The Dancing Fleas
ALL AGES SEATED SHOW LIMITED NUMBER OF PREMIUM SEATING TICKETS AVAILABLE THE DANCING FLEAS The Dancing Fleas, aka America’s Premier Ukulele Party Band, are a ten piece combo, heavy on the ukes but light on the attitude. Their uplifting originals and covers have been known to make even the most jaded hipsters smile unselfconsciously. The Fleas bring their high energy, big fun approach to a genre-bending set of tunes with styles ranging from classic country to sassy funky. Expect dueling ukuleles, blistering pedal steel licks, and big harmonies from the band’s six vocalists. The band’s debut album, The Dancing Fleas Play the Music of Don Gibson, is now available on all streaming platforms along with a handful of original singles. Once you’ve seen them live, you’ll join the ranks of the #fleabitten!
Bill Kirchen’s Honky Tonk Holiday Show
ALL AGES SEATED SHOW LIMITED NUMBER OF PREMIUM SEATING TICKETS AVAILABLE Honky Tonk Holiday Show! Bill Kirchen and his Turtle Doves will make a stop on their annual Honky Tonk Holiday Tour at The Grey Eagle on Tue 12/17. Featured is a sleigh-full of rarely heard holiday numbers from the blues, rock ‘n’ roll and honky tonk bags: “Silent Surfin’ Night,” “Truckin’ Trees for Christmas,” “Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin,” and more. But be ye not afraid, there’ll be so much more than holiday songs of questionable taste; you can count on a truckload of dieselbilly classics, rockers, and country weepers to take the edge off the holiday fuss. So mark your calendars and check ’em twice – Santa Claus is back in town! Kirchen is touring with his all-star Texas guys – Jack Saunders on bass and Rick Richards on drums. BILL KIRCHEN Bill Kirchen is one of the fortunate few who can step on any stage, play those trademark guitar licks which he created for the seminal Commander Cody classic, “Hot Rod Lincoln,” and elicit immediate recognition. As a founding father of the proto-Americana group Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen, Kirchen wrought a diesel-fueled guitar hook that drove their Hot Rod Lincoln into the Top 10 nationwide. Kirchen went on to the Grammys where he was nominated for Best Country Instrumental in 2001. He has recorded with Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Dan Hicks, Maria Muldaur, Hoyt Axton, Hazel Dickens, Gene Vincent and Link Wray, and has toured the world as guitarist with Cody, Nick Lowe, Hoyt Axton and Emmylou Harris. Bill Kirchen was inducted into the Hall Of Fame of the Washington DC Wammie Music Awards in 2001, alongside Dave Grohl and John Phillip Sousa. He joined a remarkable list of prior inductees including Bo Diddly, Duke Ellington, Ruth Brown, Marvin Gaye, Patsy Cline, Shirley Horn, Emmylou Harris, Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady. His recent disc, Transatlanticana, entered the Americana Radio Chart Top 10 in 2018, joining his extensive catalogue of over 2 dozen albums, from the Commander Cody discs on through his current 12 releases on the Proper and Last Music Company labels. Bill’s latest releases are Back from the Ozone, a Lost Planet Airmen reunion CD out in October 2023 and, from 2021, the LPs Waxworks and Tombstone Every Mile, along with The Proper Years and Tombstone on CD and in all digital formats, all on the Last Music Company label. Washington Post: “Seldom has traveling across the rock and country landscape been this much fun” Guitar Player Magazine: “The Titan of the Telecaster…cuts loose with some of the fattest, gnarliest low-down twang imaginable”
Grayson Capps w/ special guest Corky Hughes
– ALL AGES- SEATED SHOW- LIMITED NUMBER OF PREMIUM SEATING TICKETS AVAILABLE GRAYSON CAPPS Heartbreak, Misery & Death is the seventh studio album by beloved Alabama-based troubadour Grayson Capps. For this latest effort, Capps turned his attention to 16 long-lost folk songs and traditionals performed by artists ranging from Doc Watson and Jerry Jeff Walker to Randy Newman and Gordon Lightfoot. Introduced to these timeless touchstones as a child by his father, they’d catalyze Capps’ love for music at a young age, while informing the Southern Gothic vernacular that he’s gone onto so eloquently explore and reimagine in his own body of work. As Capps explains in his own words: I grew up with music, whether hearing Fred Stokes, Bobby Long and my dad, Ronnie Capps, singing around the house on Fridays and Saturdays, or listening to vinyl records in the den, my youth seemed to always be surrounded with music. One of the first artists I gravitated toward was Doc Watson. I first found my own voice by emulating him singing “Wake Up Little Maggie.” We had The Essential Doc Watson and Doc Watson Memories, and I wore those records out. “Columbus Stockade Blues” was one of the first songs I learned to play on the guitar.
