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The Big Ticket

The Cherry Valence w/ Haggus and Viza Noir
Boozy, swaggering, three-chord hard rock, all sweat and beer and energy. June 19, 10 p.m. Pilot Light. $5.

Saliva w/ Manmade God & 10 Years
Rap-rockers from Memphis make yet another K-town appearance. June 19, 8 p.m. Blue Cats. Sold out.

Blue Moon Rising
Bluegrass with a nod to the genre's pioneers. June 20, 5:30-8 p.m. Knoxville Museum of Art. $6; $3 UT students with ID;$3 museum members; free for 17 and under.

Sammy Blue Band
Celebrate Sassy's fifth anniversary with "The Prince of Blues." June 20-21, 9:30 p.m. Sassy Ann's. $5.

Trailer Bride w/ Lucero, Low Skies and Central Falls
Long-enduring insurgent country band from Chapel Hill. June 20, 10 sharp! Pilot Light. $7.

The Coveralls
Cover my world with cover songs. June 20, 10 p.m. Downtown Grill & Brewery. Free.

Charlie Acuff
The left-handed fiddler joins other regional groups for Acuff-style jamming at the annual Acuff Family Reunion. June 21, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Ramsey House Plantation. (Bring instruments, lawn chairs, coolers, but not alcohol.) See www.acuff.org for more info. $5.

The Off Brothers
Comedy and music. June 21, 9:30 p.m. Prince Deli.

Latin Jazz Project
A fusion of jazz and Latin American rhythms. June 21, 9:30 p.m. Lucille's.

The Invaders
British Invasion tribute band still giddy from their on-stage run-in with Kid Rock. June 21, 10 p.m. Downtown Grill & Brewery. Free.

Robinella & the CCstringband w/ Mary Alice Wood
Live broadcast on The River's Americana Cafe. June 22, 8-10 p.m. Patrick Sullivan's. Free. 18+.

The Fleshies w/ Cadre and Reality Asylum
Giant loud rock with leaping, yelling and the like. June 23, 10 p.m. The Pilot Light. $5. 18+.

Justin Thompson
Swing jazz from Nashville. June 24, 9:30 p.m. 4620. $3.

Groove Therapy
Smooth jazz & R&B. June 25, 9:30 p.m. 4620. $3.

Chandler Travis Philharmonic
Funny songs performed by a buncha folks in pajamas. June 25, 10 p.m. Pilot Light. $5.

Southern Culture on the Skids w/ the Dirty Dozen Brass Band
First show for the relocated Sundown in the City. June 26, 6-10 p.m. Old City's Dogwood Courtyard. Free (donations encouraged).

Favored Nations Acoustic Tour
With Tommy Emmanuel, Peter Huttlinger & Peppino D'Agostino. June 27, 8 p.m. Pellissippi State Performing Arts Center, Hardin Valley.

Natural Fact
Featuring former Hambone Pie guitarist Chris Johnson. June 27, 9:30 p.m. Sassy Ann's. $4.

The American Plague w/ the El Caminos and the Rock City Dropouts
The Plague are a rock/punk/metal hybrid with all of the taste and none of the fat. June 27, 10 p.m. Pilot Light. $5.

Irish Music Festival With Glen Road and Half Nine
Traditional Irish music preceded by instrument workshops and dance lessons. June 28, various times for various events. Laurel Theater. Call Rick Hall at 584-0190 or Wendy Smith at 805-0792 for specific times and costs.

Beki Hemingway with the Lost Dogs
If the bevy of musicians who already call Knoxville home isn't enough proof that our city is accommodating to those who write songs and play instruments, consider this: With two CDs under her belt, established and lauded Chicago musician Beki Hemingway, with her guitarist/co-writer husband Randy Kerkman, recently moved to Knoxville. And not because she likes a large choice of fast food restaurants. "The Southeast has always been a favorite area of the country to tour," Hemingway says, "and Knoxville audiences have always been good to us." She played her first show as a local artist at Border's Cafe in May. Hemingway's music falls in a category with Kim Richey and Lucinda Williams: strong women with soulful voices and a good helping of guitar. Somebody should take her some Krispy Kreme doughnuts when she plays the New City Cafe this Friday, just to make her feel welcome. (Paige M. Travis)
BEKI HEMINGWAY WITH THE LOST DOGS * FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 8:30P.M. * NEW CITY CAFE * $10.

Superdrag with the Put Outs
Sad to say, this may be your last chance to see one of the most significant and successful—not to mention emotionally direct, viscerally exciting, and melodically memorable—bands in Knoxville history. At least for some time to come. With bassist Sam Powers retiring from music and remaining members Don Coffey, Mic Harrison, and John Davis all married or on the verge thereof, Superdrag is going on hiatus for the foreseeable future. Davis and Harrison may have solo records forthcoming; Coffey is working at the local Studio 613.
Theirs has been a career of highlights, some high profile, some of them less visible but equally memorable. From headlining countless beery Fort Sanders yard parties to a ubiquitous video buzz clip, from their hellbent detonation of an MTV studio during an on-air performance to sharing bills with the likes of Alex Chilton and GBV, the band members lived out most of their rock 'n' roll dreams, if not always in the way or according to the schedule they might have planned.
The boys say they'll be playing again—Some Day. But if they never take another stage together, they'll be leaving behind a body of work worthy of even the alterna-rock greats—Big Star, Teenage Fanclub, et al.—that inspired them, five full-length albums and one EP of lustrous power-pop, wistful balladry, a bit of Beatles-esque experimentation, and plenty of roof-raising, balls-out Rawk. So show 'em love, and plenty of it, and maybe, just maybe, Some Day will be sooner than we think.(Mike Gibson)
SUPERDRAG WITH THE PUT OUTS * FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 9 P.M. * BLUE CATS * $10 ADVANCE, $12 DOOR

Honda Hoot/Saturday Night on the Town
The Honda Hoot actually ends on Saturday, but folks 'round here have begun to refer to the newly revitalized Saturday Night on the Town as sort of the "wrap party" for the Hoot. So if you haven't made it over to Chilhowee Park before Saturday, then head downtown and wander around; you're sure to get an eyeful of the big bikes. And the there's plenty of entertainment to be had on pedestrians-only Gay Street, as follows:

WIVK Stage, Church St.
6 p.m. P. J. Vann—local country singer done good.
6:30 p.m. Megan and Marcus—fiddle-playing siblings combining strings and vocals for unique bluegrass sound
7:25 p.m. Colt Prather—Loud, guitar-slingin' country
8:15 p.m. Amy Dalley—fun, fresh new country singer/ songwriter
9:05 p.m. Buddy Jewell—won Nashville Star (American Idol for country singers)
10 p.m. Radney Foster—broad blend of country and alternative rock with a touch of blues

100.3 The River Stage, Market Street
6 p.m. Franky Perez—Singer/songwriter in blues and rock vein with a bit of Cuban heat
7:30 p.m. Maroon 5—Alternative rock with a soulful sound
9:30 p.m. Jason Mraz—Jazzy folk- or trippy world-sounding singer/songwriter

Wild 98.7 Stage, Cumberland Avenue
6 p.m. Sarai and DJ Tommy Ill will be spinning hip hop

HONDA HOOT * THURSDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 19-21, 8 A.M.-6 P.M. * CHILHOWEE PARK
SATURDAY NIGHT ON THE TOWN * SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 5-11 P.M. * GAY STREET * FREE