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SUMMARY:Fruition - Something More Tour w/ Lidia Loveless- Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nFruition – Something More Tour \nwith special guest Lidia Loveless \nTuesday\, August 4\, 2026 5pm Doors\, 7pm Showtime \n$20.00ad + Online Fee\, $25.00 at the door \n \n  \n \n  \n\nFruition. Three songwriters. Five bandmates. More than 15 years together\, building a grassroots audience with a combination of stacked vocal harmonies and collaborative\, song-driven Americana. Fruition is proof that there’s strength in numbers. The bandʻs recent releases have showcased  a reinvigorated group at the peak of its powers. This is American roots music at its broadest and boldest — a melting pot of rock\, soul\, folk\, and pop. What began as a busking string band has evolved into something more eclectic\, rooted not only in the unique delivery of three different singers\, but also the cohesion of five friends who prefer their music to be homegrown and honest… mistakes and all. “…there’s a brittle wisdom on this album\, a sense of having to piece oneself back together and finding strength in a shared voice\,” said Rolling Stone of their 2024 album\, How To Make Mistakes. You can expect more music and a new album later this year.
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/fruition-something-more-tour-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Genre,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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SUMMARY:SAMFest Lilly Hiatt\, Twang Gang & More - MOVED INSIDE TO SPORTSMENS
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens & The Sportsmens Americana Music Foundation present \nSAMFest 2026 \nLilliy Hiatt\, Twang Gang & More \nSunday\, August 2\, 2026 2pm Sportsmens Park \n1pm Gates\, 2pm Showtime \n \n \n  \nThe search for answers—where she’s been\, who she’s become\, what it all means—lies at the heart of Hiatt’s striking new album\, Forever. Written and recorded in Hiatt’s new home just outside Nashville\, the collection grapples with growth and change\, escape and anxiety\, self-loathing and self-love. The songs are intensely vulnerable here\, full of diaristic snapshots and deeply personal ruminations\, but they’re also broad invitations to find yourself in Hiatt’s unflinching emotional excavations\, to see your own humanity reflected back in her pursuit of something larger than herself. Hiatt cut the album with her husband\, Coley Hinson\, who produced and played most of the instruments on the record\, and the result is a raw\, unvarnished work of love and trust that walks the line between alt-rock muscle and singer/songwriter sensitivity\, a bold\, guitar-driven\, at times psychedelic exploration of maturity and adulthood from an artist who wants you to know you’re not alone\, no matter how lost you may feel. \n  \n“I think of this album like a hand to hold\,” says Hiatt. “I wanted to open up the door and let people in on what I’ve been going through\, but I also hoped that by telling the truth about the joy and pain and love and grief I’ve experienced\, it might strike a chord with somebody else navigating their way through all those things\, too.” \n  \nBorn in Los Angeles and raised in Tennessee\, Hiatt first earned buzz with a pair of early solo records before breaking out with 2017’s Trinity Lane. Produced by Shovels & Rope’s Michael Trent\, the record helped Hiatt earn dates with the likes of John Prine\, Margo Price\, Drive-By Truckers\, and Hiss Golden Messenger in addition to festival slots everywhere from Pilgrimage to Luck Reunion. NPR called the album “courageous and affecting\,” while The Independent raved that it showcased Hiatt’s “gift for unpicking knotty lyrical themes in a personalised blend of countrified rock music\,” and Rolling Stone hailed it as “the most cohesive and declarative statement of the young songwriter’s career.” Hiatt delivered on the album’s promise with her similarly well-received 2020 follow-up\, Walking Proof\, and\, unable to tour due to the pandemic\, quickly returned to the studio again for 2021’s Lately\, which The Boston Herald said showcased her “knack for plainspoken\, poetic lyrics” and Uncut proclaimed to be “captivating.” \n  \nWhen it was finally time to get back on the road\, though\, Hiatt found herself feeling overwhelmed and bewildered. The world seemed to be changing faster than she could keep up with\, and rather than embracing what should have been her triumphant return\, Hiatt instead began retreating from everything she’d worked so hard to build. \n  \n“I fell in love\, got married\, adopted a dog\, all the things I’d always dreamed of doing\,” she reflects. “But I felt like an outsider watching myself stumble though it all\, just constantly critiquing myself to the point where I became so paralyzed I could hardly leave home.” \n  \nHiatt tried therapy and antidepressants\, talked to friends and family\, wrote dozens and dozens of songs about her feelings\, all in the hopes of quieting her racing mind. \n  \n“There was this intensity where I felt so jacked up all the time\,” she explains. “Eventually I just realized that my life was passing me by\, that the love I was living in required presence to accept. So I started doing the little things you have to do to show up for the people in your life: listen\, grow\, change. I learned to expand my world.” \n  \nHiatt left the bustle of Nashville for a more rural setting outside the city and scrapped all the material she’d been working on\, starting from scratch with Hinson in pursuit of something that would resonate more with the new chapter she was embarking upon. The pair worked quickly\, tackling the writing and recording of each song one-at-a-time from the ground up and sending the material off to Paul Kolderie (Radiohead\, Pixies) to mix as they finished it. \n  \n“Paul brought so much enthusiasm and dimension to the project\,” Hiatt explains. “Every time we had a song tracked\, we’d share it with him and then he’d get really excited about it\, which was really affirming and encouraged us to turn right around and get started on the next one.” \n  \nThat excitement is plain to hear on Forever\, which opens with the brawny “Hidden Day.” “I’m gonna find a place where no one needs nothin’ from me\,” Hiatt declares on the electrifying track\, which fantasizes about a secret 24 hours where the world stops tugging at your sleeve long enough to let you catch your breath. Like much of the album\, the song—which was written with Scot Sax and co-mixed by Jon Debaun—is grounded in concrete details from Hiatt’s personal life\, but it’s also a conversational tune rooted in intimacy between the singer and her audience: “I stumbled upon a day I wanna tell you about\,” she declares. “It’s our little secret\, you better keep it to yourself.” The breezy\, lo-fi “Ghost Ship” reminds us of the common ground we share no matter our superficial differences (“I’m looking for something\, and you are\, too”)\, while the driving “Shouldn’t Be” meditates on the universal need to stand in your beliefs without requiring the validation of others\, and the dreamy “Somewhere” longs to escape from the weight of judgment\, both internal and external. \n  \n“I’ve always been fascinated with escape in my writing\,” Hiatt reflects. “A lot of these songs like to imagine a moment or a place where you can become untethered from reality\, from the mundane\, from yourself. Sometimes just being with the person you love is all it takes. \n  \nIndeed\, the power of real and lasting love—how it can change you for the better and sustain you at your lowest—is woven into the very fabric of Forever.  The twangy “Man” revels in the security of knowing where you stand in a committed relationship; the playful “Kwik-E-Mart” celebrates the ordinary moments that take on new meaning when shared with a partner; and the blistering title track takes stock of what matters once you’ve found what you’ve been looking for. “I can be anyone out here\, but I can’t be in love / With a restaurant or a new haircut\,” Hiatt sings over a wall of fuzzed out guitars. “Nice to be a loner\, no one knows you’re hurt / But I wanna be by your side\, I wanna be by your side forever.” \n  \n“I wrote ‘Forever’ on tour in San Francisco after playing this festival where they put me and the band up in this amazing hotel\,” Hiatt recalls. “I couldn’t have been happier to be there\, and there was a time in my life when I would have wanted nothing more than to stay forever. But in that moment\, I realized the thing I was most excited about was getting back to my house and my dog and telling my husband all about it.” \n  \nUltimately\, that revelation is what Forever is all about. If you can slow down enough to live in the moment\, if you can quiet the outside world enough to hear to your own heart\, if you can blow away the haze and learn to see what’s right in front of you\, you just might find that reality is more beautiful than any dream.
