Big Smith with Speakeasy this weekend
in Springfield! We’re calling it “Big Easy.” Big Smith to go it alone Friday night
at the Outland Ballroom, joined by Speakeasy Saturday night It’s about time we got around to this. Speakeasy and Big Smith are both
Springfield institutions. Both bands got going around the same time. We’ve
played with them often. We’ve jammed with them numerous times. But for whatever
reason, we have yet to play a show together in Springfield, our home town. So,
it’s time to put that notch on our pistols this weekend, at the Outland
Ballroom downtown. Here’s how the weekend will go down. Friday. Big Smith is going to do its own show,
starting at 9:45 and playing until 1:00 a.m. Opening will be Noah
Earle, the fabulous singer-songwriter that we are happy to call
our label-mate and friend. He’ll start at 9:00 This is
a non-smoking show. The cover is $10. Saturday Big Smith goes first, starting around
9:30. We’ll get in a good healthy set of our own. Speakeasy takes the stage
next, then at the end of the night we’ll do the big
jam session blow-out. Of course, there’ll be all kinds of cross-pollination
guest musician stuff going on all night between the two bands. The cover for
this night is $12. We sure hope to see you out at one or
both of these shows. The Outland Ballroom is located at 326
South Avenue in Springfield, Missouri. You can call (417) 869-7625 for more info. Big Smith is at George’s Majestic
Lounge in Fayetteville, Arkansas next Friday & Saturday, April 11 & 12. Don’t forget to put this on your calendar!
www.georgesmajesticlounge.com Big Smith & Blue Mountain play three shows together in April Blue Mountain, alt-country founders,
contemporaries of Uncle Tupelo, have made an improbable reunion reality, to the
delight and amazement of their fans. Count Big Smith among
them. If Blue Mountain was before your time, you may be familiar with
the songwriting and guitar-slinging of Cary Hudson. After three splendid solo albums, he has
reunited with the original Blue Mountain lineup of bassist Laurie Stirrat (twin sister of Wilco’s
bassist John Stirrat, ex-Healthy White Baby)
and drummer Frank Coutch. To bring their heavy
folk-blues mix back to the Midwest, they’re going to be doing three shows with
little ol’ us, Big Smith, in St. Louis, Columbia, and
Lawrence, Kansas, April 17 – 19. See all the details in our live music listings
at the bottom of this newsletter. Big Smith confirmed for the Wakarusa
Music and Camping Festival, June 5-8 This is a big one for us, as Wakarusa
is developing into the largest music festival in the Midwest. There will be
some names there you’ll recognize, like Emmylou Harris, the Flaming
Lips, the Avett Brothers, Leftover
Salmon and many, many more. Our festival showcase will be at in the Revival
Tent at 1:30 pm on Thursday, June 5. If you’re so fortunate to be hanging out
in the VIP tent, we’ll also be performing acoustic there on Wednesday the 4th.
Here is the festival’s website.
We’ll keep you updated as the weekend draws near. Live Music! Below are the live music listings for
the coming weeks and includes other MayApple artists. Your city or town and
favorite artist are listed in bold for quick reference. Until next time, Mark, whose birthday just may fall on
April 5, the night of the Big Easy show. Friday, April 4 Big Smith performs at the Outland Ballroom, 326 South
Avenue in Springfield,
MO. Doors at 8:00 p.m. Noah Earle opens at 9:00 p.m. $10
cover. (417) 869-7625. www.myspace.com/springfieldoutland Saturday, April 5 BIG EASY show at the Outland Ballroom, 326 South Avenue in Springfield, MO. Doors
at 8:00 p.m. Big Smith performs at 9:30 p.m. Speakeasy performs
at 11:30 p.m. $12 cover. (417) 869-7625. www.myspace.com/springfieldoutland www.myspace.com/speakeasyspringfield Saturday, April 5 Noah Earle performs at Living it Green
Festival at the Pinnacle Hills Promenade in Rogers, AR. His set is
at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 5 Noah Earle performs at
Jose’s, 324 W. Dickson Street in Fayetteville, AR. Music at 9:00 p.m. (479)
521-0194. Sunday, April 6 Wednesday, April 9 Noah Earle performs at Saint’s Rest Coffeehouse, 919 Broad Street
in Grinnell,
IA. (641) 236-6014. Music at
7:00 p.m. Friday, April 11 Friday, April 11 Big Smith performs two nights at George’s Majestic Lounge, 519
W. Dickson Street in Fayetteville, AR. Tickets
are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Doors at 8:00 p.m.
Music at 10:00 p.m. (479) 527-6618. Saturday, April 12 Big Smith performs two nights at George’s Majestic Lounge, 519
W. Dickson Street in Fayetteville, AR. Tickets
are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Doors at 8:00 p.m. Elephant Revival opens
at 9:00 p.m. Big Smith performs at 10:00 p.m. (479) 527-6618. www.myspace.com/elephantrevival Thursday, April 17 Beatle Bob Presents: Big Smith &
Blue Mountain at Lucas School House, 1220 Allen Avenue in St. Louis, MO.
Doors open at 8:00 p.m. Blue Mountain performs at 9:00 p.m. Big Smith performs
at 10:30 p.m. Ticket are $8. (314) 621-6565. www.lucasevents.com/schedule.htm www.myspace.com/bluemountainlauriecary
Friday, April 18 Big Smith performs at the Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire in Lawrence,
KS. Doors open at 8:00 p.m. Blue Mountain opens at 9:00 Ticket are
$7 in advance and $8 at the door. (785) 841-5483. www.thebottlenecklive.com www.myspace.com/bluemountainlauriecary Friday, April 18 Noah Earle performs at The Celtic Fox, 118 SW 8th Avenue in Topeka, KS. Music at 7:00 p.m. (785) 235-2138. Saturday, April 19 Big Smith performs at the Blue Note, 17 N 9th Street in Columbia,
MO. Doors open at 8:00 p.m. Blue Mountain opens at 9:15 p.m. Ticket
are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. (573) 874-1944. www.myspace.com/bluemountainlauriecary Saturday, April 19 Noah Earle performs at the Canoe Club, 27905 E. Colbern Road
in Lake
Lotawana, MO. Music at 9:00 p.m.
(816) 578-5700. Sunday, April
20 Noah Earle performs at Westport Flea Market, 817 Westport Road
in Kansas City, MO. (816)
931-1986. Thursday, April
24 Noah Earle performs at Paddy Malone’s, 700 W Main
Street in Jefferson City, MO.
Music at 9:00 p.m. (573) 761-5900. Friday, April 25 Big Smith performs at Revolution Music Room, 300 President
Clinton Ave in Little Rock, AR. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Big Smith
performs at 10:00 p.m. Ticket are $8. (501) 823-0090. Friday, April 25 Noah Earle performs at Blue Fugue, 120 S 9th Street in Columbia,
MO. Saturday, April 26 Big Smith performs at Trouser Mouse, 625 NE Mock Avenue in Blue
Springs, MO. Doors open at 8:00 p.m. Big Smith performs at 10:00 p.m.
Ticket are $10. (816) 220-1222. This is a non-smoking show. The MayApple newsletter is sent out
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