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  • From: BSC <junk AT hitezone.com>
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  • Subject: The Broad Street Cafe - Weekly Music Events
  • Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:32:46 -0700 (PDT)

Tuesday April 28
=95 8:30P High Strung Music's Old Time Jam w/ Aaron Greenhood
Old-time music is a form of North American folk music, with roots in
the folk musics of many countries, including England, Scotland,
Ireland and Africa. This musical form developed along with various
North American folk dances, such as square dance, buck dance, and
clogging. The genre also encompasses ballads and other types of folk
songs. It is played on acoustic instruments, generally centering on a
combination of fiddle and plucked string instruments (most often the
guitar and banjo).

Wednesday April 29
=95 8P Continuum Blues Jam
Come out to the Blues Jam every other Wednesday sponsored by Continuum
Consulting Services. Butch Haas will be facilitating this free-to-the-
public jam. So bring your gear, sign up for a time, and jam with some
of Durham=92s finest! Drums, keyboard, bass, guitar and harp amps
provided.

Thursday April 30
=95 8P Workbook (jazz w/ Brad Newell)
A jazz duo with a large repertoire of music ranging from laid back to
funky to standards. Thelonious Monk to Led Zeppelin.
=95 10P Jordan and the Sphinx (spanish pop/2-step/zouk)

Friday May 1
=95 8P Blue Tailed Skinks (folk/country/roots)
=95 10P On The Fly (blues/jam/drum & bass)
"On The Fly" is a by product of a potentially cancelled gig in the
ninth hour ~ burning up the phone in the tenth ~ pulling it all
together in the eleventh ~ and kicking !@! right on time. It is the
combined talents of Aaron Mills of Cameo with Pat Madison and Post
Postlethwait of PM Bulldozer. They are "On The Fly" and off the hook.

Saturday May 2
=95 8P Ventura Highway (acoustic/classic rock/country)
Combine the lead vocalists from NC regional bands Sugar Daddy and
Peace Street with solo artist Al "Alpine" Velettri and you have
Ventura Highway, an acoustic trio playing a wide range of styles from
modern and classic rock to R&B to country.
=9510P Union County (rock/acoustic)
Union County consists of two members: Alan Peterson and Steve
Thompson. UC began at Appalachian State University in 2005. Alan had
been playing guitar and singing for many years and had recently
started getting serious about his songwriting. Steve had been writing
and playing in band's for years and was looking for someone to build a
unique band with. Alan and Steve were both music majors at Appalachian
and got to know each other in a choir that they both sang in. The
thing that they really remember most about the formation of their
friendship is cigars. The first few times they spent time together
were on opposite sides of burning tobacco and billowing clouds of
thick white smoke. Alan and Steve spoke of pain, happiness, freedom,
aspiration, religion, fear, and most of all...love. Not from a
disgustingly chipper angle or as though it were a redoubtable
opponent, instead they spoke of love as it is: the center of all
things. This belief at the core of each of them bound them together in
a tight friendship very quickly. One night Steve and Alan played some
music together. In this one night it was abundantly clear to both men
that there was a special spark in the sound. The styles were
different. Alan's leaned toward folk/jazz and Steve's pushed towards
rock/pop, but the mesh seemed effortless. Alan and Steve were
immediately pleased with the way their voices sounded while singing
together and they quickly realized that this "Union" of styles was one
that was strong. It only took a few practices and they were writing
songs with the other person's part in mind and before long they had
established a home for their specific musical creations..."Union
County". The rest is future history.
=9511:45P Lions At Lunchtime (rock/indie/alternative)
We're three dudes from three different cities around the country who
just happened to meet up in North Carolina. Lions at Lunchtime is an
attempt to get our collaborative music out to you and the community.

Sunday May 3
=95 7P Aaron Mills Project - Sunday Night Jazz
Starting at 7, Open Jam at 9
If you are in any way a fan of jazz, this is not to be missed !!!
Aaron Mills, best known as the audacious bassist of classic funk act
Cameo, has inspired a generation of groovy musicians, but his long
time love affair with jazz has inspired The Aaron Mills Project.
Aaron has been playing at the Cafe for a few months now, along with
Wayne Kee, Bobby Hinton, Warren Fraizer and others. Aaron has brought
Sunday night jazz back to the Cafe in a format that includes a cast of
regulars as well as featured guest musicians every week. Towards the
end of the evening, the night becomes an open jam, so, if anyone wants
to come blow their horn....

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The Broad Street Cafe
1116 Broad Street
Durham, NC 27705
http://www.TheBroadStreetCafe.com



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