The Poor House

Steep Canyon Rangers
&
Kickin' Grass

Friday, October 27, 2006

Ticket Price: $6 adv / $8 door
Doors: 8 pm
Show: 10 pm

Quote :

"The Steep Canyon Rangers have carved out a unique spot in the world of bluegrass music. Consisting of Mike Guggino (mandolin), Charles Humphrey (bass), Woody Platt (guitar), Nicky Sanders (fiddle), and Graham Sharp (banjo), the group formed while four were attending the University of North Carolina. In 2004 they acquired Nicky from Berklee College of Music in Boston. The band quickly established a style all its own, drawing on early bluegrass sounds and infusing their performances with a driving energy and a willingness to take chances. With a wealth of original songs to their credit, Steep Canyon has become a favorite at bluegrass festivals and rock & roll clubs across the country. Acoustic Guitar Magazine calls their latest Rebel Records release, One Dime at a Time, "enormously satisfying...pushing bluegrass into the new century," while popmatters.com simply called it "raw and perfect.""

Quote :

"Up-and-coming bluegrass band, Kickin Grass, have set themselves a cut above the rest with their tight vocal harmony, driving instrumentation and effusive energy on and off the stage. The band prides itself on reaching all types of bluegrass and non-bluegrass audiences, incorporating standard bluegrass tunes, rock & country classics and a number of "can't get 'em out of yer head" originals into their entertaining sets. Forming in 2000 to provide accompaniment for the Chapel-Hill based Apple Chill Loggers, the current lineup started performing locally, regionally and internationally in 2002. Kickin Grass took the category of Best Band Name in the Independent Weekly's 2003 "Best Of" Issue, and in the same year they beat the odds and won the title of Best Band In Raleigh in a multi-genre competition hosted by the Guitar Center and the Hibernian Pub. They promptly took their $2000 prize money and recorded their first album, Backroads, recorded by Tom Landgon at West Station Records and produced by Steve Dilling of IIIrd Tyme Out."

10/21/2006 10:55:15 AM

bttt

10/23/2006 7:17:25 PM

bttt

10/24/2006 12:05:03 PM

bttt

10/25/2006 12:39:01 PM

bttt tomorrow.

10/26/2006 5:52:51 PM

i'll be there

10/26/2006 6:26:42 PM

nifty.

10/26/2006 6:31:19 PM

be sure to say hello.

10/26/2006 10:23:11 PM

are you working there?

10/26/2006 10:58:28 PM

ill be bartending at the upstairs bar.

10/26/2006 11:06:57 PM

Ok. I'll say hi. It should be a good show, I haven't seen them since last year about this time. Looking forward to it.

10/26/2006 11:13:03 PM

nifty. never seen the headliners but ive seen kickin grass quite a few times. dig em.

10/26/2006 11:14:55 PM

tonight

10/27/2006 7:42:00 PM