CLOSED MONDAYS

TUESDAY FEB 9
$3 Magic Hat on draft Tuesdays!
Reverend Raven & The Chain Smokin’ Altar Boys (BLUES) Born and raised on south side of Chicago, the Reverend has been playing the blues since 1971 when he first saw Freddy King play at the Kinetic Theatre in Chicago. After 15 year hitch in the Navy he moved to Milwaukee where he began a long friendship and collaboration with Madison Slim, long time harmonica player for Jimmy Rogers. Since 1990 he has opened for B.B King, Gatemouth Brown, Pinetop Perkins, Koko Taylor Band, Junior Wells, Billy Branch, Magic Slim, Elvin Bishop, Sugar Blue, Lonnie Brooks, William Clarke, Lefty Dizz and numerous others at festivals and at Buddy Guy's Legends. Locally he has performed with Billy Flynn, Perry Weber, Piano Willie, Stokes, Jon Paris, Clyde Stubblefied, Bryan Lee and the Lamont Cranston band. The Reverend was the Wisconsin Music Industry (WAMI) award for best blues band in 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005 and again in 2008. They also received the People's Choice Award in 2006 and 2008. www.reverendraven.com
8PM $7

WEDNESDAY FEB 10
Island Night w/Impulse (ISLAND/AFRO-BEAT/REGGAE) A 23-year-old tradition continues. Reggae and Afro-beat under the stars with Red Stripe beer on special. Hooray Beer!
8PM $5

THURSDAY FEB 11
Grateful Dead Night w/Uncle John's Band (JAMBAND/TRIBUTE) Hippies please use side door... UJB has been faithfully bringing the music and spirit of the Grateful Dead to Skipper's every Thursday at Skipper's since 1998. All bottled beer on special in Skipperdome. unclejohnsband.com
8PM $7

FRIDAY FEB 12

Tannahill Weavers (TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH FOLK) For Scotland, the late 18th and early 19th century was a time of profound and uncomfortable changes.  Economic and social structures were altered dramatically as the Industrial Revolution brought factories and mechanization to Scotland's rural world.  At the same time, the Scottish Highlanders were being driven from their lands by the English conquerors, forced into the Lowlands, forbidden to practice their familiar customs.  It was a difficult time, often a brutal time... and yet, this was a time of great poets, the likes of Robert Burns and Robert Tannahill.  And it was a time of great music. The Tannahill Weavers' diverse repertoire reflects the duality of Scotland's musical heritage.  It embraces both the mystical quality of the Highlander's Celtic music, and the rollicking, sometimes even brawling qualities of the Lowlander's Anglo-Scots tunes.  The Tannahill Weavers' arrangements blend the beauty of the traditional melodies with the power of modern rhythms.  The penetrating sound of the Highland bagpipes is a thread of ancient memory running through it all. www.tannahillweavers.com
w/Wyndbreakers (CELTIC) Text www.wyndbreakers.com
8PM $15/20
Tickets available IN PERSON at Skipper's or via WMNF's website at www.wmnf.org

SATURDAY FEB 13
Halcyon (ACOUSTIC ROCK) Halcyon produces well-received original songs, rife with excellent musicianship and enviably close harmonies, delivered via energetic and engaging live performances, documented on seven CD releases. The duo has built a devoted fan base through regular touring across the US particularly the Southeast, playing the Main Stage for many a Pride event including festivals in Atlanta, Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Denver and York, England. Deb Hunseder and Steph Callahan met in 1989 and had their first gig two weeks later. From the first note, they knew their entwined harmonies created something very special and unique. the duo has opened for many acts including John Mayer, india.irie, Joan Osborne, Tabithas Secret (since morphed into Matchbox 20, Sister Hazel, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Joan Baez, Wynonna Judd, Melissa Ferrick and the late, great Koko Taylor. halcyonmusic.com
w/Over Under Yonder (AMERICANA) Over Under Yonder is a modern bluegrass sisterhood featuring honey sweet vocal harmony and bone chilling banjo ballads echo the old time spirit of Appalachia. With banjo, washboard and guitar in hand, OUY is a wickedly fun, queer-licious lady grass experience that will leave you laughing, loving and singing along. myspace.com/overunderyondermusic
8PM $12

