Western Wednesday #73: Geoffrey Miller w. Jerry B. Logan and The Country Squires

Western Wednesday #73 is coming with the return of Geoffrey Miller and Jerry B. Logan & The Country Squires! Wednesday, December 18thDoors: 7pm / Two-Step Lesson 7:30pm / Show: 8pm$15 in advance / $20 day of the show21+GEOFFREY MILLERBoogie woogie cheating songs, love-lamenting ballads, rockabilly country bops, lonesome melodic soliloquiesthe tones of Geoffrey Millers debut solo album All Night Honky Tonk Mantell a story reaching back to Millers childhood. Miller grew up breathing the air of country and oldies AM radio and listening to Waylon, Willie, and Hank Jr. cassettes in the dash of his adoptive father Vern Millers work truck. Echos of Bakersfield, Californias Nashville West, reverberate across the Central Valley to Sacramento, CA where Miller grew up through family record collections, boom box radios at summer trips to the river, and Hee Haw on afternoon TV. Picking up the frequency from a young age, Miller strummed on toy guitars and sang Merle Haggard verses as a child.Fast forward to 2019, Miller bends crying notes from his fender telecaster over a room full of two-steppers and swing dancers on a hardwood dance floor. The worlds of country and rockabilly meld in a crowd topped with cowboy hats, pompadours, and pin-up style hairdos. Between the occasional classic by his favorites, Merle, Johnny Horton, and Faron Young, MIllers original songs fill the room and make a direct connection to the moment. The clacking of a stand-up bass, the break-up of a 50s tweed guitar amplifier, and the slight rasp in Millers voice burrow into the audience with something real. All Night Honky Tonk Man is the incarnation of personal truth rooted in the living lore of Americana country music. Years of playing guitar and singing in honky tonk bars, the discovery of lost musical heritage, and a true-life world of heartaches, wine and neon funnel into the albums 12 original songs.JERRY B. LOGAN & THE COUNTRY SQUIRESJerry B Logan with the Country Squires brings the twang. Hits from the times when Hank & Lefty crowded every jukebox and a nickle got you a song. Come to cry in your beer or honky tonk the night away. Noah Hall on the bass, Freddy Deubert on drums and Bob Kolb on the steel. The boys will joined for a few by the lovely and talented Miss Molly Joy. Molly is just out of the studio laying tracks for her first recording project. Come & get a preview!