Time: 8 p.m.

Tickets:$27.50

 http://www.petercase.com/

Legendary musician Peter Case (The Plimsouls, The Nerves, The Breakaways is going to be performing in Lethbridge on Sep. 14.
 HERE'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT PETER CASE'S RECENT ALBUM THE CASE
>> FILES:
>>
>> ”It's a pleasant surprise that The Case Files is so consistently strong,
>> and coming after Case has jumped back into rock & roll, it builds up a
>> solid and enjoyable head of piss and vinegar, with a thread of articulate
>> anger running through these songs, whether they're one-man acoustic
>> numbers or exercises in full-on electric bash. It's clear Peter Case has
>> admirably high standards, and these 12 songs make for an entertaining and
>> empowering album that delivers the goods with smarts and simple, sweaty
>> force. The Case Files proves this man's cast-offs make for a better album
>> than most acts' level-best efforts, and with any luck, he'll offer another
>> look into his archives before long.” – Mark Deming / ALL MUSIC
>>
>> ”You could do no wrong in picking this up because The Case Files shows
>> that even though this material is essentially stuff that got stashed away
>> and not used, Case’s flotsam and jetsam is still more interesting than a
>> lot of his contemporaries’ output.… a solid and dependable collection
>> of songs that should appease fans, both long-time and new.” - Zachary
>> Houle / POPMATTERS
>>
>> “Even as Peter Case has carved out a quarter-century career as a
>> hardscrabble folk and country-blues songwriter, he’s never lost the
>> rock & roll heart that fueled his seminal work (and occasional reunions)
>> with The Plimsouls. Stretching back to his first solo outing in 1986,
>> this rarities collection finds him equally intense in electric and
>> acoustic modes. Indeed, the recent cover of Alejandro Escovedo’s “The
>> End” is one of the most rocking tracks he’s ever cut.” – Brett
>> Milano / SOUND & VISION MAGAZINE
>>
>> ” The Case Files, a collection of demos, outtakes and rarities, offers
>> an insightful overview of Case’s growth as a songwriter spanning his
>> long and impressive solo career, while adding gems to his already solid
>> body of released work, including his recent 2010 effort, Wig!”  - Mark
>> Shikuma / NORTH COAST JOURNAL
>>
>> ”Through this set of a dozen ditties recorded from the mid-80s up
>> through last year, Case’s sensitive, intelligent, thought-provoking,
>> sometimes-witty but always direct lyrics is the glue the holds the album
>> together. From simple acoustic guitar-only demos to full band live
>> performances with members of The Plimsouls or Case’s latest creation,
>> Wig, none of it ever feels incomplete. But maybe Case’s greatest
>> strength is his natural ability to attach his voice to the lyrics so
>> completely; it’s what elevates a pretty decent unadorned folk ditty like
>> “Trusted Friend” into something especially deep. His gruff, raspy
>> pipes combines the best elements of Dylan and a young Lennon.
>> Outtakes and lost tracks can tell a lot about a long-established artist,
>> like how good he sounds when he’s just ripping through an old tune or
>> kicking around new ideas. The Case Files peels off the veneer from one of
>> America’s most underrated singer-songwriters alive to expose Peter Case
>> to be perhaps even better than what sympathetic critics give him credit
>> for. “  - S. Victor Aaron / SOMETHING ELSE!
>>
>> ”The Case Files is as vital as the career of the man behind it. What
>> could have been, what was, and what’s to come. Travel the road less
>> travelled with Peter Case on this one. You’ll be glad you did.” - John
>> Castino  / INNOCENT WORDS MAGAZINE
>>
>> “This is the kind of singer/songwriter work that makes the genre
>> respectable.”  - Mary Leary / DAGGER ZINE
>>
>> "The Case Files works equally well as an introduction to this intelligent
>> musician’s work (for those not familiar with him) or an accurate
>> cross-section of his solo career (for those fans who have the larger
>> portion of his discography). In either case, don’t stop here." - Doug