SUNDAY FEB 14
That 1 Guy (SONIC ALCHEMY) A classically trained upright bassist who won several jazz scholarships and competitions, Berkeley, CA-based Mike Silverman aka That 1 Guy became one of the most original and in-demand upright bass players in the '90s progressive jazz scene. At the peak of his powers, Mike was developing and utilizing techniques that were previously thought impossible on the upright bass. Often getting hired as a one-man-rhythm-section, he would function as a bassist, drummer, and entire mini orchestra simultaneously. His resume includes studio and live work with jazz tenor legend Dewey Redman and another one of his heroes, Buddy Collette (of Charles Mingus fame). Silverman’s selftaught percussive technique—banging the strings and the instrument’s body—led him to develop the Magic Pipe. Eventually frustrated by the inability to get all the sounds in his head from the upright bass, he built a system of electronically wired, steel plumbing, shaped somewhat like a harp, with a thick bass string wired from top to bottom and a hole that billows smoke during the climax of his live shows. Adding an electric cowboy boot plugged in and played like an African talking drum and an electrified musical handsaw, Silverman evolved into That 1 Guy, playing everything with his hands and feet while incorporating such disparate influences as Dr. Seuss, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, Rube Goldberg and Stanley Kubrick. He would never play a conventional bass in concert again. “The Magic Pipe basically employs the same principle as a gutbucket,” he says of the instrument’s origin. “That was the initial inspiration for creating it. It also resembles the diddley-bow, which was basically a metal cable attached to the side of the house, from the roof to the porch, and played by the original bluesman with a beer bottle like a slide guitar.” That 1 Guy has also opened for artists as disparate as Soul Coughing, Saul Williams, Bob Weir & Ratdog, Yo La Tengo, Fabolous, Naughty by Nature and, most memorably, former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Buckethead, with whom he collaborated on an acclaimed series of shows.

Some press raves:
“That 1 Guy brought the concept of the one-man band into the 21st century.” - Washington Post
“His grooves are so bombastic, they rattle china cabinets and dissolve kidney stones into the next zip code.” - Relix
"Earthshaking future funk" - Bass Player Magazine
“In the case of Mike Silverman’s slamming, futuristic funk act…the normal rules of biology just don’t apply.” - Billboard
“That 1 Guy is truly, honestly unique, and simply mesmerizing.” - Ripsaw
“Home Depot meets Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” - The Spokesman

that1guy.com

w/Shaun Hopper (FINGERSTYLE VIRTUOSITY) The evening kicks off with a set of jawdropping fingerstyle guitar from the super-talented (and super-nice) Shaun Hopper, who effortlessly dazzling technique and audience-engaging ear-friendly fun. shaunhopper.com
5PM $10/13

CLOSED MONDAYS

TUESDAY FEB 16
$3 Magic Hat on draft Tuesdays!
Paul Geremia (FOLK/BLUES) For almost forty years, Paul Geremia has built a reputation as a first rate bluesman, songwriter, a “scholar” of early jazz and blues, and one of the best country blues fingerpickers ever with his tools - six and twelve-string guitars, harmonica, piano and a husky soulful voice - and with an innate sense of the humour as well as the drama of the music, he keeps traditional blues fresh and alive with his performances.
Geremia’s background isn’t typical for a bluesman. He is a third generation Italian-American who, as he laughingly puts it, “was born in the Providence River Delta”. Growing up in a family that moved across the country and back numerous times weaned his appetite for music, history and travel, which served him well later on.Combining his interpretation of the earlier music of people like Blind Lemon Jefferson, Robert Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Scrapper Blackwell and Blind Blake, with his original compositions, he has created a style which is very much his own. His superb recordings have made him a critical favorite and place him firmly among the legends who inspired and influenced him over the past four decades. www.paulgeremia.org
8PM $10

WEDNESDAY FEB 17
Island Night w/Impulse (ISLAND/AFRO-BEAT/REGGAE) A 23-year-old tradition continues. Reggae and Afro-beat under the stars with Red Stripe beer on special. Hooray Beer!
8PM $5

THURSDAY FEB 18
Grateful Dead Night w/Uncle John's Band (JAMBAND/TRIBUTE) Hippies please use side door... UJB has been faithfully bringing the music and spirit of the Grateful Dead to Skipper's every Thursday at Skipper's since 1998. All bottled beer on special in Skipperdome. unclejohnsband.com
8PM $7

