Like many arts institutions in the era of Trump, Murfreesboro roots music radio station WMOT has suffered from budget cuts. Sunday at The Basement East, a group of great Nashville musicians will gather to help raise funds for WMOT. Hosted by roots rocker King Corduroy, the event will feature Music City luminaries like Elizabeth Cook, Maggie Rose, Guthrie Trapp and Webb Wilder.
They’ll be performing Joe Cocker’s 1970 live album Mad Dogs & Englishmen in its entirety, and it promises to be a lively look at what you might call a classic of Classic Rock. By 1970, rock ’n’ roll had shifted into a post-Beatles, post-soul era that combined blues and R&B with the emergent sounds of heavy rock. Cocker’s recasting of Wayne Carson’s song “The Letter” — first cut by the Box Tops in 1967 — was recorded for Mad Dogs during rehearsals for the live shows. The album also features Cocker and a band that included Leon Russell, guitarist Don Preston, bassist Carl Radle and drummer Jim Gordon. It’s a guided tour of rock in 1970 that includes the band’s takes on The Rolling Stones’ “Honky Tonk Women” and Russell’s “Delta Lady.” Also on hand will be Aaron Lee Tasjan, Tim Easton and Shannon McNally, among a slew of other Music City notables.
8 p.m. at The Basement East
917 Woodland St.
