Complete event listing for
Rowdys Saloon
305 W 5th St
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Wednesday, March 12
The Deslondes (formerly Tumbleweeds) are a New Orleans-based country-soul, swamp-boogie band. In their writing and performing, they combine elements of early Stax, Sun and Atlantic records with the influence of a more ra…
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In today’s country music climate, there is an abundance of artists and songwriters champing at the bit to tell you just how “country” they are. But none represents the genuine rural lifestyle quite like Corey Smith. Born…
The legendary Son House (1902-1988) was known to say “Blues is a feelin’”. Eli Cook’s music expresses that same raw honesty in a unique blend of contemporary and old-school styles, creating an original sound at the fore-…
Rusty Anderson Afternoon's single 'Effortless' hit #1 on Sirius radio Rusty Anderson: Guitar, Vocals. lead guitarist with Paul Mccartney for over a decade. New album, world tours, 2012 Olympics, 2005 Superbowl, etc. …
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Johnny Winter Voted one of the top 100 guitarists of all time in Rolling Stone Magazine Johnny Winter is a guitar hero without equal. Signing with Columbia Records in 1969, he immediately laid out the blueprint for his …
Thursday, March 13
Inspired by a taste for the surreal, Cleveland's Mr. Gnome has been creating a singular amalgam of gritty, space-psychedelia since 2005, gaining them an ever-growing following across North America and Europe, as well as …
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Wiretree began as the solo recording project of singer-songwriter Kevin Peroni. After releasing the LP Bouldin in 2007, Peroni recruited other band members to solidify the project. The group released their sophomore eff…
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In 2014 Gold Beach will release their much anticipated second record, entitled Ryou Cannon. After raising 12k on Kickstarter, main songwriter, Michael Winningham, enlisted Sam Cohen (frontman for Brooklyn's Yellowbirds) …
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BBC-4 Radio called a recent live session "marvelous... absolutely beautiful... one of our favorite sessions of the year”, the magazine El Pais declared a Spanish performance "monstrously sad and brilliantly anachronistic…
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This Wild Life is an acoustic duo from Long Beach, CA. Writing songs that hail to the past emotions of Dashboard Confessional and the new feelings of City and Colour, they have created a sound, vibe, and presence that se…
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Quaker City Night Hawks' brand of hard rock n' roll is bred from Texas boogie, Memphis soul and heavy blues. Their music is southern rock right out of '75, played with the fervor of a sermon crackling out of the radio in…
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Friday, March 14
"Beneath the stomping country rock of Ben Dukes’ latest single, “Old Fixer Upper,” is the beating heart of a man who has lived through it all – loss and success, united together in the passage of time.” (Stacey Zeiring, …
Andrew Belle is a Chicago based singer-songwriter. He released his debut album, The Ladder, in 2010 and will release its follow up, Black Bear, in 2013. Along with these albums, Andrew has self-released two EPs, All Thos…
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"The perfect soundtrack for a family picnic, or a meth lab" - Twang Nation Described as everything from “Hee-Haw on mescaline” to “Carter Family-meets-Ramones”, The Defibulators unique brand of country has made them p…
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Kurt Nilsen began his artist career in the Bergen based band, Fenrik Lane, but it was not before he entered the Idol audition in his hometown it really kicked off. His performances were breathtaking and not only did he …
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"The great rock and roll bridge between punk's back alleys and country music's windswept plains." - Portland Mercury "Jon Langford has grit in his voice and melody in his soul. A punk-rock pioneer, a leading light of …
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East Nashville, TN 2014-”Don’t walk away, I’m talking to you,” sings Aaron Lee Tasjan in the first chorus of the first song off of his new EP, Crooked River Burning. The song is aptly titled Don’t Walk Away and covers a…
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Saturday, March 15
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What doesn’t kill us only makes us stronger. The old world cliché has been a sort of rallying cry for North Texas favorites Whiskey Folk Ramblers while working on The Lonesome Underground, the band’s third full-length al…
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At once danceable and reflective, familiar and nostalgic, Humming House is a musical experiment gone right. Woven together from diverse backgrounds (Americana, classical composition, bluegrass, soul, and traditional Iris…
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The Cactus Blossoms play country music the way the best always have: with an ear for universal truth in commonplace stories and for real emotion in simple melodies and beautiful harmonies. Brothers Jack Torrey and Page B…
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Singer-songwriter Hugh Robert Masterson grew up in Butternut, Wisconsin - a quaint but fading small town with decrepit mills, dirt roads, farms, beat down bars, and a population of 300. “It’s the kind of place where the …
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Waylon Speed, created by Noah Crowther, Chad Hammaker, Kelly Ravin and Justin Crowther, formed after meeting at a local honky-tonk in Burlington, Vermont. Three days and one practice later, Waylon Speed was born. By inst…
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SPARKLE AND SHINE is the fourth album from Jonny Kaplan & The Lazy Stars. Jonny, an impassioned musician and songwriter, and the group have created an innovative and engaging collection of American rock numbers that ope…