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Asheville, N.C. DreamRock/Americana band Alex Krug Combo will christen the stage of Copper Crown on the evening of July 16. Guests will be treated to two free sets by the full six piece band as they enjoy cocktails and food in East Asheville’s favorite gathering spot.
“We’re playing at our favorite place to hang out on the Eastside, a place that
has brought the community together with their affordable delicious food and crazy skilled drinks that is walkable for us. Take the chef of a fancy downtown restaurant that I can never afford to go to and have him and his talented partner build a bistro and bar in their own neighborhood where they want everyone to be able to come to and you get the Copper Crown,” says Krug.
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“Copper Crown is super excited to welcome the Alex Krug combo for our first ever live music event. Join us for craft cocktails, local draft beer and tasty bites while enjoying free, local live music. We hope to see you there!”
ABOUT ALEX KRUG: The Alex Krug Combo is a dreamrock/americana band rolling out of Asheville, NC. The six piece combo is engrossed in landscape, atmosphere and melodic ecstasy. Alex’s strange and wonderful voice at times fastens so closely to Gramig’s harmony, while the otherworldly lap steel or violin, gritty watery electric guitar, and upright bass are all held together by Bill Berg’s expansive groove. This band will not exit a stage without leaving the audience in some sort of terribly wonderful stupor.
Recently the band has played at LEAF festival, the Orange Peel and Grey Eagle as well as offered support for such acts as The Hip Abduction, Horse Feathers, Donna the Buffalo and Erin McKeown. The new, fourtrack EP called Gentle Spotted Giants is Alex Krug’s second album and the band’s first studio EP as a Combo, recorded at Echo Mountain Recording Studios in downtown Asheville, NC The EP contains an extended cut of “Whale Shark” and is produced by Michael Selverne and Welcome to Mars. Album guests include drummer Bill Berg (Bob Dylan’s “Blood on the Tracks”) and violinist Lyndsay Pruett (Jon Stickley etc).
This talented band opens up the ceiling of instrumentation, rhythm, vocal ecstasy and lyricism in a way that elevates the listener.
Band Breakdown:
Alex Krug: Vocals & Guitar
Kevin Lampson: Upright Bass
Kyle Samples: Electric Guitar
Rachel Gramig (aka – RayRay): Accompanying Vocals
Jackson Dulaney: Lap Steel
Bill Berg: Drums
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ABOUT COPPER CROWN: Copper Crown is the result of a dream 11 years in the making. Our mission is to provide a neighborhood gathering place in our community of East Asheville where delicious food and drinks may be enjoyed by all. We are nestled between many neighborhoods, including Beverly
Hills, Haw Creek, Oteen and others. We are conveniently located en route to the Blue Ridge Parkway, around the corner from the John B. Lewis soccer fields, and a few minutes drive away from downtown.
We aim to provide a little something for everyone, and offer lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch with menus focused on value as well as quality. All of our menus reflect both the diversity of our influences (American South, Italy, & New Orleans to name a few) as well as our support of many local farms.
Our bar program features signature cocktails, 8 draft beers, many more bottled beer selections, and full wine list. We have a fun list of spirited beverages for lunch & brunch as well. Stop by after work for a drink on our patio or join us for drinks late into the night on the weekends. coppercrownavl.com
WHO: Alex Krug Combo and Copper Crown.
WHAT: Two free live sets of Krug’s heartdriven americana, Copper Crown’s first live music
WHERE: Copper Crown 1011 Tunnel Road Asheville, NC 28805
WHEN: Saturday, July 16, 2016 from 9-11pm
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