Sunday, March 13
Alvin Youngblood Hart Ten Pins Tavern “One look at the Grammy Awards a couple weekends ago and you see that everything has gone to hell,” says Memphis-based eclectic bluesman Alvin Youngblood Hart with a chuckle. “The friends I was watching the Grammys with were looking at their kids and asking, ‘Hey, who was winning Grammy’s back when we were their age?’ and we’re thinking, Elton John and Stevie Wonder—I don’t know, man, it’s as if people as a whole have lost their minds and bought into mindless drivel… Culture in general is kind of a throw-away thing.” Hart’s assessment comes from a unique perspective: He took home the trophy offered up annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in 2005 for his contribution to Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster. Two years prior, his fourth album, Down in the Alley, received a Best Traditional Blues Album nomination. (The award ultimately went to B.B. King for a Christmas record whose proceeds benefit a world-renowned biomedical research and treatment center. ) Naturally, Flagpole wanted to know if Hart attended the gala event in-person in 2003 rather than view it from the living room couch. “I went, but I was in the non-televised part of it, where Best Polka Performance and Best Ethnic Performance were awarded,” Hart laughs. The obvious follow-up question: Who’d you sit next to? “The cool thing about it—this was the year of Norah Jones—and in the beginning I was sitting next to Norah Jones and her sister [sitar player and composer] Anoushka Shankar… Norah Jones won about four or five Grammy awards that year so she had to get up a lot. I was thinking, ‘Hey, maybe some of this whatever-it-is will rub off,’ but it didn’t, so whatever,” he laughs, adding, “She had to get up and get her picture taken and all that, so the seats were vacant. Who walks up and asks, ‘Hey, man, are those seats open?’—it was Slash and his wife.” The Ten Pins Tavern performance, arranged by Hart’s longtime friend and R.E.M guitar tech Dewitt Burton, will be a special solo affair that gets underway early. Music at 8 p.m. [David Eduardo]
3/18 The Hypsys (Rye Bar) 3/18 The Big Daddy’s Band / Eric Dodd Band (The Melting Point) 3/19 Leaving Countries (Allen’s Bar & Grill) 3/19 Bo Bedingfield / Romper Stompers (Caledonia Lounge) 3/19 The Real Amanda Jane vs. Amanda Jane and the Salvation Army (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 3/19 Jazz Night (Hilltop Grille) 3/19 Dr. Arvin Scott’s Universal Rhythms (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 3/19 E.R.E / Funk You (Rye Bar) 3/19 Tropical Breeze (Terrapin Beer Co.) 3/19 Strawberry Flats (The Melting Point) 3/20 Killick (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) 3/21 Open Mic (Rye Bar) 3/21 Cinemechanica / Obits / Shark / Sundelles (Caledonia Lounge) 3/21 Adrian Foster (First Presbyterian Church) 3/21 Open Mic (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) 3/22 NO SHAME! (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) 3/22 Eric Chenaux / Godspeed You! Black Emperor (40 Watt Club) 3/22 Ava Luna / Doldrums / Grimes (Farm 255) 3/22 Tom Eisenbraun / EW Harris (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 3/22 Kenosha Kid (Highwire) 3/22 Dirk Quinn Band / Dopapod (No Where Bar) 3/22 June Star / The National Reserve (Rye Bar) 3/22 String Theory (The Melting Point)
3/23 Boar’s Head Open Mic (Boar’s Head Lounge) 3/23 Karaoke (The Office Lounge) 3/23 Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors / Mockingbird Sun (40 Watt Club) 3/23 The Great Valley / Mouser / Nude Sunrise / Timmy Tumble and the Tumblers (Farm 255) 3/23 Forest City Lovers / Ruby Kendrick / Steven Trimmer (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 3/23 Haley Bowery / Matthew Pop (Rye Bar) 3/23 Ben Grant (Terrapin Beer Co.) 3/23 Nate Currin (The Melting Point) 3/24 Snoop Dogg (40 Watt Club) 3/24 The Bronzed Chorus / Kenosha Kid / Manray (Caledonia Lounge) 3/24 Betsy Franck / Blair Crimmins (Farm 255) 3/24 Patrick Morales / Pearl and the Beard / Jeremy Wheatley (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 3/24 Carl Lindberg (Hotel Indigo) 3/24 Mimosa / Sub Shanti (New Earth Music Hall) 3/24 Efren (No Where Bar) 3/24 Tent City (Rye Bar) 3/24 Fifth Nation (Terrapin Beer Co.) 3/24 Kevin Devine / Hardy Morris / River City Extension (The Melting Point) 3/24 Live in the Lobby (WUOG 90.5FM) 3/25 Quiet Hooves / Surfer Blood (40 Watt Club) 3/25 Consider the Source / Eatliz / Lazer/Wulf / Sorry No Ferrari (Caledonia Lounge) 3/25 The Extraordinaires / Tumbleweed Stampede (Farm 255)
3/25 The Horns of Happiness / Kara Kildare / Lady Lazarus / Titans of Filth (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 3/25 ecompany (No Where Bar) 3/25 Eddie & The Public Speakers / The On Fires (Rye Bar) 3/25 Yaddatu (Terrapin Beer Co.) 3/25 Sons of Sailors (The Melting Point) 3/26 DJ Z-Dog / Immuzikation (The Max Canada) 3/26 J Roddy Walston and the Business / Mike Watt and the Missing Men (40 Watt Club) 3/26 Easter Island / Five-Eight / Little Horn (Caledonia Lounge) 3/26 Sumilan (Farm 255) 3/26 Thayer Sarrano / Hank Sullivant (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 3/26 Don Auber / Greensky Bluegrass Quintet (No Where Bar) 3/26 Gifts from Enola / Nigredo / The Sleeper Years (RPM) 3/26 JUNK / Justin Kalk Orchestra (Rye Bar) 3/27 Grape Soda / Holopaw / Witches (Farm 255) 3/28 Lera Lynn / Packway Handle Band / The Whiskey Gentry / Yo Soybean (40 Watt Club) 3/28 Dave Marr (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 3/28 Band of Oz (The Melting Point) 3/29 Bombs Bombs Bombs (Farm 255) 3/29 The Wailers (New Earth Music Hall) 3/29 The Avett Brothers (The Classic Center) 3/29 The Corduroy Road (The Melting Point) 3/30 Tre Powell (Terrapin Beer Co.)
