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The Balkun Brothers & Roshambeaux live at The Hummingbird in Downtown Macon
After coming onto the music scene with their powerful brand of psychedelic rock n’ roll, Balkun Brothers are creating a style of music all their own in the USA and worldwide. Founding members Steve Balkun (guitar/vocals) and Nick “The Hammer” Balkun (drums/vocals) are gaining followers across the world, becoming known for their high-energy live shows. Balkun Brothers bring a fresh mixture of funk, rock, blues, and intense improvisation that has been impressing crowds from Paris to Amsterdam to New York City. Balkun Brothers have been featured alongside acts such as Johnny Winter, Joe Bonamassa, Iggy Pop, Gogol Bordello, Vapors of Morphine, Motley Crüe, Slayer, Eric Sardinas, Dopapod, James Cotton, and many more. Their new album, 'DEVIL ON TV', is due for release on May 30th 2017 on the French label, Dixiefrog Records. The band recently completed their 3rd European tour, which was followed by a full East Coast United States tour. The band will embark on a full US tour until October 2017 when they will be returning to Europe for their 4th tour in Germany, France and Holland. Roshambeaux: /rō/SHam/bō/ a big, rowdy, modern electronically-twisted rock duo from Georgia We no longer live in a world where we care what people think. We live in a world where we care about what we think other people think. We manufacture environments of distraction that are designed to strip us of our individuality. Words like, “Freaks,” “Geeks,” “Forgotten” and “Musical Genre,” we once let proudly define us, now serve to only divide us into categories where we forget who we can allow ourselves to become when we know no one is watching. And this is why we make music. Not to escape from the reality of this world but to redefine it. With pride, we are nothing less than ourselves. To be anything else than that is cheap imitation. Our message is that you don’t have to trade your uniqueness for a sense of belonging. You belong right here. Come Join our Tribe. Our Tribe of Unique Individuals!
Joey Allcorn w/ Little Lesley & the Bloodshots live at The Hummingbird in Downtown Macon
Joey Allcorn is a country music singer/songwriter known for his own brand of traditional honky-tonk-style country music and writing many of his own songs. He has recorded three studio albums, 50 Years Too Late (2006) and All Alone Again (2009), both having been released on his Blue Yodel Records label, and one, Nothing Left To Prove, set to be released in 2014. He cites Hank Williams Sr., Ernest Tubb, Faron Young, Lefty Frizzell, and Jimmie Rodgers among his idols and modern-day influences include BR549, Wayne Hancock, Robbie Fulks and Dale Watson. Little Lesley & The Bloodshots have been taking the scene by storm with their dangerous twang and high energy live show. Hailing from New York City and South Carolina’s upstate, they’ve been making waves and making friends around the world with their honest approach to Roots-Rockabilly. Lesley Swift fronts the band, belting out her self-penned songs with gravel and grace. She caught the rock n’ roll fever from her guitar slingin' husband, and what started in their garage in Nevada has been setting fire to hearts and feet since 2012. Called “a welcome shot in the arm for the rockin’ faithful” by UK’s Vintage Rock Magazine, the band launched in New York City and played the first New England Shakeup (2013), were direct support for both Robert Gordon and Kim Lenz, independently released their debut full-length album "On Fire", and landed a spot on the Ink N Iron festival (2014) in Long Beach CA. Their third year was highlighted by a stand-out performance at the world’s biggest and most renowned rockabilly festival, Viva Las Vegas (2015), which garnered them an official place in the international rockabilly scene and attention from European booking agents and labels. 2016 marked their first tour abroad and their signing with the legendary Western Star Records of the UK. Alan Wilson recorded and produced their Doin’ Fine EP, which created quite a buzz and is still in regular rotation on BBC radio. Nick Westfall produced and directed the band’s first official video for title track “Doin’ Fine”, with over 20,0 00 views in the first 24 hours on Facebook. The band made their first appearance at the Nashville Boogie, the Hotrod Hayride (UK), and ended the summer playing to over 10,000 people on the main stage closing night of the Summer Jamboree festival in Senigalia Italy. Lesley & Brian had moved from Brooklyn to Greenville SC and the band quickly became a fixture in the southeastern Kustom Kulture scene. In fall 2017, they returned to the UK to play the famous Hemsby Rock N Roll Weekender and record their second full length album with Alan Wilson, “Heartbeat”. 2018 launched the release of “Heartbeat” on Western Star Records, performances in Germany and Sweden, another STAND-OUT performance at Viva, and a lineup change. Lesley returned to her roots and is leading the band on rhythm guitar, trading upright bass duties with Jersey City’s very talented Jeff Feinberg (Sean Coleman & The Quasars). The masterful Johnny Cola, an original from Long Island’s rockabilly scene that birthed the Stray Cats, is on lead guitar. His echo, reverb and bigsby heavy sound is the perfect fit to continue the journey Swifty started. Greenville native Brian Kennedy (Piedmont Boys) rounds out their sound on the drums, and the music continues to evolve. Anyone who is looking for some compelling, passionate roots music with a great stage show, Little Lesley & The Bloodshots are playing a town near you!
