Cactus has live in-store music all day next Saturday, April 16, in celebration of the annual Record Store Day. Come check out the music while you browse all the exclusive Record Store Day releases. Doors open at 10 a.m.
10:30am – Heather Lingle
Heather Lingle, www.heatherlingle.com, is a Butte singer-songwriter and actress who continues the American roots traditions of her Texas upbringing and the legacy of cousin Cowboy Slim Rinehart, one of the first “Singing Cowboys” of the 1930s and ‘40s. Her second album, “Welcome to Blue Town,” was released in 2015 and showcases Lingle’s powerful voice and songwriting prowess.
12:00pm – The Dirt Farmers
The Dirt Farmers, thedirtfarmers.wix.com/band, are a generation-spanning string band featuring 18-year-old Hans Swenson on fiddle and 74-year-old Bill Devine on dobro. The Dirt Farmers are rounded out by Kelly Hagerman on guitar and vocals, Nathan Fortier on mandolin, Chuck Swenson on banjo, Shawna Lockhart on bass and Catey Lockhart’s vocals. The Dirt Farmers call their style “paisley grass,” and incorporate a variety of styles from blues to hip-hop into their bluegrass roots.
1:00pm – Sean Devine
Livingston singer/songwriter Sean Devine, www.reverbnation.com/seanmichaeldevine, went south with his songbook of confessional tunes to record “Austin Blues” last year. Country to its core, steel guitar wails and Devine lays himself before the listener as he tells his story of heartbreak and loneliness. “It’s whiskey before breakfast, your bare skin to the wind, waiting for that feeling, coming round again,” he almost whispers on the title track.
3:00pm – Solidarity Service
Solidarity Service, www.facebook.com/solidarityservice, are a Bozeman funky rock and reggae band featuring members of MOTH, Tomorrows Today, The Hawthorne Roots, Dr. Gravy and One Leaf Clover, i.e. Brett Goodell on drums, Eric (Bomber) Cade on percussion, Bill Hyland on electric guitar, Matt Fegel on bass, and songwriter Mike DeJaynes on acoustic guitar and vocals. Hear more at soundcloud.com/solidarity-service.
2:00pm – Sound Beast
Sound Beast, www.sound-beast.com, is an all-original hard rock band from Butte, formerly known as Nemesis. “Bite of the Beast,” a four-song EP, was released in 2014. Sound Beast is Chris Borton on drums, Tony Sanchez on bass, John English and Bill von Brethorst on guitar. And they all love to rock.
4:00pm – Patrick Lee Michaelis
Patrick Lee Michaelis is a billings guitar player. He was lead vocalist of the hard rock and metal band The Farthest Edge. The band supported acts such as Halestorm, Sevendust, Hoobastank, Fuel, Alien Ant Farm and Los Lonely Boys. He was also frontman of New York-based rockers Bipolar, a gig that prompted a fan to vote his voice as the best in rock on an Ultimate Guitar forum, http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/archive/index.php?t-437078-p-2.html.