Blow those grey day blues away with some wicked shows this week.
In addition to the Joys and Bluessmyth, who will be bringing their special brands of blues influenced rock and roll to the Slice, more traditional blues enthusiasts will want to see a great show on Oct. 24 at the Slice with Winnipeg acoustic blues god Big Dave McLean who is in the middle of another extensive tour with Toronto based American transplant Doc MacLean. Local acoustic bluesman Papa King will be opening the show. Tickets cost $10.
At Henotic the same night, the JPS Trio including John Paul Smith, Dino Scavo and Kyle Harmon, will be filming their show for an upcoming video. They are looking for a crowd who is ready, willing and able to party their faces off and be filmed doing it. Tickets cost $10 to hear this excellent rock and roll band.
If you want to dance, Hippodrome will be bringing the funk to the Slice on Oct. 23.
Speaking of cool shows, if you were at the South Country Fair this year
you will remember the rootsy, wild, weirdness that was the Hank and
Lily Show. If you missed them then, don’t miss them Oct. 29 at Henotic when they will be playing with the Secretaries. With that in mind. L.A.
Beat has two tickets to give away to the first person to e-mail me at
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with the answer to this question:
What
is the name of Hank and Lily’s back up singers? Hint it is in L.A
Beat’s archives. And the answer is not Jenny Whiteley or the
Secretaries.
On Wednesday, Henotic has an open mic beginning at around 9 p.m. And the Lethbridge Folk Club is opening their stage at the Wolf’s Den on Friday, Oct. 23. Everybody is welcome to play at all of these open stages.
Henotic has a big hip hop show on Monday, Oct. 26 with Canada’s own Josh Martinez, who will be bringing Los Angeles’ Pigeon John who promise searing rhymes, quirky humour and classic hip hop sounds.