Gurufish live at The Hummingbird
Sexy, funky-as-hell, pop music" is what critics are saying about GURUFISH (Ear Magazine). Electrifying audiences everywhere with their own provocative blend of pop, funk and soul, and their over-the-top performance spectacle, Gurufish excels at weaving irresistible melodies around hypnotic, funky grooves to give birth to songs that are hooky, sexy and sophisticated. This multi-dimensional ensemble's kaleidoscopic blend of genres is what makes them appealing to a wide variety of audiences. Songs that sound at once fresh and familiar are served with generous injections of funk and soul and sprinkled with psychedelic twists, glam rock and soulful jazz. Gurufish is glitter soul. Founded by singer/songwriter/producer Jimmy St. James and accompanied by co-writers Matty Haze on guitar and DeWitt Ellis on bass,with Steve Dixon on drums, Gurufish is currently playing dates in support of their most recent critically acclaimed release, "Mohair Supreme", while recording and preparing for a new release in the spring of 2013. They have shared the bill with such prestigious acts as: The Brand New Heavies, Nikka Costa, P.M. Dawn,The Spin Doctors, Derek Trucks, The Flaming Lips, Galactic,Cypress Hill, Ghostland Observatory, The White Stripes, LMFAO, The Isley Brothers, Dag, Foreigner, and the P-Funk Allstars
OTIS live at The Hummingbird in Macon, GA!
Deep in South Central Kentucky authentic music is alive and well through native musicians who are still testifying to brothers and sisters all around the world. OTIS has taken in a steady diet of Roots, Blues, and Classic Rock and Roll, and created their own unique sound. Otis draws from the raw electric sounds of Muddy Waters and stirs in a heavy influence of Southern sounds, courtesy of The Allman Brothers Band, Wet Willie, and more. This sums up what the sound of Otis is musically and gives a glimpse into the sound and soul of the four-piece band. The members of Otis consist of Boone Froggett vocals/guitar, Steve Jewell guitar, John Seeley bass, and Andrew Gilpin drums. The members of Otis share the same vision of writing and creating organic music while taking their audience to church by hitting on all emotions. If a stage filled with vintage music gear and Blues flavored Rock and Roll music is something you enjoy, then it's time to drink from the healing waters of Otis! The Otis electric Rock N' Roll revival is coming soon to a town near you!
