Wednesday 10.01.08: SPINDRIFT / CANDY APPLE / ROCKING HORSE PEOPLE @ echo

Spindrift || Listen || Watch

Truly out-of-sight, the seven-piece band celebrates the outlaw spirit with spooky, tripped-out variations on Ennio Morricone’s spaghetti Western tradition. Live, they swirl and tremble like a lucid dream, banging a gong and shaking their tambourines for rattlesnake effect, jamming until the audience feels engulfed by a sandstorm (of course, it helps if it’s an outdoor concert and the wind is already fierce). Spindrift founder Kirpatrick Thomas (who holds together portions of the band’s East and West Coast factions) recently recorded a soundtrack to Mike Bruce’s bizarre concept film Legend of God’s Gun, which is like the original Ocean’s 11 with psychedelic rockers replacing tony rat packers. Visually schizophrenic, Gun follows a preacher turned gunslinger who travels to Playa Diablo to avenge his true love’s death. Trippy shoot-’em-ups ensue. Go west! – Salt Lake City Weekly

with:
Rocking Horse People
Candy Apple

8:30pm / $10 / 18+

Wednesday 10.01.08: DUB CLUB @ echoplex

with Resident DJs:
Tom Chasteen
Roy Corderoy
The Dungeonmaster
Boss Harmony

Spinning the best in classic reggae, dub and dancehall

@ Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
(Main Entrance is through Alley)
Los Angeles, CA 90026

9pm / $5 / 21+

Thursday 10.02.08: KURT WAGNER (Lambchop) / THE CHAPIN SISTERS @ echoplex

Kurt Wagner || Listen || Watch

Kurt Wagner is currently basking in more acclaim than he can shake a shitty stick at. The success of his band (and it is his band) Lambchop’s ‘Nixon’ album has placed him in his rightful position as one of alt-country’s leading lights – most of tonight’s crowd would quite happily slap the label ‘legend’ onto his baseball cap. You only have to hear how darn quiet it is in here, a hushed reverence is awarded only to those who have earned it in cynical old London town. Oh, and they laugh at all his jokes.

But has Wagner earned his kudos? Well, you only have to hear ‘Nixon”s opener, the fragile ‘The Old Gold Shoe’, stripped of it’s 14-strong band, to realise that these songs sound as towering even with just an acoustic guitar and some weird, taped sound effects. So far, so good. When he breaks into his Curtis Mayfield falsetto on ‘You Masculine You’ he is so astonished at the awed reaction that he can’t help but chuckle at himself self-consciously. And, of course, we chuckle along. – NME

with:
The Chapin Sisters || Listen

@ Echoplex
enter at
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

7 pm / $14 advance; $16 day of show / all ages

Thursday 10.02.08: Echo & Grand Ol Echo present – JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE / SARAH GAYLE MEECH / WHISPERING PINES @ echo

Justin Townes Earle

Justin Townes Earle has some pretty big shoes to fill, considering that he shares his name with two of American music’s best songwriters: Townes Van Zandt, and his father, Steve Earle. However, the younger Earle shies away from the musical styles of these two men, creating his own sound that is an amalgam of Depression-Era folk, classic country, pre-War blues, and early rock ‘n’ roll. On his first full length record, The Good Life, Justin Townes Earle delivers the best debut roots music has seen since Old Crow Medicine Show hit the big time with OCMS in 2004. The album somehow manages to sound like Earle looks on the cover: street urchin skinny and rocker tattooed, fixing you with both an all-knowing stare and smartass smirk.

The album opens with “Hard Livin’”, an uptempo, Paul Burch meets Langhorne Slim number that features the old standby of country music: pain in the ass womenfolk. Catchy, clever, and highly danceable for those who do that sort of thing, it sets the stage for the rest of the record, an amazing collection of songs that flow from one to the other, something that is sadly lacking in many of the albums released in the age of iPod shuffling. – Popmatters

with:
Sarah Gayle Meech
Whispering Pines

8:30pm / $8adv, $10dos / 18+

Thursday 10.02.08: RESPECT @ echoplex

@ Echoplex
Enter at
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

FMI: Respect on Myspace

10pm / $10 / 18+

Friday 10.03.08: IRREGULAR WINE TASTING: Six Aspects of Less Than Zero (1987) & Six Wines from Astica Winery of Argentina (2007) @ echoplex

