Altamont Theatre announces final shows, will close on Dec. 14

From a press release:

Altamont Theatre announces final shows, will close on Dec. 14

We are sad to announce that The Altamont Theatre will be closing up shop for good on December 14th, 2014. Don’t miss out on these fantastic final shows we have lined up! Thank you so much for a great run!

• Walk of Shame Comedy Tour

Who: The Walk Of Shame Comedy Tour
Lisa Curry (MTV’s Guy Code/Girl Code Blog)
Dana Moon (Oxygen’s “Happy Hour”)
Becky Robinson (Oxygen’s “Happy Hour”)
Jessica Michelle Singleton (Montreux Comedy Festival)
When: Thursday, December 4th
8:00 p.m. (Doors open at 7:00)
Tickets: $10

The Walk of Shame Comedy Tour is a live standup comedy show featuring four hilarious women as a part of the television docu-series “Walk of Shame”. The docu-series follows the women driving from city to city, pulling pranks and performing live shows for people across America. Come out, have some laughs and be part of an epic, hilarious adventure!

• Deja Vu: A Tribute To Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young

Where: The Altamont Theatre
When: Friday December 6th, 2014
Doors: 7:00PM / Show: 8:00PM
What: CSNY Tribute Group, Featuring legendary Athens, GA record producer, John Keane.
Tickets: $20/ADV, $25/DOS

Deja Vu is a Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young tribute group formed by veteran record producer John Keane in the Spring of 2010. It is a supergroup of talented Athens musicians also including: Dodd Ferrelle, Rachel O’Neal, Tom Ryan, and Deane Quinter. Says Keane, “I was profoundly influenced by the music of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in my early teens, and always thought it would be a blast to put together a vocal group to pay tribute these songs. I hand picked some of the best local vocalists to form Deja Vu. Everyone is very into the music and we’ve worked our tails off to get the vocal arrangements right. The response from audiences has been incredible.” Dodd Ferrelle and Rachel Oneal are both singer-songwriters in their own right, and have solo albums produced by Keane, who is best known for his work with Widespread Panic, R.E.M, Indigo Girls, and the Cowboy Junkies.

• THE ALTAMONT’S LAST HURRAH!!! The Invisible III with Steelism with many featured guests!

When: Friday December 12th, 2014
What: Instrumental Fusion
Doors: 9PM / Show: 10PM
Tickets: $7/adv, $10/dos

Invisible III

Bio: The Invisible III is a power trio that defies traditional formula and instrumentation. The band is comprised of Jay Sanders on N/S Stick, Bass, and Guitar, Ryan Burns on organ, keyboards, and synthesizers, and Michael Rhodes on drums. One of Asheville’s best kept secrets, the trio has long been known as a superb rhythm section for some of Asheville’s best musicians. Their performances are marked by their original compositions and uniquely arranged covers by the likes of DJ Shadow, Bill Frisell, and The Black Keys. In the spirit of musical community, The Invisible III always feature some of Asheville’s most notable talents creating collaborations that are always exciting and full of surprises with sublime improvisations supported by deep pocket groove

Steelism

Bio: It’s a short drive from Nashville, TN, to Muscle Shoals, AL: 125 miles, or about two hours if your foot’s on the leaden side, and you’ve left one musical Mecca for another. Thanks to Nashville instrumental duo Steelism, though, that gap is bridged in the time it takes to listen to a track. Comprised of guitarist Jeremy Fetzer, pedal steel player Spencer Cullum and backed by some of Nashville’s finest young musicians, Steelism blends an eclectic array of vintage and modern influences to create instrumental music that truly sounds like nothing else.

Though Steelism is new to the music scene, Cullum and Fetzer are not, having backed artists like Wanda Jackson, Johnny Fritz, Rayland Baxter and Andrew Combs. The two met while touring the U.K. with Nashville songstress Caitlin Rose, quickly bonding over their shared love for classic movie soundtrack composers like Ennio Morricone and ‘60s instrumental acts like Booker T. and the M.G.s, The Ventures and Pete Drake. Writing together between sound checks, the duo realized it was time for the sidemen to become frontmen, and Steelism was born.

“Steelism allows us to musically explore in our writing and take performance chances we couldn’t get away with in any other project,” Fetzer says.

Though the two grew up on different continents (Cullum hails from Essex, England; Fetzer from Canton, OH), Cullum and Fetzer were cut from the same musical cloth, as becomes immediately evident whenever they take the stage. Their debut EP The Intoxicating Sounds of Pedal Steel and Guitar was met with critical acclaim, with American Songwriter’s Sean Maloney calling Steelism “instantly recognizable – surf, country, blues, all steeped in soul and heavy on the grooves – but astoundingly outside the contemporary vernacular.”

“We’ve always been into the idea of playing a strong melody—something you can hum—rather than soloing,” Cullum explains.

The duo’s full-length debut 615 to FAME releases via Single Lock Records (founded by Ben Tanner of the Alabama Shakes, John Paul White of The Civil Wars and Will Trapp), with marketing and distribution from Thirty Tigers, on September 16, 2014. Half recorded at Muscle Shoals’ historic FAME Studios, where Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding all tracked hits, 615 to FAME was produced by Fetzer and Cullum with co-production from Ben Tanner, and contributions from longtime Nashville-based collaborators Jon Radford (drums) and Michael Rinne (bass). Featuring 10 original instrumentals and one cover, 615 to FAME announces Steelism as one of Nashville’s most exciting new acts.

Steelism’s compositions don’t need lyrics to tell stories. “Marfa Lights” is a krautrock-inspired instrumental influenced by German bands like Neu! and Can, with its title taken from the paranormal lights of the Marfa, TX sky. “Cat’s Eye Ring” is fit for a Spaghetti Western, named for a ring belonging to a mother protecting her children during the Battle of the Alamo. The album’s only cover track is the swirling, psychedelic Pete Drake number “The Spook,” which showcases Cullum’s faithful but updated homage to the late Nashville pedal steel legend and Fetzer’s heavier take on the track’s opening refrain.

As Ben Tanner explains, “Great instrumental rock and roll, sadly, has become a lost art, but Steelism is resurrecting that tradition and adding new chapters of its own, and while they may not have a singer, they certainly have great things to say.”

615 to Fame is scheduled for release on September 16, 2014. For more information go to www.steelismmusic.com.