Update on the Update-Wilco Presale; The Update is a Published Author

Ok

Because of some shameless self promotion, some of you are receiving the UPDATE that would not normally get it. So welcome, PEEPS.

So here is the article http://jambandsonline.com/2009/07/we-are-phamily-a-jbo-group-review-of-summer-phish-tour-part-1/ My piece is called a Little Bit of Every Place. This is the inaugural edition of JamBands Online. Please support my friend Lori in this fine endeavor.

Now onto why the UPDATE exists!!!

Last night, the UPDATE broke the news of the upcoming Wilco and Umphrey's McGee tour. Since, the Update is in the know at all times, Dianna his source at Live Nation, made sure that we get a chance of the special LN PRESALE for WILCO Tomorrow. 10am-10pm Livenation.com tixmaster password-Tweedy. In case you were asleep during the breaking news, we get WILCO at Hill Auditorium on October 16th. Yippee

Also, my friends at the Majestic Cafe need you to know about this little ditty at their huge complex:

ART BRUT, ADULT., THUNDERBIRDS ARE NOW + DEASTRO TO HEADLINE FUCKING AWESOME FEST

FUCKING AWESOME FEST

THE MAJESTIC

THURSDAY, AUGUST 13th THRU SUNDAY, AUGUST 16^th

TICKETS: $20 for 4-day pass; $12 for single-day pass

Advanced Tickets available at www.ticketmaster.com and The Majestic Box Office

Fucking Awesome Fest takes place August 13-16 and features 80 bands playing 7 stages throughout the Majestic Complex: 3 in the Magic Stick, 2 in the Garden Bowl, The Alley Deck and the brand new Cafe room. Featured artists include: Art Brut, Thunderbirds Are Now!, ADULT., Deastro, Ninjasonik, Tiny Masters of Today, Juiceboxxx and many more.

On Saturday, there will be an all day BBQ with bands on the newly built Alley Deck + the Rock 'n' Roll Garage Sale presented by Reware Vintage.

On Sunday, teams will compete in The Detroit Scavenger Hunt. Each team of four (must have at least one girl and one guy on each team) will be taken on an afternoon adventure, all with the hopes of winning the Golden Ticket; four (+1) passes to any show at The Majestic complex for an entire year!!!!

:: THE LINEUP ::

++ THURSDAY, AUGUST 13 (LAUNCH PARTY) ++

MAGIC STICK

12:00 AM ART BRUT (MAIN STAGE)
11:10 PM TYVEK (SIDE STAGE 2)
10:45 PM FRIENDLY FOES (SIDE STAGE 1)
10:15 PM THE MULDOONS (MAIN STAGE)
09:45 PM TROY GREGORY (SIDE STAGE 2)
09:10 PM HEROES & VILLAINS (SIDE STAGE 1)

THE CAFÉ

11:30 PM CHAPSTIK
10:30 PM WILDCATTING
09:30 PM THE JULIETS

GARDEN BOWL

11:30 PM CHARLIE SLICK (LANE STAGE)
11:00 PM FOUR HOUR FRIENDS (BAR)
10:30 PM ROGUE SATELLITES (LANE STAGE)
10:00 PM THE BEGGARS (BAR)
09:30 PM ALLAN JAMES & THE COLD WAVE (LANE STAGE)
09:00 PM FIDRYCH (BAR)

++ FRIDAY, AUGUST 14 ++

MAGIC STICK

01:00 AM THUNDERBIRDS ARE NOW! (MAIN STAGE)
12:15 AM JUICEBOXXX (SIDE STAGE 1)
11:30 PM TINY MASTERS OF TODAY (MAIN STAGE)
11:00 PM KIDDO (SIDE STAGE 2)
10:30 PM ESQUIRE (SIDE STAGE 1)
09:30 PM SMOKE (SIDE STAGE 2)
09:00 PM THE SUMMER PLEDGE (SIDE STAGE 1)

THE CAFÉ

12:10 AM LIGHTNING LOVE
11:10 PM REPLICAS
10:10 PM OFFICE
09:10 PM SPICK OF IT ALL

GARDEN BOWL

11:45 PM POP PROJECT (BAR)
11:15 PM CROFF FAMILY BAND (LANE STAGE)
10:45 PM HUMAN REUNION
10:15 PM JAVELINS (LANE STAGE)
09:45 PM BAD MEDICINE AT THE CAMPFIRE (BAR)
09:15 PM THE MAHONIES (LANE STAGE)
08:45 PM THE DISPLAYS (BAR)

