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Live music in May for the valleys' Awful Arthur's

As usual, so many that I'm breaking the page. Highlights include Poe Mack, Melissa Reaves, Julius C.

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Blue 5 Restaurant's May music schedule

Live Acoustic Entertainment Every Day For Lunch!!

Fri. May 1st    -     The Non-Profits

Sat. May 2nd     -     The Landon Spradlin Band

Tue. May 5th    -     Cinco De Mayo Party

Wed. May 6th    -    The Odd Meters

Thur. May 7th    -    Bob Peckman Jazz Trio

Fri. May 8th    -   Little Rodger & The Cheap Thrills

Sat. May 9th    -   The Electric Woodshed

Wed. May 13th   -   The Blue Ridge Blues Society’s Meeting & Jam

Thur. May 14th     -    The Lenny Marcus Trio

Fri. May 15th   -    Labron Lazenby & The L.A. 3

Sat. May 16th   -   The Fat Daddy Band

Wed. May 20th   -   Hoppie Vaughan/Blue 5 Jam

Thur. May 21st   -   The Good Sons

Fri. May 22nd    -    The Ministers of Soul

Sat. May 23rd  -  The Cream of the Crop Blues Band

Wed. May 27th  -  Blue Ridge Blues Society’s Spring Fling w/ Sparks Will Fly feat. Brittany Sparks

Thur. May 28th   -   Bebop Hoedown

Fri. May 29th  -  Steady Rollin’ Bob Margolin

Sat. May 30th    -   Geoff Achison & The Soul Diggers

Music in May at Martin's

Martin’s Downtown Bar & Grill
413 1st St. SW
Roanoke, VA 24011
Jmart1175@aol.com
www.martinsdowntown.com

May 2009

1 – Funk Punch with Red Weather

2 – Jubeus

3 – In Spite Of, Affiction Kid, Jackal Tickets

5 – Crobar Cane | Blackout with Ben Trout

7 – Nu Groova

8 – The Royal Greens, CD Release Party

9 – Iron Horse Magazine Party, with Bull City Antagonizers, Speed Kings, Switchblade Suckerpunch, Affliction Kid

12 – Crobar Cane | Blackout with Ben Trout

14 – Old School Freight Train | Hoots and Hellmouth

15 – AjF Van Halen Tribute

16 – ROCKS

19 – Crobar Cane | Blackout with Ben Trout

21 – Materia Project

22 – Bebop Hoedown

23 – Iron Lion

26 – Crobar Cane | Blackout with Ben Trout

28 – Angry Johnny and the Killbillies

29 – Kerosene Willy

30 - Superhold

Fork in the Alley's live music in May

Open Mic every other Wednesday!

Friday, May 1st, Brian Gray

Thursday, May 7th, Hoppie Vaughn

Friday, May 8th, Adam Markham

Wednesday, May 13th, Open Mic hosted by Daniel McBroom

Saturday, May 16th, Fuzzy Logic

Friday, May 22nd, Harmonic Cellars

Wednesday, May 27th, Open Mic hosted by Daniel McBroom

Friday, May 29th, Al Coffey

Live lineup for May at Kirk Avenue Music Hall

May 1 2009 7:30P -- An Evening with Robbin Thompson

May 9 2009 8:00P -- Noises 10 with My Radio

May 14 2009 8:00P -- The Asylum Street Spankers

May 15 2009 8:00P -- The New Familiars

May 16 2009 8:00P -- Children’s Miracle Network Benefit Party featuring My Radio

May 20 2009 7:00P -- The Infamous Stringdusters / sitdown

May 20 2009 9:00P -- The Infamous Stringdusters / standup

May 21 2009 7:30P -- Last Train Home

May 22 2009 8:00P -- Darrell Scott w/Corey Hunley

May 23 2009 8:00P -- Takeharu Kunimoto & The Last Frontier

Friday, May 29 at 8:00pm -- Alisa Tuner with Due Panic

The Water Heater's live lineup for May

Jonathan Vassar and The Speckled Bird
When: Friday, May 1, 2009, 7pm

The 900 Sessions
When: Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 6pm

Opulent Intergalactic Ball (Absurdist Dance Party)
When: Saturday, May 16, 2009, 7pm

Midwest Dilemma
When: Sunday, May 17, 2009, 6pm

Paleface CD Release Show
When: Saturday, May 23, 2009, 8pm

My Empty Phantom
When: Friday, May 29, 2009, 8pm

Trashed on Fiction
When: Saturday, May 30, 2009, 7pm

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Red Clay Restaurant -- live music in May

5-1  Charlie Perkinson Quartet

5-2  Big Lick Boptet

5-8  Private Event

5-9  Lenny Marcus Quartet featuring  Tom Artwick

5-15  The Attractions (a ticketed event; available at the restaurant)

5-16 Scott Perry and the Front Porch Swing Band

5-22 Bernard Hairston Group

5-23 Lew Taylor Jazz

5-29 Dave Morgan Jazz

5-30  Monkey Grass

Live music in May at Coffee Pot

With notes from proprietor Carroll Bell ...

may 2, Third Street Giants from Richmond. An 8 pc funk and soul band. They are playing at Northside sat afternoon.. trumbone, sax, and trumpet included! My favorite thing....a brass section!

Nighthawks will be here may 8, 10 dollar cover, ladies half price before 10:30.

may 9, Austin Creek ...no cover

may 15, Sol Revolt...blues and rock 5 dollar cover

may 16, metal ink showcase

may22, vintage reign, doug settles new classic rock and current rock band

may 29, open

May 30,The Pullouts, no cover

MerleCast: Mountain Heart's Josh Shilling, Jim VanCleve

Producer's notes: Shilling, a Martinsville boy who now lives in Nashville, has been a podcast friend for a long time. He and VanCleve met up with me backstage at the MerleFest main stage, shortly before their band, Mountain Heart, played a hot set with bluegrass guitar genius Tony Rice.

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Podcast: Red Weather's John McBroom

Roanoke jam band favorites Red Weather reunite to play an opening set for Funk Punch on Friday at Martin's. Get details.

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