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TDawg Presents is excited to welcome the dynamic trio Dangermuffin to the 18th edition of TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny! If you’ve not had a chance to familiarize yourself with them quite yet, this is your chance, and there promises to be a few special sit-ins that might happen along the way through two-set, 3 hour performance! From Folly Beach, SC just outside of Charleston, their melodic sound represents three musicians bringing you something unique. Dangermuffin has recently completed a run of shows with bluegrass buddies The Larry Keel Experience and is gearing up for an extremely busy festival season this year! They perform Friday night only, and you must have a two-night pass to see them. So plan on coming out Friday, get your campsite up, and hear that set which is just for YOU!
The two videos – “Cicada” and “Little Douglas” – are from a performance at The Pour House in Charleston.
I don’t know about y’all but I’m sure ready for some fresh spring mountain air after the cold blasts that have been smothering us for the last month! Makes me think even more about the upcoming Hootenanny on FRI & SAT April 10-11 in Murrayville, GA! Old friends, new friends, family, AMAZING music, bonfires, and some jams sure to leave you at times wondering how you are so fortunate to be there to witness! The 18th Edition of TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny is sure to be yet another gem, and I personally hope that you can make it on out! Please see below for getting your advance tickets and viewing the latest schedule. Please share this information with your masses!
FRI-SAT (April 10-11) $60ADV/$75 Gate
SAT ONLY (April 11) $55 ADV/$65 Gate
SAT DAY PASS (NO camping) ~ $50 GATE. Kids 12 & under are admitted FREE! Kids ages 13-16 $20 at gate. NO DOGS PLEASE!
The Higher Choirhas been voted one of the Best Atlanta Bands of 2014! These fellas are on the up and up for sure, having made MANY new friends on the Lynrd Skynrd Simple Man Cruise back in November! Check out this great review from Axs.com in December! Currently in the studio recording their first full length album w/ famed producer Jeff Tomei (Smashing Pumpkins, Matchbox 20), these fellas are gonna rock your afternoon away!
TDawg Presents is excited to bring N. GA favorite Jason Kenney onto the lineup for Saturday evening, April 11! Kenney is a Dahlonega native who has been impressing folks for quite a while now with his songwriting and musicianship, and you know he won’t disappoint in his own back yard! In addition, please welcome a new band on the scene that features veterans of the circuit for many years calling themselves Blackberry Possum. Wildman Steve has brought former bandmate Brian Fowler (Bibb City Ramblers) as well as stellar Alabama guitarist Tony Brook into the mix for what promises to be one of those sets that you don’t want to miss!
Here’s a video of Jason Kenney and band in action at the Crimson Moon in Dahlonega. Enjoy!
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My wife and I attended the Dangermuffin concert last Saturday night at Eddie’s Attic, witnessing one of the freshest, finest performance in quite a while! Hard to believe it’s only three fellas up on stage. Playing in front of a packed house, they created such an amazing groove that had folks standing and boogeyin’ where you’re usually sitting! I personally can’t wait until their Friday Night Hootenanny Showcase at Starbridge on April 10! It’s going to be a very special set, mark my words.
FRI-SAT (April 10-11) $60ADV/$75 Gate
SAT ONLY (April 11) $55 ADV/$65 Gate
SAT DAY PASS (NO camping) ~ $50 GATE. Kids 12 & under are admitted FREE! Kids ages 13-16 $20 at gate. NO DOGS PLEASE!
TDawg Presents is thrilled to announce the initial lineup for the 4th edition of Atlanta’s Holiday Hootenanny! There will be just a handful of musicians added to this list in the next month or so, so stay tuned! This concert is for a great cause in Atlanta Habitat for Humanity. I personally have become more involved with Atlanta Habitat over the last few years indirectly through my catering work and very much feel the difference that this wonderful organization and the people involved make in a family’s life.
Stay tuned for more information coming soon – PLEASE spread the good word, round up your friends and family for an absolutely incredible evening of music and fun, and all the while supporting Atlanta Habitat! HOOT HOOT!!
Well, that Hootenanny sure was fun wasn’t it!? Funny how Hoots occur, without fail, exactly when you really need that energy the most. I know that I’m certainly still feeling the fresh grooves that WE created at the Hootenanny! The Hootenanny movement is unique in that it combines that festivaaal vibe with the feeling that you’re at an exclusive private party, and it works for everyone involved. HOOOOOTENANNY!!!
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COMING UP this month on Sunday October 26, TDawg Presents a special Sunday evening triple bill at the Red Light Cafe featuring The Ragbirds, songwriter duo Shawn Spencer & Colin Vinson (from Seven Handle Circus), and Battlefield Collective. It’s an early show, with doors at 6:30pm, showtime at 7:20pm, and The Ragbirds will take the stage about 9pm. Grab a sitter for the evening (if you have to!) and reward yourself with a nice evening out and some FANTASTIC music. ADVANCE TICKETS are $15/$18 Door. Do yourselves and the show a favor and get your tickets ahead of time – well worth taking the time to do so!