Featuring:

Six wines from Astica Winery of Argentina: Torrontes, Sauvignon white, Chardonnay, Malbec, Syrah & Sauvignon red

Six aspects of Less Than Zero (1987)

and much more

Hosted by:
Julian Davies (The Cheese Store)
DJ Cuz’n Roy

RSVP at:
irregularwinetasting@yahoo.com
Irregular Wine Tasting on Myspace

8pm / $20 / 21+

Friday 10.03.08: Indie 103.1 presents CLUB UNDERGROUND with LOVE GRENADES / PEACHFUZZ @ echo

with:
Love Grenades
Peachfuzz

Plus resident DJs spinning the best in Brit / Indie / Soul / Twee / Madchester / Punk / Glam

FMI: ClubUnderground.net

9pm / $5 if 21+, $7 under 21 / 18+

Saturday 10.04.08: BOOTIE LA @ echoplex

BOOTIE LA
LA’s monthly mashup bootleg party

Special midnight mashup show starring:
THE LADY TIGRA
Rapping LIVE to “Phantom On The Bottom,” DJ PAUL V.’s mashup of her vs. Justice!
This will be the first time an artist has ever performed their own bootleg mashup at Bootie!

Resident Bootie mashup DJs:
DJ PAUL V.
ADRIAN & the MYSTERIOUS D

Making his Bootie debut, special guest:
DJ SHYBOY

Tonight, Bootie is proud to present a very special midnight mashup show. The Lady Tigra — of “Cars That Go Boom” fame — will be performing LIVE to her own bootleg mashup with Justice, “Phantom On The Bottom,” produced by DJ Paul V. This will be the first time in Bootie’s history that an artist has performed their own mashup on stage.

Launched in 2003, Bootie was the first club night in the United States dedicated solely to the burgeoning artform of the bootleg mashup — and is now the biggest mashup event in the world, with monthly parties in seven cities on two continents. Mixing and matching every conceivable musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party where everyone feels welcome, Bootie provides the soundtrack for the A.D.D. generation.

Resident DJs Adrian, the Mysterious D, and Paul V. — along with special guest DJ Shyboy — keep your brain guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, celebrating — and satirizing — the many different forms of music. And free mashup CDs will be given away like candy!

FREE Bootie CDs to the first 100 people through the door!

FMI: http://www.BootieLA.com

9pm / $5 before 10 pm, $10 after / 21+

Sunday 10.05.08: GRAND OLE ECHO with MIKE STINSON / DIME BOX BAND / CHRIS LATERZO & BUFFALO ROBE / BANJO FRED STAMER @ echo

with:
Mike Stinson || Listen
Dime Box Band || Listen
Chris Laterzo & Buffalo Robe || Listen
Banjo Fred Stamer

hosted by Chris Morris and DJ Cuz’n Roy

5pm / FREE / all ages

Sunday 10.05.08: PART TIME PUNKS with TWIN CRYSTALS / GUN OUTFIT / NODZZZ @ echo

With:
Twin Crystals
Gun Outfit
Nodzz || Listen

with resident djs Michael Stock and Benny Shambles spinning mutant disco * Postpunk * indiepop

FMI:
Part Time Punks on Myspace

10pm / $5 / 18+

Monday 10.06.08: Monday Night Residency – RADEMACHER / RADARS TO THE SKY / LIGHT FM / THE BROKEN REMOTES @ echo

