A hard-working super group
Call it an alt-country, bluesy Southern folk-rock super group. While the Hard Working Americans has a tour bus full of big names – singer/songwriter Todd Snider, bassist Dave Schools of Widespread Panic, Neal Casal of Chris Robinson Brotherhood, keyboardist Chad Staehly of Great American Taxi, guitarist Jesse Aycock and drummer Duane Trucks – the music packs even more weight with its gritty, working-class consciousness and bold, muscled grooves.
The band comes to Community Concert Hall for a 7 p.m. show Sunday.
In a 2013 Rolling Stone article, Snider quoted Woodie Guthrie, who said, “Music should comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.”
It is the ethos of HWA, which formed in 2013 and has been described as much a mission as it is a band, offering a rallying cry against hate, greed and hypocrisy. They also just plain rock, if that’s your thing.
Tickets range from $22.50 to $25 and can be purchased at durangoconcerts.tix.com.
Bean there, haven’t done that
The Steaming Bean has packed this weekend full of events like a barista tamps a portafilter.
Beginning Friday, The Bean will host an open mic from 7 to 9:30 p.m. and invites musicians, poets, comedians and any other peculiar talents. Owner Erica Fendley said she likes to think of the open mics as an intentional space for sharing and performing, with an attempt to keep things on the cognitive side. (Read between the lines, folks.) Following the open mic is a dance party from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., featuring local funk band Pants Party. While hoping to maintain a fun, pro-social vibe, they’ll be pouring whiskey chais, and Ska Brewing Co. will be on hand pouring beer and dishing some Ska merch.
The fun continues Saturday night with a light show and disco-ball dance party from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., with some thumping bass provided by Bad Goat Sound System and hand-crafted cocktail creations by the architects from El Moro. The party is 21+ with a $5 cover.
Sending off Lost Dog with a force
With its doors soon to close, The Lost Dog Bar & Lounge will hold one more art show, continuing its tradition of offering its walls and support to local artists. Fittingly, the final show—called “Transition”—goes to Lost Dog staff mainstay and local art phenom Tirzah Camacho.
Her new work will be on display through Sept. 25 with an opening reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday.