FRIDAY FEB 19
Chris McCarty (POP-ROCK) Gainesville-based singer-songwriter with an audience-friendly uptempo acoustic-based pop sound - think John Mayer/Jason Mraz/Dave Matthews - seasoned with liberal doses of funk, reggae, jazz and hip-hop. myspace.com/chrismccartymusic
w/Variety Workshop (SKA/INDIE ROCK) Highly-energized rock/ska/reggae hybrid, sounding somewhat like a mashup of Fishbone, The Specials and a touch of early Green Day snotty 'tude. Fun! myspace.com/varietyworkshop
8PM $7/10

SATURDAY FEB 20

The 7th Annual Rockabilly Ruckus (ROCKABILLY/ROOTS ROCK/SURF)
Cadillac Bombers 2:00-2:30
Big Jef Special 2:45-3:15
Midnight Bowlers League 3:30-4:00
Sarge and the Aeromen 4:15-4:45
Slip and the Spinouts 5:00-5:30
Hodaddys 5:45-6:15
The Headers 6:30-7:30
Kim Lenz and The Jaguars 7:45- 8:45
Blair Carman and the Belleview Boys 9:00-10:00
Knock Down Drag Out 10:15-10:45
Big Sandy and his Flyrite Boys 11:00- 12
2PM $20/25
Tickets available IN PERSON at Skipper's or via WMNF's website at www.wmnf.org

SUNDAY FEB 21
BROKEN MOLD PRESENTS
Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk (JAZZ/FUNK) Get ready for some of the nastiest, most serial crushin funk to ever come out of New Orleans and beyond. Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk is a group of musicologists that transcend age and styles in a free-flowing approach to their art. The band's music incorporates drops of Sly and the Family Stone and Meter-esque jams as well as other diverse influences into a spicy musical gumbo. Ivan first joined the Neville Brothers in his mid-teens, then moved on to become a pivotal member of Keith Richards & The X-Pensive Winos, The Spin Doctors, and Bonnie Raitt's band. His extensive credits include recording and/or performing with (take a deep breath) The Rolling Stones, Robbie Robertson, Angie Stone, Jack Cassady, Gov't Mule, Soulive, Widespread Panic, Trey Anastasio, Galactic, North Mississippi Allstars, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Bob Weir's Ratdog, Funky Meters, Dave Matthews Band and John Mayer. www.dumpstaphunk.com
w/Nervous Turkey (BLUES) A guitar, drums and organ trio unlike any other you're likely to hear/see/feel anytime soon. Raucous and rowdy, these gents lay down some of the grittiest and dirty blues/funk around. If you dig Tom Waits, Black Keys and Mofro, git yer ass up front and center for this set. myspace.com/nervousturkeyband
Jim Morey Band (HOT JAZZ) Warm-drawling vocalist and trumpeter Jim Morey leads this capable quartet featuring bassist Ann Van Atta, banjo player David Crisler and drummer Billy Carr (all four are also members of Lounge Cat). JMB offers a fresh take on vintage jazz with a swing foundation incorporating elements of gypsy, ragtime and stumbling roots rock, and then spicing things up with daubs of electronics and humorous textures (kazoo, washboard, bike horn, slide whistle) that wouldn't be out of place in a Looney Tunes short. myspace.com/jimmorey
5PM $17/20

CLOSED MONDAYS

TUESDAY FEB 23 $3 Magic Hat on draft Tuesdays!
Freight Train Annie's Girlie Show #19
The Marys (SOUL TWANG) Text. www
Wildflower (ETHEREAL FOLK) myspace.com/wildfloweressence
7:30PM $7

WEDNESDAY FEB 24
Island Night w/Impulse (ISLAND/AFRO-BEAT/REGGAE) A 23-year-old tradition continues. Reggae and Afro-beat under the stars with Red Stripe beer on special. Hooray Beer!
8PM $5

THURSDAY FEB 25
Grateful Dead Night w/Uncle John's Band (JAMBAND/TRIBUTE) Hippies please use side door... UJB has been faithfully bringing the music and spirit of the Grateful Dead to Skipper's every Thursday at Skipper's since 1998. All bottled beer on special in Skipperdome. unclejohnsband.com
8PM $7