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/samfest-lilly-hiatt-twang-gang-more-sportsmens-park/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Park\, 340 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Fundraiser,Genre,Rock,Sportsmens Park,Sportsmens Park,Stages
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SUMMARY:Sunny Sweeney wsg/ Brooke Surgener- Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nSunny Sweeney \nwsg/ Brooke Surgener \nWednesday\, July 29\, 2026 5pm Doors\, 7pm Show \n$25.00 \n \n  \n \nFollowing your instincts is not as easy as Sunny Sweeney makes it look. A patron saint of broken hearts on the mend\, Sweeney comforts the rest of us by being honest with herself––and everybody else. She is her generation’s sly country conscience\, warm but stubborn\, sad but funny\, rowdy but thoughtful. \n“I am so glad I’ve been able to get this far in this business and still hold my music values\,” Sweeney says. “Being independent has given me the freedom to do more of what I want.” \nFor Sweeney\, doing what she wants has meant crafting smart honky tonk for about two decades. “I really do love country music\,” she says. “For me\, it’s the stories and hooks.” Her new album Rhinestone Requiemis a delectable testament to that love\, brimming with achingly pretty melodies and grown-up storytelling. It’s also an expertly assembled grab bag of the traditional song structures that have built country music\, one three-quarter whirl at a time. \nIf anyone has the bona fides to be country music’s loving\, defiant standard-bearer\, it’s Sweeney. In addition to releasing 5 critically acclaimed albums since her 2006 debut Heartbreaker’s Hall of Fame\, she has become a trusted song curator and advocate for other artists as the host of her SiriusXM shows The Sunny Side of Life on Outlaw Country and Sunny Side Up on Willie’s Roadhouse. Sweeney keeps adding new feathers to her signature hat: She and her longtime guitarist Harley Husbands produced Rhinestone Requiem and are working as producers on additional projects. “We both have very strong points and very strong opinions\,” Sweeney says of Husbands with a laugh. “But we work very well together.” \nBorn in Houston and raised in East Texas\, Sweeney made her home the road before settling down in the hills of Hendersonville\, Tennessee\, a couple of years ago. The release of Rhinestone Requiem represents another milestone. “This is the first time I’ve made a record when I don’t have relationship problems\,” Sweeney says\, smiling. “My last album\, ‘Married Alone\,’ was made right after my divorce. I’ve lived some life. Not all of it’s been pretty. But I feel like that’s what makes really good music.” \nSweeney takes her calling as friend to the hurt and alone seriously––and Rhinestone Requiem shines because of it. Recorded at Tommy Detamore’s Cherry Ridge Studio in Floresville\, Texas\, the album is a compelling snapshot of an artist who knows who she is and what she loves. “I really wanted this album to be a mixture of all the old styles of country music: Jerry Lee Lewis\, Waylon Jennings\, Loretta Lynn\,” Sweeney says\, ticking off a list of some of her idols. “I make music for myself and hope other people like it.” \nIndeed\, the specter of Lewis looms large from the jump\, as the album kicks off with “Find It Where I Can\,” the sauntering\, boozy warning shot recorded by The Killer\, as well as other giants including Waylon Jennings. Sweeney discovered the song during a late-night YouTube deep dive into videos of Lewis and Mickey Gilley hammering away on dueling baby grands. “You know\, they’re cousins\, and their grandmother taught them how to play piano––that’s why their playing style is so similar!” Sweeney says\, relishing the backstory. “And when I heard this song\, I knew I had to record it. It’s not like anything else I have\, and it’s just so fun to sing and play.” \nJubilantly wry “Diamonds and Divorce Decrees” traces the ruins after a marriage ends\, cataloging the pain but looking stubbornly toward happiness. Sweeney has been playing the song live\, and has been struck by how strongly audiences have responded. “One night after we played it\, a guy came up to the stage and said\, ‘I have three days until my divorce is final\, and this song made me know everything is going to be fine\,’” Sweeney says. \nWritten with dear friend and frequent collaborator Brennen Leigh\, “Traveling On” is a superbly crafted heartbreaker showcasing the devastating power of Sweeney’s voice. Written with Ben Chapman and Erin Enderlin\, “Is Tonight the Night (I Make You a Memory)” starts off slow and sad\, before speeding up into a bouncy\, steel-laced shuffle worthy of The Mavericks. Another Enderlin and Sweeney collaboration with the addition of Gary Nicholson\, “I Drink Well with Others” is a winking dancehall duster\, while “As Long as There’s a Honky Tonk”––written with Buddy Owens and Galen Griffin––is a swaggering\, piano-soaked proclamation of independence. \nOne of only two album tracks Sweeney didn’t have a hand in writing\, “Last Hard Bible” nods to the whimsical grit of its writer and original recording artist\, Kasey Chambers\, as Sweeney steers the song firmly into saloon-worthy territory. Chambers and her brother\, Nash\, provide harmonies on Sweeney’s track. When Sweeney joins Chambers for shows in the summer of 2025\, it will mark a full-circle moment for Sweeney\, who is a longtime fan of the Australian singer-songwriter. \nWith crying steel\, “Waiting for a Reason to Stay” tearfully harnesses the potential of conversational songwriting. “I’ve always wondered what was wrong with me\,” Sweeney sings\, opening the song with gut-wrenching directness. What follows is a meditation on the days after you’ve decided to go––but haven’t left yet. “I’ve had records about the bad side of divorce\,” Sweeney says. “This is the light at the end of the tunnel.” Written with Owens and Monty Holmes\, album closer “Half Lit in 3/4 Time” is a masterclass in country songwriting\, as line after line pays tribute to honky tonk’s beloved instruments and golden standards. Featuring mournful fiddle\, “Houston Belongs to Me” already sounds like a classic\, as Sweeney’s resilient narrator lays claim to a hot\, complex city that she loves. “It’s healing: You’re taking ownership of where you are\,” Sweeney says. \nIt’s an idea Sweeney has embraced in various ways throughout her career: Lean into who and what you are––and revel in the liberation that brings. Her fierce independence has allowed her to speak to us with the care of a trusted confidant who sees our hurts and is rooting for us. “I feel like that’s what I grew up loving about music––I felt like I was their friend\,” Sweeney says. “I felt like they were talking––singing––to me.”
