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Tuesday November 24 @ 8pm
Public Nudity Songwriters Night #2
A new series featuring great area songwriters. Hosted by Greg
Humphreys (Dillon Fence, Hobex).
This month's guests are: Michael Holland and Kenny Roby (Six String
Drag, Mercy Filter).

Michael Holland will release his 4th solo release, his second with
Hamburg based Jan Szlovak and Moll-Selekta records as Michael Holland
and the Occoneechee String Band, Rhythm of Love, sometime in early
2010.

Kenny Roby - In the mid to late 90=92s, as a founding member of the band
Six String Drag, Kenny Roby established himself as one of the main
songwriting forces behind the Americana/Roots Rock movement. Six
String Drag played a major role in the early success of Steve Earle
and Jack Emerson=92s E Squared label. Roby and his band toured
nationally with Earle and other acts and also gained a strong
following on the east coast and the midwest. The band was featured on
the soundtrack to the Grammy nominated film You Can Count On Me and
garnered much critical acclaim for their E Squared release High Hat.
In 1998 the band broke up and Roby continued with a solo career
releasing two more critically acclaimed albums Mercury=92s Blues and
Rather Not Know. Roby=92s writing and singing have been praised by
Billboard, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Boston Phoenix, The
Washington Post, Option, No Depression, Performing Songwriter and many
other publications. Kenny has also been featured on NPR=92s All Songs
Considered and Acoustic Cafe and has received extensive national
airplay on NPR, Americana and AAA radio stations. Ryan Adams has
claimed Roby as as an influential writer on his and his former band
Whiskeytown=92s music. Adams featured Roby=92s song Rather Not Know on
NPR=92s All Songs Considered in 2004. (in a segment called You Play the
Dj: Artist=92s Picks) As well, Adams recently mentioned Roby in Rolling
Stone as the best songwriter that not many people have heard of.

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