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Friday
July 6 2018 8:30PM doors -- music at 9:00PM ••• 21 AND OVER $12 in advance / $15 at the door Hollins & Hollins Mortuary Entertainment Show and Lester T. Raww's 50th birthday party! with ... The Pine Box Boys www.pineboxboys.com/ Horrorbilly/Alternative Bluegrass -----Husky Burnette off the bill featuring ... Lester T. Raww's Graveside Quartet www.facebook.com/GravesideQuartet/ morbid rock \ murder ballads Gentleman Jimmy Hadley www.facebook.com/jimmy.hadley.90 Hellbilly ? The Pine Box Boys Reverend Lester T. Raww: vocals, guitar Big Possum Carvidi: banjo, vocals Colonel Timothy Leather: upright bass Uncle Dodds: drums and percussion -from San Francisco, CA -LESTER T. RAWW FROM ARKANSAS STARTED THE PINE BOX BOYS in 2003, originally planning to perform new versions of old murder ballad classics like "The Knoxville Girl," and "Fair Eleanor." Soon, however, he found he was composing his own murder ballads. This lead to their first album, Arkansas Killing Time. "In my mind, I wanted something that sounded like Willie Nelson in a punk band." Lester blames the emphasis of murder, misery, and zombies on his mother: "My mother grew up REAL country, and she raised me on all those old songs. Before bed, she would sing murder ballads to me such as "Pretty Polly," "Skin and Bones Lady," and "The Knoxville Girl." She also liked horror films." Lester combined all of this into his unique brand of music: not exactly bluegrass—more like "bloodgrass." Bassist Colonel Timothy Leather and drummer Steven "Your Uncle" Dodds joined him in those early days. Uncle Dodds suggested that they bring banjo-picker Alex "Possum" Carvidi into the group. These four became the core of the band and entered the exciting world of nomadic musicianship, traveling the States and parts of Europe. STAB! was their second release. While Arkansas Killing Time included many slower songs, STAB! album was the result of playing faster songs for live performances and remains their best seller to date. These first two albums, combined with their third release Child of Calamity, tell the disjointed story of a killer named Willie and his many victims. The fourth album, Tales From the Emancipated Head, was released in 2011. It is a collection of 13 stories as told by a decapitated head as it rolls down a hill. Lester T. Raww's Graveside Quartet Lester T. Raww - vocals, ukulele Alex "Possum" Carvidi - accordion, saw Jason Kleinberg - violin Col. Jimmy Hadley - trumpet, guitar Col. Timothy Leather - bass Uncle Dodds - drums -from San Francisco, CA -Lester T. Raww and his Pine Box Boy cohorts - Possum Carvidi, Col. Timothy Leather, and Uncle Dodds - have created a new band and a new sound to celebrate their fascination with things morbid. This doesn't mean that there will be no more Pine Box Boys. Quite the contrary. Now it means they can open up for themselves. While the themes are similar, The Graveside Quartet picks up where "Tales From The Emancipated Head" left off, leaving the Pine Box Boys free to continue hootin' and hollerin' their way through Lester's murder ballads. The Graveside Quartet steers clear of the country vibe, dubiously replacing the banjo with an accordion. Actually, let's look at the evolution of the two frontmen for both bands, Possum and Lester. Lester has set his Martin aside and picked up the ukulele. Possum - and I'm sure this makes his mother proud - performs on the accordion and musical saw. The change in sound may make the band more palatable for those who utterly reject the Pine Box Boys' more countrified setting, but the GSQ will certainly entertain the morbid sensibilities of the PBB fan base. Gentleman Jimmy Hadley -from Sacramento, CA -Guitar pickin, shit kickin, ticker tickin. |
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