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/sunny-sweeney-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Country,Genre,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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SUMMARY:Darrell Scott - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nDarrell Scott \nFriday\, July 17\, 2026 6pm Doors\, 8pm Show \n$40.00+ online fee \nTickets will be limited.This is a seated show\, you will be seated with fellow fans. Seating will be general admission. \n \n  \n \n  \nDarrell Scott is an acclaimed singer\, songwriter\, and multi-instrumentalist widely regarded as\none of the most respected voices in contemporary American roots music. A masterful\nstoryteller with deep roots in country\, bluegrass\, folk\, and Americana\, Scott delivers powerful\nperformances where his expressive voice\, heartfelt songwriting\, and exceptional musicianship\ntakes center stage. \n  \nScott’s debut album\, Aloha from Nashville\, introduced enduring songs that became modern\nstandards\, including “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” and “It’s A Great Day To Be Alive.”\nAcross albums including Family Tree\, The Invisible Man\, Modern Hymns\, A Crooked Road\, and\nLong Ride Home\, Scott’s songwriting and instrumental artistry have continued to resonate with\naudiences and fellow musicians alike. \n  \nScott has built a career defined by authenticity\, instrumental versatility\, and lyrical depth. His\nvoice and instrumental work appear on hundreds of studio sessions recorded from Nashville\nand Los Angeles to Toronto and London. He’s shared the stage and studio with artists\nincluding Emmylou Harris\, Steve Earle\, Joan Baez\, Tim O’Brien\, Sam Bush\, Robert Plant\,\nand the Zac Brown Band. \n  \nBeyond touring and recording\, Scott has contributed to a variety of collaborative and theatrical\nprojects. He served two seasons as co-artistic director with Nashville Chamber Orchestra\nand performed in Nashville Opera’s Favorite Son\, composed by Grammy-winning songwriter\nMarcus Hummon. Nashville Ballet’s production Postcards from the Boys was inspired by and\nset to his music. Scott’s production credits include albums for Guy Clark\, Zac Brown Band\,\nWayne Scott\, Steep Canyon Rangers\, Susan Werner\, Willi Carlisle\, and Malcolm\nHolcombe. He hosts a songwriting workshop each year in Nashville called Songfood\, helping\nother writers develop their skill and songwriting voice. \n  \nScott has received multiple Grammy and Nashville Songwriter Hall of Fame nominations and\nwas honored with a 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Americana Music\nAssociation. He’s earned Songwriter of the Year awards from both ASCAP and NSAI. This fall\,\nhe will be inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame. \n  \nScott’s most recent recording\, I’ll Meet You In A Song\, by Darrell Scott and the Scott\nBrothers\, reunites him with his brothers for their first studio album together-a musical family\nscrapbook shaped by the early country and gospel influences heard at home and in church\nand dedicated to their late brother Denny\, who was a musical mentor to his younger siblings\nwho dedicated his life writing and performing gospel music.
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/darrell-scott-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Genre,Singer Songwriter,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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SUMMARY:Jim Lauderdale - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nJim Lauderdale \nWednesday\, July 15\, 2026 $25.00 + Online Fee \n5pm Doors\, 7pm Show \n \n  \n \nPhoto by Scott Simontacchi \nJim Lauderdale embodies the sound of American roots music for listeners around\nthe world. A 2025 inductee into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame\,\nLauderdale will release his 38th and 39th albums in 2026: Country Super Hits\nVolume 2 and a bluegrass collection\, The Birds Know. His major label debut\,\n1991’s Planet of Love\, opened the door to international touring and established him\nas an A-list songwriter on Music Row. His songs have been recorded by George\nStrait\, Patty Loveless\, George Jones\, the Chicks\, Old Crow Medicine Show\,\nLucinda Williams\, Charley Crockett\, Dave Edmunds\, Solomon Burke\, and many\nothers. Between 2004 and 2013\, Lauderdale wrote and recorded six albums with\nGrateful Dead songwriter Robert Hunter. His many other collaborators include\nBuddy Miller\, Elvis Costello\, Donna the Buffalo\, North Mississippi Allstars\, Po’\nRamblin’ Boys\, and Ralph Stanley. In 2016\, Lauderdale received a Lifetime\nAchievement Award from the Americana Music Association; he’s also won two\nGrammys in the Best Bluegrass Album category.
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/jim-lauderdale-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Country,Genre,Singer Songwriter,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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SUMMARY:Americana-rama 250th Independence Day Celebration - Sportsmens Park
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nAmericanarama 250th Independence Day Celebration \nSaturday\, July 4\, 2026 2pm Sportsmens Park \n$20.00 + Online Fee \n \nBill Kirchen & Too Much Fun \nTwang Gang \nThe Steam Donkeys \nTen Cent Howl \nRain or Shine event. Bring a chair.
