Club Mercy Presents: Poor Man’s Whiskey with Big Jugs

Start:: Sat January 21st, 9:00 PM
Cost:: $15
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Venue:: SOhO Restaurant and Music Club
Phone:: 805-962-7776
Address:: 1221 State St Ste 205, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, 93101
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21 and over
All tables reserved for dinner. Call (805) 962-7776 for reservations. Dinner reservations require a $15 per person food minimum.
Tickets at www.clubmercy.com

Poor Man’s Whiskey plays “High Octane Hootenanny” music… Dance, laugh, sing.

Visit Website: Poor Man’s Whiskey

Emerging from the San Francisco bay area music scene this quintet has developed a sound that is eclectic and engaging. PMW has been winning over national audiences with their upbeat performances, zany stage antics, and infectious songs. While seamlessly integrating acoustic and electric instruments the band weaves tales of everyday life, inviting the audience to become a part of each show.

PMW has released three studio albums, “Train to California” (2003), “Roadside Attraction”(2005), and in 2009: “Dark Side of the Moonshine” (a double disk set featuring original music as well as the bluegrass interpretation of the Pink Floyd classic album).

Notable festivals and shows: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, High Sierra Music Festival, Kate Wolf Music Festival, The Fillmore, SF; Harmony Festival; Strawberry Music Festival; The Great American Music Hall; The Summer Melt Down, Las Tortugas; finals of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival.

Goodbye California, their latest album, released this past may gets right to the heart of what they as a band. Featuring songs like Humboldt Hoedown, Ramblin’ and the title track Goodbye California, they have successfully reproduced the feel of their live show on CD. They were trying hard to give the listener a close representation of what it sounds like to be a part of the PMW experience that they have been sharing with all of you for the past 10 years. The album is amazing, and stays true to their roots.

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Listen on MySpace: Big Jugs
Big Jugs is your Grandpa’s favorite country band, but don’t expect to find the album anywhere around his house. He won’t bring it out at Thanksgiving while the family sits down at the bird. And no, you won’t find the record in the front room between his Merle and Willie vinyl. Grandma may not even know the album exists. You see, Grandpa hides it out in the barn next to his old ass kickin boots. It’s from a time when he used to spit tobacco in the face of danger, drink whiskey till sun was rising and knock the dickens out of any man who wore a sour grin. He even had his own robe down at the local bordello, where he seldom had to pay. And his favorite band was BIG JUGS.

Reviews:
“The sextet who make up the controversial, semi-offensive, but always humorous Santa Barbara band Big Jugs aren’t afraid to say it: They love big jugs. The boys of Big Jugs love a number of other things, too, but due to strict codes of ethics, those things can’t be listed here. Nevertheless, their special brand of knee-slappin’, rockabilly-meets-psychobilly is all in the business of novelty (think Larry the Cable Guy’s famous catchphrase “Git r done”). And it seems their shtick has caught on, as Big Jugs can be caught performing somewhere in the tri-county area almost every weekend between now and late October. In past months they did just as well, opening for The Devil Makes Three when they played Stateside earlier this year.

But was stardom the band’s original goal? “Well, we wanted to play music that wouldn’t be too hard to play if we were really drunk,” banjo player Vegas Washington recalled. “Too many people take music?—?especially their music?—?way too seriously. We wanted to play really fun stuff that gave everyone listening a good time. We didn’t know if everyone would get it, but it seems to be working.”
So what should a casual fan expect when Big Jugs play live? Pretty much anything. Musically speaking, the sixpiece creates quite the scene, employing a mandolin, guitars, snare drums, saws, washboards, an upright bass, and, of course, a heavy helping of swear words. But it’s all in good fun, the band promises. And fun they have?—?lots of it. — Lisa Engelbrektson -Santa Barbara News Press 08/10/2009

21 and over All tables reserved for dinner. Call (805) 962-7776 for reservations. Dinner reservations require a $15 per person food minimum. Tickets at www.clubmercy.com Poor Man’s Whiskey plays “High Octane Hootenanny” music… Dance, laugh, sing. Visit Website: Poor Man’s …