Summer's here and its time to dance . . .

Hello phriends

What a weekend for music. I am in awe. And to the dads out there, many outdoor shows to enjoy on your special dad. Happy Father's Dad, men.

I wanted to put this out there. I took some heat recently from someone out in the community who was pissed that I was not advertising a particular band. I replied, informing the writer, that due to the size of the Update and the amount of material that I cull through to find shows, it is helpful that the band has a presence on the web. One place to get your music out there so that I can see it is Jambase. www.jambase.com. Another is to join our Facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=6816283876&ref=ts. I am all about getting the word out there. But, please get the word to me that you are playing. You can reply to the email or leave a comment on the blog page. http://detroitmusicupdate.blogspot.com

So now on to the music . . . .

Tomorrow

Enter the Haggis Liberty Plaza Ann Arbor Looks like A2 is doing a series of free music during the summer. This band describes itself as Celtic Rock. Here's their bio. http://www.jambase.com/Artists/33452/Enter-the-Haggis/Bio. I AM NOT SURE OF THE TIME. Maybe one of our A2 friends knows.

Buddy Miller/Patty Griffin The Power Center Ann Arbor

Darrell Scott The Ark

The Afternoon Round Downtown Chelsea. Looks like Chelsea is doing free music on Thursdays. I went on the Afternoon Round's website. Theie music was worth a listen. http://chelseafestivals.org/soundsights/ here is the schedule of the performance time.

Tech N9ne Blondies

The Phenomenal Handclap Band Magic Stick

Holly Golightly Majestic

Dave Koz and Friends Sound Board at Motor City Casino The "friends" are actually Jonathan Butler and Sheila E. Please don't shoot the messenger. LOL

Kinetic Stereokids PJ's Lager House This band is definitely getting some face time in the local jam scene. My friends are reporting good things.

Barn Burner Small's

Coco Rosie's/Diane Cluck Crofoot

Lost in the Trees The Pike Room I don't know Orchestral music meeting Folk/Pop. Didn't Trey Anastacio of Phish do something like that? Here's the bio of this act. http://www.jambase.com/Artists/48423/Lost-in-the-Trees/Bio

Friday-Sunday (actually Monday for some) This weekend begins the summer festival season in our area. So I'll start with them

Detroit River Days Detroit River Front Here's the schedule for this wonderful festival, that is definitely expanding this year. A great mix of national and local bands. http://www.detroitriverdays.com/music.php Locals of interest Jam Samich, the Reefermen, October Babies, Midtown Underground, Twistin Tarantulas, Covert Operations. Nationals of interest The Spin Doctors, MC Hammer, Blues Traveler


Ann Arbor Summer Festival This is an ongoing event for a good part of the summer. Mucca Pazza and local favorites My Dear Disco are on at the Top of the Park Stage on Friday. Dear friends The Jill Jack Band plays Sunday night. The best is national favorite JJ Grey and Mofro on Sunday. I flippin' love Mofro and they have been at a ton of national festies. You really need to just go through the website and see who's playing. But I can tell you tons of our local friends are playing. Many of them have links at the end of this blog/email. The Top of the Park Stage IS FREE all summer. Here is the schedulehttp://www.annarborsummerfestival.org/index.php/events/top_of_the_park. Here is the schedule for the Mainstage/Power Center http://www.annarborsummerfestival.org/index.php/events/mainstage/


Now for some of the "regular" shows for the weekend

Friday

The Wayfarer Festival Magic Stick I am not so sure this is a "regular" show. Cornmeal, Greensky Bluegrass, the Ragbirds, Rootstand, Jill Jack, Billy Brandt and the Acoustic Mission Band, Steppin in It, Catfish Mafia and Northern Skies. Ridiculous!!!!! All this music for $2o in the Big D. www.wayfarerfestival.com

Carolyn Striho and Stewart Francke The Magic Bag

The Moody Blues Fox Theatre

Deep Space Six The Savoy Nice to see one of the area's oldest hippie bands on the schedule. All things, Dead, Allmans, Neal Young, you name it, played.

New York Dolls Majestic

Lonestar Rivard Park Riley Park Farmington Hills

The Jam Society Mario's of Troy

Saturday

Sheryl Crow DTE

Summer Fun Festival Relax Message Ann Arbor. I got an invitation to this on Facebook. Looks like a Reggae and Worldbeat show. Might be a good filler while you are at the Ann Arbor Summer Festival. http://www.relaxstationmassage.com/news.htm. Here is the Facebook Event. Gives a little more information. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=118789871466933&index=1

John Lee Hooker Jr. Callahan's yep, he is the son of the world famous blues man. This son was born in the Big D. Here is his bio. Looks like he got caught up in some nasty sh*t while on his way up. http://www.johnleehookerjr.com/bio.html

Mary Magdalan Blondies

Friendo / Yourself and the Air Magic Stick

Chapstix Small's

Wakey Wakey iLounge Pontiac

A. R. Rahman Pontiac Silverdome. Ok who the fck is A R Rahman and are they doing gigs at the Silverdome? The place I saw U2, Paul McCartney and Pink Floyd The multimillion white elephant, paid for with tax money, that is currently for sale for like a half a million bones. WTF??!!! I did not think they were doing anything there. Anyway, A. R. Rahman did the score for Slumdogs Millionaire. Here's the bio http://www.jambase.com/Artists/46396/A.R.-Rahman/Bio. I blogged it mainly because I was just shocked to see anything booked at the 'Dome.

Cave Dreamland Theatre Ypsilanti

Sunday

Jam Samich and Ana Popovic Callahan's Nice to see our local favs opening for a national act. Busy weekend for them.

The Grascals Ark

Chick Corea Orchestra Hall

Jeff Beck Fillmore

PLEASE remember to support local live bands:

Dead Again (Grateful Dead Tribute Band http://www.facebook.com/deadagainband , The American Gravy Company http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-American-Gravy-Company, 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.comSavoy www.livesavoy.com ; (Ypsilanti's Hot New 750 capacity venue)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 Music Update