++ SATURDAY, AUGUST 15 ++

ALLEY DECK (DAY BBQ)

07:00 PM ARAN RUTH
06:20 PM MICK BASSETT & THE MARTHAS
05:40 PM MILLIONS OF BRAZILLIANS
05:00 PM SPITTING NICKELS
04:20 PM SIK SIK NATION
03:40 PM LEAF ERIKSON
03:00 PM DARLING IMPERIAL
02:20 PM SOLITARY STATES
01:00 PM SEX GHOST

MAGIC STICK

01:00 AM ADULT. (MAIN STAGE)
12:15 AM F’KE BLOOD (SIDE STAGE 1)
11:30 PM NINJASONIK (MAIN STAGE)
10:30 PM NEW GRENADA (SIDE STAGE 1)
09:30 PM I, CRIME (SIDE STAGE 2)
09:00 PM INVADER (SIDE STAGE 1)

THE CAFÉ

12:10 AM GOREVETTE
11:10 PM SILVERGHOST
10:10 PM THE PIZAZZ
09:10 PM LASERS AND FAST AND SHIT

GARDEN BOWL

12:15 AM BILL BONDSMEN (LANE STAGE)
11:15 PM COPPER THIEVES (LANE STAGE)
10:45 PM DEVILFISH (BAR)
10:15 PM NOMAN (LANE STAGE)
09:45 PM DECIBILT (BAR)
09:15 PM PLAIN DEALERS (LANE STAGE)
08:45 PM JESUS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (BAR)

++ SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 ++

MAGIC STICK

12:00 AM DEASTRO (MAIN STAGE)
11:15 PM CITY CENTER (SIDE STAGE 2)
10:45 PM LEE MARVIN COMPUTER ARM (SIDE STAGE 1)
10:15 PM THE OCTOPUS (MAIN STAGE)
09:15 PM BEEKEEPERS (SIDE STAGE 1)

THE CAFÉ

11:30 PM WOLFBAIT
10:30 PM JUNK SOLO
09:30 PM JOHNNY ILL BAND

GARDEN BOWL

11:30 PM BIG MESS (LANE STAGE)
11:00 PM MAZINGA (BAR)
10:30 PM THE WORD PLAY
10:00 PM COMPUTER PERFECTION (BAR)
09:30 PM WOODMAN (LANE STAGE)
09:00 PM SH! THE OCTOPUS (BAR)

ABOUT THE HEADLINERS:

ART BRUT is an eccentric, motley bunch who have more in common with Half Man Half Biscuit and Pulp than they do with their oft-compared influences The Fall. Vocalist Eddie Argos (an ex-goth obsessed with Jonathan Richman and Vincent Van Gogh) had previously been in a band, The Art Goblins, in his hometown of Bournemouth. Their stage show would see him playing a vacuum cleaner and escaping from a sack. They sounded not unlike cult Glaswegians The Yummy Fur and had songs such as I Wanna Be Johnny Dean and Disco. Another project was The Welsh Elephant, who penned the should-be-classic Fuck The MSP (which contains the catchy refrain Nicky Wire can suck my cock!).

Produced by Frank Black over twelve days last December, new album Art Brut vs. Satan is the record Brut-o-philes have been waiting for since debut single ‘Formed A Band’ illuminated the musical universe back in 2004. Tuneful, truculent and more on the button than University Challenge’s Gail Trimble, it’s the sound of Art Brut at their most confident and confrontational. www.myspace.com/artbrut

THUNDERBIRDS ARE NOW! are an electropunk band from Detroit. The band is heavily influenced by 1980s new wave and other neo-post-punk acts like Les Savy Fav.

