Kevin Gordon Trio
Schedule
Thu Jun 20 2024 at 08:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
The Southgate House Revival | Newport, KY
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$18/adv / $20 dos / Age 18 And UpAdditional Info:
Kevin Gordons Louisiana is a strange place.Its a place where restless teens road trip to where the highway dead-ends at the Gulf of Mexico; a place where prisoners who are in for life compete in a rodeo while the town watches; where a character can get lost in the humid afternoon and where religion may not signify hope; and where rivers, never far away, carry secrets behind levees. One of the things I like about it and am mystified by is that what passes for normal in Louisiana would not make the grade elsewhere, he says.The kicker? All of these postcards are based on true stories. Its a place that hes been exploring for twenty years now, on the eve of the release of his astonishing new album Tilt And Shine onCrowville Media. It is work that has earned him fans like noted author and Elvis Presley biographerPeter Guralnick; New West Records artistBuddy Miller; journalist, songwriter, and Country Music Hall of Fame stafferPeter Cooper;Todd Snider; head of the Americana Music AssociationJed Hilly; andLucinda Williams, with whom Kevin dueted on the song Down To The Well (which was featured prominently on anOxford Americancompilation).Before you even hear his vivid lyrics, you start feeling the sound of that 56 Gibson ES- 125 tuned down to open D, often with the tremolo flowing like a river, and anunstoppable groove distilled from swamp blues and Sun Records. His MFA from theUniversity of Iowa Writers Workshopallows him to capture it with a degree of precision. As theNew York Timesput it in its headline of a feature on Kevin, A Musician Or A Poet? Yes to Both.Kevin sums it up, There are so many stories in north Louisiana and its a place thatnobody pays attention to. For me, you can feel the arc of time passing there. Im captivated by the power of strong memoriesthose films that run continuously in your mind, if you let em. With Tilt and Shine, those movies translate into rock nroll poetry.
Tickets:
https://www.ticketweb.com/event/kevin-gordon-trio-the-southgate-house-revival-tickets/13502173?REFERRAL_ID=twfb
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Where is it happening?
The Southgate House Revival, 111 E 6th St,Newport,KY,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