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/americana-rama-250th-independence-day-celebration-sportsmens-park/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Park\, 340 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Country,Genre,Sportsmens Park,Sportsmens Park,Stages
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260629T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260629T220000
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SUMMARY:Live Dead & Brothers - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nLive Dead & Brothers \nMonday\, June 29\, 2026 $40.00+ Online Fee \n5pm Doors\, 7pm Showtime \n \n  \n \n  \n\n  \nTHE ACCLAIMEDAll-Star Celebration of GRATEFUL DEAD&ALLMAN BROSBANDRETURNSFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:San Francisco\,CA/ Jan.10\, 2026–As we all process the tectonic loss of our beloved Bobby Weir\,we honor his legacyby continuing the face-melting\,mesmerizing journey through the golden era of psychedelic blues and the originsof the ‘jam band’ scene\, as Live Dead and Brothers announceSummer2026 performances.Comprised of actual and legacy members from the extended Grateful Dead and Allman Brothers families\, this exceptional ensemblehas left fans gobsmackedeach & every one of its 74shows\, played since forming in April 2024.The brainchild of musical virtuosos deeply rooted in the iconic sounds of the era\, Live Dead and Brothers merges the extraordinary legacies of the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers Band into an unforgettable live spectacle. This one-of-a-kind ensemble transcends the boundaries of tribute acts\, delivering an authentic\, immersive experience that pays homage to the groundbreaking music that defined a generation \n  \nLive Dead &Brothersare:Berry Duane Oakley https://www.allmanbettsband.com/brothers/berry-duane-oakley/Mark Karanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_KaranScott Gubermanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_GubermanPete Lavezzolihttps://peterlavezzoli.comMelody Trucks https://www.melodytrucks.comThe Fitzkee Bros. https://www.fitzkeebrothersmusic.comTogether\, these accomplished musicians skillfully recreate the magic of the Grateful Dead and Allman Brothers Band’s co-billed concerts from1969 to1973. Their performances capture the raw energy\, improvisational prowess\, and soul-stirring melodies that defined an era of musical innovation.Audiences can expect to be transported back in time as Live Dead and Brothers flawlessly recreate iconic classics such as “Ramblin’ Man\,” “Morning Dew\,” “Jessica\,” and many more. The band’s dedication to preserving the spirit of these legendary bands is evident in every note they play.
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/live-dead-brothers-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Genre,Jam Band,Rock,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260628T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260628T180000
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SUMMARY:DREAMVILLE Celebrating The Music of Tom Petty - Sportsmens Park
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nDREAMVILLE Celebrating The Music of Tom Petty \nSupporting the Sportsmens Americana Music Foundation \nSunday\, June 28\, 2026 $20.00 + Online Fee \n1pm Gates\, 3pm Showtime \n \n 
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/dreamville-celebrating-the-music-of-tom-petty-sportsmens-park/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Park\, 340 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Genre,Rock,Sportsmens,Sportsmens Park,Stages
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260626T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260626T220000
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SUMMARY:JAMES McMURTRY & The MARTIAL LAW REVIEW - Sportsmens Park
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nJAMES McMURTRY & The MARTIAL LAW REVIEW \nwsg/ BettySoo \nFriday\, June 26\, 2026 $30.00 + Online fee \n5pm Doors\, 7pm Showtime Rain or shine \n \n \nJames McMurtry \nThe Black Dog & the Wandering Boy \nA Lone Star sheriff hunts quail on horseback and keeps a secret second family. A\nmechanic lies among the spare parts on the floor of his garage and wonders if he can\nafford to keep his girlfriend. A troubled man sees hallucinations of a black dog and a\nwandering boy and hums “Weird Al” songs in his head. These are some of the strange\nand richly drawn characters who inhabit James McMurtry’s eleventh album\, The Black\nDog & the Wandering Boy. A supremely insightful and inventive storyteller\, he teases\nvivid worlds out of small details\, setting them to arrangements that have the elements of\nAmericana—rolling guitars\, barroom harmonies\, traces of banjo and harmonica—but\nsound too sly and smart for such a general category. Funny and sad often in the same\nbreath\, the album adds a new chapter to a long career that has enjoyed a resurgence as\nyoung songwriters like Sarah Jarosz and Jason Isbell cite him as a formative influence. \nAs varied as they are\, these new story-songs find inspiration in scraps from his family’s\npast: a stray sketch\, an old poem by a family friend\, the hallucinations experienced by\nhis father\, the writer Larry McMurtry. “It’s something I do all the time\,” he says\, “but\nusually I draw from my own scraps.” As any good writer will do\, McMurtry collects little\nideas and hangs on to them for years\, sometimes even decades. “South Texas Lawman”\ngrew out of a line from a poem by a friend of the McMurtry clan\, T.D. Hobart. Driven by\ngravelly guitars and a loose rhythm section\, it’s a careful study of a man whose feelings\nof obsolescence motivate him to take drastic action in the final verse. “Dwight’d stay at\nour house way back in the ‘70s\, when we lived in Virginia. During one visit he wrote this\npoem about his father’s attitude toward South Texas. He wrote it down on cardboard\,\nand I came across it recently. There was a line about hunting quail on horseback\, and\nthat was the seed of the song. I’ve lost the poem since then.” \nThe rumbling title track\, a kind of squirrelly blues\, features two mysterious figures who\nappear only to those slipping from reality\, yet it’s never grim nor especially despairing.\nInstead\, McMurtry namechecks a “Weird Al” deep cut and depicts a tortured soul who\ndoesn’t have to work a nine-to-five. He finds a defiant humor in the situation at odds\nwith the gravity of the source material. “The title of the album and that song comes from\nmy stepmother\, Faye. After my dad passed\, she asked me if he ever talked to me about\nhis hallucinations. He’d gone into dementia for a while before he died\, but hadn’t\nmentioned to me anything about seeing things. She told me his favorite hallucinations \nwere the black dog and the wandering boy. I took them and applied them to a fictional\ncharacter.” \nSoon McMurtry had enough of these songs for a new record. “It happened like all my\nrecords happened. It’d been too long since I’d had a record that the press could write\nabout and get people to come out to my shows. It was time.” What was different this\ntime was the presence of his old friend Don Dixon\, who produced McMurtry’s third\nalbum\, Where You’d Hide the Body?