RTP-area local music and culture

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The Broad Street Cafe   1116 Broad Street in Durham   www.TheBroadStreetCaf=
e.com

Most of our events are FREE events.  If you find yourself at the Cafe
enjoying a show, please show your support and appreciation by=85
Purchasing Food =95 Purchasing Beverages =95 Tipping Your Servers
Your support of The Broad Street Caf=E9 will allow us to continue to
support local music to keep most events free.

And if you're the social media kinda person... we would love it if you
would become a fan of our Facebook page:
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---EVENTS---
Wednesday, December 29
=95 8P Open Mic Night

Thursday, December 30
=95 8P Chatham County Slim and Papa Mike
=95 10P Dmitri Reznik Band (blues/rock/roots)

Friday, December 31
=95 8:45P Doors Open for New Year=92s Eve Party
=95 9:45P The Lizzy Ross Band (folk rock)
=95 11P Big Daddy Love (americana/bluegrass/folk rock)

---DETAILS---

Wednesday, December 29
=95 8P Open Mic Night
Open Mic is arranged to enable anyone to perform, so all you have to
do is turn up early and get your name down to perform. Originals and
cover music of every style and genre are welcome! Open mic is a great
way to practice your art and can also can be a proving ground for new
talent and material. The audience consists of singers, poets,
songwriters and music lovers so the atmosphere should be warm and
encouraging for everybody.

Thursday, December 30
=95 8P Chatham County Slim and Papa Mike
Chatham County Slim and Papa Mike have been entertaining a growing
number of fans with well chosen covers and their own songs about dogs,
donkeys, pick-up trucks and more. Don't miss this son and father team
doing their own brand of acoustic and semi-electric music.

=95 10P Dmitri Reznik Band (blues/rock/roots)
Life has been a great journey from the corn cribs of Chatham County NC
to the dive bars of New Orleans and many points between and beyond and
it continues...Dmitri spent many years as a sideman in New Orleans
before forming his own group in 1997, following the break-up of the
Noble Coyotes... find out more about Dmitri at www.dmitriresnik.com .
His releases are as follows "It Ain't Rocket Science" (1998) , "Quit
Clownin" (2000) , "Learnin My Lessons The Hard Way" (2002) , Bootleg
Liquor (2004) , "Apparently I'm Still Alive" (2006) and "One Short Of
A Dozen" (2008) . His music can be heard on Public Radio East and
numerous other stations (listen online at www.publicradioeast.org) .
Take a listen to an interview with George Olsen of Public Radio East
there , at dmitriresnik.com. or at myspace.com. Resnik has been
playing professionally for over 20 years and won multiple Real Blues
Magazine Awards .
"I thought blues guitarists were supposed to have names like Magic
Mofo and Guitar Blindbaby. In this case, Dmitri Resnik will do just
fine thank you.....Highly Recommended." - Bob Cianci -- The River
Reporter
=93His raw, southern vocals have a bayou sound mixed with a rich red
clay accent that is unique.=94 -Milburn Gibbs -- The Chatham Record
"Although Dmitri Resnik shares characteristics with Alex Chilton, Tav
Falco and Johnny J and the Hitmen, his voice is tougher and his music
is much more reckless." -Michael Dominici-- Where Y'At Magazine
=93It takes guts to start an album with a slow blues instrumental. It
takes talent to make it work. Dmitri Resnik has a full supply of
both=94. -Art Tipaldi-- Blues Revue Magazine

Friday, December 31
NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY - $10

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Foothills Brewing presents... Big Daddy Love

=95 8:45P Doors Open
~ Three Foothills brews on tap w/ special pricing
~ Foothills beer tasting starting at 8:45pm
~ The kitchen will be open w/ a limited menu

=95 9:45P The Lizzy Ross Band (folk rock)
Bringing a fresh, new attitude with original tunes that hearken back
to the era of rock and roll, the Lizzy Ross Band fuses jazz and folk
music with dirty blues and rock.  Ross=92 commanding, versatile, and
expressive voice has been compared to Grace Slick, Janis Joplin, Joni
Mitchell, and Grace Potter.  The band=92s tight arrangements are
tasteful and unique, ranging from subtly complimentary to
virtuosically explosive.
The Lizzy Ross Band includes Lizzy Ross on vocals and acoustic rhythm
guitar, Dylan Shrader on lead guitar, Casey Toll on upright bass, and
Drew Daniel on percussion. Based in Chapel Hill, NC, Ross writes
original soul-folk music inspired by artists from Sam Cooke to Patty
Griffin.  Shrader=92s training in bluegrass, combined with Daniel and
Toll=92s formal jazz education, creates uniquely soulful music with
hints of rock, jazz and blues. Layered against Lizzy=92s powerful voice
and the folky textures of the songs themselves, the band=92s musical
style is intelligent, danceable, and unique.
In June 2010 Lizzy Ross released her debut solo album, Traces. Traces
has earned praise for passionate delivery and skillful, diverse
songwriting.  The Lizzy Ross Band is currently recording and plans to
release a full-length album in 2011.  The Lizzy Ross Band is a proud
member of Leeway=92s Homegrown Music Network.