Buffalo Rose
– ALL AGES- SEATED SHOW- LIMITED NUMBER OF PREMIUM SEATING TICKETS AVAILABLE BUFFALO ROSE Buffalo Rose is a charismatic six-piece modern folk/Americana band from Pittsburgh, PA. They take the singer-songwriter tradition to a new level by crafting original songs which are emotive, meticulously arranged, and inspired by a world of idiosyncratic influences that never let a dull or predictable moment creep in. This combination of artistry and enthusiasm makes Buffalo Rose one of the most vital and important groups working today. Rather than play the folk music of the past, the band gleefully combines genres and ideas together to move acoustic music forward to a new, contemporary place without ever losing sight of its roots. Fans of Lake Street Dive, Nickel Creek, and Punch Brothers will find much to like in this crew. Anyone seeking compelling new acoustic music needs to join Buffalo Rose in the future right now.
SWEET RELIEF CONCERT SERIES (PATIO): Magenta Sunshine
FREE SHOW!! DONATIONS ENCOURAGED!! ALL AGES PATIO SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED 1pm – 4pm DAILY The Grey Eagle is proud to be the new home of the Sweet Relief Concert Series offering FREE MUSIC for the people of Asheville on our outdoor patio stage EVERYDAY from 1-4pm. The Grey Eagle Taqueria and bar will be open, and the full schedule for the upcoming week is below. MON 10/28: The Brian Felix Quartet + BoogiTherapi TUE 10/29: Mike Martinez + East Coast Dirt WED 10/30: LEAF Artists THU 10/31: Magenta Sunshine
SWEET RELIEF CONCERT SERIES (PATIO): LEAF Artists
FREE SHOW!! DONATIONS ENCOURAGED!! ALL AGES PATIO SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED 1pm – 4pm DAILY The Grey Eagle is proud to be the new home of the Sweet Relief Concert Series offering FREE MUSIC for the people of Asheville on our outdoor patio stage EVERYDAY from 1-4pm. The Grey Eagle Taqueria and bar will be open, and the full schedule for the upcoming week is below. MON 10/28: The Brian Felix Quartet + BoogiTherapi TUE 10/29: Mike Martinez + East Coast Dirt WED 10/30: LEAF Artists THU 10/31: Magenta Sunshine
SWEET RELIEF CONCERT SERIES (PATIO): Mike Martinez + East Coast Dirt
FREE SHOW!! DONATIONS ENCOURAGED!! ALL AGES PATIO SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED 1pm – 4pm DAILY The Grey Eagle is proud to be the new home of the Sweet Relief Concert Series offering FREE MUSIC for the people of Asheville on our outdoor patio stage EVERYDAY from 1-4pm. The Grey Eagle Taqueria and bar will be open, and the full schedule for the upcoming week is below. MON 10/28: The Brian Felix Quartet + BoogiTherapi TUE 10/29: Mike Martinez + East Coast Dirt WED 10/30: LEAF Artists THU 10/31: Magenta Sunshine
[FREE SHOW]: Brody Hunt & The Handfulls w/ Planefolk
ALL AGES STANDING/DANCING ROOM ONLY FREE SHOW! DONATIONS ENCOURAGED BRODY HUNT AND THE HANDFULLS Asheville, NC’s finest honky tonk band, playing a mixture of songs written by Brody Hunt, some classics, and many obscure country covers from mostly the 1960’s. PLANEFOLK Planefolk is the solo project of Asheville native Kevin Smith. Influences begin with the Appalachian sounds of bluegrass and old time. Then travels on with the rawness of rock and roll infused with heavy doses of classic country. All original songs inspired by songwriters such as Prine, Nelson, Springsteen and Cash.
WNC Writers Hurricane Relief Show (benefitting BeLoved Asheville + AVL Musicians Relief Fund)
ALL AGES SEATED SHOW LIMITED NUMBER OR PREMIUM SEATING TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE * 100% OF NET TICKET PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT BELOVED ASHEVILLE AND AVL MUSICIAN RELIEF FUND * ARTIST DONATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THE DOOR, AS WELL FEATURING: Rebekah Todd, Josh Blake, 5J Barrow, Jason Curtis, Jason Merritt,Trevor Kent, Ashley Chambliss, Ashli Rose, Cliff B. Worsham WESTERN CAROLINA WRITERS An in the round singer-songwriter style show that features artists from all over WNC, with a spotlight on songwriting and original music and a touch of tasteful collaboration. The Western Carolina Writers organizers have graciously offered to donate 100% of net ticket proceeds directly to BeLoved Asheville and the AVL Musician Relief Fund, both of which are linked above. If you’re unable to attend this show, please explore additional ways to help our struggling music community during these challenging times.
SWEET RELIEF CONCERT SERIES (PATIO): Brian Felix Quartet + BoogiTherapi
FREE SHOW!! DONATIONS ENCOURAGED!! ALL AGES PATIO SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED 1pm – 4pm DAILY The Grey Eagle is proud to be the new home of the Sweet Relief Concert Series offering FREE MUSIC for the people of Asheville on our outdoor patio stage EVERYDAY from 1-4pm. The Grey Eagle Taqueria and bar will be open, and the full schedule for the upcoming week is below. WED 10/23: Party Rx + ACAG THU 10/24: The Fritz + After Ours FRI 10/25: Breakfast for Dinner + The Pubsters SAT 10/26: Queen Bee & The Honeylovers + Darby Wilcox SUN 10/27: Underhill Rose + Nick & Brew MON 10/28: The Brian Felix Quartet + BoogiTherapi
