Thursday, February 12, 2009

Club Notes, Feb. 12, 2009

Pictured: Electric Funeral, the Black Sabbath tribute

Tonight, Soilwork, Darkane and Warbringer team up at The Palladium; the Grass Gypsys take a fresh aproach to acoustic fusion at the Hookah Lounge; Jim Devlin's strumming at the Irish Times; Lisa Marie and All Shook's up got Silvertone Steve aboard at Nick's; DJ Kaz kicks it old school weekly at The Lights; River Heart plays a mix of Medieval and Renaissance music at – where else? - the Higgins Armory Museum, and the event also includes sweets from local vendors.

On Friday, the 13th, Old School moves class to Spencer, at Trumbull's; the wonderful Brian Richard plays acoustic pop tunes – both original and covers – at The Banner – Brian's got a new disc coming out soon; Sean Ryan of Uncle Billy's Smokehouse is back at Greendale's; The Pathetics bring garage rock to London Billiards; the Steamy Bohemians bring their weird and wacky Jerkus Circus show to Ralph's; Leaving Eden (which is soon heading on a tour to open for Mudvayne) rocks Jillian's; Wrighteous L is at Moynihan's; guitarist Johnny A is ripping it up out at the Bull Run in Shirley; the Wildcats roar again at Gilrein's; Chillset rocks the Blue Dog in Milford; Nutshell pays tribute to Alice in Chains at Tammany Hall; The mighty Castine is pop-rocking the Lucky Dog; Panache does the first of two nights at Sakura Tokyo; and Dusty Cobb's singing at Hotel Vernon.

On Saturday, The Silverbacks do rock and blues covers, led by lead singer Laurie Kollios, at Greendale's; Bill McCarthy's singing at the Whistle Stop in Oxford; Anger Rising joins Dana and Black Sabbath tribute Electric Funeral as well as Runaway High, which is a Motley Crue tribute, at the Lucky Dog; contemporary Irish trio Fergus hits the Galway Bay; the Bobby Darling Show is at the Spruce Street Tavern in Clinton; She's Busy is joined by original member Rob Adams for a Valentine's show at Point Breeze in Webster; Jim Devlin's band is at JJ's in Northboro; the Alchemystics split the bill with Phaze and DPR for an 18-plus night at Tammany Hall; Jason James has his trio at Hotel Vernon; and the Dive's got its big anti-Valentine's Day bash with the Hurricane Horns with special guest singer Craig Rawding, who is recently back from Memphis, where his band the Delta Generators were among the top 10 finalists in the International Blues Challenge.

Sunday brings Climb Your Hills, One Bullet Solution, Hour Before Dawn and Trust Company to Tammany Hall. Also Sundays, the blues jam at Frank's Pub in East Brookfield is kicking again from 4-8 p.m. Bring your instruments and voices to that one.

Some other events going on around town:

Paintings by Barry Handshaw are now on display at the Westboro Gallery.

On Thursday, The Rainmaker opens at Foothills Theatre.

Friday, Worcester Storytellers featured reader is Heather McPherson at Vasa Hall.

Saturday, Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary is hosting a program on wolves called “Wolf Talk.” Feel free to dress up as Teen Wolf I or II for that one. Also Saturday, there's a Worcester Contra Dance at Wesley United Methodist Church. Lots of restaurants around town have special Valentine's Dinner packages. Be sure to call ahead to your favorite restaurant. One to mention is Armsby Abbey on Main Street, which is hosting three seatings for a beer dinner that night.

And Sunday, Broad Meadow Brook leads a snowshoe trek at Eagle Lake in Holden. Meet at the Sanctuary at 1 p.m. for this group outing.

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