STEPHEN KELLOGG & THE HOMECOMING
with special guest gutter sinatra
Indie / Folk / Rock
Opener: gutter sinatra
Doors 6 PM / Show 7 PM *See venue bag policy*
18+ Valid ID required for entry into venue / Under 18 permitted with parent (Accepted forms of ID: State Issued ID or Driver's License, Military ID, Passport.)
STEPHEN KELLOGG & THE HOMECOMING:
If you need a night out and a full heart, here’s your chance to see Stephen Kellogg and his band. For more than two decades, this wordsmith, TEDx speaker, stand-up comic, and author has delighted audiences around the world. This time he’s joined by a full band as they count down to Stephen’s 3,000th performance. Backed by a powerhouse ensemble featuring members of his long-time touring operation The Sixers, he will serve up a musical retrospective that spans 14 albums and 25 years. Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz says of Kellogg, “There are few people in rock n’ roll who are just so great.” His latest release “To you, old friend.” features Lori McKenna, Javier Colon, Chad Stokes of Dispatch, Danny Black of Good Old War and Duritz himself. Don’t miss this tour. There won’t be another one like it.
GUTTER SINATRA: guttersinatra is the music you’d expect to startblaring out of an abandoned 1982 Ford Bronco. A bit dusty, nostalgic andmelancholy. Like Jackson Browne meeting up with Beck for coffee.
COVIDput us all on our heels. After a minute, Don Miggs started writing songs again.No agenda, no artists coming in, no labels with demands. Just the constantsounds of “yacht rock radio” that his wife was playing all day long swirlingaround his brain. Get an idea, walk out to the studio, play some drums, drop ina bass line and see what tomorrow brings. Suddenly there were 3 or 4 ideastaking shape but they were songs for no one. Just something to do.
On awhim Miggs asked his friend, legendary Bob Clearmountain, if he was availableto mix a few things. Turns out Bob had a ten day window coming up fast. Tendays, ten songs. A song a day. Easy. All that waiting around and now he’s in ahurry. Of course. But a burst of inspiration later and the record wascompleted.
Theworld opened back up. Miggs sought out famed photographer Randall Slavin totake publicity shots, did a video for the track “I Kind Of Want To Call You”and then his other project, Whole Damn Mess started charting andhe put gutter sinatra away. For 5 years.
Heexplains, “After a while it all just felt too personal. Like something Bob didjust for me when we didn’t know if anyone would ever make records again. Maybeit was best to keep it for myself. I got busy making other people’s records andtime just passed. Then the fires in LA took Bob’s house and studio and Irealized that every day is precious and we won’t be here forever. We did thisthing and I want to share it. My mantra is ‘conceive, create, commit, continue’so I had to take my own advice and let this record go.”
Miggsgoes on to say, “These songs were going to sit in the trash before Bob. Himsaying yes gave me the courage to push through.” Now I’m ready to tour and seehow they hold up live. It’s exciting and scary and I can’t wait!