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Coming in November, TDawg Presents is excited to bring Secondhand Swagger and their homemade brand of Southern-fried Soul & Norfolk, VA’s favorite rock’n’soul revue Major & The Monbacks to the Red Light Cafe on Thursday, November 13 for a night of old school funk! Adv tix $10 ($12 Door) will be available soon! Doors 8pm, Showtime 9pm. Let’s blow the roof off the place!
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Before you know it, we’re gonna be having the holiday office party of the year in the form of The 4th Annual Atlanta’s Holiday Hootenanny on Sunday, December 21 at Terminal West! Once again, and hopefully for many years to come, the concert is a Benefit for Atlanta Habitat for Humanity and there will be a silent auction taking place before and during the event.
Stay tuned for complete details, including advance ticket info. Initial lineup to be announced soon, with some familiar faces and some fresh ones interspersed amongst to make this Holiday Hoot the finest yet!
Here’s how last year’s ended, just like they’ve all ended yet different. Can’t wait y’all!
Well folks we’re only 10 days out from what promises to be one of the finest Hootenannies yet September 19-20! You can get your advance tickets by visiting the official TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny page and clicking on either FRI-SAT or SAT only – both include camping!
Atlanta’s Rolling Nowhere just successfully completed their first tour out West, and let’s just say it rejuvenated and inspired the fellas, and they’re gonna bring it to you on Saturday afternoon September 20! Below is a live video from a performance in Nashville a few months back, showcasing their rockin’ and raucous sound – comin’ right atcha!
Chattanooga’s own Strung Like A Horse has been tearing it up for several years now, and TDawg Presents is excited to have them as a staple of TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny! Their unique brand of music, which they affectionately describe as Gypsy-Punk-Garage-Grass, will have you boogeyin’ late into the night! Check’em out below in a clip from Music City Roots.
Y’all this is going to be a BIG time! Don’t miss out on it – get your tickets now!
Check out this dyamite, raw recording of a collaboration called The Pussywillows that features Hannah Zale and Carly Gibson. Catch Hannah opening the show for Folk Soul Revival on Saturday night, September 6, at the Red Light Cafe, 553 Amsterdam Ave. in Atlanta, GA, starting shortly after 9pm. You can also catch her at TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny on Saturday, September 20!
If you are open-minded and KNOW that Saturday night is going to be an incredible night of new music, you’ll be excited to join “The Congregation”, the rabid fan-base of Folk Soul Revival. They certainly know a good thing when it hits them! Enjoy this video of Folk Soul Revival tearing it up on the song “Jawbone Blues” off of their latest album Prompting the Dapperness.
We are just ONE MONTH out from what promises to be one of the finest parties of the fall season in TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny! It’s not often that one of the musicians involved (Jared Womack) just won the dobro competition at the nationally renown RockyGrass Bluegrass Festival in Lyons, CO. It’s not often that the caliber of musicians present all weekend long are so stellar, full of amazing energy from various musical styles including blues, bluegrass, jazz, Americana, Southern rock, and singer-songwriter! The cross-pollination of musicians is going to be at an extremely high level, so be ready for the unexpected!
**Please consider purchasing your ADVANCE TICKETS NOW to help forward the cause, especially if you know you’re going. Don’t be bashful – share this event with your friends and family. They’ll have as much fun as YOU will!
If camping isn’t your thing necessarily, there are two hotels down the road about two miles that are easy to get to. Please go to the event page for that and other information including the schedule and links to each artist!
While I don’t anticipate the legendary Johnny Knapp making the journey to Cherokee Farms to play with Col. Bruce Hampton & The Madrid Express, I can’t resist putting this video on here from the Red Light Cafe in December the night before the Holiday Hootenanny. A nice Zambi moment for your afternoon. HOOOOOOOOOOTENANNY!!!
TDawg Presents is excited to announce the return of one of the most fantastic and dynamic bands out there nowadays, THE RAGBIRDS! They will be coming back to the intimate confines of The Red Light Cafe for what promises to be an amazing EARLY night of music!
The Ragbirds draw upon elements of Pop, Rock, Gypsy, Afro-Cuban, Celtic, Middle Eastern and African sounds, with a little Cajun spice in their music. Led by multi-instrumentalist Erin Zindle, this band can intertwine so many styles of music into a perfect flow that grabs and holds onto you. Also featuring her brother T. J. Zindle on the guitar and husband Randall Moore on percussion, one can truly feel that family connection. Below is a video of The Ragbirds performing on Music City Roots in Nashville back in 2012. Enjoy!
Y’all this really is a night not to be missed – grab a sitter for the kids and give yourselves a break if you need it!
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