\, back in 1995. “A couple of years ago I quit\nproducing myself. I felt like I was repeating myself methodologically and stylistically. I\nneeded to go back to producer school\, so I brought in CC Adcock for Complicated Game\,\nand then Ross Hogarth did The Horses & the Hounds. It seemed natural to revisit Mr.\nDixon’s homeroom. I wanted to learn some of what he’s learned over the last thirty\nyears.” During sessions at Wire Recording in Austin\, McMurtry observed firsthand\nDixon’s grasp of digital recording technology as well as his instinctual approach to\ntracking. “What Don’s really good at is being able to sense when it’s happening. He can\nhear when it’s going down. If I’m producing myself and I don’t have him\, I have to do\nthree takes and then go in and listen to them. Listening to those three takes can take\nabout 15 minutes. So Dixon’s ability to know when it’s happening is crucial\, because it\ncan cut 15 minutes out of the day. That can really save a session\, because you only have\nso many hours in the day and only so much energy.\nWorking with McMurtry’s trusted backing band—Cornbread on bass\, Tim Holt on\nguitar\, Daren Hess on drums\, BettySoo on backing vocals—they worked to create\nsomething that sounds spontaneous\, as though he’s writing the songs as you hear them.\nThey were open to odd experiments\, weird whims\, and happy accidents\, such as the\ncover of Jon Dee Graham’s “Laredo” that opens the album. It’s an opioid blues:\ntestimony from a part-time junkie losing a weekend to dope. “We were playing a benefit\nfor Jon Dee at the Hole in the Wall there in Austin\, and we thought it’d be good if we\nplayed one of his songs. We rehearsed the song in the studio\, and it sounded good. The\ndrums were ready. We’d already got the sounds up. Might as well record it.” \n“Laredo” is one of a pair of covers that bookend The Black Dog & the Wandering Boy\,\nthe other being Kris Kristofferson’s “Broken Freedom Song.” “I did that one a few weeks\nafter our initial sessions. It was just me and BettySoo\, then we added drums and bass\nlater on. Kris had just passed not too long before we recorded it. I guess that’s why I was\nthinking about him.” Like Hobart’s poem\, it’s a bit of inspiration excavated from deep\nwithin his own life. “Kris was one of my major influences as a child. He was the first\nperson that I recognized as a songwriter. I hadn’t really thought about where songs\ncame from\, but I started listening to Kristofferson as a songwriter and thinking\, How do\nyou do this? He was actually the second concert I saw. I was nine. He and the band were \nhaving such a good time\, and that really solidified for me that this was what I wanted to\ndo with my life.” \nOnce the album was mixed\, mastered\, and sequenced\, McMurtry recalled a rough pencil\nsketch he had found a few years earlier in his father’s effects. It seemed like it might\nmake a good cover. “I knew it was of me\, but I didn’t realize who drew it. I asked my\nmom and my stepdad\, and finally I asked my stepmom\, Faye\, who said it looked like\nKen Kesey’s work back in the ‘60s. She was married to Ken for forty years.” The Merry\nPrankster’s—Kesey’s roving band of hippie activists and creators—stopped by often to\nvisit Larry McMurtry and his family. “I don’t remember their first visit\, the one\ndocumented in Tom Wolfe’s Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. I was too young\, but I do\nremember a couple of Ken’s visits. I guess he drew it on one of those later stops. I\nremembered it and thought it would be the perfect art\, but I had to go back through the\nstorage locker. It’s a miracle that I found it again.”\nIt’s a fitting image for an album that scavenges personal history for inspiration. Even the\nsongwriter himself doesn’t always know what will happen or where the songs will take\nhim. “You follow the words where they lead. If you can get a character\, maybe you can\nget a story. If you can set it to a verse-chorus structure\, maybe you can get a song. A\nsong can come from anywhere\, but the main inspiration is fear. Specifically\, fear of\nirrelevance. If you don’t have songs\, you don’t have a record. If you don’t have a record\,\nyou don’t have a tour. You gotta keep putting out work.”
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/james-mcmurtry-the-martial-law-review-sportsmens-park/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Park\, 340 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Country,Genre,Sportsmens Park,Sportsmens Park,Stages
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T230000
DTSTAMP:20260601T183148Z
CREATED:20260601T183014Z
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SUMMARY:Gavin Petrie Band 20th Anniversary Show - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nGavin Petrie Band 20th Anniversary Show \nSaturday\, June 13\, 2026 8pm $20.00 + Online Fee \nProceeds to support the Sportsmens Americana Music Foundation \n \n 
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/gavin-petrie-band-20th-anniversary-show-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Genre,Jam Band,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260529T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260529T230000
DTSTAMP:20260403T233245Z
CREATED:20260403T233245Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260403T233245Z
UID:1285-1780084800-1780095600@sportsmensbuffalo.com
SUMMARY:Country Honk The Stars & Steel Tour wsg/Angela Perley - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nCountry Honk The Stars & Steel Tour \nwsg/Angela Perley \nFriday\, May 29\, 2026 6pm Doors\, 8pm Showtime \n$15ad(+online fee)\, $20 at the door \n \n 
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/country-honk-the-stars-steel-tour-wsg-angela-perley-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Country,Genre,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260503T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260503T190000
DTSTAMP:20260428T074124Z
CREATED:20260428T074124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260428T074124Z
UID:1325-1777824000-1777834800@sportsmensbuffalo.com
SUMMARY:Charlie O'Neill Unplugged Club Reunion Benefitting Ride For Roswell - The Cave
DESCRIPTION:The Cave presents \nCharlie O’Neill Unplugged Club Reunion \nSunday\, May 3\, 2026 3pm Doors\, 4pm Showtime \n$10.00 + Online Fee \n \n 
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/charlie-oneill-unplugged-club-reunion-benefitting-ride-for-roswell-the-cave/
LOCATION:The Cave\, 71 Military Road\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Genre,Stages,The Cave
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260426T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260426T220000
DTSTAMP:20260415T234019Z
CREATED:20260217T090803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260415T234019Z
UID:1166-1777230000-1777240800@sportsmensbuffalo.com
