RTP-area local music and culture

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Yes, we now have a Twitter account.  You can find us under the name
http://www.twitter.com/TheBroadStCafe.  I promise there won't be many
tweets...only relevant, up to date, postings.

Tuesday August 4
=95 8P Cap'n Billy (rock/acoustic/hip hop)

Wednesday August 5
=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 August 6
=95 8P Trees Leave (americana/folk rock/indie)
  Letting go, or running from the past is the prominent theme of the
songs that decorate =93Run,=94 the debut album of Trees Leave. The ghosts
that haunt this Nashville, Tennessee alternative-folk-rock duo have
been coming back to life in their songs for years. Trees Leave have
been playing music together for close to a decade. The last couple of
years, though, have been the most productive and satisfying for them.
They have crafted a sound that marries their Bluegrass roots with
their love of Rock, Blues and Traditional Country music. Trees Leave=92s
preferred brand of Americana mixes raw, emotional lyrics with equally
jarring melodies and instrumentation. Whether they are plugged in or
sitting on the back porch, the urgency in their music and performance
is hard to ignore.
   Usually performing as a duo, they share rhythm guitar duties when
the other is impressing on their signature instruments. Cobi
Ferguson=92s polarizing guitar riffs and Wyatt Espalin=92s fiery fiddle
solos add spice to their live performances and keeps audiences
guessing what will come next. When the venue suits it, Trees Leave
performs with a backing band and their songs do not hesitate to meet
them at the next level. The listener is caught off guard with the
twists of irony, winks of wit and sighs of sorrow of the characters in
their songs.
=95 10P Butter (Brad Newel - jazz/rock)

Friday August 7
=95 8P Anniversary Club (folk/acoustic/soul)
=95 10P The Will McBride Group (jazz/pop/funk)
Aguitar-based jazz trio that presents a truly unique blend of jazz,
edgy funk/pop and Latin stylings, full of rich color-chording,
impressive melodic solo and vocal work, all supported with superb
rhythmic backing. Over fifty years of collective stage experience
coupled with performing together for five years as a unit makes the
WMG one of the most polished, and sought-after trios in the area.

Saturday August 8
=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 Bleumatics (rock/r&B/blues)
We seem, through no fault of our own, to attract a mixed crowd. A
collage of college-age and college-drop-out-age peeps come to hear
people that look old enough to play blues with cred. And then they
hear something that sounds like Neil Young married Pink Floyd at a
wedding presided over by Burning Spear, and they come back again a
couple of weeks later. Who woulda thought? Boomers seem to enjoy
seeing people their age touring and performing originals, like, yo, we
still rock and roll, and not on the oldies tour. Which is grand, you
know. And when they go home to bed after the first set, god bless 'em,
our friends, the young peeps stay and clap. There are about thirty
years between the band's youngest and oldest players, and they're not
related. We play unplugged in coffee shops and very plugged at clubs.

Sunday August 9
=95 7:30P Aaron Mills Project - Sunday Night Jazz Jam
   Starting at 7:30, 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....


BE SURE TO JOIN US on Wednesday August 12 for The Broad Street Cafe's
Anniversary Celebration!

Come Join us for food and drink specials all day long...and a night of
great music!

=95 8P Cameron Alworth and Jon Christie from Mixed Greenz
=95 9:30P Aaron Mills Project
=95 10:30P Bobby Hinton
=95 11P All-Star Jam

$2.50 Draft Pints All Day
$5 Pizza All Day (not including specials)
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The Broad Street Cafe ...Food, Music, Spirits
1116 Broad Street
Durham, NC 27705
(919)416-9707
http://www.thebroadstreetcafe.com
Booking?  http://www.thebroadstreetcafe.com/BookingForm.html
Questions?  Email    info AT thebroadstreetcafe.com