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July 12 American Music Show

’08 Lineup announced


American Music Show at the Taste of Downtown 2008


American Music Show

5th & Washington, Downtown Springfield, IL

Featuring: Dale Watson, Deadstring Brothers, Marti Brom, Rocky Velvet, the Hi-Risers and the Eva Hunter Band

This year's American Music Show at the Taste of Downtown music lineup should please the tastes of all kinds of music fans. Each act is a true artist in their genre. $2 admission

Headline Performer Dale Watson 8 PM

Dale Watson is a hard country singer/songwriter that champions country music's golden age. Haggard, Jennings, Jones, Owens and Nelson - country music doesn't get much better. While much of the commercial country industry experiments with seventies era rock to draw a 21st century audience, Dale Watson, refreshingly, remains an old soul. His country music is as authentic as country can be.

Watson's most recent release, From the Cradle to the Grave, was recorded at a cabin in the Tennessee mountains currently owned by friend and fan, Johnny Knoxville. More importantly to country music fans, the cabin was once owned by Johnny Cash. Whether or not the Cash spirit truly affected the recording, the result would have made him proud. Reviews for From the Cradle to the Grave have been unanimously positive.

"Dale Watson writes songs that wouldn't sound out of place on one of Johnny Cash's best albums -- songs that will endure...addressing matters of life and death, truth and justice, loss and longing in a voice that rings -- make that, rumbles -- with conviction." - The Washington Post

"...honky-tonk songs that look back to Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, with fiddle and pedal steel guitar to ease the music onto the dance floor." - The New York Times

"I'm one of Dale's biggest fans - I enjoy all his records and think he's great. I think there's a great deal of similarity between Dale and Waylon and myself...Kris and all the guys who just want to play their music and not have to go through all the bullshit. Dale stays true to what he believes in...whatever they say made me and Waylon 'Outlaws,' I think he's the same...if WE were, HE is."

..Willie Nelson

http://www.dalewatson.com/

Late Night Guests 10 PM
Deadstring Brothers
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the Rolling Stones flattered the best. And if the Deadstring Brothers are a deadringer for Exile-era Stones, well then, that's a pretty serious compliment. Not unlike the Black Crowes, the Deadstring Brothers weren't content to simply imitate the Stones but have dug deep within the well of American roots music for inspiration. Similar influences to their predecessors, but a unique sound. We are thrilled to have them close the American Music Show.

From the Bloodshot Records website:

When the Detroit-based Deadstring Brothers released their critically acclaimed U.S. debut, Starving Winter Report, in the winter of 2006, they took to the road, touring with sidemen on steel guitar while seeking a permanent collaborator with a shared vision. They found what they were looking for in London, where the Heavy Load club scene was packing in rock n' roll fans who danced all night to bands like The Rolling Stones, The Black Crowes and The Allman Brothers….. On meeting Spencer Cullum, a young pedal steel/guitar player with the love of warm, analog rock n' roll, their mission was accomplished. Rounding out the line up were Spencer's brother Jeff on bass and fellow Brit Patrick Kenneally on piano and organ. Their shared musical language is easily explained by a look back to the late 60's, when young players from both sides of the Atlantic took cues from Delta blues players like Blind Willie Johnson and Son House

"This is country rock n' roll with shitloads of soul…one of the most refreshing rock records to hit the shops in many months." David McPherson, American Songwriter

"The Deadstring Brothers' whiskey-drenched blend of Exile-era Stones and ragged nods to Gram Parsons is one of the strongest offerings of twangy Americana in years." Joshua Valocchi, Philadelphia Weekly

http://www.myspace.com/deadstringbrothers

http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/artists/deadstringbrothers/

Marti Brom (w/ Rocky Velvet) 6 PM

Without rival Marti Brom is the reigning queen of the retro rockabilly scene. The original Queen of Rockabilly, Wanda Jackson, even wrote the liner notes for Brom's last cd. Yet to dismiss her as a retro act would simply be wrong. Her latest cd, Heartache Numbers, is a rich country record that showcases her powerful voice on 13 songs that all have a number in the title (Four Walls, A-11, Apartment 9).The Austin Chronicle writes," If Patsy Cline were alive and recording today, this is probably what it would sound like."

The St. Louis native now resides in Washington D.C. after a very productive 15 year stint in Austin, Texas that produced six critically acclaimed albums.

Backing Ms. Brom in Springfield is New York's Rocky Velvet, one of Upstate New York's premiere bands. Metroland, the newsweekly of NY's Capital Region (Albany, Schenectady, Troy, Saratoga), crowned them "Best Band" in 2007.


http://www.myspace.com/martirockabilly

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A313558


The Hi-Risers 4 PM

Last seen in Springfield with Kaiser George, Los Straitjackets and the Pontani Sisters, the Hi-Risers return to our capitol city with more early sixties rock and roll. If you love Buddy Holly and the Beatles, don't miss New York's Hi-Risers!


http://www.hirisers.com/


Eva Hunter Band 3 PM

Maybe the most underappreciated talent in central Illinois.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=172864103

Eeefing!

Stumbled across this NPR story on eefing. Rockabilly guitar god and all around good guy Deke Dickerson contributes to the story. If you are too young for Hee Haw! ask your parents to fill you in.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5259589