SUMMARY:John Gallagher Jr\,  w/Casual Male & Zach Jones & The Tricky Bits - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nJohn Gallagher Jr\, \nw/Casual Male & Zach Jones & The Tricky Bits \nSunday\, April 26\, 2026 7pm \n$20ad/$25door \n \n  \n \nJohn Gallagher Jr. is a Brooklyn based singer-songwriter who has been seen on stage and screens both small and large. \n\n\n\n\nNotable film and TV roles include The Newsroom\, Short Term 12\, 10 Cloverfield Lane\, and Hush. He won a Tony Award for his performance in Duncan Sheik’s hit musical Spring Awakening\, portrayed the Jesus of Suburbia in the Broadway adaptation of Green Day’s Grammy winning rock opera American Idiot\, and most recently starred in Swept Away – a new musical featuring songs by The Avett Brothers. But when it comes to his music\, that’s a bit more personal.  \nBorn in the Small Wonder to folk musicians\, John wrote his first song at the ripe age of 5. Rather\, just the chorus\, as he would earnestly admit to his listeners today. In the years between he has played in a half-dozen bands ranging from roots rock to pop punk. He gigs most often as a solo performer\, wielding his Gibson J-45 and red lightning bolt strap. Taking inspiration from Prine\, Costello\, Springsteen\, Westerberg and Schlesinger – his music is raw\, honest\, and heartfelt. Emo folk rock\, if you will. \n“Write what you know – I don’t go for that\,” John joked while sharing his latest crop of songs at Rockwood Music Hall – the venue on NYCs Lower East Side that has hosted him since 2006 and released his debut album Six Day Hurricane (2016). The wry humor is par for the course at a Gallagher gig. Produced by guitarist Thad DeBrock\, this LP drew comparisons to the jangly Laurel Canyon guitars of The Byrds and the lean bar band dynamics of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Following the release\, John hit the road as an opening act for Anaïs Mitchell and Aaron Lee Tasjan.  \n2021 saw the online self release of 8th and Jane\, a short but sweet 8 song sophomore effort. It’s a fast and fierce postcard jammed with power pop rock and roll numbers\, smoothed out by several soul searching acoustic ballads. An almost tragicomic blend of the rootsy bravado and vulnerable heart-on-sleeve reflection that has become a staple of his music. \nJohn writes with an emphasis on the confessional\, cathartic\, and emotional. His third record\, Goodbye or Something\, was released on June 28th\, 2024 on the indie label Grand Phony Music. Tracked at Studio G Brooklyn and featuring Zach Jones\, Oscar Albis Rodriguez\, Chris Cubeta\, Hannah Winkler\, and Todd Caldwell\, it’s his most personal and profound LP to date. Goodbye or Something is a heart-wrenching and sometimes humorous reflection on lost love and the power of music\, familial bonds\, and a good meal to see us through.
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/john-gallagher-jr-w-hannah-winkler-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Genre,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260425T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260425T230000
DTSTAMP:20260321T095226Z
CREATED:20260321T095226Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260321T095226Z
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SUMMARY:A Celebration of Roy Orbison "Black & White Night" - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens & The Sportsmens Americana Music Foundation present \nA Celebration of Roy Orbison Black & White Night \nSaturday\, April 25\, 2026 8pm $30.00 + Online fee \nProceeds to benefit The Sportsmens Americana Music Foundation \n \n 
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/a-celebration-of-roy-orbison-black-white-night-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Country,Fundraiser,Genre,Rock,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages,Tribute
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260423T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260423T220000
DTSTAMP:20260128T063812Z
CREATED:20260128T063812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T063812Z
UID:1135-1776970800-1776981600@sportsmensbuffalo.com
SUMMARY:Magnolia Boulevard - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nMagnolia Boulevard \nThursday\, April 23\, 2026 7pm \n$20.00 (+ Online fee) \n \nIf patience is a virtue\, then the current state of Magnolia Boulevard plays right into the long-held notion that sonic grandeur evolves in its own time and place — one where the Lexington\, Kentucky\, rock-n-soul act is aiming to break into a national audience ready and roaring for the quintet’s soaring talents. \n“Things happen when they’re supposed to happen\,” lead singer/guitarist Maggie Noelle says. “And I’m so proud of this music coming out now with this group of dudes — it’s like we’re finally getting what we kind of deserve.” \n“We know who we are now\, and we know what we want to do\,” adds keyboardist Ryan Allen. “We know what we want to sound like. Everybody involved is on the same path. We’ve got the same mission and we feel good about it. These songs have been cared for and thought about\, where everything is happening with intention — there’s purpose behind the music.” \nThat mission of luminous tone and honest intent is no more apparent than Magnolia Boulevard’s latest self-titled album. Captured by legendary Kentucky producer Duane Lundy\, the eight-song LP runs the gamut of genres\, all with thick threads of the blues and soul radiating from the tracks. \n“We like a lot of different things\, so let’s start a band that’s blues and soul\, the rest being whatever else we feel like adding\,” Allen says. “These are songs and stories of the struggles of Appalachian people\, these little snapshots of time of what it’s like to live around here.” \n“Inspiration comes and goes\,” Noelle adds. “I’ve realized\, in these later years of songwriting\, I tend to write about my current life and where my heart is.” \nFormed in 2017 by Noelle and Allen\, the band came together when other creative endeavors weren’t fulfilling the artistic desires and professional expectations of what the duo were envisioning. It was time to push down the gas pedal on the possibility and potential of what Magnolia Boulevard could be\, and ultimately has become — in sonic design and in the live realm. \n  \n“The sound has been described as ‘Appalachian Soul\,’ and I really like that because of our Appalachian roots\,” Noelle says. “You get a taste of folk with the songwriting portion\, but you also have that rock and soul foundation.” \nWatching Noelle under the bright lights\, her stage presence immediately conjures whispers in the audience\, where her fiery vocal talents are compared to the likes of Susan Tedeschi\, Bonnie Raitt\, and Grace Potter. And yet\, Magnolia Boulevard remains unique and steadfast in its approach. \n  \nThe powerhouse group is rounded out by Roddy Puckett (bass)\, Austin Lewis (guitar) and Brandon Johnson (drums). With this bountiful lineup\, Magnolia Boulevard has been making the rounds around Southern Appalachia and beyond\, each show an opportunity to once again justify its reputation as one of the rising\, “must see” rock shows anywhere in the country. \n\n“It feels a lot better when it is the sum of all the parts\, when you have five people all going after the same thing\,” Allen says. “We’re not sacrificing or compromising anything\, and in a way that we maybe had before. It feels like we’re got something substantial here that we’re really proud of.” \n“Everybody in the band is also interpreting the lyrics and showing emotion\, because they’re into it\, too\,” Noelle adds. “They feel the same emotions\, and there’s something magic about it [when we’re playing].” \nAnd as Magnolia Boulevard grows