Rademacher || Watch

Exhibit A is a non-album demo exclusive, “What Happened to Yr Friends,” that displays Rademacher’s breadth as they craft a truly earnest and epic track. Meanwhile, Stunts sample “If U Got Some Magic” displays an astute wit when asking, “If you know the city, then why can’t you find a place to get your hair cut?” Notice the growth without surrender. In both tracks, what’s clear is the consistency with which the expertly slack songs stay gritty without sacrificing tune or tightness. Poppy without being overly perky, these Cali boys aren’t all sunshine — check the almost-Arcade Fire apocalyptic piano slams on “Magic” or the echo and feedback haunting “Friends.” Still, the hooks and melodies catch unexpectedly, like walking into that near-invisible spider web, as frontman Malcolm Sosa’s tender falsetto harmonies creep up from behind during the frailest moments of “Friends.” – Spin.com

with:
Radars To The Sky
Light FM
The Broken Remotes || Listen

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Tuesday 10.07.08: HEAVY TRASH (Featuring Jon Spencer & Matt Verta-Ray) / POWERSOLO / CHAMPAGNE VELVET @ echo

Heavy Trash || Listen || Watch

Jon Spencer is among the best rock showmen of the last two decades. That’s evident on Going Way Out with Heavy Trash, his second collaboration with guitarist Matt Verta-Ray as rockabilly/roots-rock act Heavy Trash.

The duo’s sophomore album, with a pulsing, twangy backdrop, cranks its reverberation, solos, and salaciousness well beyond its self-titled predecessor. “That Ain’t Right” stands out as an especially cruel declaration in a sea of bad intentions, which isn’t easy given that Spencer demands asphyxiation in the bawdy title track. The raunchiness isn’t always blatant, but the songs are always steeped in ‘50s revivalism. – Alarm Press

with:
Powersolo || Listen
Champagne Velvet || Listen

8:30pm / $12 advance, $14 day of show / 18+

Wednesday 10.08.08: GIANT SAND / ROBERT FRANCIS / BUCKSWORTH @ echo

Giant Sand || Listen || Watch || Download

Giant Sand mastermind Howe Gelb is equal parts Jack Kerouac, Willie Nelson, and Raymond Chandler on his collective’s latest album. The Tucson, Arizona-based rocker once again proves to be the quintessential hardscrabble outlaw-poet. Here he gives listeners a sense of riding shotgun as he tours the Southwest’s dark and lonely pathways with eyes trained on the road and a solitary headlight illuminating the way. The 13 tracks which make up the album establish a fresh and rewarding style that might best be described as cowboy noir.

These are weird, wonderful tunes of hard luck, romantic exchanges and many, many miles set against musical backdrops marked by expressive guitars and piano, steadying rhythms and beautiful vocal textures. Gelb’s assertion that “Out here you feel every mile and you feel every yard / Leaving love alone, I’ve been kicking myself…” from “Can Do” could serve as the album’s thesis statement. – Popmatters

with:
Robert Francis
Bucksworth

8:30pm / $12 / 18+

Wednesday 10.08.08: DUB CLUB @ echoplex

with Resident DJs:
Tom Chasteen
Roy Corderoy
The Dungeonmaster
Boss Harmony

Spinning the best in classic reggae, dub and dancehall

@ Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
(Main Entrance is through Alley)
Los Angeles, CA 90026

9pm / $5 / 21+

Thursday 10.09.08: RIVAL SCHOOLS / INNAWAY / SATELITE CRUSH @ echo

Rival Schools || Watch

For those of you woefully unaware of Rival Schools, they were a post-hardcore band from the early 2000′s that released only one album, United By Fate, which was pure post-hardcore and alt-rock goodness. Not surprising, considering that its members were spread across the hardcore and post-hardcore worlds, having previously been in Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand, Glassjaw, Youth of Today and other influential bands. The boys will be playing some shows in the US soon after their European tour in June, and then they will be releasing a new album sometime in the first half of next year (most likely). (Thanks to BrooklynVegan for the tip)

You know you’re excited. Don’t deny your musical past. – Hate Something Beautiful