FRIDAY FEB 26
Michael Burks (BLUES) Michael “Iron Man” Burks earned his moniker by his hours-long, intensely physical performances, fearsome guitar attack, and tough, smoky vocals. Burks is a true modern blues hero. Nobody in today’s blues world successfully bridges searing electric guitar blues with unbridled rock and roll energy like Burks. With the release of his new CD, Iron Man, Burks is set to take his place beside the biggest names in the blues. Produced by Burks and Alligator president Bruce Iglauer and fueled by Burks’ hard-driving road band, Iron Man is an electrifying slice of emotional, rocked-out blues. His fiery fretwork, gruff, fervent vocals and overwhelming intensity are captured live in the studio. www.michaelburks.com
8PM $12/15

SATURDAY FEB 27

Dave Alvin & Two Guilty Women (ACOUSTIC AMERICANA) Grammy winner Dave Alvin has been roaming the highways of American music for over a quarter century. During those decades, he's busted speakers with roots rock kick-starters, The Blasters, as well as mined the depths of country, folk and blues with his solo projects. A mainstay during much of this journey has been Alvin's electrifying band The Guilty Men. Following the recent death of Dave's best friend and Guilty Men accordionist Chris Gaffney in early 2008, Alvin decided to move in an exciting new musical direction. In October 2008, he stepped onto the stage of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco with an all-star, all-female group. Since dubbed The Guilty Women, the group consists of Americana scene vets Cindy Cashdollar, Nina Gerber, Laurie Lewis, Sarah Brown, Amy Farris, Christy McWilson and Lisa Pankrantz. The self-titled debut recording from this unique assemblage of players, led by Alvin, is a spirited collection of thoughtful yet dynamic tunes featuring world-class musicianship worthy of his now legendary pedigree. This WMNF concert will feature Dave along with two of the Guilty Women, steel guitarist Cindy Cashdollar and singer-songwriter/guitarist Christy McWilson. www.davealvin.net
w/Amanda Shires & Her Men (AMERICANA) Lubbock-born gem Amanda Pearl Shires steps into the spotlight with the release of her new album, West Cross Timbers. Her clever songs glitter with a tinge of the Western swing she honed so expertly as a fiddler for Tommy Allsup and the legendary Texas Playboys, with whom she began work at age 16. Though Shires hasn’t left the band she co-founded, raucous Texas indie rockers The Thrift Store Cowboys, she’s shifted her focus to her solo work for the time being. Here's a notable accolade: “I remember sitting in an airport waiting for a plane and my drummer Kenney running up and saying ‘there’s a girl here you gotta hear’ and we walked up and there she was this beautiful girl with a fiddle standing by herself and smiling and playing and I said ‘How about some Faded Love?’ and she played so pretty that Kenny and I missed our plane.” - Chris Isaak. www.amandashires.net
8PM $17/20
Tickets available IN PERSON at Skipper's or via WMNF's website at www.wmnf.org

SUNDAY FEB 28
Hoots & Hellmouth (INDIE/BLUEGRASS) Blending soul, folk, country, gospel and rock with the sounds of classic Americana, Philadelphia's Hoots & Hellmouth crafts fiery, cathartic roots-rock that the band describes as "new music for old souls." Formed in 2005 around the acoustic guitars of Sean Hoots and Andrew "Hellmouth" Gray, the two began creating a body of work that was vastly different from what either had created in the past. Often fleshing out their arrangements with organ, upright bass, drums and mandolin, Hoots and Gray saw their star begin to rise after appearances at the 2006 Philadelphia Folk Festival. www.hootsandhellmouth.com
w/Chris Klein and The Boulevards (FUNK/JAZZ/ROCK) Bandleader Chris Klein acquired considerable playing time in New Orleans’ vibrant cabaret scene, becoming familiar fixtures in the music clubs of the French Quarter, the Garden District, and the Fauborg Marigny. Along the way, Klein honed his formidable chops on harmonica, C/Eb flute, wooden flute (cinco llaves), tenor/baritone saxophone as well as developing into a vocalist of considerable stylistic and dynamic range. THE BOULEVARDS is/are primarily a vehicle which promotes Klein's CD/DVD Tales From the Money Jungle, a landmark production that features 10 thematic original pieces of music indigenous to the Crescent City - jazz, blues, funk, latin undercurrents abound. www.kleinblvd.com
5PM $7/10

