Sound Menu October 10 2001 Wed week out
BONAVENTURE QUARTET — See listing for Wed., Oct. 10. Eclipse di Luna (Sarig)
CHIP HOUSTON, LAURA BLACKLEY BAND, BRIAN DOYLE — Houston, fast becoming an Eddie's regular with his spiritually aware lyrics, shares the stage tonight with Ashville-based Blackley, who brings along her band for a set of Americana and rootsy/soulful folk-rock, and Atlantan Doyle, a singer/songwriter also rooted in the rock tradition. Eddie's Attic (Smith)
JACK INGRAM, BEAVER NELSON — It's hard to imagine a Texas honky-tonker more suitable for export than Jack Ingram. And while mentions of Merle Haggard, Steve Earle and other seasoned country rebels seem to follow the guy, he's got a few things they lack: youth, good looks and, well, good looks. Also working in his favor: collaborative relationships with some of the best underdog songwriters in the business, including Todd Snider, Bruce Robison and Jim Lauderdale. More nuanced vocals of late have helped silence contentions that Ingram is little more than the hunky, well-meaning sum of his influences. Beaver Nelson brings a certain stylistic unruliness to the already-eclectic Americana formula on his latest, Little Brother. Smith's Olde Bar (Rowland)
NIGHTHAWKS — Thirty years and still chugging along, Washington, D.C.'s hardest working bar band somehow manages to never go through the motions. They're talented musicians who've honed their three rugged nightly sets into a show that's as tight and exciting as anyone on the 200-plus-shows-a-year grind. Blind Willie's (Horowitz)
THE RAPTURE, ELECTROSLEEP INTERNATIONAL, COPA VANCE — The Rapture return with a twitchy mix that has been rightly described as "the Gang of Four fucking The Who up the ass." Electrosleep International resides where the paths of Killing Joke, Nation of Ulysses and Wire converge. Copa Vance gets in on the action with post-punk pandemonium. The Earl (Ware)
THE APACHE CAFE: Al Smith & Friends
THE BAYOU ROOM: Donna Hopkins
BLIND WILLIE'S: The Nighthawks
BRANDYHOUSE: Z93/Brandyhouse Benefit
BRIDGES: Piano with Bruce
CHURCHILL GROUNDS JAZZ CAFE: Pursuance with Lee Hogan & Dan Furman
CLUB GENO'S: The Brethern
COWBOYS: Darrin Robbins, Kickback
DARK HORSE TAVERN: CMS CD Release
DARWIN'S: Open Blues Jam hosted by Heaven Davis
THE EARL: The Rapture, Copa Vance, Electrosleep International
ECLIPSE DI LUNA: Bonaventure Quartet
EDDIE'S ATTIC: Chip Houston, Laura Blackley Band, Brian Doyle
FAT MATT'S RIB SHACK: The Electromatics
40 WATT CLUB-ATHENS: Digital Underground, Slackdaddy
FUZZY'S: Mike Veal
GLENN MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM: Arcadi Volodos
KARMA: Cream
KAYA: Komplex featuring DJ Rich Medina and Lady Alma, hosted by Dres the Beatnik
THE LIVING ROOM: R&B, Funk, Acid Jazz, House
MASQUERADE: Mortician, Exhumed, Signs of Dying, Apocalyptic Visions
METROPOLITAN PIZZA: Metropolitan Wednesdays
9 LIVES SALOON: Bitch, Bang the Union
NOMENCLATURE MUSEUM: Reunion - featuring dark wave, ether pop and trance
NORTHSIDE TAVERN: Daniel "Mudcat" Dudeck
PECKERHEAD BREWERY: Open Mic with Debone
PHUNKY PHISH: DROP
THE POETRY PLANET: Bare Soul Wednesday
POPPER'S: Karaoke
RAY'S ON THE RIVER: Waveform with Doc Samuels, Larry Jackson, Tom Woodruff
RED LIGHT CAFE: Open Mic
ST. LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: Pandean Players
SAMBUCA JAZZ CAFE: Gwen Hughes Quartet
SMITH'S OLDE BAR: Jack Ingram, Beaver Nelson
STAR BAR-L5P: Flathead Mike and the Mercurys , Kickstart, the Getting Headstones
VIOLETTE RESTAURANT: Jus Jazz featuring Dave Wallis, Eddie Taylor, Dan Coy, Shack Lewis, Rita Graham
WHISKER'S TAVERN-DUNWOODY: The Surpriz Blues & Soul BandContributors to this week's Menu are Mitchell Foy, Jason Hatcher, Hal Horowitz, Matthew Hutchinson, James Kelly, Omar Khalid, Gregory Nicoll, Bryan Powell, Todd Prusin, Hobart Rowland, Jane St. John, Roni Sarig, Lee Smith, Michael Wall and Tony Ware.