>> Collette / GLIDE MAGAZINE
>>
>> “Despite its hodgepodge nature, The Case Files works as a cohesive
>> record. "Anything (Closing Credits)" fits somewhere between the classic
>> power pop of Case's Nerves work and the rustic Americana of Tom Petty,
>> "Milk Cow" barrels out of the gate with electric blues swagger, and his
>> cover of The Rolling Stones' "Good Times, Bad Times" sounds even more
>> haunted than the original.“ – PHOENIX NEW TIMES
>>
>> “Peter Case follows in a grand tradition of rock music, existing in the
>> vein of pioneers like Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, the Clash, and other musical
>> heroes who live to break ground and make new things.” – OWL & BEAR
>>
>> “Peter Case is a multi-threat, and all of those threats can pay
>> dividends. A singer, songwriter, prose purveyor, rocker, folkie, blues
>> singer, producer, storyteller, etc., etc., it wouldn't come as a great
>> surprise if he was also a pretty fair hand on a windmill. Case has made
>> large, and lasting, waves with bands such as The Plimsouls, The Nerves and
>> The Breakaways. These days he splits time between working with a band and
>> working the road solo, delivering a unique mixture of folk, rock, blues
>> and combinations thereof. After weathering heart bypass surgery a couple
>> years ago, Case is back to playing a full complement of gigs; this time
>> around touring behind the release of The Case Files (Alive Records), a
>> collection subtitled Demos, Outtakes, One Live Shot & Other Rarities. –
>> Jim Beal Jr. / SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS
>>
>> “If Peter Case’s filing system is a little chaotic, so are the best
>> tracks on his new album The Case Files. As on [his last effort] Wig!, the
>> most powerful songs here are those in which Case’s rock ’n’ roll
>> tendencies overshadow his folk/troubadour sensibilities. Paradoxically,
>> most of these are performed with Case backed by his acoustic guitar and
>> not much else.” – Steve Terrell / SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN
>>
>> ”Although the 12 tracks on The Case Files are culled from nearly a
>> quarter century’s worth of previously unreleased recordings, songs such
>> as “Kokomo Prayer Vigil” (in which Case rips the stuffing out of a
>> fundamentalist-preacher straw man) and “Ballad of the Minimum Wage”
>> (ditto Walmart employees and shoppers) sound as fresh as the perennially
>> controversial socio-political circumstances that they address.”  -
>> Arsenio Orteza / WORLD MAGAZINE
>>
>> “The Case Files showcases odds and ends left off Case’s own records,
>> including demo tapes from 1986, political-minded spoken word narratives,
>> songs by The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan, and even the traditional "Milk
>> Cow Blues" recorded live at Rudyard's in 2005. Case remains the defiant,
>> grizzled seeker of higher truths who doesn't wax nostalgic, avoids the
>> limelight and sticks close to his roots.”  - HOUSTON PRESS
>>
>> ”With a program ranging from acoustic blues to shimmering folk pop to
>> ragged rock & roll, The Case Files is the singer/songwriter’s most
>> eclectic record since his debut, and it’s damn near as satisfying.”
>> – Michael Toland / THE BIG TAKEOVER
>>
>> “The Case Files is the sound of Peter Case pulling back the doors of his
>> creaking back catalogue only to be buried under a minor avalanche of
>> semi-forgotten, rough-hewn gems. It may not be the obvious point of entry
>> for the uninitiated, but you shouldn’t let that put you off. If you like
>> your troubadours on the outspoken, intelligent and melodic side, you’ll
>> be thrilled by these ornery delights.” -  Tim Peacock / WHISPERIN &
>> HOLLERIN / UK
>> “The Case Files finds the man himself picking through his back pages
>> and assembling a surprisingly cohesive odds-n-sods collection of demos,
>> out-takes and rarities from his solo years…. giving us another peak
>> behind the curtain of what makes Peter Case tick, tock and rock.”  -
>> Richard 'Luftmensch' Morgan / MY OLD KENTUCKY BLOG