CLOSED MONDAYS

TUESDAY MAR 2
$3 Magic Hat on draft Tuesdays!
Shotgun Party (WESTERN SWING/INDIE) Start with a western swing trio from Austin, Texas, featuring female vocals, fiddle and upright bass. Draw a line from Bob Wills right through to Hot Club of Cowtown. Now zigzag the line through time and space and touch on Édith Piaf, Nina Simone, Pablo Casals, Django Reinhardt, Walt Whitman, Allen Ginsberg, Dan Hicks, Björk, Jonny Rodgers, Pyotr Tchaikovsky and The Defibulators. Holy Needles! It's Shotgun Party!! Yes, they swing. Your foot will tap and your shoulder will dance. They know early jazz, blues, show-tune style, romantic-classical, various shades of country and rock 'n' roll but the heart of this Texas band is great songs performed fearlessly. myspace.com/shotgunfiesta
w/Honey Island Swamp Band (SOUL/ROCK) Honey Island Swamp Band has its genesis in the fall of 2005 after Hurricane Katrina left many New Orleans residents high and dry but far from home but further than most, in San Francisco. The band members - Chris Mulé (guitar, vocals), Aaron Wilkinson (mandolin, guitar, vocals), Sam Price: bass, vocals) and drummer Garland Paul - had worked together in New Orleans bands for years, but with no prospects of getting home any time soon, they quickly cooked up something new. A few days later, they’d put together a song list, landed a weekly gig, and settled in to share a little taste of southern culture with their new west coast neighbors. Thanks to those good folks in California, the Honey Island Swamp Band made it through the lean times, had themselves a good time, and made it back home to the Crescent City in what seems like hardly no time at all. ppppAaron Wilkinson and Chris Mulé had already established promising songwriting careers, both individually and as a team. Collaborating with fellow songwriter and Alligator Records recording artist Eric Lindell, the two were instrumental in the writing for Lindell’s acclaimed 2008 release Low on Cash, Rich in Love. With Wishing Well, the first full-length release from Honey Island Swamp Band, both musicians bring their songwriting to new levels with their most fully-developed material to date. From the opening bars of the title track to the album’s final note, Wishing Well covers the entire landscape of southern roots music that has made the band’s live shows and eponymous 2007 EP favorites among music lovers of all genres. honeyislandswampband.com
8PM $7/10

WEDNESDAY MAR 3
Island Night w/Impulse (ISLAND/AFRO-BEAT/REGGAE) A 23-year-old tradition continues. Reggae and Afro-beat under the stars with Red Stripe beer on special. Hooray Beer!
8PM $5

THURSDAY MAR 4
Grateful Dead Night w/Uncle John's Band (JAMBAND/TRIBUTE) Hippies please use side door... UJB has been faithfully bringing the music and spirit of the Grateful Dead to Skipper's every Thursday at Skipper's since 1998. All bottled beer on special in Skipperdome. unclejohnsband.com
8PM $7

FRIDAY MAR 5
Southern Culture On The Skids (ROOTS ROCK) text scots.com
w/Webb Wilder Duo (ROOTS ROCK) www
8PM $15/20

SATURDAY MAR 6
3rd Stone (AFRO-BEAT/JAMBAND) Genre busting 3rd Stone blends rock, afro-beat, reggae and funk rhythms into a highly addictive sonic stew that is sure to make you move! 3rd Stone came together in the summer of 2006 after then 10 year old guitarist Anthony Kavouklis' impromptu standing ovation performance with blues legend Buddy Guy. Since then, the band has shared the stage with multiple national acts while capturing the hearts of an impressive and rapidly growing fan base. 3rd Stone offers something for everyone with amazing guitar riffs from Wester Joseph and Anthony Kavouklis, powerful vocals, and original tunes bearing a truly positive message. 3rdstoneband.com
w/Blue Sky Mission Club (SOULGRASS/JAMBAND) Blue Sky Mission Club's pointed lyrics address social change and cover a spectrum of political, spiritual and deeply personal themes, all wrapped up in an infectiously funky hoedown. Self-labelled as "soulgrass," Blue Sky Mission Club's form of hybridized traditional music takes Zydeco and introduces to it blistering lap steel guitar. The band is one of the prime movers behind Musefest (www.musefest.org) in their stomping grounds of Ithaca, NY, a festival benefiting many performers and organizations and rapidly gaining popularity since its humble beginnings in 1999. myspace.com/blueskymissionclub
8PM $8