3/30 Chrissakes / The Fucking Hotlights / Spirit Hair (Caledonia Lounge) 3/30 Echo Canyon / Hymn for Her / PD Wilder (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 3/31 Feral Youth / Night Light (New Earth Music Hall) 3/31 Madeline (40 Watt Club) 3/31 The District Attorneys (Farm 255) 3/31 Songwriter Showcase (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 3/31 Carl Lindberg (Hotel Indigo) 3/31 Josh Roberts and the Hinges / The Woodgrains (No Where Bar) 3/31 Connor Pledger (Terrapin Beer Co.) 3/31 Dead Confederate (The Melting Point) 3/31 Live in the Lobby (WUOG 90.5FM) 4/1 Futurebirds (40 Watt Club) 4/1 Frangipani Mayo (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 4/1 Bela Fleck / Zakir Hussain / Edgar Meyer (Performing Arts Center) 4/1 Exception to the Rule (Terrapin Beer Co.) 4/2 Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Tour Holiday Surprise Tour (40 Watt Club) 4/2 The Woodgrains (Terrapin Beer Co.) 4/2 Holman Autry Band (The Melting Point) 4/4 Gold Bears / The Pains of Being Pure at Heart / Twin Shadow (40 Watt Club) 4/5 Live in the Lobby (WUOG 90.5FM) 4/6 Diamond Doves / The Felice Brothers (40 Watt Club) 4/6 Family Band (Farm 255) 4/7 Break Science (New Earth Music Hall) 4/7 The Chapin Sisters (The Melting Point) 4/7 Live in the Lobby (WUOG 90.5FM) 4/8 Citizen Cope (40 Watt Club) 4/8 Common Ground Benefit (Farm 255) 4/8 J Mascis / Kurt Vile & The Violators (The Melting Point) 4/9 Cinemechanica / Manray / Pride Parade (40 Watt Club) 4/9 Rubblebucket / Toubab Krewe (New Earth Music Hall) 4/10 Alexis Gideon / Nutritional Beast (Farm 255) 4/11 The Books / Thick Paint (New Earth Music Hall) 4/12 Diet Cokeheads (Farm 255) 4/13 Arcturus / Qurious / Space Ghost (Caledonia Lounge) 4/13 Senryu (Farm 255) 4/14 Baby Baby / The Orkids / Tealvox (40 Watt Club) 4/14 Easy Star All-Stars (New Earth Music Hall) 4/14 Groove Moose (Rye Bar) 4/15 Ween (40 Watt Club) 4/15 Beats Antique (New Earth Music Hall) 4/15 Todd Snider / The Trishas (The Melting Point) 4/16 Lotus (New Earth Music Hall) 4/18 Lady Gaga (Gwinnett Center & Arena) 4/20 PANTyRAid (New Earth Music Hall) 4/20 STS9 (The Classic Center) 4/21 Dank Sinatra (Farm 255)
In the ATL 4/8 Destroyer / The War on Drugs (The EARL) 4/8 Scissor Sisters (The Tabernacle) 4/9 Lil’ Wayne (Philips Arena) 4/18 Lady Gaga (Gwinnett Center & Arena) 4/22 Pete Yorn (Center Stage)
285 W. Washington St. Athens, GA • Call 706-549-7871 for Show Updates
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THURSDAY, MARCH 10
MARCH MADNESS
supercluster • flash to bang time casper & the cookies the goons • tunabunny green thrift grocery mistress of ceremonies: amanda burke doors open at 8pm
FRIDAY, MARCH 11
Toro Y Moi CLOUD NOTHINGS THE GOLD PARTY
doors open at 9pm**
SATURDAY, MARCH 12
The Baseball Project (Featuring Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey, Linda Pitmon & Steve Wynn)
KEV’N KINNEY & THE MUSICAL KINGS doors open at 9pm**
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23
Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors MOCKINGBIRD SUN
doors open at 8pm**
FRIDAY, MARCH 25
SURFER BLOOD QUIET HOOVES
doors open at 9pm
SATURDAY, MARCH 26
MIKE WATT
& THE MI S SING MEN
J RODDY WALSTON & THE BUSINESS doors open at 9pm
All Shows 18 and up • + $2 for Under 21 * Advance Tix Available at Schoolkids Records ** Advance Tix Sold at http://www.40watt.com
* Advance Tickets Available
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