Bill Kirchen, the “Titan of the Telecaster” is returning to Dayton Ohio for the first time in several years! Kirchen plays Canal Street Tavern on Sunday April 29th with special guests Nicky Kay & his FABULOUS Kay-Tones featuring Crazy Joe! The show starts at 9pm sharp-ish!
Named “A Titan of the Telecaster” by Guitar Player Magazine, Grammy nominated guitarist, singer and songwriter Bill Kirchen celebrates an American musical tradition where rock ‘n’ roll and country music draws upon its origins in blues and bluegrass, Western swing from Texas and California honky-tonk. Grammy nominated guitarist, singer and songwriter Bill Kirchen sets the stage on fire with his trademark Telecaster licks that drove the Commander Cody classic “Hot Rod Lincoln” into the Top Ten, and elicits instant recognition for a career that has spanned over 40 years and includes guitar work with Nick Lowe, Emmylou Harris, Doug Sahm, and Elvis Costello.
Kirchen used to be a frequent visitor to Dayton and Canal Street Tavern, and we are thrilled to have him back at last. Kirchen puts on an unbelievable show that has to be seen and heard to believe.
Check out Bill Kirchen playing one of his many great tunes, “Rockabilly Funeral”:
The Fair Shakes will rock the holidays Friday December 23rd at South Park Tavern with special guests The Show from Yellow Springs, Ohio. The Fair Shakes go on at 9:30pm ET. Jim Macpherson will be back behind the drums once more!
Come early for the pizza and beer and stay late for the rock. We hope to see you there!
Next up is a “solo” gig on Saturday, October 1st at the Dublin Pub in Dayton, Ohio. The plan is to invite several friends that may be friends of yours, too) to play some of their songs and select cover tunes. You can submit (reasonable) song requests, and you never know, you might hear it. Or maybe you’ll discover some cool new songs that you didn’t know!
IMPORTANT NOTE: The show will start at 10:30 p.m. And there will be door prizes.
The list of songwriters is growing, and we’re planning on having a real good time. Plus, there will be door prizes.
Nicky Kay and Crazy Joe will play LIVE on WYSO Wednesday August 17th at 9:00 PM. Juliet Fromholt, host of “Kaleidescope” will host a night of rockabilly tunes, good conversation, and the best in indie rock. We are excited to be on the show, especially since the FABULOUS Kay-Tones will be appearing at Fraze Pavilion on Wednesday August 24th with special guests, the might SHRUG!
Please tune in and check out the fun. Call in and we’ll dedicate a song to you!
Dayton, Ohio rock-warriors Shrug will make their first(?) appearance at Peach’s in Yellow Springs, Ohio on Saturday 23rd! If you haven’t seen Shrug in awhile I strongly urge you to check out what they are laying down. The songs, the playing, the singing – you name it, its all amazing.
The bill also features Nicky Kay & his Fabulous Kay-Tones playing a “warm-up” set before their feature show at the Fraze on August 24th. This is our first appearance in awhile, and we are already having a blast. The set now features some fine songs by the one-and-only Crazy Joe “Bacon & Eggs” Tristchler, who continues to thrill and delight roots-rock audiences across the world! As Nicky Kay I’ll be singing and strumming the acoustic, ”Hep Cat” Matt Duffey from the Mad River Outlaws on upright bass, and of course, Brian “The Good Guy” Hoeflich on the skins, taking just a few moments from his current gig with the stellar C. Wright’s Parlour Tricks to rock & swing for awhile.
I am very grateful to the folks at Peachs for letting us warm up and entertain the fine folks in Yellow Springs. The other shows we’ve played at Peach’s have been a blast!
The clip below is from a Kay-Tones appearance in Las Vegas a few years back. A DVD of our performance surfaced a while back, and I thought it would be fun to share it (a side note – quite a few DVDs of performances have been resurfacing lately, due in most part to the masterminds at Big Beef Records):
This Saturday The Nick Kizirnis Band will play their last show of 2010 by making their first appearance at the South Park Tavern in Dayton, Ohio. The show starts at 10pm with the Nick Kizirnis Band, followed by Roley Yuma.
The Nick Kizirnis Band:
Nick Kizirnis – guitars, theremin
Dennis Mullins – guitars
Ed Lacy – keyboards
Tommy Raygun – keyboardist emeritus
Liz Landis – violin
Brian Hogarth – bass
Jim Macpherson – drums
The Nick Kizirnis Band will feature several recently written tunes, all of which will be on a forthcoming album the band is currently mixing at Bison Studios.
New instrumental tunes such as “Lucky Sarah”, “Pixelated” and “Bridge to Nowhere” fit smoothly alongside beefed-up Mulchmen songs like “Frank” and Swivel Hipster Shake”.
No date has been set at this point, but plans are to release it next year.
Have you seen the lineup for the second annual Festiki festival in Dayton, Ohio? It features surf, hawaiian and rockabilly music, and promises to be a blast. Festiki is August 14th at Old River Park in Dayton, with the festivities starting at 12 noon and running late into the evening. A schedule of bands will be posted soon, you can keep up to date on the Festiki site! This year’s show is headlined by the legendary Space Cossacks, reunited for the first time in 10 years!
The Fair Shakes, Dayton, Ohio’s electrifying garage punk pop combo, will appear with The Lab Partners and Dan Raridan & the Calientes at South Park Tavern in Dayton, Ohio Saturday, June 12th.
The Fair Shakes – featuring former Obvious members John Dubuc and Nick Kizirnis as well as Deni Wilson (Tooba Blooze) and Steve Phelps (Lost Marble Collection) – have been working on their debut album. No release date is set, but the band will soon release a set of videos online from a live performance at Canal Street Tavern earlier this year.
Named “A Titan of the Telecaster” by Guitar Player Magazine, Grammy nominated guitarist, singer and songwriter Bill Kirchen celebrates an American musical tradition where rock ‘n’ roll and country music draws upon its origins in blues and bluegrass, Western swing from Texas and California honky-tonk. Grammy nominated guitarist, singer and songwriter Bill Kirchen sets the stage on fire with his trademark Telecaster licks that drove the Commander Cody classic “Hot Rod Lincoln” into the Top Ten, and elicits instant recognition for a career that has spanned over 40 years and includes guitar work with Nick Lowe, Emmylou Harris, Doug Sahm, and Elvis Costello.
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