OLD ROCK HOUSE ANNOUNCES SHOWS
Rockin' Chair
Friday,
January 5th & Saturday, January
6th
The Listening Room Series
Doors 6:30 Show 7:30
Doors 6:30 Show 7:30
$20 Reserved $15 General Admission
All Ages
(On-Sale Wed. 11/15 @ 5pm)
Rockin' Chair
is a reunion of members from 70’s regional bands Mesa and Nickels. This
eight member band performs a show that celebrates the
music of Buffalo Springfield, the Byrds, and the groups that were later
formed by their members. These musicians and songwriters created the
supergroups of the 70's including Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and
The Eagles. Other performers from the period included
Firefall, Loggins and Messina, Little Feat, Poco and Jackson Browne. Rockin' Chair performances also include music by The Allman Brothers Band, The Doobie Brothers and The Marshall Tucker Band.
Andrea Gibson
Wednesday, March 7th
Doors 7pm Show 8pm
Doors 7pm Show 8pm
$18 Advance $20 Day of Show
(On-Sale Fri. 11/17 @ 10am)
“Do
you want to hear the best story you’ve ever heard in your life?” Andrea
Gibson asks into the microphone. The audience leans forward in silent
anticipation. “So I met this woman and I went home to her house with
her.” She pauses, “already a great story.” The audience erupts with
laughter, a happy juxtaposition after being so quietly captivated.
Smirking into the spotlight, Andrea continues, “…So we’re about to kiss
for the very first time. And right before our lips touch, she jumps from
the bed, runs to the closet and grabs a stethoscope, puts the ear
thingies in my ears and slides the knob down her shirt onto her heart
and says, ‘I want you to listen to my heart speed up when you kiss me.’
And I kissed her! And her heart got faster and faster y’all.” By this
point the room itself almost feels like a stethoscope pumping with the
galloping hearts of the fans. “Moral of the story, buy a stethoscope,”
Gibson says, and there’s that laughter again, followed by music, and
they launch into a love poem – with the members of the audience mouthing
along. You’re not alone if when you hear, “poetry show” and don’t
envision a scene like this. But then chances are you’ve never seen
Andrea Gibson perform live. One of
the most celebrated and successful poets in the field began their
career in 1999 with a break-up poem at an open mic in Boulder, Colorado.
Gibson then leaped into the forefront of spoken word poetry on the
national scene in 2008 when they won the first ever Woman of the World
Poetry Slam. Author of three collections of poetry and currently working
on an illustrated collection of their most memorable quotes for Penguin
(Winter 2018), Andrea (they/them/their) has also released seven (7)
full-length albums.
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