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[Jim Herrmann]

WWWD made the Pitch Music Newsletter!  Whoo Hoo!  I hope you all are planning on coming out.  It's going to be a great time.  We're also in the printed Pitch this week on page 20.

Peace,
Jim

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	Concerts Friday - June 27 American Catastrophe, Red Kate, Minds Under Cover If all you hear when listening to American Catastrophe is Shaun Hamontree's towering baritone, you're missing the point. Sure, the frontman demands attention, but it's his bandmates who complete the picture. Guitarist Terrence Moore, for example, co-penned most of the tracks on the band's two-fisted 2004 debut, Excerpts From the Broken Bone Choir (reissued in 2007 by OxBlood Records), and backup singer and bassist Amy Farrand and drummer Eric Bessenbacher color in the deep, dark notes and beats that stalk listeners in their sleep. The Brick 1727 McGee Kansas City, MO The Elders, the Wilders Though the genre of Celtic music includes the shimmery sounds of Loreena McKennit and Enya, it also encompasses music charged with all the rowdy irreverence of an Irish pub. And that's right where Kansas City's Celtic rock outfit the Elders feel most at home. Sporting the infernal energy of a bar fight, this six-piece band sprays out an array of whirling jigs and ballads while slinging sweat and spittle into crazed crowds of wannabe Irish. Their lyrics are righteous, and their harmonies land them somewhere between the Chieftains and the Eagles. This year, the Elders headline five Irish-American festivals, including gigs in Montana, Michigan and right here at home. Frontier Park 15501 W. Indian Creek Pkwy. Olathe, KS Tab Benoit, Lazy Lester & Marquise Knox Knuckleheads Saloon 2715 Rochester Kansas City, MO Micah Burdick Granny's Chicken Ranch 1340 Village West Pkwy. Kansas City, Kan., KS More Friday Music Events » Saturday - June 28 KCK Street Blues Festival with Trampled Under Foot, Lonesome Hank & the Heartaches, Lazy Lester, Myra Taylor, Blue 88, Shannon Basham, Turkey Bone & Stix, Shinetop Jr., Marquise Knox, Linda Shell's Blues Thang Family acts can often fall into novelty territory, but not when they get as lowdown as the Schnebelen sibs. Brothers Nick and Kris and sultry-voiced sis Danielle were born into the blues. This year, their band, Trampled Under Foot, presented a documentary DVD titled Behind the Blues that's chock-full of live footage as well as insight into the band's beginnings. Between that and playing an exhausting number of gigs in the last year, the trio is on its way to the top of the KC blues scene. Intersection of 13th and State Ave. 13th and State Ave. Kansas City, Kan., KS Republic Tigers, Dirtnap, Overstep From the Buckle Bunny: Apparently, being KC's most hyped indie rock band can be slightly uncomfortable, especially when the whole stinkin' scene is gathered in your honor. The Republic Tigers, you know, that local indie rock band whose song got played on Grey's Anatomy last week presented their album "Keep Color" to Kansas City last night during a free listening party at the Record Bar. The house was packed with hipsters who swigged free PBR while the record played. The band wandered through the club, too, listening to their own music with all their friends and local fans. At the bar, Tigers frontman Kenn Jankowski confessed that he found the experience kind of surreal. "Well, as loud as it is in here, no one can really hear it, anyway," I said. "Good," Jankowski smiled and walked away. Crosstown Station 1522 McGee Kansas City, MO What Would Woody Do? with the Hermannators and David Hakan In recent years, protest singers have become more synonymous with Rage Against the Machine and Green Day than Woody Guthrie or Bob Dylan (who never owned up to the title anyway). But Woody was the originator, the ruffian who sang directly to union workers and fruit pickers and Dust Bowl sufferers. If you're gonna sing about morality, you might as well do it like Woody would