and evolves into a national act\, the core essence and melodic attitude of the unit will proudly reside in the rich\, vibrant music scene of its native Lexington and greater Kentucky. \n“In Kentucky\, we’ve got a little bit of everything\, and we just have this real sense of community\,” Noelle says. “Everybody has always been supportive of each other’s projects\, no matter the genre\, and I think that’s important.” \n“There’s also this feeling of gratitude\,” Allen adds. “More and more\, I’ll just catch myself feeling really thankful for where we are. It comes from what we’ve gone through\, and being able to persevere through it — it makes it even better when you wind up on the other side.” \nWith the new record appearing on the horizon and an upcoming tour running up and down the East Coast\, what remains for Magnolia Boulevard is this deep\, renewed sense of purpose — one held and shared with any and all who happen to happily wander into their musical landscape. \n“Playing live is what we crave\,” Noelle says. “[Onstage]\, we escape to a place where we can all be free\, leaving fears and anxieties at the door\, forgetting yesterday’s troubles — it’s a form of therapy at this point to just lay it all out.” \n  \n\n“The first time I saw Maggie sing\, I knew we had a chance to reach a lot of people\,” Allen adds. “We’ve come a long way since that first rehearsal. Different band members. Broken down vans. Empty dive bars. We’re both happier now with this band than we’ve ever been.” \n  \nhttps://www.instagram.com/magnoliaboulevardband \nhttps://www.facebook.com/magnoliaboulevardband \nhttps://www.tiktok.com/@magnoliaboulevard \nhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/2HuE4rpmVTe7TPb5h1ZD3X?si=CRTfcX7gTG-TfRxzZiXMXQ \nhttps://www.youtube.com/@MagnoliaBoulevard/featured
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/magnolia-boulevard-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Genre,Rock,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T200000
DTSTAMP:20260311T072014Z
CREATED:20260311T072014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260311T072014Z
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SUMMARY:ONE8FIFTY: TENTH ANNUAL "BENEFIT for ORGAN DONATION" - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nONE8FIFTY: TENTH ANNUAL “BENEFIT for ORGAN DONATION” \nSunday April 19th. Doors open at 1:30 showtime 2pm. Tickets $20 + Online Fee \n \nFeaturing: The Kensington’s w/ Cheryl Farris; \nThe FM Band; \nThe Thurman Brothers Band; \nThe Informers; \nThe Twang Gang w/ Special Guests \n 
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/one8fifty-tenth-annual-benefit-for-organ-donation-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Blues,Classic Rock,Country,Fundraiser,Genre,Jazz,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T220000
DTSTAMP:20260223T080730Z
CREATED:20260113T165929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T080730Z
UID:1122-1776279600-1776290400@sportsmensbuffalo.com
SUMMARY:Yarn - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nYarn \nWednesday\, April 15\, 2026 7pm \n$25.00 \n \nYou might expect a band that calls itself Yarn to\, naturally\, tend to spin a yarn or two. “That’s what we do\, we tell stories\, live and in the studio\, truth and fiction”\,singer/songwriter Blake Christiana insists. “We don’t always opt for consistency. There’s a different vibe onstage from what comes through in our recordings. There’s a difference in every show as well\, you never know what you’re going to get.” \n  \nYarn’s ability to persevere ought to come as no great surprise\, especially for a band that spent two years honing their chops during a Monday night residency at the famed Kenny’s Castaway in New York’s Greenwich Village. In effect\, it allowed them to rehearse onstage\, mostly in front of audiences that often ranged in size from five to a hundred people on any given night. 10 studio albums followed — Yarn (2007)\, Empty Pockets (2008)\, Leftovers Part One (2009)\, Come On In (2010)\, Leftovers Part 2 (2011)\, Almost Home (2012)\, Shine the Light On (2013)\, This Is The Year (2016)\, and Lucky 13 parts 1 & 2 (2019). The band then took to the road\, playing upwards of 170 shows a year and sharing stages with such superstars as Dwight Yoakam\, Charlie Daniels\,  Railroad Earth\, Marty Stuart\, Allison Krauss\, Leon Russell\, Jim Lauderdale\, Leftover Salmon\, Amos Lee\, The Lumineers and many more. They performed at any number of prestigious venues — Mountain Stage\, Daytrotter\, the Orange Peel in Asheville\, the Fox Theater in Boulder\, the 9:30 Club in D.C\, South by Southwest\, the Strawberry Festival\, Rhythm and Roots\, Meadowgrass\, Floydfest and so much more\, eventually surpassing 1\,000 shows\, half a million miles and performances in nearly every state. They’ve driven nonstop\, made countless radio station appearances\, driven broken-down RVs and watched as their van caught fire. They’ve paid their dues and then some\, looking forward even as they were forced to glance behind. \n  \nIndeed\, the accolades piled up quickly along the way. They have landed on the Grammy ballot 4 times\, garnered nods from the Americana Music Association\, placed top five on both Radio and Records and the AMA album charts\, garnered airplay on Sirius XM\, iTunes\, Pandora\, CNN\, and CMT\, been streamed millions of times on Spotify\, Apple Music\, and Amazon\, and also accorded the “Download of the Day” from Rolling Stone. Shine the Light On found shared songwriting credits with John Oates (the Oates of Hall & Oates fame)\, and when audiences expressed their admiration\, it brought the band a populist cult following of diehard devotees\, popularly known as “the Yarmy.” \n  \nIt’s proof positive that the Brooklyn and Raleigh based band have made their mark\, and in dealing with their emotions\, scars and circumstances\, they find themselves in a position to share those experiences with others who have juggled similar sentiments. \n  \nAs Yarn look forward to their next 2 studio releases in 2023\, Blake looks to establish himself more as the songwriter he’s always been\, and not the pseudo bluegrass band\, bar band or jam band\, that Yarn often gets immediately lumped into.  Although all those elements of music exist in the Yarn catalogue and their live performances\, Blake’s number one priority is and always has been “the song”.  These next 2 releases are without a doubt Blake’s most personal\, polished\, and best of Yarn’s career so far. \n  \nThe beginning of the journey to these 2 albums began around April of 2022 when Blake booked a solo show at The Down Home in Johnson City\, TN (a nod to Townes Van Zandt’s 1986 live show there and ultimate release) with the intention of making a live record.  But he wanted it to be songs none of the fans and attendees had ever heard before. The problem was he hadn’t written most of them yet.  He was at his crossroads\, uninspired\, bored\, exhausted and fairly insecure about his entire career up to that point. But he got to work\, and got more inspired with each new song he wrote.  These songs all tell a story individually but they also tell a story as a whole\, a songwriter and musician ready to dive deeper into the music and the art for a greater result that he believes most anyone can appreciate\, relate to and enjoy. 