Make History, Thunderbirds are Now!'s 3rd full-length and second on Frenchkiss Records, does away with a band in full tail-chase and depicts one at it's peak: no longer stressing about what people might expect, but rather wearing their influences better than one of Interpol's tailored suits. "We live off of pop music," says singer/guitarist Ryan Allen. "Some Beatles for breakfast, a little Smiths for lunch, and the Pixies for dinner. Sometimes we'll have a little New Pornographers for a midnight snack." Further, "making an album full of melodies, actual choruses, songs in major keys it's something I think we all grew up with, so it was inevitable that we'd make a record like this. It's our chance to do right by our influences and by ourselves." www.myspace.com/thunderbirdsarenow

ADULT. is an electro band from Detroit, Michigan that integrates vocals with drum machines, analog synths and electronic/punk elements. They started releasing albums in 1998 under the pseudonymn “Plasma Co.” Initially, ADULT. members were unrevealed, but now it is known that the band consists of husband-and-wife Adam Lee Miller (formerly of Le Car) and visual artist Nicola Kuperus. The two members are also the founders of the Ersatz Audio record label. ADULT. started gaining fame after releasing all of their material independently and touring relentlessly in the U.S. They have also remixed other artists, most notably Felix da Housecat, Fischerspooner and Bis. Vocalist Kuperus (who is also responsible for the band’s album artwork and photography) has sung on the works of other electronic acts including Death in Vegas, Swayzak and Chicks on Speed. www.myspace.com/adultadult

DEASTRO started to make electronic music when he was 13 at his home in Sterling Heights, Mi. He since formed an electro band called Veleciraptor, which inspired the ideas for his current synthesized projects: Our Brother The Megazord and Deastro, which try to blur the lines between electronic and acoustic music.

Moondagger, Deastro's newest release, expands upon the positive electro-pop of Keepers—Deastro’s home-recorded opus from 2008—with the addition of a full band. Thankfully, the mercurial, prolific Chabot still seems blissfully unaware of his music’s genreless-ness. Thick, atmospheric production obscures bright, starry-eyed melodies; ecstatic synth squiggles dance around new-wave beats on songs about Nordics, toxic crusaders, and geometric shapes; arrangement ideas bounce off one another within ambitious song structures that swerve left, then right, then left again. And yet underneath all of their seeming irreverence, Deastro’s songs are breathtakingly down-to-earth—melodic slices of synth-led experimental pop whose energy builds with each iteration of the chorus, hitting emotional peak after emotional peak until they collapse in a heap. www.myspace.com/deastro

Come join and add shows, show revues, MP3's and comments . If you have a band or know a band that you wish to spotlight and the band plays in the 313, 248, 586, 734 and 810 area, sign up and share the love.



PLEASE remember to support local live bands:

Brando Creasman, www.brandoncreasman.com, Lucky Brown Music www.myspace.com/LuckyBrownMusic, The Macpodz, www.macpodz.com, Mifune, www.mifunemusic.com, The Great Divide, www.myspace.com/greatdividelive Grievious Angel http://drumdancerrecords.com/grievousangel/index.php, Jill Jack, http://www.jilljack.com/, Billy Brandt, www.billybrandt.net, Distorted Soul (featuring Nadir), www.distortedsoul.com, Flop House Band, www.flophouseband.com, Back Forty backfortymusic.com, Covert Operations http://www.covertopsband.com Rootstand www.rootstand.com, Jam Samwich http://jamsamich.com, David Nefesh www.davidnefesh.com, The Ragbirds www.theragbirds.com, , PAPA www.papatunes.com, Bitter Herbs www.myspace.com/bitterherbs, Greensky Bluegrass www.greenskybluegrass.com; THTX www.myspace.com/THTX and Sentimental Shark, www.sentimentalshark.com to name a few.

PLEASE remember to support local venues:

The Magic Bag www.themagicbag.com
The Majestic Theatre www.majesticdetroit.com/
Saint Andrew's Hall www.livenation.com/venue/getVenue/venueId/1776
The Crofoot www.thecrofoot.com
The Royal Music Theater www.royaloakmusictheatre.com/
The Blind Pig www.blindpigmusic.com/
Blondies (New Club in the Big D) www.myspace.com/officialblondiesnightclub
Museum of Contemporary Art www.mocadetroit.org

GO OUT AND SEE LIVE MUSIC!!!!!


