Sep
30
th
2015
Mainroom
Wednesday
Sep
30
th
2015
Mainroom
BIG STAR’S THIRD
with Jody Stephens, MIKE MILLS (R.E.M.), CHRIS STAMEY (The dB’s) and more!
Show Starts
7PM
Ages
18+
[Update: Online sales have ended, but tickets will be available at the door.]
BIG STAR’s THIRD
An Orchestrated Live Performance of the Legendary Album featuring guest vocalists and a chamber orchestra backed by:
original Big Star member Jody Stephens,Mike Mills (R.E.M.),Chris Stamey (The dB’s),Ken Stringfellow (The Posies, Big Star),Charles Cleaver,Audley Freed (Sheryl Crow, Black Crowes),Brett Harris,and Skylar Gudasz
featuring special guests:Jim Boquist,Josh Grier (Tapes & Tapes),Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum),Linda Pitmon,Trapper Schoepp and Tanner Schoepp,Matt Wilson (Trip Shakespeare),and The Wooldridge Bros.
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Special Guests
Jody Stephens
Jody Stephens is an American drummer, who has played in Big Star (with Alex Chilton of the Box Tops) and Golden Smog (with members of the Jayhawks and Soul Asylum)....
Read MoreMIKE MILLS (R.E.M.)
American multi-instrumentalist and composer who was a founding member of the alternative rock band R.E.M. Though known primarily as a bass guitarist, backing vocalist, and pianist, his musical repertoire also...
Read MoreCHRIS STAMEY (The dB’s)
Solo artist, producer, arranger, studio entrepreneur and the dB’s. North Carolina-bred singer/songwriter/guitarist.
Read MoreKen Stringfellow
Ken Stringfellow – musician, songwriter, producer, arranger – has been part of the indie landscape since the debut of his acclaimed band The Posies in 1988. Hailing from the musical...
Read MoreCHARLES CLEAVER
Audley Freed
Audley Freed has seen his career highlight playing and recording a bestselling live album with Jimmy Page. Over the years he has focused his time and energy as a respected...
Read MoreBrett Harris
Brett Harris is a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist from Durham, NC. In 2010 his debut LP Man of Few Words was featured by Paste Magazine’s “Best of What’s Next”, NPR’s “All Songs Considered:...
Read MoreSkylar Gudasz
Sometimes a whisper can say more than all the shouting in the world. Skylar Gudasz writes subtly evocative, quietly powerful songs, and she performs them with an understated authority that...
Read MoreJOSH GRIER (of TAPES 'N TAPES)
DAVE PIRNER (Soul Asylum)
LINDA PITMON
drummer for Steve Wynn and the Miracle 3, Zuzu’s Petals, The Baseball Project
Read MoreTrapper Schoepp
“What’s most important to me is to be a link in the chain of folks singers before and after my time,” Trapper Schoepp says in light of his forthcoming album,...
Read MoreMatt Wilson (Trip Shakespeare)
Wooldridge Brothers
After showcasing at SXSW in the late 90’s the Wooldridge Brothers (Scott and Brian Wooldridge) inked a publishing deal with Windswept Pacific/EMI and released three critical-acclaimed albums. They had several...
Read Morean opening set by THE CHRIS STAMEY GROUP
“To me, euphoria lives inside an electric guitar,” Chris Stamey says of his new Yep Roc release. “That’s a place I find freedom, passion, exhilaration: in the spaces between the...
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