based Lubriphonic begins their two week tour tonight in Aspen. Below is a reprint of the Lubriphonic article from the latest print issue of Mousike… A look at what would happen if James Brown and Led Zeppelin had children By Todd Altschuler Get ready to dance your ass off this March when a funky rock and blues band called Lubriphonic embarks on two week tour of Colorado. And dance you will, because Lubriphonic is one of those bands that makes an entire room get down hard. I’ll bet they could even make Reverend Shaw Moore tap a foot. Hailing from Chicago and featuring a group of musicians that reads like a who’s who in the The Second City’s venerable blues scene, this band is not to be missed. The two week tour is...

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