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Cherryholmes
Proctors
Theatre, Thursday
As soon as they start popping them out, some parents dream
of fielding a baseball team with their offspring. Bassist
Jere Cherryholme and his mandolin-picking wife Sandy Lee had
a different idea. With their four kids on guitar, banjo, and
fiddles, they’ve rounded out one of the most traditional and
acclaimed bluegrass bands around. Their mix of hard-picking
bluegrass with old-time clawhammer banjo, yodeling, and Irish
step dancing have earned them a Grammy nomination and regular
appearances at the Grand Ole Opry. Chops aside, with six members,
their only other option would have been to form a hockey team—and
these are not hockey-playing folk. (April 2, 8 PM, $20-$30,
432 State St., Schenectady, 346-6204)
The
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Pearl
Street Nightclub, Friday
Dig!
was one of the great music films, in part because it accurately
portrayed the competitive nature of a local music scene, but
also because it introduced the world to mad genius Anton Newcombe,
leader of neo-psychedelic rock outfit the Brian Jonestown
Massacre. But if your only exposure to BJM was via the 2004
documentary, you might be surprised to actually hear the band’s
music: Filmmaker Ondi Timoner doted so much on Newcombe’s
fractured antics, she all but forgot to highlight his rather
impressive catalog of songs. Thankfully, Newcombe is still
with us (well, he lives in Berlin now, but still) and he’s
got the BJM on the road working out tunes from a soon-to-be-released
new record. Dig in. (April 3, 9 PM, $20, 10 Pearl St.,
Northampton, Mass., 413-586-8686)
The
Flatlanders, Joe Pug
The
Egg, Saturday
The Flatlanders don’t much mind if you approach their music
with certain assumptions. In press materials, Butch Hancock
is “the cerebral folk singer,” Jimmie Dale Gilmore is the
“mystic with the classic country voice,” and Joe Ely is the
“street-wise rocker.” But it makes sense that the three should
be described by their individual merits. Decades passed after
the band first formed and disbanded, sending the three on
successful solo careers before their reconvening in 1998.
Ever since, the friends tend to get together from time to
time and bring their collective brand of country music on
the road. Joe Pug, a 23-year-old singer-songwriter, opens.
(April 4, 8 PM, $29.50, Empire Plaza, Albany, 473-1845)
Bret
Michaels
Northern
Lights, Saturday
Sweet Creamy Jesus, would you look at this: The Rock of Love
Bus is coming to town! Poison frontman Bret Michaels took
his truck full of sluts on the road for the current season
of his VH1 Celebreality show, and the Capital Region
is lucky enough to be on the itinerary. Now there’s no guarantee
concertgoers will get an eyeful of the booze-fueled catfights
that make the show so, er, entertaining, but you can
be sure that Michaels will bring the hits to life in something
of a preview of his band’s July appearance at SPAC. Leave
your self-respect at the door. (April 4, 8 PM, $35, 1208
Route 146, Clifton Park, 371-0012)
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The
Two Man Gentlemen Band
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The
Two Man Gentlemen Band
Caffe
Lena, Sunday
When you think “acoustic duo,” you normally conjure images
of fingerpicked guitars and fragile, chiming harmonies. Like
Simon and Garfunkel, Seals and Crofts, Tenacious D. New York’s
Two Man Gentlemen Band are out to shatter that image. The
duo, together since 2005, create a mix of Vaudeville showmanship
and Grand Ole Opry musicianship whenever they hit the stage.
Their latest release, Drip Dryin’ With the Two Man Gentlemen
Band, is being called a “feel-good party record,” and
comes complete with a new dance, the Drip Dry, which the guys
will teach to audience members at the show. (April 5, 7
PM, $14, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, 583-0022)
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Grownup
Noise
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Pop-punk
vets the Queers return to Valentine’s tonight
(Thursday) atop a jam-packed bill (7 PM, $10,
432-6572). . . . It’s a mostly local superbill
at Valentine’s tomorrow (Friday), with Eric
Margan and the Red Lions, the Ashley Pond
Band, the Grownup Noise, Jared Funari,
and Jets and Snakes (8 PM, $10, 432-6572).
. . . Hudson Valley-based rockers the Trapps
headline Savannah’s on Friday (8:30 PM, $5, 426-9647).
. . . The Schenectady Musical Union presents a
concert in honor of Jazz Appreciation Month this
Sunday at the Muddy Cup in Schenectady; it features
a rock-solid lineup of local jazz acts including
the Steve Lambert Sextet, Brian Patneaude
Quartet, Al Haugen Group, and George
Muscatello Group—and it’s free (3 PM,
free, 881-4515). . . . It’s not Blues Appreciation
Month, but considering the current economic climate,
it may as well be Blues Appreciation Year. On
Sunday the Saratoga Acoustic Blues Society presents
“The Blues Go to Church” at the Saratoga Springs
Unitarian-Universalist Church; the show features
the Gospel Train among others (3:30 PM,
$10, 859-7629). . . . Jazz fans will definitely
appreciate this: The Lee Shaw Trio will
perform at the Egg on Sunday with special guest
John Medeski (of Medeski Martin and Wood);
Medeski studied piano with Shaw when he was a
teenager, so this is a special event for all involved
(7:30 PM, $29.50, 473-1845). . . . The Troy Savings
Bank Music Hall presents an Irish Homecoming on
Sunday, featuring Cherish the Ladies, Maura
O’Connell, and a host of other musicians and
dancers (7 PM, $15-$32, 273-0038). . . . The Wood
to Stone to Sea Tour takes root at the Free School
in Albany Wednesday; co-sponsored by the Capital
District Gay and Lesbian Community Council, the
concert features transgender performers Modern
Day Pinocchio (aka AJ Bryce), A Stick and
a Stone (aka Elliott Harvey) and Adelaide
Windsome (7 PM, $5 donation, 462-3402).
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