Mike Krause & The Third Expression, Slim's Downtown, Sat, May 31 at 8:00pm
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Sat, 31 May, 2025 at 08:00 pm
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Slim's Downtown | Raleigh, NC
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Mike Krause & The Third Expression, featuring NC heavyweights Dan Davis (drums) and E. Scott Warren (bass), are looking forward to returning to Raleigh icon Slim's Downtown this spring! We loved our one month weekly residency there last summer and are looking forward to bringing new original music, tracks from our 2024 record Instrumental Americana (see below) and as always a well curated group of deep cut classic instrumentals. We'll be performing two sets starting at 8pm & look forward to seeing you there! 💃🏽🔥🌵🌬🌊🏄🏽♀️🌈☀️🏝🎸🥁🎸Mike Krause & The Third Expression perform original music ranging from classic Americana, Rock, Noir Jazz and Cinematic soundscapes to a diverse array of wider influences. ‘Instrumental Americana’, the 2024 album of Mike Krause penned and produced original compositions, features Dan Davis (drums), E. Scott Warren (bass) and special guest John Neff (Mike Mill’s ‘R.E.M. Explored’, The Bad Ends (w/R.E.M.’s Bill Berry), Booker T. Jones (on the Grammy winning album ‘Potato Hole’ also featuring Neil Young), Bloodkin, Drive-By Truckers, Japancakes) on pedal steel. The album is available for download on Bandcamp:
https://mikekrauseandthethirdexpression.bandcamp.com/album/instrumental-americana
A native of Philadelphia, Mike Krause has performed as a sideman in a wide array of contexts including multiple appearances at SXSW in Austin, TX, the International Country Music Festival in Zurich, Switzerland and the Stone Free Music Festival in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. He has also recorded as a session guitarist on over twenty albums for artists including Grammy nominee Tift Merritt, Caitlin Cary, Thad Cockrell and Tres Chicas among others and appears in the book North Carolina Musicians: Photographs and Conversations by Daniel Coston. As a composer, arranger & bandleader, his group Mike Krause & The Third Expression has been featured on North Carolina Public Radio’s “The State of Things” and released their debut album 'Instrumental Americana' in 2024. The album along with information on upcoming shows is available at:
https://mikekrauseandthethirdexpression.bandcamp.com/album/instrumental-americana
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Where is it happening?
Slim's Downtown, 227 S Wilmington St, Raleigh, NC 27601-1433, United States,Raleigh, North CarolinaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