with:
Innaway || Listen
Satelite Crush

8:30pm / $12 adv, $15 dos / 18+

Thursday 10.09.08: RESPECT @ echoplex

@ Echoplex
Enter at
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

FMI: Respect on Myspace

10pm / $10 / 18+

Friday 10.10.08: RESTIFORM BODIES / WE ARE THE WORLD / DISRUPTION @ echo

Restiform Bodies || Watch

Seven years (yup, it’s really been that long) since first coming to sub-culture prominence for their prodigious, homemade hip-hop delusions, San Francisco’s Restiform Bodies are finally reuniting and releasing their Anticon debut. And, yeah, I’m sure they had their reasons for taking their sweet fucking time, but c’mon: what a huge tease for fans of the Bodies and their rich psychedelic oeuvre. However sonically delinquent and unapologetically lo-fi they might have seemed, they were so widely loved because they actually were really good. Ahead of their time, even. Passage’s lyrics were confessional abstractions uttered with the innocence of a child; Bomarr’s beats were upbeat and sometimes discothèque; and Telephone Jim Jesus introduced absurdist samples and sound elements that were the antithesis of hype. Spun together, it was an anarchist’s carnival of musical disregard, the proverbial thumbing of the nose to big time America.

“Bobby Trendy Addendum” is the blazing, synth-heavy first single from that long-awaited LP, TV Loves You Back. Unlike their earlier material, this is a hi-fi affair that forefronts their signature layers of lazer-warped, bass-heavy synths; tinny drums and bass loops are left in the background as rhythmic supports instead of carrying the entire track through to some illogical conclusion. Yet, despite the formalist influences of each member’s solo work, this is generally still the same party that we left a while back. – CokeMachineGlow

with:
We Are The World
Disruption

7pm / $10 / all ages

Friday 10.10.08: QUINTRON & MISS PUSSYCAT / GOLDEN TRIANGLE / STATIC STATIC @ echoplex

Quintron & Miss Pussycat || Listen

Quintron and Miss Pussycat exemplify the idea that a self-made world is the only place to live: He’s the Mad Max of one-man bands, usually dressed in a thin sharkskin suit with an organ that’s outfitted with a muscle car grill, colored lights pulsing like fireworks around him. He occasionally turns to his homemade secret weapon, the Drum Buddy, a wood-encased oscillating drum machine based on the principles of a Theremin. Laurie Anderson and Nels Cline have purchased updated copies of the instrument. The bright-eyed Miss Pussycat dresses in hand-stitched outfits that are part Kitty Wells, part pop art. She reigns over a puppet kingdom that rivals Sid and Marty Krofft’s rainbow imaginations.

The pair’s unflagging spirit wants to have fun, to party, to do what they do best in New Orleans, especially at funerals: to celebrate. For Quintron, that means dirty, bump ‘n’ grinders like “Swamp Buggy Badass” or the funky, somewhat foretelling song he wrote before Katrina, “Ninth Ward Breakdown.” It’s what makes Mardi Gras more than some rich people tossing junk into crowds, and what makes New Orleans just as weird and wonderful as ever before, tragedy or no. – Indyweek.com

with:
Golden Triangle
Static Static

@ Echoplex
enter at
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

Save Money when you order tickets by mobile phone
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8:30pm / $12adv, $14dos / 18+

Friday 10.10.08: Indie 103.1 presents CLUB UNDERGROUND with LOVE GRENADES / POP NOIR @ echo

with:
Love Grenades
Pop Noir

Plus resident DJs spinning the best in Brit / Indie / Soul / Twee / Madchester / Punk / Glam

FMI: ClubUnderground.net

9pm / $5 if 21+, $7 under 21 / 18+

Saturday 10.11.08: Echo & F Yeah present DENALI / HOLLOYS / THE VALLEY ARENA @ echoplex

Denali

Denali formed in April of 2000 in capitol city of Richmond, VA when Maura Davis approached her older brother Keeley about helping her with some songs she’d been working on. These four-track recordings became the seeds from which the two of them would cultivate the band’s first songs. After enlisting the help of fellow Richmond vets Jonathan Fuller and Cam DiNunzio, the original line-up was complete.

Rehearsals in Jonathan’s living room gave way to a practice space in a cousin’s garage, some sheet rock, a PA system, etc, etc. After recording their first couple demos that year, the band went on to sign to the Jade Tree label in 2001. Their self-titled debut came out in April of 2002, followed by The Instinct in October of 2003. Touring commenced, van was purchased, t-shirts were made, and the band set out to make some fans. Both records were licensed by French label Vicious Circle in early 2004 and Japanese label Big Records around the same time. The band toured the U.S. numerous times before disbanding in Spring 2004 for the usual reasons. A posthumous DVD of live performances and home movies was released by Lovitt Records in 2006.

