A little bit country...

There’s lots of good action around town (and out of it) this week for those of us who are down with the country side of things.

Tommorrow night, Memphis, TN’s Lucero will be making a return engagement to 123 Pleasant St. This should come as no surprise to many of you, as Lucero has built quite a local following over the last year delivering a number of energetic performances that have spread the word of mouth like wildfire. For those of you not in the know, Lucero plays a blistering brand of rock n’ roll that has been described as ‘country punk’, or at the very least, alt-country to the core.

Appearing Thursday night at 123 are New Riders of the Purple Sage, performing with local hillbilly dance favorites the Davisson Brothers Band. NRPS are best known for their string of early 1970s Columbia Records releases which captured country rock in it’s infancy. Original New Riders David Nelson (guitar/vox) and Buddy Cage (pedal steel) will be augmented by Michael Falzarano (of Hot Tuna), Ronnie Penque and Johnny Markowski.

Both of the above shows start at 9pm.

(Also, though technically off topic since it’s not a Morgantown Show: Del McCoury Band will be at the Carnegie Lecture Hall in Pittsburgh on Saturday. This band is the bluegrass gold standard by which all other bluegrass bands are judged.)