Stomp north american tour
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By the early 1980s, Yoakam found friends in an unlikely peer group: punk rockers. As a musical antipode to the big budget, arena rock largesse, punk clubs gave Yoakam a place to get gritty. "Merge Haggard said that the difference between the country music from Nashville and the country music from the West Coast was that country music in Nashville came from churches, and the country music in the West Coast came from honkytonks and bars," Yoakam says.
He was embraced by L.A.'s punk community, and in the early 1980s, he unleashed his honkytonk sound in punk clubs across the city, taking the stage at storied hotspots like Madame Wong's in Chinatown and downtown L.A.'s artist hangout, Al's bar. Performing traditional honkytonk to punk audiences was a punk move in itself, and he says friendships emerged with some of his stagemates. Punks like the crucial L.A. band X, also began to lean toward the twangy side, providing a subgenre that became known as cowpunk. X even rebranded for a while as the Knitters, with singer Exene Cervenka, guitarist John Doe, Dave Alvin of the Blasters, a
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Remembering David Roback and L.A.’s Paisley Underground Scene
On February 24, guitarist and songwriter David Roback passed away in his home city of Los Angeles at the age of 61. He was best known for his moody psychedelic band Mazzy Star, featuring vocalist Hope Sandoval, and their ‘90s alternative hit “Fade Into You.” But to fans of underground music the world over, David Roback was much more—a guiding light, a legendary guitarist and composer of 1960s-inspired rock. The album he and his brother Steven made with The Rain Parade in 1983, Emergency Third Rail Power Trip, is considered one of the enduring classics of its era, and a blueprint for bands like The Stone Roses. He is beloved for his chiming tones, his dreamlike, wandering solos, and the timeless simplicity of his songs.
Playing the Plant tonight will be Rain Parade's Matt Piucci, left, and David Roback. Associating them with the 60s says the band is like a Stalinist purge, [1983]. Photo credit: Rob Brown, Herald Examiner Collection
Mazzy Star emerged into their 15 minutes of MTV alternative fame from a previous L.
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Jude Caminos
Jude Caminos is a music director and musician based in Brooklyn, NY. He is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, where he majored in percussion performance and music education, with a minor in Drama. He moved to NYC in 2021 and has since been a freelance artist, preschool teacher, and children’s music performer. He has since music-directed and performed in various cabarets across NYC. Most recently, Jude music-directed “Rent” at Southern Plains Productions in Spring of 2024. I am endlessly grateful for this opportunity! Thank you to my family, friends, and especially my fiancé for their undying support and love!
Dilian Cantrell
Dilian Cantrell is a classically trained technical and street dancer out of Stamford CT. He has trained and been mentored by Jimmy Locust. Studying Giordano jazz technique since a young age Dilian was able to learn the structure, maturity, technique, and professionalism that it takes to be a dancer and performer. He has performed across the tri state area in private performing art festivals, parades, charity events, an
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