Madison Guild w/ AJ LEE & Blue Summit and Arkansauce
October 23 @ 8:30 pm - 11:30 pm CDT
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21+only. $10 at the door and advance tickets available in the ticket link.
AJ LEE & Blue Summit 8:30PM
Arkansauce 10pm
It’s bound to be a special night at Dee’s. Things Kick off with Bluegrass favorites East Nash Grass from 6-8pm followed by a very special Madison Guild with two bands who push all the boundaries of Bluegrass music in unique and diverse directions drawing on everything from Country and Swing to Rock to New Orleans Funk.
AJ LEE & Blue Summit made their first appearance in Santa Cruz in 2015. Led by singer, songwriter, and mandolinist, AJ Lee, the bluegrass band has performed all over the world, but finds home in California’s Bay Area. Since their debut, the Band’s star has been steadily rising and 2023 finds them headlining festivals and garnering multiple awards. Although falling loosely under the bluegrass label, AJLBS generally plays sans banjo, with Sullivan Tuttle and Scott Gates on steel stringed acoustic guitars, AJ on mandolin, Jan Purat on fiddle, and Chad Bowen on upright bass – a configuration effectively used to create unique space and texture in the arrangements not as commonly found in the music of their peers. Drawing from influences such as country, soul, swing, rock, and jam music, the band uses the lens of bluegrass as a vessel through which to express and explore the thread that binds and unifies all great music.
ARKANSAUCE is a genre-hopping, four piece string band from northwest Arkansas, bending the rules and blurring the lines between bluegrass, newgrass, folk, americana, country, blues, and funk. With a loyal following growing every day in the Natural State and along their tour routes, the band is proud to be stepping into a hard-driving sound unique to the Arkansas quartet. An Arkansauce show is riddled with improvisational guitar, banjo, and mandolin leads, paired with powerful harmonies and heart-felt songwriting, all held together by deep foot-stompin’ bass grooves. There’s an undeniably intimate connection between the band and their fans that’s contagious and leaves everyone in front of, and on the stage wanting more.
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