CHUCK RAGAN W/TIM BARRY & BEN NICHOLS
by Chris Parker
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Punk rockers never die. They merely turn into folk singers. So consider this an investment in their future. Ex-Hot Water Music singer Chuck Ragan’s already made the transition, grabbing the harmonica harness and acoustic six-string on a pair of albums that veer from empahtic, fist-in-the-air anthems to dusty bluegrass amble, on his latest, Bristle Ridge. Avail singer Tim Barry betrays his hardcore roots on gruff, straightforward confessionals gritty as the New Jersey shoreway he calls home. Songs like "Avoiding Catatonic Surrender" are so brash and intimate you smell the coffee on his breath. Lucero’s Ben Nichols’ solo debut is still forthcoming, but of the three, his band’s closest to the parched country ache of his solo performance. His whiskey and cigarette vocals sound threadbare like balding sidewalls amplifying its hunger. Along with their solo sets, they’ve learned several of each other’s songs, ending the evening with a hootenanny. 9:30 at Mercy Lounge
Fri., Oct. 3, 9:30 p.m., 2008
Fri., Oct. 3, 9:30 p.m., 2008
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