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The Subdudes will perform as part of Wine Down the Music Trail.

THURSDAY

Bryan Lawrence Benefit With Code 11

Once again, this band made up mostly of Roanoke police officers puts on a show to raise money for Officer Bryan Lawrence, who was attacked and paralyzed while trying to make an arrest.

Details: 8 tonight. Coffee Pot, 2902 Brambleton Ave., Roanoke. $5 suggested donation. 774-8256, code11entertains.com.

FRIDAY

The Hackensaw Boys

Oxford American's 2007 music issue features Thelonius Monk on the cover. Inside, you can find the Charlottesville-based Hackensaw Boys, with their old-time throwdown, "Look Out Dog, Slow Down Train," in the issue's CD mix. But these boys are no museum piece. They're wild.

Details: 8 p.m. Friday. The Sun Music Hall, 302 S. Locust St., Floyd. $15 in advance; $18 at the show. (540) 745-7880, thesunmusichall.com, hackensawboys.com.

Bill Kirchen & the Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods

Here is a master of the Telecaster, showing you why Leo Fender produced these guitars in the first place. He can twang it up with the best of them, and has -- Kirchen wrote the riff to Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen's "Hot Rod Lincoln." That's smoking hot.

Details: 9 p.m. Friday, 202 Market, 202 Market Square, downtown Roanoke. $15. 343-6644, 202market.net, myspace.com/billkirchen.

Free! Fourth of July at Highland Park (With Jordan Rivers and the Rotgut Revival, PissAnt, Stations, Tokyo Riots, and more)

Celebrate your right to throw down in a public park with this collection of punk rock and rockabilly artists.

Details: 1 p.m. Friday. Highland Park, Roanoke. Free. myspace.com/maltabilly

Free! The Gumbo Band

Keyboardist Jimmie Landry is a New Orleans native who for years has made Roanoke his home and musical base. Here, he brings a combination of cats together for some Big Easy coolness.

Details: 9 p.m. Friday. Blue 5 Restaurant, 312 Second St., downtown Roanoke. Free. 904-5338, blue5restaurant.com, jamesray7.tripod.com/id17.html.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

Wine Down the Music Trail (With the Subdudes, Club Boheme, William Walter & Co., Blue Mule and Bebop Hoedown)

In vino, veritas, they say. Same axiom can apply to music. Down a few glasses at the FloydFest site and check out some cool tunes. The Subdudes, from Fort Collins, Colo., and New Orleans, were Americana before there was even a term for it. Club Boheme will swing you, old style. Blue Mule and Bebop Hoedown are both from the Roanoke Valley, and both mix their bluegrass with other musical styles.

Details: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The Blue Cow Pavilion, Blue Ridge Parkway mile marker 170.5, Patrick County. $25 per day ($16 teens/designated drivers; $8 for ages 12 and younger) at the gate. Advance single-day tickets: $20/$14/$5. Advance weekend passes: $35/$25/$8. Shuttle buses available on Saturday from Roanoke and Blacksburg for $22. Details at atwproductions.com, (540) 745-FEST.

SATURDAY

Free! Downtown Rocks! (With Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band, Modern Groove Syndicate and The Big Payback)

The first in a series of plus-sized Market Square shows meant to appeal to a lot of musical tastes. This time out, it's all funky. Yo Mama's, from Asheville, N.C., is well known for shaking booties fat and otherwise. Modern Groove Syndicate, from Richmond, layers some deep jazz over its danceable beats. The Big Payback is a James Brown tribute band.

Details: 7 p.m. Saturday. Market Square, downtown Roanoke. Free. downtownroanoke.org, bootyband.com, modern groovesyndicate.com.

Nicole Hart and NRG

Get high-octane soul, funk and blues from big-voiced Hart and her backing band, led by hot keyboardist Lance Ong. Read more here, and listen to a podcast with some of her songs.

Details: 9 p.m. Saturday. Blue 5 Restaurant, 312 Second St., downtown Roanoke. $8. 904-5338, blue5restaurant.com, nicolehartandthenrgband .com.

Free! Sol Creech Band

You got your blues. You got your funk. You got your reggae. Then you've got your Sol Creech, who pulls it all together nicely, with help from an in-the-pocket rhythm section.

Details: 10 p.m. Saturday. Martin's Downtown Bar and Grill, 413 First St., Roanoke. Free. 985-6278, martinsdowntown.com, myspace.com/solblues.

An Evening of Gospel Music (With Mac and Jenny Traynham, Shay Garriock, Janet Turner, Keith Hiatt and more)

Local musicians run the gamut from shape-note singing to autoharp plunking in this heritage event.

Details: 7 p.m. Saturday. Floyd Country Store, 206 S. Locust St., Floyd. $10; $5 for students. (540) 745-4563, floydcountrystore.com.

Crobar Cane

Hear your favorite covers and plenty of originals from this Southern rock and boogie-influenced band.

Details: 9 p.m. Saturday. Awful Arthur's, 1302 W. Main St., Salem. $5. myspace.com/awfularthurssalem, crobarcane.com.

Electric Chameleon

If you're not too worn out from the Downtown Rocks! evening, catch this after-show shindig. I heard Electric Chameleon late Friday at Blues BBQ, after the Hubert Sumlin show at 202 Market, and the young'uns were ripping.

Details: 11 p.m. Saturday. 202 Market, downtown Roanoke. $5. 343-6644, 202market.net, myspace.com/electricchameleon.