=95 11P Big Daddy Love (americana/bluegrass/folk rock)
Asheville, North Carolina=92s BIG DADDY LOVE brings a unique and natural
blend of jam, grass, roots, and rock to the emerging North Carolina
music scene. With fiery vocals, sweet-sugary harmonies, authentic song-
craft, and undeniable musicianship, the quintet delivers high-energy
performances of =91Appalachian Rock=92-- their own brand of good-time
music. It is the startling power of these live shows that resonate
with audiences and the genuine, intensely personal lyrics of their
original songs captivate and convert listeners into passionate fans.
In the late Summer of 2009, singer/songwriter Daniel Justin Smith and
two of his high school friends from Sparta, NC got together for some
casual acoustic pickin' and realized that something special was
happening. This hometown roots collaboration inspired Smith to revamp
the band he was already toying around with and Big Daddy Love emerged.
Beginning with the core of Alleghany County boys=97Smith, Joey Recchio
on electric guitar and Brian Swenk on acoustic and electric banjos--
the addition a tight, funk-infused Carolina foothills rhythm (bassist
Ashley Sutton and drummer Kelly Linville) sealed the deal. After
touring that Fall the new band recorded To The Mountain in January
2010 at the famous Echo Mountain Studios in Asheville, NC.

To The Mountain is an album in the truest sense=97a carefully crafted
journey of songs=97that has received emphatic and heartfelt reviews from
reviewers throughout the region and far beyond. =93=85The thing is, this
all works together well, and it flows as album =97 remember those, where
all the songs work together to the betterment of the total experience
=97 not just some isolated downloaded track on your playlist. This is a
great disc=85Give Big Daddy Love the chance and I=92ll bet they=92ll win yo=
u
over.=94 (Gary Hill, Music Street Journal). From across the pond, a
reviewer in Belgium wrote =93=85[if you are] a fan of The Allman Brothers
Band or Drive-By Truckers, but you are open to bluegrass elements,
then this CD really is a must.=94 Back home in the mountains, another
writer said =93From start to finish, To The Mountain is a captivating
album that alludes to a dynamic live show. If the musicians dabble in
a variety of styles it=92s only because, well, they can. And certain
elements =97 a tightly-coiled energy always threatening to explode
within each song, a choice group of collaborators, flawless
musicianship and Smith=92s compelling vocals =97 provide a palpable thread
throughout.=94 (Alli Marshall, Mountain Xpress). Picked up as a favorite
spin by Americana and AAA radio stations throughout the region,
including taste-maker WNCW in Spindale, NC, To The Mountain is a
snapshot of a young band realizing the power of their vision,
stretching the boundaries of their influences while celebrating their
Appalachian roots.

Press is press and praise is praise, but what really makes the
difference is that on stage Big Daddy Love delivers the goods. After
the band=92s 2010 Music City Roots performance in Nashville, Jim
Lauderdale referred to Big Daddy Love as =93Western NC sockin=92 it to
ya=94. Live, with the lights on and the volume up, Big Daddy Love
stretches the music out with top notch picking and ripping, delivering
a stompin=92 good time rich with authentic Carolina soul. The lyrics and
the performances themselves are infused with a universally appealing
sense of community and spirit-- the essential element of Daniel
Smith=92s songwriting. This very vibe is the Love that gives name to the
group. It is fundamental to the band=92s roots in Sparta, NC, a small
town in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Smith still works
on a family farm in the area when not on the road.

The Love Bus, as the fans call themselves, embrace Big Daddy Love=92s
=91Appalachian Rock=92 as if their own musical heroes had converged in
2009 to create a new band. Fast and powerful as a freight train, Big
Daddy Love brings the high energy of Southern rock into the down-home
vibe of a mountain bluegrass folk festival. With heavy doses of jam,
soul and an electric banjo replacing the second guitar of the
traditional Southern rock genre, Big Daddy Love breathes new life into
both traditions. Imagine J.D. Crow crossed with the Black Crowes=85The
Stanley Brothers and The Allman Brothers=85what if Led Zeppelin grew up
in the Appalachian Mountains on a dairy farm? Big Daddy Love falls
into the middle of all these with an undeniably original sound of its
own.


The Broad Street Cafe   1116 Broad Street in Durham   www.TheBroadStreetCaf=
e.com