have done it. That's the creative spark behind Kansas City's What Would Woody Do Players, a dozen-strong collective of songwriters who express their social conscience with folk ballads about today's corporate bullies and democratic ne'er-do-wells. The group's 6 p.m. performance at the Kansas City, Kansas, Community College Performing Arts Center (7250 State Avenue in KCK, 913-288-9690) doubles as an album-release party for folk-rockers the Herrmannators and Songwriters Circle founder David Hakan. Tickets cost $10 in advance at whatwouldwoodydo.org or $15 at the door. KCKCC Performing Arts Center 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, Kan., KS American Life, Seeking Surreal, Starlit Platoon The Studio 1118 McGee Kansas City, MO More Saturday Music Events » Sunday - June 29 The Wilders, Pert Near Sandstone When we say the Wilders are old-school, we don't mean George Jones; we mean Ma Carter, mountain music, Dobros -- the musical teat that Loretta Lynn was weaned from. Oh, for Betse's fiddle and Ike's gruff yodel on a clear spring day. God help us, is this not a great country? In times when it's hard to be proud of our nation, there is the sound of the Wilders, more upright and American than a holler full of George W. Bushes. The Replay Lounge 946 Massachusetts Lawrence, KS Blues Jam with Tommy Andrews Band The Hide Out 6948 N. Oak Tfwy. Kansas City, MO Draw the Line: A Tribute to Aerosmith, Thik Lizzy Beaumont Club 4050 Pennsylvania Kansas City, MO Sully Erna of Godsmack VooDoo Lounge Harrah's Casino, 1 Riverboat Dr. Kansas City, MO More Sunday Music Events » Register with the The Pitch to post comments, get FREE Stuff, and newsletters. Sign Up ... for More The Pitch Newsletters Most Popular Top Viewed Articles 1. Panic at the Disco loses an exclamation point, discovers the Beatles- 2. Death Cab for Cutie- 3. James Brown, Sly Stone and Batman & Robin get roasted at a funkalicious JoCo blues club- 4. The French Kicks- 5. Bong-Ra- Club Directory Music Events				Feature Hip-hop newcomer D/Will gets cerebral on two new releases By Nadia Pflaum "Glory" by D-Will, from Heir of Abraham (self-released): <  MORE »; Articles Tommy Ramone gives the Mountain Music Shoppe a brush with CBGB By Jason Harper "Home Sweet Reality" by Uncle Monk, from Uncle Monk (Airday Records): <  MORE » The Download Liz Phair By Andy Vihstadt After signing with ATO Records and announcing her upcoming sixth album, Liz Phair told reporters, "I can honestly say, for the first time in 15 years, I feel creative." The release date is still in ...  MORE » Reviews Live Previews Ingrid Michaelson By Richard Gintowt "The Way I Am" by Ingrid Michaelson, from Girls and Boys (Cabin 24): <  MORE » Vans Warped Tour By Richard Gintowt Since its inception in 1995, the Vans Warped Tour has been a forum for teenage kids to see all the bands they like in one day. Any pretensions of it actually being "punk" are dwarfed by corporate...  MORE » I Love You By Jason Harper "March of the Dead" by I Love You, from Drone, Drugs and Harmony (self-released): <  MORE » KCK Street Blues Festival By Danny Alexander "Hey There" by Myra Taylor, from My Night To Dream (APO Records): <  MORE » CD Reviews Seeking Surreal By Andrew Miller Seeking Surreal occasionally sounds like a quieter, hookier incarnation of Tool, kind of like A Perfect Circle, which boasts the advantage of actually employing Tool's singer. But this Kansas City-based...  MORE » Mates of State By Ben Westhoff Husband-and-wife team Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner make gorgeous pop songs as easily and casually as the rest of us shower in the morning. Much has changed for them since their duo Mates of State's 2006...  MORE » The Beautiful Bodies By Jason Harper "Touch Me (But If Only You Knew How)" by the Beautiful Bodies, from Touch Me (self-released): <  MORE » Fag Cop By Flannery Cashill "I'm Fuckin' Dead" by Fag Cop, from I'm Fuckin' Dead (Eat Records): <  MORE »
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