Thursday, January 03, 2008
Top tickets: Hillbilly Casino, Little Rodger, El Prezidino
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Hillbilly Casino
Deanna Bogart
El Prezidino
SATURDAY
Hillbilly Casino
This Nashville, Tenn.-based rockabilly combo is no stranger to Roanoke. High-energy rhythms and “Radioactive” Ronnie Crutcher’s brutal guitar playing set up the mood for charismatic frontman Nic Roulette, who has described the band’s sound as “Elvis Presley meets Van Halen.” The band knocks out plenty of originals, as well as cover tunes.
Details: 10 p.m. Saturday. The Mix One6, 16 Campbell Ave., downtown Roanoke. $7. Twenty-one and older. thehillbillycasino.com, www.myspace.com/themixone6club
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
Deanna Bogart Band
Here’s a triple threat: Fine vocals, keyboard and tenor sax from Bogart, one of the Washington, D.C.-area’s most popular blues/rock/R&B acts. In 2002, she won five WAMMIES — Washington Area Music Awards — and this year won for best female blues vocalist. Check out the show and find out why.
Details: 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 202 Market, 202 Market Square, downtown Roanoke. $15 for reserved seating; $5 general admission. 343-6644, 202market.net, deannabogart.com.
SUNDAY
El Prezidino
Christian rap from Demetrius “El Prezidino” Doss, ex-Marshall University and professional football player. The topics can be the same: haters and personal flyness, but with Jesus, not pimpness.
“Savior of the world, man, I can’t be that, but I can save hip-hop, homie, you better believe that,” he raps, in front of an old-school black spiritual sample. Details: 6 p.m. Sunday, Oak Grove Church of the Brethren, 2138 McVitty Road , Roanoke County. Free. 774-3217, myspace.com/prezidino.
FRIDAY
High Street
Looks like some of Roanoke’s favorite jammers are back together again. Catch them now, because one never knows when the band will disappear. Hear more Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead and Phish covers.
Details: 10 p.m. Friday. Awful Arthur’s, 108 Campbell Ave., downtown Roanoke. 344-2997, myspace.com/wwwmyspacecomhighstreet.
SATURDAY
Little Rodger and the Cheap Thrills
The band is getting ready for its big trip to Memphis, Tenn., for the International Blues Challenge. Hear the sound that won the Blue Ridge Music Society contest and the right to that late-January trip.
Details: Saturday. Awful Arthur’s, 213 Draper Road (inside Kent Square), Blacksburg. 443-9109, littlerodger.com.
SATURDAY
Robin and Linda Williams and Their Fine Group
Country, bluegrass and storytelling from the time-tested, road-tested Williams group. The performance is part of Fincastle’s 12th Night charity concert. Details: 7 p.m. Saturday. D. Geraldine Lawson Theater, 7490 Roanoke Road, Fincastle. Free admission; cash and packaged food donations requested for the Botetourt Food Pantry. Advance tickets available. 473-1001 or atticproductions.info.
MONDAY
Drums Along the Roanoke
Make your own music with the Roanoke Drum Circle. Hand drummers and percussionists play, with a focus on African and Middle Eastern music. Everyone is welcome.
Details: 6 p.m. Monday. Basement of the main Roanoke Public Library , 706 South Jefferson St., downtown Roanoke. 293-4075, http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoanokeValleyDrumCircle
