THIS WEEKEND
FRI 6/11 - SAT 6/12 - SUN 6/13
Brick Street BBQ
& Marietta Bike Rally
Outside on the Parking Partners Lot on 2nd Street Across from Tampico Mexican Restaurant
musical lineup
the Brick Street BBQ and Marietta Bike Rally Dice Run
Friday, June 11 at 8:00 p.m. the headliner will be McGuffey
Lane. The band first played in a former warehouse on High
Street in Athens, Ohio in 1977, and went on to become a
nationally recognized recording act is back in the Mid-Ohio
Valley.
With their unique blend of rock, country and bluegrass, McGuffey Lane plays everything from Jerry Jeff
Walker to George Jones, to bluegrass standards like "Rocky
Top", Cumberland Gap", and "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"
to their own popular originals such as "Green County
Mountains", "Break Away", "Long Time Lovin' You" and
"People Like You"! McGuffey Lane has toured with the
Charlie Daniels Band, The Judds, Marshall Tucker and The
Allman Brothers and has been attracting a whole new set of
fans with their recent touring.
Opening for McGuffey Lane at 6:00 p.m. Friday evening will
be local favorite, "The Fossils" featuring a long list of classic rock tunes. Specializing in rock and acoustic tunes from artists
like Steely Dan, James Taylor, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Tom Petty. The Fossils also play a number of originals.
Saturday's headlining act will be the Debbie Davies and
Robin Rogers Band. Debbie Davies jumped into the major
blues circuit playing with blues legend Albert Collins in 1988. Davies brings her seasoned licks and soulful sensitivity to
her twelfth solo release, the groundbreaking, all
instrumental "Holdin Court". Davies will be touring with
Blind Pig recording artist, Robin Rogers who sings in the
sassy classic blues tradition of Bessie Smith and Memphis
Minnie. A winner of the Best Self Produced CD at the
Memphis International Blues Challenge for her "Crazy Cryin
Blues" album, Rogers sings self assured brazen blues with a knowing twinkle in her eyes. Her latest release out now
on Blind Pig Records features the award winning song "Color
Blind Angel". Rogers also earned the 2009 Blues Blast award for Best Female Artist.
The Blues party starts at 4:15 p.m. Saturday with the
scorching Jon Justice Band. Justice was recently cited as
Best of Cincinnati 2008 Blues Singer/Slinger, and won the Cincinnati Blues Challenge representing the Queen City at the International Blues Festival in Memphis. In 2007 Justice was nominated for three CEA's for Best Blues Artist, Best Live Act, and Best Up and Coming Artist. He also appeared in a Bootsy Collins' (James Brown, Parliament, George Clinton) video, "Bengal Rock".
At 2:00 p.m. in the afternoon kick back to the bluegrass
music of The Slack Family Band from Richmond, Virginia.
The Slack Family features three part harmony and top notch musicianship, mixing traditional and cutting edge musical influences. They have appeared at the Sternwheel Festival and Mayor's Jubilee and provides a great combination of wit, wisdom and musical heritage.
Information: brickstreetbbq.com or the Colony Office, 740-373-0894 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 740-373-0894 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Timeline:
Friday, June 11, 2010
The Fossils - 6:00 p.m.
McGuffey Lane - 8: 00 p.m.
Saturday, June 12
The Slack Family Band - 2:00 p.m.
Jon Justice Band - 4:15 p.m.
Debbie Davies and Robin Rogers - 8:00 p.m.
Contact:
R. Hunt Brawley, Director
Hippodrome/Colony Historical Theatre Association
740-373-0894/hbrawley@suddenlinkmail.com
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