Time: 9 p.m.
Cover: none
Come and play the open mic at the Owl acoustic lounge with host Greg Rekus.
Greg Rekus http://gregrekus.com/
http://greg-rekus.bandcamp.com/
Greg Rekus first hit the road as a solo artist in March 2011. Since then, he has played some of the greatest punk music festivals
around, including The Fest, Pouzza Fest, and Groezrock Music Festival.
He has toured Europe three years in a row from London to Ukraine. He
has toured the United States and Canada over ten times. Finally, he has
released two full length albums and a 7 inch in several different
countries through a network of indie labels.
After teaming up with
sound wiz John Paul Peters (Royal Canoe, Comback Kid, Propagandhi) for a
month of tracking and mixing, Greg released his sophomore album
“Punkoustic”. Wanting this to be a step up from his debut album “The
Dude Abides”, he enlisted the grooves of bassist Nick Kouremenos (This
Is A Standoff) and drumming of Jaime Carraso (Flying Fox and the Hunter
Gatherers). The end product is a new sonic alloy combining a punk
band with Stomping Tom Connors. Blowing minds since it’s release on
January 8th 2014, the album broke the top 30s on college charts across
Canada and the USA and boasted a number 10 spot on Vancouver CITR. In
addition, the album climbed all the way to number 1 on CKUW Winnipeg!
Live, Greg’s act can be described as
punk inspired riot folk that engages crowds of all styles and
configurations around the world. The lyrical content stretches from
drinking in your favorite bar, to relationships, political jousting,
life in general, and more. His energy level is rivaled by few solo
artists, and he is most known for strumming the hell out of an acoustic
guitar and stomping the beat out on his custom built stomp box.
Greg’s Passion for music is bursting at the seams. It is the driving
force that keeps him on the road 6 – 7 months a year and cranking out
album after album of punk rock goodness. Greg Rekus will stick to his
rigorous tour schedule and loves to do every radio, newspaper, and
website interview that passes by. His hard work has already gotten him
to places he never thought attainable and the only way from here is up.
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Owl is Lethbridge’s newest Lounge in the same building which had Mood, Squeaky’s Pub before and O Riley’s before that. They feature live acoustic music and excellent food. |
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