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Saturday July 26, 2008 - 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Suggested donation is $8.
Americana music hails from the Elvis Presley marriage of hillbilly
and R&B that birthed rock 'n' roll. Our line-up for the day:
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| 1:00PM |
| 2:00PM |
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Read on for band bios!
1:00PM Blending hard twang, swaggering alt-country and Americana
The Molenes offer original songs that hook you from the start with
compelling melodies and addictive rhythms. Spotlight magazine described
the band's 2006 debut CD This Car Is Big as "…a melding
of rockabilly, country, gospel, and roots. More descriptively, it's
pure grease monkey rock armed with turquoise tail fins and Vaseline
hair-dos. It bears the innocence of Whiskeytown's Faithless Street,
the wide-swing tremolo of X's Los Angeles, and the simplicity of
Springsteen's Nebraska, complete with haunting harmonicas and earthquake
whammy bar groans." The Molenes are based in Portsmouth, NH,
but perform throughout New England.
Entertainment Weekly states "Cleaves tells gorgeously
compact stories in a voice packed with Texas trail dust." A.
Koledin reviewed Slaid for Sellout Magazine recently. "A transplanted
Texan originally from small-town Maine, Slaid Cleaves sure isn't
running short on charm, and it's easy to see why his recent stint
at Joe's Pub drew a packed house. His smooth southern drawl is somewhat
affected, and while there's just enough twang to make it justifiably
country, the substantial purity belongs to the traditions of folk
music. His natural charisma comes more from his sensitivity to the
stories he tells, his range of volume and intensity bringing the
songs to life."
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