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Chickasaw Mudd Puppies with Nikki & the Phantom...

Saturday September 7, 2024 08:00 PM EDT
Cost: $15.00
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CRITIC’S PICK: Chickasaw Mudd Puppies, Nikki & the Phantom Callers, The Garden Club at Wild Heaven West End —Even their cult fans never expected Athens’ Chickasaw Mudd Puppies to reform. After all, these crazed backwoods swamp blues/boogie ragamuffins only released one album and an EP back in 1990-’91. And even though the former was partly produced by Michael Stipe, their raw, ornery stripped-down rock was never going to crack the big time. But a few months ago, they cranked out a new album, Fall Line that picks up where they left off, and might even get them some well-deserved recognition, thirty-five years later. We’ll see. The opener’s retro, ragged pop/punk rocking makes for a solid night. —Hal Horowitz

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The Garden Club Presents:CHICKASAW MUDD PUPPIESwith Nikki & The Phantom CallersThe Garden Club at Wild Heaven West EndSaturday, September 7thTickets: $18.00 Advance $22.00 Day of Show (plus taxes & fees)Early Promo Code “MUDD” for $15.00 discounted ticketsOnly available from 6/10 11:00 AM - 6/14 at 11:00 AM for the first 50 ticket purchasersDoors: 7:00 PM   Show: 8:00 PMAges: All
Genre: Country / Rock Style: Roots Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Blues-Rock, Jangle Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock, Cowpunk, Punk/New WaveR.I.Y.L.: Mojo Nixon, Camper Van Beethoven, Fetchin Bones, Hoots and Hellmouth, R.E.M., Scruffy the Cat, The Cramps,The Gourds, Willie Dixon
CHICKASAW MUDD PUPPIESLet’s get right down to brass tacks, y’all: the Chickasaw Mudd Puppies are back! And if you ain’t excited about that, doggone it, you either don’t know a lick about what you’ve been missing or you just ain’t quite right. Their brand spankin’ new record Fall Line is a high-octane distillation of all the sound and the fury and the supercharged heart and soul that made this crackerjack combo oh so rip-roaringly great from the get-go. It hoots and it hollers and it hearkens smack-dab back to when they kicked off the decade in Southern-fried style with their red hot debut EP White Dirt, following it up like white lightnin’ with their last barn-burning full-length 8 Track Stomp.
NIKKI SPEAKE & THE PHANTOM CALLERSGrowing up in rural Dadeville, Alabama, Nikki Speake has a specific Southern grit embedded in her soul. More Flannery O’Connor than Margaret Mitchell, there’s a morbid spirit to much of Speake’s writing, and nowhere is that more apparent than Nikki & the Phantom Callers’ debut LP, Everybody’s Going To Hell (But You and Me). The eleven-track collection of boot-stomping alt-country and jangly indie-rock weaves a series of stories exploring a beautiful darkness in stark contrast to their predominantly sunny tonality; a Southern Gothic study of grief soundtracked by country-tinged ‘60s pop. “I am very Southern, I grew up in a traditional Southern Baptist family going to church three times a week,” says Speake. “Those older Southern generations have so much grief surrounding them—even the church services are morbid. I think my vocabulary was formed by that, so it’s just how I think.”  
Speake has been living in Atlanta for years now, playing in the garage-rock power trio Midnight Larks and the all-girl psych-rock outfit Shantih Shantih, and performing alongside acts like Shooter Jennings, Lydia Loveless, L.A. Witch, Joshua Hedley, Black Lips, Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires & more prior to forming the Phantom Callers in early 2017. In the short time since their formation, the band—featuring lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist Speake, lead guitarist Aaron Mason, drummer Russell Owens, and Speake’s Shantih Shantih bandmate Anna Kramer on bass and backing vocals—has garnered acclaim from national media outlets including Paste, Wide Open Country, PopMatters, Cowboys & Indians Magazine & more, and in 2018 was named Atlanta’s best country band by Creative Loafing.  
“Atlanta band Nikki & The Phantom Callers are an eclectic mix of country, gothic rock and honky-tonk.” -WABE City Lights with Louis Rietzes
“Speake’s ability to pour raw emotion into her lyrics creates an authentic narrative woven into her music.” - American Songwriter
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Wild Heaven Beer West End Brewery
1010 White St SW
Atlanta, GA 30310
(404)-254-2232
wildheavenbeer.com
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