Filling Station Jams: Red Wanting Blue, Reverend Peyton & more
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
Red Wanting Blue is next up on Tuesday, May 22nd with opener Liz Brasher getting things going at 8pm. Tickets to this 21+ show are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Doors at 7pm.
The tenured Columbus, Ohio rockers are touring in support of their just released new album, The Wanting. Produced by acclaimed singer/songwriter Will Hoge, the record showcases the band at its finest, with frontman Scott Terry’s epic, heartfelt vocals soaring above the group’s gritty, driving rock and roll. Alternately triumphant and melancholic, the songs are both muscular and nuanced, equally at home blasting from a car stereo as they are drifting through a pair of headphones late on some lonely night. Though the record draws on many of the band’s traditional strengths – indelible melodies, infectious hooks, explosive performances – the making of it pushed Red Wanting Blue far outside their comfort zone.
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band is set for a show on Wednesday, June 6th at 8pm. Tickets to this 21+ show are $15 in advance and $18 at the door. Doors at 7pm.
Southern Indiana-bred singer/guitarist, the band’s frontman has earned a reputation as both a singularly compelling performer and a persuasive evangelist for the rootsy country blues styles that captured his imagination early in life. These also inspired he and his band to make pilgrimages to Clarksdale, Mississippi to study under such blues masters as T-Model Ford, Robert Belfour and David “Honeyboy” Edwards. The group’s latest release, Front Porch Sessions, is available now.
Fruition return to Bozeman on Thursday, June 7th for the first in the “2018 Cannery District Patio Series” beginning at 7pm. Held outside Wildrye Distilling, Dean’s Zesty Booch and 406 Brewing, tickets to this all ages event are $18 in advance and $20 at the door. Doors at 6pm.
On their fifth full-length, Watching It All Fall Apart, Fruition transform pain and heartache into something truly glorious. With their songwriting sharper and more nuanced than ever before — and their sonic palette more daringly expansive — the Portland, Oregon-based band’s full-hearted intensity ultimately gives the album a transcendent power.
From song to song, Fruition display the dynamic musicality they’ve shown since making their debut with 2008’s Hawthorne Hoedown. Through the years, the band has evolved from a rootsy, string-centric outfit to a full-fledged rock act, eventually taking the stage at such major festivals as Bonnaroo and Telluride Bluegrass (a set that inspired Rolling Stone to praise their “raucous originals filled with heartfelt lyrics and stadium-worthy energy”).
Later on June 7th, head down the street for an after party at the Filler featuring the sounds of Hawthorne Roots and The Kelly Nicholson Band at 9:30pm. Tickets to this 21+ show are $10 in advance and at the door. Doors at 8:30pm.
Sister-fronted local Americana rock band Hawthorne Roots brings a soulful and energetic performance to the stage, every lyric sung with passion and authenticity. The band’s music draws inspiration from Fleetwood Mac, Heart, and Sheryl Crow. Defined by their tightly woven harmonies and relentlessly catchy melodies, their “Revved-Up Soul Music” is a distinct and exciting addition to Montana’s scene.
Also from Bozeman, The Kelly Nicholson Band is a rock and soul group known to push its sound toward blues, folk, jam, electro, and reggae. Headed by Kelly Nicholson, the band consists of members from MOTH, Pinky and the Floyd, Solidarity Service, SlomoJoe and Skavacado.
Advance tickets for these Filling Station and other shows are available in-store at Cactus Records and www.cactusrecords.net. For more information, visit www.chickenjamwest.com. •
