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Thu, Jan 15th
The Knitters, The Farmers and The Cheap Leis
8:00 PM Doors at 7:00 PM
$20.00 / $22.00 day of show
Pioneers of country punk, cowpunk or folk punk, the genre which gradually evolved into alternative country. The Knitters formed in 1982 as a side project to the band members’ primary commitments. Vocalist Exene Cervenka, singer/bassist John Doe and drummer DJ Bonebrake were three of the four members of the punk band X; guitarist Dave Alvin was a member of roots rock band The Blasters; and stand-up bassist Jonny Ray Bartel was a member of blues-rock band The Red Devils.
“Some folks might say our music has always been what you call ‘eclectic,’” says John Doe of the Knitters. “Well, OK. As A.P. Carter used to say to me when we’d go song-hunting in the Clinch Mountains, ‘Buddy, it’s all music… (Read More)
These guys have more lives than a cat. They sound like Bo Diddly, CCR, Joe South, and the Yardbirds, ham fisted into a food processor, stuffed into a shotgun shell, and blasted into a beer keg at three in the morning… (Read More)
