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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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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T200000
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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:20260423T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260423T220000
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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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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:20260426T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260426T220000
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SUMMARY:John Gallagher Jr\,  w/Hannah Winkler - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nJohn Gallagher Jr\, \nw/Hannah Winkler \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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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:20260626T190000
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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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SUMMARY:Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nBig Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys \nSunday\, September 20\, 2026 $20.00+ Online fee \n2pm Doors\, 4pm Show \n  \n \n  \nBig Sandy and His Fly-Rite BoysSince forming in 1988 in Southern California\, Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys have become one of the world’s most beloved Americana/Roots acts\, drawing from the deep musical waters that flow justbeneath the surface of Rock & Roll’s fertile soil. A childhood passionfor Country\, Doo-Wop\, and Rhythm & Blues 45s led Sandy (bornRobert Williams) to pursue a singing career as a teenager\, beginninga life in music that continues decades later. And as his personalrecord collection continues to grow (75\,000 and counting)\, so doesthe depth of the musical influences that stream through hissongwriting and singing style. A critically acclaimed tribute to Tex-Mex hero Freddy Fender\, released at the beginning of the 2020lockdown\, points the way forward for Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boysas they continue on a path of musical growth. After nearly 35 years onthe road\, and more than two dozen releases to their credit\, theyremain key figures on the ever-changing Americana circuit\, both onrecord and in live appearances.
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/big-sandy-and-his-fly-rite-boys-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Country,Genre,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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SUMMARY:Dale Watson & His Lone Stars - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nDale Watson & His Lone Stars \nTuesday\, September 29\, 2026 5pm Doors\, 7pm Showtime \n$35.00+ Online Fee \n \njan 12\, 2026\, Dale Watson photographed in New York City\n \nDale Watson is a living legend of American roots music. With Texas-sized defiance and drive\, he’s spent four decades flying the flag for his own brand of honky-tonk\, outlaw country\, western swing\, and rockabilly. That signature sound has a name — “Ameripolitan” — and its originator is Watson himself: a singer\, songwriter\, guitarist\, producer\, actor\, cultural architect\, and rule-breaking traditionalist for the modern world\, championing the traditions that fly in the face of the homogenous mainstream. \n  \nMore than 30 albums stand between Watson’s teenage years in Texas\, where he cut his teeth on Houston’s honky-tonk circuit\, and his latest release\, 2026’s Unwanted. That body of work hasn’t just brought him an international audience stretching from East Texas to Europe with TV appearances on major national platforms like PBS’s Austin City Limits\, Jimmy Kimmel Live!\, and The Late Show with David Letterman; it’s also cemented his reputation as a musical maverick who’s worthy of sharing the same stage as his heroes\, with shows alongside Merle Haggard\, Johnny Cash\, Willie Nelson\, and Kris Kristofferson. \n  \nWith Unwanted\, he fires another double-barreled shotgun blast of country twang and honky-tonk bang. It’s a raw\, rowdy record\, recorded in Austin and Memphis — two cities that have always lived large in Watson’s history — and fueled by the heartaches\, hard-won lessons\, and high-speed thrills of a life largely logged on the road. Singing with a booming voice that could cut through the chaos of a packed dancehall\, Watson runs the show like a roots-rock ringleader. He salutes his vices on the galloping “Willie Waylon and Whiskey\,” reflects upon a lifetime of loss with the gorgeous ballad “If You Really Loved Me (Outlive Me)\,” and gets wistfully reflective on “Life is Like a Song.” Entirely written and produced by Watson\, Unwanted is the sound of an Ameripolitan diehard with plenty of life left in the tank\, speeding toward a horizon of his own making. \n  \nIf the heart of American music beats loudest where tradition and innovation intersect\, then Dale Watson’s albums are the lifeblood of a sound that never dies.
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/dale-watson-his-lone-stars-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Country,Genre,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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SUMMARY:Eilen Jewell - Sportsmens
DESCRIPTION:Sportsmens presents \nEilen Jewell \nSunday\, November 22\, 2026 3pm Doors\, 5pm Showtime \n$30.00 + Online fee \n \n  \n \n  \nTwenty years of touring. Twenty years on the road. “My own weariness amazes me\,” as Bob Dylan sings to his Tambourine Man. I feel ya\, Bob. But the depth of my gratitude amazes me too. I’m humbled by the countless gifts of fanship and friendship throughout the past two decades. I would say it’s been a dream\, except I never could have dreamt up most of it. I’ve shared stages and drinks in hotel rooms with my heroes\, met children named after me\, made friendships rooted in music from Auckland to the Arctic Circle\, performed on trains\, on boats\, for Wall Street men in tuxes and for the muddy denizens of a musk ox farm… Not bad for a lonely rambler girl from Idaho. It was always a nebulous gut feeling that got the show on the road\, and so it is now but in reverse. A gut feeling is telling me to get off the road\, at least for now. After 2026\, touring and I will part ways for a year\, maybe two\, maybe fifty…it’s hard to say at this point. I do hope to keep performing in some capacity. Maybe come see me of a weeknight in some Boise dive\, playing for potatoes? Or strumming the guitar for a handful of fellow meditators as we contemplate the Dharma and the temporary nature of all things. I need some time for a new exploration\, to try to be the kind of mother I want to be\, and to stop moving long enough “to let my soul catch up with me\,” as my grandma Jeanne used to say. Who knows what will come of that? Maybe on some jingle-jangle morning I’ll come following the next great dream\, rested and ready to go anywhere. But until then\, suffice it to say…thank you. Thank you\, thank you to everyone who carried me forward all this way and in all your different ways. With love\, gratitude\, and solidarity in music always\, —Eilen
URL:https://sportsmensbuffalo.com/single/eilen-jewell-sportsmens/
LOCATION:Sportsmens Tavern\, 326 Amherst Street\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Genre,Sportsmens,Sportsmens,Stages
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