For the past few years, the Denali four have been scattered across the country in different cities, playing with various bands, working this job and that, but at the beginning of 2008 they all found themselves back in Richmond by coincidence. Getting together to play again seemed the natural thing to do, and after a spate of rehearsals, they decided on the next logical step: reunion shows!

Long live Denali!

with:
Holloys
The Valley Area || Listen

@ Echoplex
enter at
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

8pm / $15 adv, $17 dos / All Ages

Saturday 10.11.08: DESCARGA with MONARETA @ echo

with:
Monareta || Watch

Colombian electronic duo Monareta sees their new album Picotero issued by alternative Latin music specialists Nacioinal on October 7th. The group has previously released two digital albums, ‘La Bonanza’ and a self-titled release, via Nacional’s digital label but this one will get the full physical and digital rollout. Fusing traditional cumbia and champeta (the Afro-Colombian genre native to the streets of the country’s Caribbean coast) with contemporary reggae, dub, calypso and even breakbeat stylings, Monareta’s been steadily rising in public stature via its work in the soundtrack field (movies include “La Mujer de Mi Hermano” and TV shows like mun2′s “Chicas Project”), and it also has a new song on the soundtrack for the upcoming Warner Pictures film “Pride & Glory”. – Blurt magazine

¡Descarga! is a monthly Afro-Latin music gathering for the people. This event is an alternative to the commercial salsa nights that have dominated the LA scene for years. Resident DJs Sloe Poke, Mando, Bobby Soul, Loslito, and Mexican Dubwiser spin classic salsa and cumbia; plus merengue, punta and reggaeton. With live bands gracing the stage at midnight at nearly every show, it has become the taste-making New York to L.A. soiree, running over 5 years strong.

FMI:
www.descargaclub.com
Descarga on Myspace

9pm / $10 / 21+

Sunday 10.12.08: KIDROCKERS present THE DEADLY SYNDROME / AFTERNOONS / PATTON OSWALT / SETH HERZOG @ echo

The Deadly Syndrome || Listen

THE DEADLY SYNDROME have been playing all over California on all star bills with bands lik Klaxons, Hot Hot Heat, Cold War Kids, The Faint, Oh No! Oh My!, Justice and Mason Jennings. “Their unbridled live shows garnered immediate attention, as did their music…. Their debut album, The Ortolan, should now transform them from West Coast heroes into American darlings…a stunning debut, leaving one to wonder where the band can possibly go from here. 4.5 / 5 stars” All Music Guide (AMG). “….the Deadly Syndrome’s deliriously chaotic live show, make the quartet an irresistible remedy for isolation.” – The Los Angeles Times

with:
Afternoons

Hosted by:
Patton Oswalt and Seth Herzog

KiDROCKERS is a concert series that began in January 2007 to bring some of the most engaging and vital artists in indie music and comedy to perform for kids and their parents. These All Ages shows are designed to bring families together to enjoy new music. Artists perform original (not specifically made for children) songs in a manner that is both authentic and kid-friendly. Past artists include Tad Kubler (and members of the Hold Steady, Ra Ra Riot, Langhorne Slim, Harlem Shakes, Rogue Wave, The Subjects, Looker, Bishop Allen, The Spinto Band, Locksley, Phonograph, Palomar, Pela, Los Campesinos!, Reggie Watts, Chris Baron and LEVY.

Buy Tickets Here

1pm / $9 advance, $12 day of show / all ages (3-13 recommended)
Adults must be accompanied by a kid and vice versa

Sunday 10.12.08: The Bigler Benefit Show with NO AGE / DAVID SCOTT STONE / THE MOVIES / MODERN MEMORY / THE TYDE / DUBLAB DJ’S ALE AND JIMMY @ echoplex

with:
No Age
David Scott Stone
The Movies
Modern Memory || Listen
The Tyde || Listen
Dublab DJ’s Ale & Jimmy

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@ Echoplex
enter at
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

4pm / $12 (includes raffle ticket) / all ages

Sunday 10.12.08: GRAND OLE ECHO with DEAD ROCK WEST / CHRIS SHIFLETT / RICH MCCULLEY @ echo

with:
Dead Rock West || Listen
Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters)
Rich McCulley || Listen

