Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Dee Pop's Focus on the Blues

Dee Pop (on drums) at Cake Shop 4/22/09
photo by Tricia Fagan

Dee Pop, drummer with the legendary Bush Tetras, is also the down-to-earth visionary force behind some of New York City's most creative on-going music gatherings. The next show in his Freestyle Music Series is going to "focus on the blues." It happens Sunday, July 5, 2009, from 7:00 pm -12:00 am at Local 269, reported to be an "all American dive" with good food, friendly bartenders, and well-poured Guiness. They're located at 269 East Houston, at the corner of Suffolk Street. on Manhattan's lower East side.

The line-up for this 4th-of-July-weekend show includes:

7:00 Jon Irabagon & Mike Pride duo perform "I Don't Hear Nothing But the Blues"

8:30 BOBBY RADCLIFF TRIO w/ Dee Pop & David Hofstra
"Bobby doesn't just perform the blues. He's possessed by them. He plays so angry and sings so hurt, it's like a catharsis - maybe even an exorcism - for both him and the audience... Be glad he's on your side. He's fierce all right, but he won't attack you; he'll drive away your demons. If, on the other hand, you fancy yourself a guitar player... be afraid. Be very afraid." Steve Hoffmann, WDCU-FM, Washington, DC

“It doesn’t get any hotter than that!” John Hammond, Jr.

10:00 Greasy Charlie Orchestra
...plus surprise guests

...all for an unbelievable $5 cover charge. In Manhattan. In 2009. Get there.

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