Much love in the 313, 248, 586, 734 and 810

Miko

Author of the occasional Detroit Metro area Live Music Update

Breaking News-Local Music Alert Umphrey's McGee and Wilco

Peeps

Breaking News from the Update Desk. It is now CONFIRMED from Live Nation

Friday October 9th (Can we say Miko Birthday show, a day early) Umphrey's McGhee wsg guests THE MACPODZ Michigan Theatre On Sale, this Friday 10am. Live Nation.com and the Michigan Union. Tix $22.50 4 pack $74

And Wilco (I guess after selling out the recent Royal Music Theatre in minutes, they wanted more). Friday October 16. Hill Auditorium On Sale, This Saturday. Live Nation.com and the Michigan Union.Tickets $30

Reminder Warped Tour is at Comerica Friday
.

Also Dunegrass Friday through Sunday. www.dunegrass3.org/ This is very scaled down this year. But local favorites, the Ragbirds, Covert Operations and Rootstand will be there. I have the weekend free and am thinking about going. Please contact me by email, if you are interested in going. I might want to ride share. Kinda torn because I have been traveling a lot lately. But shit, to get to a great festy in Northern MI, sure sounds tasty.

Any much more to come.

Come join and add shows, show revues, MP3's and Comments . If you have a band or know a band that you wish to spotlight and the band plays in the 313, 248, 586, 734 and 810 area, sign up and share the love.

PLEASE remember to support local live bands:

Brando Creasman, www.brandoncreasman.com, Lucky Brown Music www.myspace.com/LuckyBrownMusic, The Macpodz, www.macpodz.com, Mifune, www.mifunemusic.com, The Great Divide, www.myspace.com/greatdividelive Grievious Angel http://drumdancerrecords.com/grievousangel/index.php, Jill Jack, http://www.jilljack.com/, Billy Brandt, www.billybrandt.net, Distorted Soul (featuring Nadir), www.distortedsoul.com, Flop House Band, www.flophouseband.com, Back Forty backfortymusic.com, Covert Operations http://www.covertopsband.com Rootstand www.rootstand.com, Jam Samwich http://jamsamich.com, David Nefesh www.davidnefesh.com, The Ragbirds www.theragbirds.com, , PAPA www.papatunes.com, Bitter Herbs www.myspace.com/bitterherbs, Greensky Bluegrass www.greenskybluegrass.com; THTX www.myspace.com/THTX and Sentimental Shark, www.sentimentalshark.com to name a few.

PLEASE remember to support local venues:

The Magic Bag www.themagicbag.com
The Majestic Theatre www.majesticdetroit.com/
Saint Andrew's Hall www.livenation.com/venue/getVenue/venueId/1776
The Crofoot www.thecrofoot.com
The Royal Music Theater www.royaloakmusictheatre.com/
The Blind Pig www.blindpigmusic.com/
Blondies (New Club in the Big D) www.myspace.com/officialblondiesnightclub
Museum of Contemporary Art www.mocadetroit.org

GO OUT AND SEE LIVE MUSIC!!!!!

Much love in the 313, 248, 586, 734 and 810

Miko

Author of the occasional Detroit Metro area Live Music Update

this week from the Update

Greetings Fellow Music Lovers

Man what a great summer its been. I have seen Phish 6 times and have two on deck. Went to Rothbury (coordinated the Yellow Balloon Group for the second year in a row) and saw String Cheese Incident reunite for a full show, plus a special sound check show and have seen scads of good local venue music. But I must ask, where is the summer heat. Hmm, someone forgot to tell the weather gods, it is the end of July.

There is more in store for this week and the weeks to come. Scads of local shows and even a few festivals. You know how I roll here, break it down real slow . . .

Tomorrow

Inkface and the Digital Dream The Blind Pig

Who Hit John? The Circus (Ann Arbor)

Earl Klugh Trio Chene Park

Times New Viking/ Magic Stick

Lowers

Robin Horlock Sean O'Callaghan's (Plymouth)

Neko Case/Jason Lytle Crofoot

Title Fight/Foundation/ Static Age (Romeo)

Mothers of Mercy

Nadir Memphis Smoke

Rick Charming Pub 13 (Ypsilanti)

Thursday

Grievous Angel The Ark Right On Billy, Nolan and Roscoe!!!!!

Greg Laswell/Elizabeth Blind Pig

and The Catapult

Ragbirds 10K Music Festival Detroit Lakes, MN Congrats to our dear local friends who made it to

this wonderful National Festival

Macpodz 10K Music Festival Detroit Lakes, MN Congrats to our dear local friends who ALSO made

it to this wonderful National Festival. See Birds and Podz perseverance pays!!!!

