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SUMMARY:Frank and Tony Productions Present:  Band of Heathens in Concert
DESCRIPTION:Frank and Tony Productions present Band of Heathens in concert at Vermilionville Performance Center on Friday\, October 8\, 2021. \nReserved seats are $45. Only 275 seats will be sold.  This is a reserved seating event. You may select your seat option from the seating chart at time of purchase.  There are only 10 rows in this very intimate venue.  Online ticket sales end 2 p.m. day of show. Remaining tickets will be available the evening of the show at the box office. No Refunds.  Doors Open 7 p.m.  Show Starts 8 p.m. Sharp. \nPURCHASE TICKETS AT THE LINK BELOW: \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/band-of-heathens-in-concert-at-vermilionville-friday-october-8-2021-tickets-91852668805 \nThe Band of Heathens\nSometimes it’s the “happy accidents\,” rather than elaborately laid plans\, that lead to something lasting\, and that’s precisely the case with award-winning Austin rock and roll stalwarts\, The Band of Heathens. \n“It’s really funny how the loose\, tequila-fueled weekly side-project that started almost 14 years ago has evolved into what the band is today\,” singer and songwriter Gordy Quist says with a laugh as he recalls the band’s road to success. \nBut planned or not\, the band has enjoyed sustained success for more than a decade\, racking up 10 albums and more than twelve hundred performances in thirteen countries. Quist and Ed Jurdi\, the band’s other principal singer and songwriter\, are the only founding members still in the group that first came together in 2005. The core lineup of Jurdi and Quist on guitars and lead vocals\, were joined by Trevor Nealon on keys in 2009 and Richard Millsap on drums in 2012. Bassist Jesse Wilson came on board in 2017. \nDespite a few changes in personnel along the way\, one thing has remained constant for the band. “The thing we always set out to do was to make timeless music\, timeless records\,” Jurdi says. “Not what’s fashionable or what’s trendy\, but what inspires \nThe Band of Heathens’ first two releases were live recordings and the funky\, soulful\, rootsy sounds on those live records would come to be the band’s hallmark. “People say\, ‘What kind of music do you play\,’ and we say\, ‘Rock and roll\,’” Quist says. “And it’s always like\, ‘Oh\, rock?’ ‘No\, not rock\, rock and roll\, with the roll in it.’ Because the roll implies a groove and a funkiness that modern rock just does not have. … We’re a rock and roll band.” \nBetween 2008 and 2016\, The Band of Heathens released five studio albums\, four of which went to either number one or number two on the Americana Radio Albums Chart\, and earned a pair of Americana Music Awards nominations. Then in 2018\, they released the acclaimed A Message from the People Revisited\, a recreation of the legendary 1972 Ray Charles album\, A Message from the People. \nListen and watch Band Of Heathens below link:
URL:https://bayouvermiliondistrict.org/event/frank-and-tony-productions-present-band-of-heathens-in-concert/
LOCATION:Bayou Vermilion\, 300 Fisher Road\, Lafayette\, 70506\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music,Special Event
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SUMMARY:Frank and Tony Productions Present Rod Gator in Concert
DESCRIPTION:THURSDAY\, SEPTEMBER 16\, 2021 at Vermilionville Performance Center \n\n\n\n\n\nFRANK AND TONY PRODUCTIONS PRESENT ROD GATOR IN CONCERT AT VERMILIONVILLE PERFORMANCE CENTER\, LAFAYETTE\, LA\, THURSDAY\, SEPTEMBER 16\, 2021. 7:30PM \n\n\nThis is a reserved seating event. You may select your seat option from the seating chart at time of purchase. There are only 10 rows in this very intimate venue.   Online ticket sales end 2 p.m. day of show. Remaining tickets will be available the evening of the show at the box office. No Refunds.  Doors Open   6:30 p.m.  Show Starts 7:30 Sharp \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nROD GATOR \nYou can take the Gator out of Louisiana\, but you can’t take Louisiana out of the Gator.  Years before launching his career as an internationally-celebrated southern songwriter\, Rod Gator grew up in the Louisiana backcountry\, making trips to his family’s crawfish pond while absorbing the sounds\, stories\, and swampy swagger of his surroundings.  “My dad is an old-school Cajun guy who wanted to name me ‘Gator\,'” he says. “He’s got a good sense of humor\, and I think he was also a big fan of Burt Reynolds’ Gator films\, which were a hit at the drive-ins in the ’70s.”  Gator’s mother didn’t approve of the suggestion\, and the boy was christened “Rod Melancon” instead. It was under that name that he first made his stand as a musician\, releasing four albums — including 2019’s critically-lauded Pinkville — that blended Louisiana soul with greasy country-rock\, Texas blues\, and electrified funk. Rod’s music didn’t just nod to the American South; it created its own sonic geography\, too\, channeling everything from the dark\, cinematic sweep of Los Angeles (where he moved as an 18 year old actor) to the amplified twang of Austin (his adopted hometown for nearly half a decade). With 2021’s For Louisiana\, he blends that diverse sound with sharply-written songs that take a hard look at his old stomping grounds. This isn’t just a love letter to Louisiana — it’s also an examination of the state’s hard-to-love struggles with social justice\, political reform\, and natural disasters. For a frontman who’s at the top of his game — writing every song\, leading a multi-cultural band of road warriors\, and whipping up his own musical gumbo — there’s never been a better time to level up while still embracing his roots. That’s why he’s adopting a new name. A name with humor\, heritage\, and a bit of a bite: Rod Gator.  “For Louisiana is a product of where I grew up and where I’ve been since I left town\,” Gator says\, speaking in the southern drawl he picked up during his childhood in Vermilion Parish. “It’s also a product of a group of players from different backgrounds\, coming together to create. Any time you have a unique group of musicians from all kinds of cultures\, the sound is going to be special. That’s emblematic of Louisiana\, too. It’s emblematic of the Cajun people.”  These are the strongest performances of his career\, laced with Muscle Shoals-worthy grooves\, overdriven amplifiers\, sharp storytelling\, and Gator’s unique blend of spokenword delivery and southern crooning. He doesn’t just sing; he rasps\, twangs\, talks\, and howls\, dipping into his background as an actor for a larger-than-life approach that’s every bit as evocative as the songs’ arrangements. There’s something equally cinematic about songs like the moody\, guitar-driven “Chickenhawk” (a war song delivered from a military man’s perspective)\, the funky “Mermentau Bridge” (a nostalgic look at the places we’re from\, and the vices that are slow to leave us)\, and the heartland-rock title track\, all of which were co-produced by longtime collaborator (and son of Emmy-winning composer Snuffy Walden) Will Walden along with GRAMMY®-nominated producer and Black Pumas leader\, Adrian Quesada. Meanwhile\, “August 29” is a talking-blues anthem punctuated by Staxsized organs and thick vocal harmonies — the sort of song that might have blasted from the AM radio dial of a muscle car as it pulled into the drive-in for a Gator showing — and “Out Here in Echo Park” is a slow-building\, piano-driven power ballad fit for slow dances and lighters hoisted into the air.  The first album to be tracked at Quesada’s new studio\, Electric Deluxe Recorders\, For Louisiana also features contributions from Melancon’s longtime drummer\, Adam Nurre\, and Black Pumas’ keyboardist\, JaRon Marshall. On an album that’s heavy with A-list collaborators\, though\, it’s Rod Gator who swims to the top. His source material may be heavy — with songs inspired by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina\, the murder of George Floyd\, and the long-simmering racial tensions that continue to plague Louisiana — but his writing is elevated\, full of the cadence\, characters\, and charisma of his home state. For Louisiana is equal parts love letter to the motherland and rallying cry for cultural progress\, delivered by a Bayou State export who’s still happy to let his freak flag fly.
URL:https://bayouvermiliondistrict.org/event/234030/
LOCATION:Bayou Vermilion\, 300 Fisher Road\, Lafayette\, 70506\, United States
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