Vindits play Beat Kitchen early show Saturday
If you’re looking for a cool early show Saturday featuring local talent in a small room, you can’t beat the Vindits at Beat Kitchen. My friends Kyle and Matt started the Vindits a few years ago, citing Sebadoh and Uncle Tupelo among their influences. While Matt has moved on, Kyle is keeping the band going and we’re grateful that he did. I Lost Control and Tim Larson & the Owner/Operators open. A mere $8 gets you in. Doors open at 6.
Listen to A Better Show below (the video quality is a little dark).
Charlie Louvin remembered
Country legend Charlie Louvin died this past week after a battle with cancer. He was 83. He was one half of the Louvin Brothers with brother Ira, who died in 1965. In the 1950s and early ’60s, the brothers played honest-to-God, old-school country music that influenced generations of other artists from Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris to Will Oldham.
The Louvin Brothers also influenced Jeff Tweedy and Jay Farrar, who covered Great Atomic Power with their band Uncle Tupelo. Charlie Louvin was enjoying a bit of a comeback in recent years. In fact, Tweedy joined Louvin on an updated version of Atomic Power on the 2007 album, Charlie Louvin.
Charlie released his last album, The Battles Rage On, in November. Check out the Daytrotter session he did last June.
Here’s Charlie doing Great Atomic Power in ’07:
And here’s Uncle Tupelo covering the song in 1994:
Great Atomic Power (live) – Uncle Tupelo
Check out Louvin Brothers videos after the jump.