Covert Operations The Circus

Smokey Robinson DTE

Gucci Mane Chene Park

Robin Horlock The Whitney

SSM The Belmont (Hamtramck)

Friday

Sonny Landreth The Ark

Tinsley Ellis Callahan's

Brando and Friends Dick O'Dow's All things Jerry Garcia Band, Allmans, Floyd, Stones and Dylan

Cheap Trick/Def Leppard/ DTE

Poison

Bobby Brown Chene Park

The Dead Weather/ Fillmore

Screaming Females

Rick Ross Phoenix Center Pontiac

Obits Disappears The Pike Room

Good Sir Con Artist The Factory (Rochester)

Saturday

Frontier Ruckus The Ark

Lucky Brown The Berkley Front

Covert Operations Small Planet East Lansing

Inkface & the Digital Dream The Loft

Foreign Born/The Veils The Pike Room

Avant/Keith Sweat Freedom Hill

Brand New Sin Token Lounge (Westland)

Sunday

Icubus DTE

Sick Puppies/Hurt/The Veer Union The Machine Shop

Shows next week of note

Jackson Browne-Meadow Brook Mon 7/27

Dave Matthews Band with Old Crow Medicine Show-DTE Tues 7/28

David Lindley-Jackson Browne's long time guitarist The Ark Wed 7/29

Gaelic Storm The Magic Bag Wed 7/29

Brando and Friends Dick O'Dow's Thur 7/30

The Crystal Method Crofoot Thur 7/30

Anita Baker DTE Fri 7/31

WARP Tour Coamerica Park Fri 7/31

August Festivals worth seeing

Dunegrass Empire MI July 31-Aug 2 http://dunegrass3.org/?page_id=27

This festival has always been special to me. It has scaled back to its more local roots. Michigan and Midwest favorites The Macpodz, Covert Operations, The Ragbirds, Rootstand, My Dear Disco and the Ultraviolet Hippopotamus are featured. This show will also highlight some great local (Benzie and Grand Traverse County) pickers. I sure hope I can pull the time to make this show.

Hoxeyville Music Festival Hoxeyville MI August 21-23 Boy has Kalamazoo Michigan's Matty Beck (now of Passion Presents in Arcata CA and Phish Tour's Waterwheel) pulled the proverbial rabbit out of the hat. Matty is family to me and he has gone to the wall to bring an amazing lineup to this festival. Hot Buttered Rum, Greensky Bluegrass, Melvin Seals and JGB, ekoostik hookah, EOTO, Todd Snider, the Macpodz and Ragbirds just to name a few. This show will have it share of pickers too with Detour Bluegrass, Great American Taxi and Breathe Owl Breathe

Between Dunegrass and Hoxeyville, you could just plant yourselves upnorth for a few weeks. Plus I seem to get flyered with tons of little festies during August when I go to the bigger ones up there.

Shows down the line-stay tuned

Arts Beats and Eats and Detroit International Jazz Fest Labor Day weekend

Dally in the Alley Saturday September 13

Karl Denson and the Tiny Universe Saturday September 13

Bop (harvey) reunion show Rick's American Cafe East Lansing, MI Nov 13 and 14th

I Now have a Blog. Come join and add shows, show revues, MP3's and comments . If you have a band or know a band that you wish to spotlight and the band plays in the 313, 248, 586, 734 and 810 area, sign up and share the love.

http://detroitmusicupdate.blogspot.com/

PLEASE remember to support local live bands:

Brando Creasman, www.brandoncreasman.com, Lucky Brown Music www.myspace.com/LuckyBrownMusic, The Macpodz, www.macpodz.com, Mifune, www.mifunemusic.com, The Great Divide, www.myspace.com/greatdividelive Grievious Angel http://drumdancerrecords.com/grievousangel/index.php, Jill Jack, http://www.jilljack.com/, Billy Brandt, www.billybrandt.net, Distorted Soul (featuring Nadir), www.distortedsoul.com, Flop House Band, www.flophouseband.com, Back Forty backfortymusic.com, Covert Operations http://www.covertopsband.com Rootstand www.rootstand.com, Jam Samwich http://jamsamich.com, David Nefesh www.davidnefesh.com, The Ragbirds www.theragbirds.com, , PAPA www.papatunes.com, Bitter Herbs www.myspace.com/bitterherbs, Greensky Bluegrass www.greenskybluegrass.com; THTX www.myspace.com/THTX and Sentimental Shark, www.sentimentalshark.com to name a few.

PLEASE remember to support local venues:

The Magic Bag www.themagicbag.com
The Majestic Theatre www.majesticdetroit.com/
Saint Andrew's Hall www.livenation.com/venue/getVenue/venueId/1776
The Crofoot www.thecrofoot.com
The Royal Music Theater www.royaloakmusictheatre.com/
The Blind Pig www.blindpigmusic.com/
Blondies (New Club in the Big D) www.myspace.com/officialblondiesnightclub
Museum of Contemporary Art www.mocadetroit.org

GO OUT AND SEE LIVE MUSIC!!!!!


Much love in the 313, 248, 586, 734 and 810

Miko

Author of the occasional Detroit Metro area Live Music Update

OMG bop (harvey) reunion in November!!!!!

Hey Now

While East Lansing is far off and perhaps a forgotten place, to many of us, it was the center of the musical universe in the mid 80's to the mid 90's. Shoot, I sat in with a half a dozen or so bands during that era. Thomas Cooley Law School brought me to East LA, as we affectionately called it. And the quintessential band of that era is going to reunion. ladies and gentlemen I give you bop (harvey) So mark your calendars now, you are all coming to the regrouping of the sickest regional band in the land

from Stevie J and bop Central IT'S OFFICIAL. BOP (HARVEY) REUNION SHOWS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 13TH AND 14TH AT RICK'S AMERICAN CAFE, EAST LANSING MICHIGAN. After 16 long years, I never thought I'd see the day. Hope to see you all there. Stay tuned for details.

If you went to MSU from the mid 80's to the early 90's, you partied with one or more of the incarnations of bop (harvey). Even if you didn't, you know someone who did. Their shows were legendary. I saw quite a few. Join us for this sick evening.

Here is a bop facebook group. www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/inbox/?compose&ref=mb

Also check my blog http://detroitmusicupdate.blogspot.com for updates on this and many other great area shows.

bop til you drop

Miko

Come join and add shows, show revues, MP3's and comments . If you have a band or know a band that you wish to spotlight and the band plays in the 313, 248, 586, 734 and 810 area, sign up and share the love.

PLEASE remember to support local live bands:

Brando Creasman, www.brandoncreasman.com, Lucky Brown Music www.myspace.com/LuckyBrownMusic, The Macpodz, www.macpodz.com, Mifune, www.mifunemusic.com, The Great Divide, www.myspace.com/greatdividelive Grievious Angel http://drumdancerrecords.com/grievousangel/index.php, Jill Jack, http://www.jilljack.com/, Billy Brandt, www.billybrandt.net, Distorted Soul (featuring Nadir), www.distortedsoul.com, Flop House Band, www.flophouseband.com, Back Forty backfortymusic.com, Covert Operations http://www.covertopsband.com Rootstand www.rootstand.com, Jam Samwich http://jamsamich.com, David Nefesh www.davidnefesh.com, The Ragbirds www.theragbirds.com, , PAPA www.papatunes.com, Bitter Herbs www.myspace.com/bitterherbs, Greensky Bluegrass www.greenskybluegrass.com; THTX www.myspace.com/THTX and Sentimental Shark, www.sentimentalshark.com to name a few.

PLEASE remember to support local venues:

The Magic Bag www.themagicbag.com
The Majestic Theatre www.majesticdetroit.com/
Saint Andrew's Hall www.livenation.com/venue/getVenue/venueId/1776
The Crofoot www.thecrofoot.com
The Royal Music Theater www.royaloakmusictheatre.com/
The Blind Pig www.blindpigmusic.com/
Blondies (New Club in the Big D) www.myspace.com/officialblondiesnightclub
Museum of Contemporary Art www.mocadetroit.org

GO OUT AND SEE LIVE MUSIC!!!!!


