AMERICANA JUKEBOX: Hillbilly Music for the 21st Century!

Description

We're pushing the tables outta the way and making room for some serious dance action. So break out your bestest country duds and wear some comfy dancin' shoes for a night of old-time hillbilly dance music -- Western-Swing vs. Honky-Tonk!

LONESTAR RETROBATES (Marin County)
West Coast Cowjazz with 5-part harmony, twin guitars, pedal steel, trumpet, tenor sax, standup bass, drums, and twin fiddles. The Lonestar Retrobates draw from Bob Wills, and Louis Jordan to Johnny Mercer, from Ella to Ella Mae-- from Billy Jack to the Great American Songbook.
The bands is: Mylos "Boogie" Sonka, Bryan "Spex" Adams, Kevin "Cody" McConnell, Greg "Doghouse Dunn, Fiddle Ray Landsberg, Ray "Idaho Slim" Green, "Curly” Bob Akers, Bing Nathan, Emily Bonn.
http://www.lonestarretrobates.com/

THE MUDDY ROSES (Bay Area)
From classic country to gritty folk and electric blues, The Muddy Roses feature a stylish repertoire of Americana heirlooms and originals with soaring three-part harmonies, tight instrumentation and sassy humor. Fronted by a trio of powerful female vocalists that can turn a phrase and capture a tune in perfect harmony, this Bay Area-based band is a foot-stompin’ firecracker of a good time. Their repertoire is firmly planted on the shoulders of American female singers and songwriters of the early to mid-20th century - gals who had something frank to say about their feelings and did so with a wink and a smile. From tough blues matriarchs like Memphis Minnie and Ethel Waters, to Grand Ole Opry favorites like the Carter Sisters and Kitty Wells, to darlings of the Nashville sound like Loretta Lynn and Wanda Jackson, these women expressed their frustrations, woes and triumphs through song, many of them long before “Women’s Lib” became a mainstream cultural movement. With a nod to their sound and sentiment, The Muddy Roses carry on their message.
http://www.themuddyroses.com/