21 March 14 - 20, 2024 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears 7 P.M. FRIDAY, MARCH 15, THE KESSLER, 1230 W. DAVIS ST. $24 AT PREKINDLE.COM Blues, funk and soul band Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears first gained national atten- tion in 2009 when Esquire magazine named it one of “10 Bands Set to Break Out at 2009’s SXSW Festival” (Janelle Monáe was also one of those 10). Back then, Esquire noted the band’s heartfelt grit in composing throwbacks that could stand up to anyone from Muddy Waters to the MC5. Though Lewis and his Honeybears did not share the same trajectory as Monáe after the 2009 SXSW appearance, the band has slowly built a solid fanbase in the blues world. Their 2017 release Backlash earned them a No. 3 debut spot on Billboard’s blues chart. When COVID-19 canceled Lewis’ tour schedule, the artist did what any true bluesman would and went back to work laying concrete. Lewis and company will play after sets from Angelo Moore & the Brand New Step and Shane Guerrette. DAVID FLETCHER Billy Prine 8 P.M. FRIDAY, MARCH 15, TANNAHILL’S TAVERN AND MUSIC HALL, 122 E. EXCHANGE AVE. STE. 200. $27.50 AT TICKETMASTER.COM In January, North Texas heard from the late John Prine’s son Tommy when he came through Fort Worth. This weekend, John Prine’s brother Billy makes his way through Fort Worth on his Billy Prine Presents: Songs & Stories of John Prine tour. Like his brother, Billy Prine is a natural-born songwriter and storyteller. He has arranged the concerts on this tour to be a celebration of his brother’s life in song, telling stories about or sur- rounding some of late singer’s most popular songs before leading his band through his ver- sion of them. For example, Prine has said that fans will get to hear the about the first time his brother played the song “Paradise” for their fa- ther and the rest of the family as they sat around the kitchen table. This is sure to be a fun, funny and emotional night for anyone who has ever been inspired by the songs of John Prine. DF Toadies 8 P.M. FRIDAY, MARCH 15, LAVA CANTINA, 5805 GRANDSCAPE BLVD. $30+ AT EVENTBRITE.COM Returning from a long stretch of touring in cele- bration of the 25th anniversary of its iconic al- bum Rubberneck at the end of 2022, Fort Worth alternative band Toadies kept things quiet in 2023. As promised, the band did release the new EP Damn You All to Hell before heading out on that tour. Last April, in addition to releasing a new line of edibles, Toadies confirmed they would be recording new material with producer Steve Albini — the producer behind Nirvana and Pixies — with hopes of releasing an album in 2024. The band confirmed in January that The Charmer will be released some time later this year. As we await the new sounds Toadies have laid down, we can now look forward to a pre- view of the some of the new material live this week when the band takes the stage in The Col- ony after an opening set from Dallas indie-rock band FIT. DF Old Crow Medicine Show 6:30 P.M. SATURDAY, MARCH 16, LONGHORN BALLROOM, 216 CORINTH ST. $32+ AT PREKINDLE.COM Everybody knows Darius Rucker’s hit song “Wagon Wheel,” but what you might not know about Rucker’s diamond-selling song is that it was first performed by Tennessee’s Old Crow Medicine Show. What you also might not real- ize is that the chorus of that song was written by Bob Dylan during the Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid sessions in February 1973. After hearing the stand-alone chorus melody on a bootleg recording, Old Crow Medicine Show vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Ketch Secor decided to add verses to it. The result was one of the most compelling songs ever written about hitchhiking one’s way home, and as smooth as Rucker’s version is, it will never capture the loneliness and longing quite the same way Old Crow Medicine Show did. The band will play with Fort Worth country music singer Vincent Neil Emerson this Saturday at the Longhorn Ballroom. DF Devendra Banhart 7 P.M. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, DEEP ELLUM ART CO., 3200 COMMERCE ST. $30 AT SEETICKETS.US American-Venezuelan singer-songwriter and vi- sual artist Devendra Banhart was born in Hous- ton and raised between Venezuela and California. As a student at the San Francisco Art Institute, Banhart busked on the street for a cou- ple of years before dropping out of college to pursue music full-time. Banhart’s music is, well, strange, to say the least. He plays his own ver- sion of psychedelic folk, and Banhart’s music has been associated with the Freak Folk and New Weird America musical styles, both of which draw from the American folk movement of the ’60s and ’70s and add in electronic ele- ments and other strange sounds. Last year, Ban- hart worked with Welsh musician and producer Cate Le Bon to create his 11th album, Flying Wig, which is more somber than his previous work but every bit as engaging. Virginia singer-song- writer Kate Bollinger opens. DF | LET’S DO THIS | t Music Mike Brooks Toadies give us our first taste of The Charmer this Friday in The Colony. Hottest Latin aduLt CLub in daLLas! Free Menudo all day sunday Happy Hour everyday 11aM-7PM open 11am-2pm everyday 11044 Harry Hines boulevard // (214) 206-3820 scan for more info