SUNDAY MAR 7
2010 Brewer's Ball (GENRE) The Best Florida Beer Championship culminates in the annual Brewers Ball where we present the winners of the Professional and Homebrew competitions are annointed. Celebrate the night with good food, good music and of course, great beer. Sample all of the Gold-Medal winning beers from the Best Florida Beer Championships Pro Competition and participate in the judging of the homebrew keg competition. www.bestfloridabeer.org
Blue Sky Mission Club (SOULGRASS/JAMBAND) Blue Sky Mission Club's pointed lyrics address social change and cover a spectrum of political, spiritual and deeply personal themes, all wrapped up in an infectiously funky hoedown. Self-labelled as "soulgrass," Blue Sky Mission Club's form of hybridized traditional music takes Zydeco and introduces to it blistering lap steel guitar. The band is one of the prime movers behind Musefest (www.musefest.org) in their stomping grounds of Ithaca, NY, a festival benefiting many performers and organizations and rapidly gaining popularity since its humble beginnings in 1999. myspace.com/blueskymissionclub
Noon - 5PM
SOLD OUT

CLOSED MONDAYS

TUESDAY MAR 9 $3 Magic Hat on draft Tuesdays!
Christie Lenee (JAMJAZZ) Christie Lenée is a visionary of cosmic proportions, embodied by a prolific energy and intractable musical prowess. Her music is simply put, a manifestation of her way of living – passionate, electric, colorful, and precise – which is articulated through her masterful guitar work, her lyrics, and her orchestral movements. Lenée has composed a variety of innovative work. from folk and funk, to pop/rock inspired songs, to choral arrangements and 20th century compositions. Whether performing solo or with a large ensemble, Lenée’s fingerboard work, magnetic voice, and rich lyrics enliven and captivate her audiences. As a vibrant live performer, Lenée moves gracefully from festival stages to various venues throughout the U.S. and internationally, such as Madison Square Park in New York City, and the Spring Scream Music Festival in Taiwan. Christie is also no stranger to after-hour campfire jams, club and bar venues, coffeehouses, and theatres. Lenée has recorded and performed with a stellar cast of musicians including Jeff Coffin (Bela Fleck and the Flecktones), Tim Reynolds (Dave Matthews Band), Oteil Burbridge (The Allman Brothers), and Marty Balin (Jefferson Airplane). myspace.com/christieleneemusic
w/Brian Ashley Jones (AMERICANA) A soulful singer, accomplished lead guitarist, and versatile songwriter, Brian Ashley Jones is heavily influenced by the guitar-driven Blues, Country, Bluegrass, and Swing that he absorbed in his hometown of Spartanburg, South Carolina. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Jones maintains an active touring schedule and performs about 150 live shows per year at festivals, concert series, radio and TV stations, and songwriter venues. Jones showcases his writing and playing chops with 11 well crafted original songs in his current release Courier. The swampy instrumental "Pull 'em Up" has been featured in the widely acclaimed PBS television series Road Trip Nation, and "Take" earned Brian a finalist position in the 2008 Emerging Songwriter's Contest at the Flat Rock Music Festival. brianashleyjones.com
8PM $7

WEDNESDAY MAR 10
Island Night w/Impulse (ISLAND/AFRO-BEAT/REGGAE) A 23-year-old tradition continues. Reggae and Afro-beat under the stars with Red Stripe beer on special. Hooray Beer!
8PM $5

THURSDAY MAR 11
Grateful Dead Night w/Uncle John's Band (JAMBAND/TRIBUTE) Hippies please use side door... UJB has been faithfully bringing the music and spirit of the Grateful Dead to Skipper's every Thursday at Skipper's since 1998. All bottled beer on special in Skipperdome. unclejohnsband.com
8PM $7

FRIDAY MAR 12
Legendary JCs (SOUL/ROCK) With a downright nasty rhythm section and brilliant brass behind him, front-man Eugene Snowden is able to work The Legendary JC's into a high-performance engine of soul and funk originals which are as familiar and inspiring as the standards laid by trailblazers James Brown, Otis Redding and Al Green. www.thelegendaryjcs.com
w/TBA (GENRE) www
8PM $7/10

