Fat Possum Records, the uppity little label from Oxford, Miss., is home to some of the truest American music alive today: raw, reckless, ragged and right. On Sunday, June 21 (that’s right, Father’s Day), the Grey Eagle offers a phat dose of greasy roadkill, one of only two North Carolina stops for the Eye Scratchers and Ball Kickers tour. Four acts, $15, and a night of music you won’t soon forget:
• Hasil Adkins: (See accompanying story.)
• Robert Cage: A former mechanic from Woodville, Miss., with a stinging guitar and a voice like sandpaper candy, rough as it is sweet.
• T-Model Ford: With Spam, the drummer. (See accompanying story.)
• Elmo Williams & Hezekiah Early: Party blues from Natchez, Miss. Williams is a guitar-slinging belter, with a roadhouse voice that’ll rattle the Budweiser right out your hand. Early’s drumming is part martial, part tribal — but all get-off-your-ass thumping — while his harp blowing is train-a’-comin’ cool.
Show time is 9 p.m.
Before you comment
The comments section is here to provide a platform for civil dialogue on the issues we face together as a local community. Xpress is committed to offering this platform for all voices, but when the tone of the discussion gets nasty or strays off topic, we believe many people choose not to participate. Xpress editors are determined to moderate comments to ensure a constructive interchange is maintained. All comments judged not to be in keeping with the spirit of civil discourse will be removed and repeat violators will be banned. See here for our terms of service. Thank you for being part of this effort to promote respectful discussion.