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CasHank Thursday, NYC Opry Friday, more...
posted March 26, 2007
Thursday night there is a CasHank at Buttermilk. Get
there early for Brownbird Rudy Relic. He is awesome.
The CasHank Hootenanny Jamboree
Thursday, March 29, 2007
577 5th Ave.
Brooklyn, NY
8pm: Brownbird Rudy Relic
9pm - midnight: The CasHank Hootenanny Jamboree
FREE
Friday night we've got a swingin good lineup for the
NYC Opry. We've got Jessica Rose & the High Life, Andi
Rae Healy, Jan Bell & the Cheap Dates, a giant-sized
(9 persons!) Whiskey Rebellion, and more.
The NYC Opry
Friday, March 30, 2007
9 Great Jones St.
NYC, NY
8pm Jan Bell & the Cheap Dates
9pm Andi Rae Healy
10pm Alex Battles' Whisky Rebellion
11pm Jessica Rose & the High Life
with special guest Red Kerri
Other upcoming shows:
April 12: CasHank @ Ace of Clubs
April 19: Whiskey Rebellion @ Rodeo Bar
June 30: Stompin Tom Tribute @ Ace of Clubs
July 21: Hoboken Hayride @ Maxwell's
Sept 6-8: 4th Annual Brooklyn Country Music Festival
My friends over at Retrofret recently sold Lefty
Frizzell's guitar to Merle Haggard! Pretty cool, eh?
Go visit the boys down on Butler St. to hear the
story.
There are some new songs of the week available on the
website including the version of Hong Kong Collision I
played for Mr. Chiu (yes he really exists) when I got
my oil changed last week.
By the way for quality work with computer precision...
Hong Kong Auto Repair
21st St. bw 3rd Ave & 4th Ave.
718.788.2279
yee-higgity,
-Battles
CasHank Thursday, Charlie Louvin, & more...
posted March 1, 2007
Thanks to everyone who came to the Johnny Cash 75th
Birthday Bash. I've posted some pictures from the show
here:
The Manhattan CasHank has moved to 2nd Thursday night
at Ace of Clubs. More party-rific! $2 Budweisers for
the first hour. Come on down sing along to old country
songs.
Thrs Mar 8 @ Ace of Clubs (under ACME Restaurant)
The CasHank Hootenanny Jamboree
9 Great Jones St.
NYC, NY
8pm - midnight or so
FREE
with special guest The Prospectors
Meantime, Charlie Louvin of the Louvin Brothers will
be playing a little further uptown at the Gramercy
Theater with Laura Cantrell that same night.
Charlie Louvin/Laura Cantrell
presented by URGE Nights
Thursday, March 8th
Doors 7:00 PM
Gramercy Theatre
127 East 23rd Street
New York, NY
$16.50
Saturday night, we're having a going away party for
Louisiana Emily, who has been a Hootenanny, Whisky
Rebellion, and American String Conspiracy guest star
since 2005. She and I will sing some songs, as will a
lot of other folks. Come on down to Freddy's for a
good time.
Louisiana Emily & Friends
Freddy's Backroom
Saturday March 10
485 Dean Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
718.622.7035
1030pm - 1am
Upcoming:
Weds March 14: the Whisky Rebellion @ Village Ma
Thrs March 15: The Kings Country Opry @ Freddy's
Fri March 16: Hogzilla (with new name!) @ Galapagos
Fri March 23: Langhorne Slim @ Southpaw
Sat March 24: Shack Shakers & Uncle Leon @ Southpaw
Thr March 29: Brooklyn CasHank
Fri March 30: NYC Opry @ Ace of Clubs (Jessica Rose)
http://brooklyncountrymusic.com
hope to see you all real soon,
Alex
Johnny Cash 75th Birthday Bash, Saturday @ Southpaw
posted February 21, 2007
The Johnny Cash 75th Birthday Bash is Saturday night
at Southpaw. The bands sound awesome, as do the
special guests. This will be the funnest Bash yet.
Don't miss it.
Johnny Cash 75th Birthday Bash
Saturday February 24, 2007
Southpaw, 125 5th Ave., Bklyn, NY
718.230.0236
playing the music of Johnny Cash all night long!
10pm Alex Battles' Whisky Rebellion
with special guests Dock Oscar Gospel Quartet, Jessica
Rose, Kara Suzanne, Louisiana Emily, Sammo, Lindy Loo,
Eli Smith & more...
9pm The Lonesome Prairie Dogs
8pm rare Cash films 7pm Doors
tickets $10
online at ticketweb.com
or at the door
The Whisky Rebellion played live on WKCR's Tennessee
Border program this weekend. Check out excerpts here:
The NYC Opry has a cracklin' good lineup this Friday
night. Come on out and dance and party.
The NYC Opry
Friday February 23, 2007
Ace of Clubs
9 Great Jones St., NYC
11pm SugarPine
10pm Defibulators
9pm Andy Friedman & the other Failures
8pm Hogzilla
$8
And there's a CasHank this week too. Woo! The Two Man
Gentlemen Band will be opening the show at 8pm. Come
early, stay late, drink plenty, sing loudly.
The CasHank Hootenanny Jamboree
Thursday, February 22
Buttermilk
577 5th Ave., Bklyn, NY
8pm - midnight or so
FREE
8pm with special guest Two Man Gentlemen Band
9pm The CasHank
That's about it. See you Saturday night. And Friday
night. And Thursday night.
-Battles
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