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/yarn-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Country,Genre,Rock,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T230000
DTSTAMP:20251210T140333Z
CREATED:20251210T140333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251210T140333Z
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SUMMARY:Chris Knight - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nChris Knight \nAcoustic Trio Show \nFriday\, April 10\, 2026 6pm $30.00 + Online fee \n6pm Doors\, 8pm Show \n \n  \n \n  \nAfter 23 years as a recording artist\, singer-songwriter Chris Knight remains boldly empowered to make music that always delivers the unflinching truth. In fact\, the man raised in Slaughters\, Kentucky uses a simple\, direct barometer to regularly check his muse: “If I can’t believe myself\, I won’t sing the song.” \n  \nThat brutally honest\, no-frills philosophy fits his Americana-fueled\, backwoods-grown merger of folk\, country\, and rock. It’s been at the backbone of nine studio albums\, beginning with 1998’s acclaimed self-titled debut and traveling through scorchers such as the one-two punch of 2001’s A Pretty Good Guy and 2003’s The Jealous Kind\, two demo-styled discs (2007’s The Trailer Tapes and 2009’s Trailer II)\, and the recent\, electric guitar-fortified opus\, 2019’s Almost Daylight. \nBecause Knight’s music has always sat outside of the mainstream\, onstage is where he makes his fans one show at a time. It is exactly where his searing tales of rural characters\, fringe survivors\, and tumultuous small-town existence find a captivated audience. A few edgy\, raw gems that immediately come to mind are “It Ain’t Easy Being Me\,” “Carla Came Home\,” “I’m William Callahan\,” and “Everybody’s Lonely Now\,” the latter two from Almost Daylight.  \n  \n“I’ve written songs about a lot of different things going all the way back to my first record\,” he says\, “and some folks still think ‘somebody kills somebody’ is all I write about.” \n  \nWhat Knight writes about is what he knows. He was raised in mining country\, so it’s no surprise that he would earn a degree in agriculture from Western Kentucky University and then work as a mine reclamation inspector and then miner’s consultant. But eventually his passion for writing songs and playing guitar\, both inspired by his musical hero\, the late John Prine\, led him to chronicle his surroundings in words and music.  \n  \n“I came from a big family and grew up in the woods six miles from two small towns\, so there were a lot of stories\,” he says. “There were always a lot of ideas to write about.” \nThose ideas have earned Knight praise from publications such as The New York Times (“the last of a dying breed…a taciturn loner with an acoustic guitar and a college degree”) and USA Today (“a storyteller in the best traditions of Mellencamp and Springsteen”)\, to name a few. Like his beloved Prine\, whom Knight duets with on Prine’s chestnut “Mexican Home\,” the cut that closes Almost Daylight\, Knight fits comfortably in Texas honky-tonks\, downtown Nashville venues\, and cool Manhattan rock clubs. \nIt’s no wonder that Knight has single-handedly scraped a reputation as one of America’s most uncompromising and respected singer-songwriters through 23 years and nine studio albums. He’s done this minus fanfare and artifice. The native son of Slaughters\, Kentucky (population: 238) only sings songs he believes. He also speaks only when he has a potent message. \n“If I don’t have something worth saying\, I’m not opening my mouth. I haven’t suited everybody\, but every time I get a new fan it tells me I’m doing something right. I think all my records have set a precedent\, if only for me at the very least. I just want people to think the latest one stands up to everything else I’ve done.”
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/chris-knight-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Country,Genre,Singer Songwriter,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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SUMMARY:John Prine Tribute - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nJohn Prine Tribute \nSaturday\, April 4\, 2026 8pm $20.00 + Online fee \n \n 
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/john-prine-tribute-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Country,Genre,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages,Tribute
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SUMMARY:Big Martha Music of The Allman Brothers - The Cave
DESCRIPTION:The Cave presents \nBig Martha Music of The Allman Brothers \nFriday\, April 3\, 2026 7pm Doors\, 8pm Showtime \n$20.00 + Online Fee \n \n 
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/big-martha-music-of-the-allman-brothers-the-cave/
LOCATION:The Cave\, 71 Military Road\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Blues,Classic Rock,Genre,Stages,The Cave,Tribute
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SUMMARY:Brass & Burlesque 10 - THE CAVE
DESCRIPTION:The Cave presents \nBrass & Burlesque 10 \nFriday\, February 20\, 2026 8pm Doors\, 9pm Show \n \n  \n \n  \nBRASS & BURLESQUE 10 Brass and Burlesque returns to Mohawk Place! For the last DECADE we’ve been throwing this party with a purpose! Can’t believe this will be number 10! This year we will have our buddy ol’ pals DiTrani Brothers on the bill! Of course 12/8 Path will lead a sweaty Brassband dance party! Folkfaces & friends will play and our dear friends The Stripteasers will dance with the band! $15 advanced $15 at the door with a donation for Friends of Night People or $20 without Featuring:  Folkfaces (with horns!) DiTrani Brothers  The Stripteasers  12/8 Path Band \n  \nDon’t miss it – mark your calendars now! “A bawdy brassy burlesque bash benefiting Friends of Night People” Please bring donations for friends of night people for discounted entry! Non-perishables\, winter coats\, canned goods\, toiletries\, un-opened packages of socks and undies! \n  \nBack in 2014 we had our first ever Brassband & Burlesque show! The event took place at Mohawk Place. The idea was that all the bands had a horn section\, burlesque performers danced along to live bands. We collected donations of canned goods\, non-perishables\, winter coats\, hats\, gloves\, socks and undies to benefit Friends of Night People! \n  \nThere was a huge snow storm and a driving ban that was listed just in time for the show to go on! People came out and danced hard! We will be seeking a few vendors & live painters to add to the event! Save the date and see you there! #LiveMusic #BurlesqueShow #BuffaloNY #FolkMusic
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/brass-burlesque-10-the-cave/
LOCATION:The Cave\, 71 Military Road\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Genre,Jazz,Stages,The Cave
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