SATURDAY MAR 13

Chuck Prophet (AMERICANA) Chuck Prophet shapes his restless career with inimitable subtle flair: a vivid parade of razor-edged one-liners camouflaged in a slack-jawed drawl, songs about heartbreak and everyman heroism, drenched in twisted lines of rude Telecaster. At eighteen, he left his native Whittier, CA for San Francisco, which he still calls home, and before too long joined Green on Red, a gang of interloping Arizonans with no small impact on L.A.'s Paisley Underground. During an eight-year run with Green on Red, he cut his first major label session with legendary Memphis producer Jim Dickinson, burned through a couple of big record deals, and ventured a debut solo effort, Brother Aldo (1990). These were the first steps in the career that shaped Prophet into a prolific rock 'n' roll classicist. His latest album is entitled ¡Let Freedom Ring! Recorded in Mexico City, the recording wanders into the fractured, surreal state of the American Dream and emerges with the most vital document of Prophet's vision, a reflection of life and love for troubled times. www.chuckprophet.com
w/Peter Mulvey (SINGER-SONGWRITER) Peter Mulvey began as a self-described “city kid” from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He played, wrote, and sang in bands while studying theatre there, and then traveled to Dublin, Ireland, in 1989, where he learned the trade of the street singer. Returning to the States, he relocated to Boston with two self-released CDs in hand: Brother Rabbit Speaks (1992) and Rain (1994). In Boston he took to playing in the subways as a full-time occupation. The seven hour sessions playing to passers-by and commuters not only strengthened his accomplished guitar playing but also sharpened his innate gifts as a communicator. In a few short years he had made the transition to touring songwriter. He signed with indie upstart Eastern Front Records, released Rapture (1995) and Deep Blue (1997), and threw himself into a life on the road. He quickly released Glencree (1998), a CD recorded live in Ireland. The road years further seasoned his abilities as a performer. Whether playing solo or with a band in tow, Mulvey has a rare ability to hold an audience’s attention and transport them, using wit, humor, and a subtle but sophisticated melodic and harmonic sensibility to gracefully introduce complex and provocative concepts and characters. Over the past 20 years, Mulvey has pursued a restless, eclectic path as a writer and musician – immersing himself in Tin PanAlley jazz, modern acoustic, poetry, narrative, and Americana stylings. Relentlessly touring as a headliner – his attitude is, “When you love what you do, you can work all the time,” – he has also shared the stage with luminaries such as Emmylou Harris, Richard Thompson, Ani diFranco, Indigo Girls, and Greg Brown, and has attracted an audience that stretches from Anchorage to Amsterdam. www.petermulvey.com
8PM $17/20
Tickets available IN PERSON at Skipper's or via WMNF's website at www.wmnf.org

SUNDAY MAR 14
TBA (GENRE) Text. www
w/TBA (GENRE) www
TBA

CLOSED MONDAYS

TUESDAY MAR 16 $3 Magic Hat on draft Tuesdays!
Empty Hats (CELTIC/RENNAISANCE FAIRE FARE) "Enthusiastic", "charming", and "passionate" are just 3 words to describe this groups acoustic blend of traditional and original Celtic music, peppering original songs in with salty traditional tunes. This fresh, energetic and polished band can bring a crowd to its feet whether at a Renaissance Faire, Folk Festival, Pub, or Concert Hall. From King Henry VIII to Katie, Matt & Al of NBC's TODAY SHOW, Empty Hats covers centuries. www.emptyhats.com
w/Celticopia (CELTIC/RENNAISANCE FAIRE FARE) Celticopia was formed by Empty Hats members Gary Mazzu (guitar & vocals) and Vicki Scuteri (fiddle & vocals) for performing on the Renaissance Festival circuit. Joined by Jim Hancock (bass and vocals), they have performed up and down the eastern seaboard at venues such as the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire, Sterling Renaissance Festival, and the Bay Area Renaissance Festival. They perform a lively combination of pub songs, fiddle tunes, and celtic music with a flair for the gypsy and a touch of jazz.
8PM $10

WEDNESDAY MAR 17
Island Night w/Impulse (ISLAND/AFRO-BEAT/REGGAE) A 23-year-old tradition continues. Reggae and Afro-beat under the stars with Red Stripe beer on special. Hooray Beer!
8PM $5

THURSDAY MAR 18
Grateful Dead Night w/Uncle John's Band (JAMBAND/TRIBUTE) Hippies please use side door... UJB has been faithfully bringing the music and spirit of the Grateful Dead to Skipper's every Thursday at Skipper's since 1998. All bottled beer on special in Skipperdome. unclejohnsband.com
8PM $7

FRIDAY MAR 19
Tinsley Ellis (BLUES) Text. www
w/Anders Osborne (BLUES) www
8PM $12/15