Much love in the 313, 248, 586, 734 and 810

Miko

Author of the occasional Detroit Metro area Live Music Update

Greensky/Back Forty Reminder

Hey Now

Just a reminder that tomorrow night Back Forty and Greensky Bluegrass will be invading the Magic Bag. And its only a 10 buck cover. So come on over to the Bag for some old fashioned slam grassin'

Come join and add shows, show revues, MP3's and comments . If you have a band or know a band that you wish to spotlight and the band plays in the 313, 248, 586, 734 and 810 area, sign up and share the love.

PLEASE remember to support local live bands:

Brando Creasman, www.brandoncreasman.com, Lucky Brown Music www.myspace.com/LuckyBrownMusic, The Macpodz, www.macpodz.com, Mifune, www.mifunemusic.com, The Great Divide, www.myspace.com/greatdividelive Grievious Angel http://drumdancerrecords.com/grievousangel/index.php, Jill Jack, http://www.jilljack.com/, Billy Brandt, www.billybrandt.net, Distorted Soul (featuring Nadir), www.distortedsoul.com, Flop House Band, www.flophouseband.com, Back Forty backfortymusic.com, Covert Operations http://www.covertopsband.com Rootstand www.rootstand.com, Jam Samwich http://jamsamich.com, David Nefesh www.davidnefesh.com, The Ragbirds www.theragbirds.com, , PAPA www.papatunes.com, Bitter Herbs www.myspace.com/bitterherbs, Greensky Bluegrass www.greenskybluegrass.com; THTX www.myspace.com/THTX and Sentimental Shark, www.sentimentalshark.com to name a few.

PLEASE remember to support local venues:

The Magic Bag www.themagicbag.com
The Majestic Theatre www.majesticdetroit.com/
Saint Andrew's Hall www.livenation.com/venue/getVenue/venueId/1776
The Crofoot www.thecrofoot.com
The Royal Music Theater www.royaloakmusictheatre.com/
The Blind Pig www.blindpigmusic.com/
Blondies (New Club in the Big D) www.myspace.com/officialblondiesnightclub
Museum of Contemporary Art www.mocadetroit.org

GO OUT AND SEE LIVE MUSIC!!!!!


Much love in the 313, 248, 586, 734 and 810

Miko

Author of the occasional Detroit Metro area Live Music Update

Zappa Plays Zappa

Hey Now

I get information from the strangest of places. I signed onto my Yahoo Messenger and there it was in bold advertisement. Zappa plays Zappa Tomorrow at the Sound Board at the Motor City Casino. BTW a great sounding venue if I must say.

It is weird that this venue is getting all these bands. MMW was there recently. I think it is a little big for the bands that they are booking. I am also concerned that if we do not go to these shows, then these bands are going to be reluctant to book here. So , hence a Catch 22. Support the bands because we need the agents to know we are serious about getting music here. But, go to venues that are not where we would like to see music.

Anyway, I say go if you have the time . . .

. Come join and add shows, show revues, MP3's and comments . If you have a band or know a band that you wish to spotlight and the band plays in the 313, 248, 586, 734 and 810 area, sign up and share the love.

PLEASE remember to support local live bands:

Brando Creasman, www.brandoncreasman.com, Lucky Brown Music www.myspace.com/LuckyBrownMusic, The Macpodz, www.macpodz.com, Mifune, www.mifunemusic.com, The Great Divide, www.myspace.com/greatdividelive Grievious Angel http://drumdancerrecords.com/grievousangel/index.php, Jill Jack, http://www.jilljack.com/, Billy Brandt, www.billybrandt.net, Distorted Soul (featuring Nadir), www.distortedsoul.com, Flop House Band, www.flophouseband.com, Back Forty backfortymusic.com, Covert Operations http://www.covertopsband.com Rootstand www.rootstand.com, Jam Samwich http://jamsamich.com, David Nefesh www.davidnefesh.com, The Ragbirds www.theragbirds.com, , PAPA www.papatunes.com, Bitter Herbs www.myspace.com/bitterherbs, Greensky Bluegrass www.greenskybluegrass.com; THTX www.myspace.com/THTX and Sentimental Shark, www.sentimentalshark.com to name a few.

PLEASE remember to support local venues:

The Magic Bag www.themagicbag.com
The Majestic Theatre www.majesticdetroit.com/
Saint Andrew's Hall www.livenation.com/venue/getVenue/venueId/1776
The Crofoot www.thecrofoot.com
The Royal Music Theater www.royaloakmusictheatre.com/
The Blind Pig www.blindpigmusic.com/
Blondies (New Club in the Big D) www.myspace.com/officialblondiesnightclub
Museum of Contemporary Art www.mocadetroit.org

GO OUT AND SEE LIVE MUSIC!!!!!


Much love in the 313, 248, 586, 734 and 810

Miko

Author of the occasional Detroit Metro area Live Music Update

Greensky Bluegrass Ticket Giveaway

Howdy Y'all

My My. I sure hope that everyone is having a great summer seeing music, hanging with family and just doing all that makes them smile. I have had a great summer so far and that is why the blog has been on the low side. I saw Phish 6 times in June and just got down working the Rothbury Music Festival. I am a booth coordinator for a non profit. Also have squeezed in some music at the local venues. Ain't life grand

So I have been lobbying Jeremy at the Bag to get Greensky Bluegrass http://www.greenskybluegrass.com/ to town. It is finally happening. Yippee!!!!!!!!!!!They are playing this Saturday with special guests, our own Back Forty!!!http://www.backfortymusic.com/

So Miko, tells us more about Greensky. Well they used to be kinda local. They hailed from Western Michigan and played the Ann Arbor scene for quite a while. They are now considered one of the premier bluegrass/jamgrass bands in the land. They have won the prestigious Telluride Bluegrass Festival Band Contest in 2006, and regularly play with the likes of Tim Carbone from Railroad Earth, Tony Rice, Peter Rowan.Bill Nershi and Keith Mosely from String Cheese Incident,Del McCourey and his sons Ronny and Robbie, David Grishman and the Punch Brothers. But honestly they can stand alone. They have been tearing up the festy scene making appearances at the Allgood Festival, Rothbury, Langerado and Bonnaroo. They also play traditional bluegrass festivals.This is a must see band if you enjoy traditional bluegrass. But they are known to take some of jamband favorites, classic rock songs and even some Michael Jackson and give it there own extended play workover

I must also give a little plug for my friends Back Forty. http://www.backfortymusic.com/bio.html. I first laid eyes on them about four years ago. They had been playing the Ann Arbor/Ypsi scene and I had heard so much about them. They played a hootenanny with my friends the Ragbirds and Rootstand. When I saw them, I was hooked. When Colin plays the fiddle, you just want to rage. Dan on guitar and Andy on Mando/Guitar are the cat's meow. Now they play funkgrass so there are going to get you bumpin' and reelin'

Here's the best. My dear friend Willy Wilson from the Bag is allowing yours truly to offer 2 sets of a pair of tickets to this show to the first 2 people that reply to the email/blog. The show is Saturday July 11th. Tickets are 10 dollars and doors are at 8 pm.

Come join and add shows, show revues, MP3's and comments. If you have a band or know a band that you wish to spotlight and the band plays in the 313, 248, 586, 734 and 810 area, sign up and share the love.

PLEASE remember to support local live bands:

Brando Creasman, www.brandoncreasman.com, Lucky Brown Music www.myspace.com/LuckyBrownMusic, The Macpodz, www.macpodz.com, Mifune, www.mifunemusic.com, The Great Divide, www.myspace.com/greatdividelive Grievious Angel http://drumdancerrecords.com/grievousangel/index.php, Jill Jack, http://www.jilljack.com/, Billy Brandt, www.billybrandt.net, Distorted Soul (featuring Nadir), www.distortedsoul.com, Flop House Band, www.flophouseband.com, Back Forty backfortymusic.com, Covert Operations http://www.covertopsband.com Rootstand www.rootstand.com, Jam Samwich http://jamsamich.com, David Nefesh www.davidnefesh.com, The Ragbirds www.theragbirds.com, , PAPA www.papatunes.com, Bitter Herbs www.myspace.com/bitterherbs, Greensky Bluegrass www.greenskybluegrass.com; THTX www.myspace.com/THTX and Sentimental Shark, www.sentimentalshark.com to name a few.

GO OUT AND SEE LIVE MUSIC!!!!!


Much love in the 313, 248, 586, 734 and 810

Miko

Author of the occasional Detroit Metro area Live Music Update