Advance Ticket: $18.00, Door $23.00.
Sponsored by Ten Penny Ale
Doors 6:30 PM
Show: 8:00 PM
Railroad Earth will be making another visit to
East Hartford. If you missed them two years ago
when they were here mark your calendar and be here
for a great show. Jam Band? they can jam with the
best of them, but they’re not a jam band.
They’re bluegrass influenced, but they use
drums and amplifiers (somewhat taboo in the bluegrass
world). What kind of music is it then? Mandolin/vocalist
John Skehan offers this semi-descriptive term: “I
always describe it as a string band, but an amplified
string band with drums.” Tim Carbone takes
a swing: “We’re a Country & Eastern
band! ” Todd Sheaffer offers “A souped-up
string band? I don’t know. I’m not good
at this.” Or, as a great drummer/singer/mandolin
player with an appreciation for Americana once said:
“Rock & roll!”
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