MC Chris Morris

hosted by Chris Morris and
DJ Cuz’n Roy

5pm / FREE / all ages

Sunday 10.12.08: PART TIME PUNKS with KILLDOZER / SABROSA PURR @ echo

Killdozer

This is the low growl that started grunge and it is called: KILLDOZER. Formed in 1983, amidst the bourgeoning, bludgeoning Chicago scene defined by Touch & Go Records, the band has killed many. Slaughtered more. Perhaps only just less than label-mates BIG BLACK, BUTTHOLE SURFERS, SCRATCH ACID & JESUS LIZARD. Buy some fucking life insurance, a plaid flannel shirt, get off yer asses and come bathe in the blood of Butch Vig with us this Sunday.

with:
Sabrosa Purr || Listen

plus resident djs Michael Stock and Benny Shambles spinning mutant disco * Postpunk * indiepop

FMI:
Part Time Punks on Myspace

10pm / $10 / 18+

Monday 10.13.08: Monday Night Residency – RADEMACHER / EAGLE AND TALON / THE TRANSMISSIONS / WRONG WAY DRIVER @ echo

Rademacher || Watch

Exhibit A is a non-album demo exclusive, “What Happened to Yr Friends,” that displays Rademacher’s breadth as they craft a truly earnest and epic track. Meanwhile, Stunts sample “If U Got Some Magic” displays an astute wit when asking, “If you know the city, then why can’t you find a place to get your hair cut?” Notice the growth without surrender. In both tracks, what’s clear is the consistency with which the expertly slack songs stay gritty without sacrificing tune or tightness. Poppy without being overly perky, these Cali boys aren’t all sunshine — check the almost-Arcade Fire apocalyptic piano slams on “Magic” or the echo and feedback haunting “Friends.” Still, the hooks and melodies catch unexpectedly, like walking into that near-invisible spider web, as frontman Malcolm Sosa’s tender falsetto harmonies creep up from behind during the frailest moments of “Friends.” – Spin.com

with:
Eagle & Talon || Listen
Transmissions || Listen
Wrong Way Driver

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Tuesday 10.14.08: Aquarium Drunkard presents WIRE / THE MUSLIMS @ echoplex

Wire || Listen || Watch

Usually, when a band has been around for 30 years and is most famous for the material produced in its first five years, the praise for new albums tends to reward the band for music made decades in the past. There may be no band that fights against this phenomenon more than Wire. This is a band that trumped all the first-wave punk bands with its watershed debut, 1977′s Pink Flag, and then immediately wiped the slate clean with the post-punk classic Chairs Missing the following year. The band’s legacy rests on the notion that its members would rather be caught dead then rest on their laurels.

Object 47, its name deriving from its number in the Wire catalog (similar to their third album, 154, the number of shows they’d performed to that point), is a new direction for a band that have made a career of taking new directions. While Send and the Read and Burn EPs revised the blueprint of the band’s classic material, Object 47 is by far the most trip-hop-influenced material Wire has ever produced, with additional elements of classic Madchester and acid house. – Prefix Mag

with:
The Muslims

@ Echoplex
enter at
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

Save Money when you order tickets by mobile phone
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8pm / $20 adv, $22 dos / 18+

Wednesday 10.15.08: ARMY NAVY / THE HENRY CLAY PEOPLE @ echo

Army Navy

Blending British pop melodicism with the grit of the Pacific Northwest, Army Navy recalls the sound of great acts like The Posies and Teenage Fanclub crossed with emotional touches of the The Smiths. Former Pinwheel co-frontman Justin Kennedy has moved on from sharing vocal duties with Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie, Postal Service) to showcase his own pop sensibilities. With its lush harmonies and blankets of guitar fuzz, Army Navy has created something truly unique: a delicate balance between melancholy and joyful resignation. Known for an explosive live show, Army Navy performs regularly with artists as varied as Teenage Fanclub, Wolfmother, Spinto Band, The Like, and Arctic Monkeys. – NME

with:
The Henry Clay People