Free Show feat. Boo Ray live at The Hummingbird
His dramatic southern sound will draw you in, his voice will have you hanging on every lyric and his songs will stick with you like a good friend does. Boo Ray is a southern troubadour who has forged & honed his sound in South Georgia honky-tonks, Gulf Coast jukes, Nashville nightclubs & Los Angeles songwriter joints. Hailing from the mountains of Western North Carolina and now spending equal parts time in Nashville, Tennessee; Los Angeles, California; and Athens, Georgia; Boo Ray is set to release his fifth album. Following in the footsteps of southern songwriters who journeyed to Los Angeles like Jerry Reed, Kris Kristofferson and Gram Parsons, Boo Ray headed out west in 2006 after doing a couple of years of steady troubadour work in the southeast. While living in LA, he worked with Noah Shain on a couple of tracks that ended up on his 2010 Americana release Bad News Travels Fast. Sol Philcox produced Boo Ray's 2013 hit outlaw country album Six Weeks In A Motel in Nashville and flew out to Los Angeles to play guitar on Boo Ray's new album. Boo Ray says his approach to writing and making records "is like a dirt track race team, "where the shorthand and elbow-grease of a few close buddies can squeeze another 25 horsepower out of small-block motor to make a scavenged together machine run a little faster each week." Noah Shain has masterfully captured Boo Ray's sound, conjuring a classic Muscle Shoals session; drums stout and close, round hollow bass, guitars growlin' and warm wailin' vocals. His vocal style and his voice as a songwriter are powerful, unassumingly sophisticated and uniquely his own. The new Boo Ray album, Sea Of Lights, is a songwriter's champion, a trucker's sound track and an analog aficionados delight. Shain recorded Sea Of Lights live to 2” tape at his White Buffalo Studio in downtown Los Angeles with an all-star band anchored by Steve Ferrone on drums, Paul Ill on bass, Sol Philcox-Littlefield on guitar, Dallas Kruse on Hammond B3, Smith Curry on pedal steel, and the world-class background vocals of twin brothers Todd and Troy Gardner. "Sea Of Lights is important to me,” Boo Ray explains. "I've been working with these guys for ten years doing one-offs and single-track jobs, and we're all great friends. We got together and cut this new record live-to-tape, everybody standing in the room together with sound baffles & Persian rugs as isolation. We cut 10 songs in 2 days and just had a damned ball doing it! I’m not writing to impress the aficionados or experts. It’s a trucker album, it’s a party album, and I hope it’s a good album to play cards to and a good road trip album."
B.B. Palmer w/ A.J. Gaither OMB live at The Hummingbird in Macon, GA!
Born from the plains of southeast Alabama, amongst the fertile ground in Lee County, B.B. Palmer & Kudzu are one of the few current old school honky-tonk outfits that stay true to the genre of country music. Simple yet intricate, humble yet proud, the band combines early traditional influences of country music (Lefty Frizzell & Hank Williams Sr.) with the likes of modern singer/songwriter influences (Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson). The band has shared the stage with the likes of Alan Jackson, Earth Wind & Fire, Old Crow Medicine Show, and St. Paul & The Broken Bones. Known as Lee County’s finest, BB & crew aim to raise the bar at each venue, whether it be downtown at your local bar, the festival scene, or at the frat house. The band’s set combines the old with the new; original material with the classics that everyone loves. A.J. Gaither OMB will be opening up the show!
80’s Night with Echospeed live at The Hummingbird!
We're celebrating our love for all things 80's on Sat March 23rd! 80's tribute band echospeed will be playing all our favorite songs from one of our favorite decades! We encourage you all to come out and rock your favorite pair of leg warmers and fingerless gloves! Wear your best dress 80's outfit and enter our contest for a chance to win a $100 bar tab!
The Dirty Grass Players live at The Hummingbird in Macon, GA!
Hailing from Baltimore, Md The Dirty Grass Players have established themselves with one toe-tappin’ foot in traditional bluegrass and blazing musicianship that pushes boundaries. Comprised of Josh Ballard on Bass, Alex Berman on Banjo, fiddler Crosby Cofod, Ben Kolakowski with the guitar, and Ryan Rogers on mandolin, this five piece is successfully bringing their growing fan base a down, dirty and heated performance. Their ability to seamlessly transition from downhome bluegrass to spirited improvisation makes each performance unique. Throw in some Allman Brothers, Pink Floyd or a dash of southern rock and you’ll quickly understand what they mean by Dirty Grass. Their self-titled debut CD The Dirty Grass Players captures this energy and as 2017 winner of Charm City Bluegrass & Folk Festival Band Competition clearly indicates, this is just the beginning. Successfully touring the Mid-Atlantic and festival appearances, this year finds the group expanding along the East Coast and building on this momentum. For anyone that enjoys a musical throwdown by skilled musicians its time to get your grass dirty.
Mike & the Moonpies wsg Taylor Hunnicutt live at The Hummingbird in Macon, GA
Heads up #MACON Georgia! Mike and the Moonpies are heading to The Hummingbird Stage & Taproom on March 30 for all the country swagger any one human can handle. Be there! 18+
First Friday feat. Brother Hawk & Magnolia Moon
Better bring a bucket because First Friday on April 5th is going to be a FACE MELTING of a time! We're excited to bring you a night of Rock n' Roll with Brother Hawk and Magnolia Moon!