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PETE FRANCIS (of Dispatch)

PETE FRANCIS (of Dispatch)

Jamie McLean

Lowell Thompson

Thursday, March 27th

Showcase Lounge

$10 advance | $12 day of show doors 7:00 show 7:30 ALL AGES tickets
PETE FRANCIS (of Dispatch)http://www.petefrancis.com

Pete Francis’ music has soul. In his songs, a poetic tension exists between textured imagery and pure improvised rock and roll. A Pete Francis record feels like a ride from New York City to the coast of Maine. Sometimes his songs are weightless abstractions. Sometimes they tell the story of experience.

Francis spent years as a member of the renowned independent band, Dispatch, writing such fan favorites as May Day, Two Coins, and Ride a Tear. Dispatch recently became the first independent band to headline and sell out three nights at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

His soon to be released, Iron Sea And The Cavalry, belongs in a classic jukebox that holds only your favorite records. The songs on this album will launch you into thoughts of sweet reverie and memories of your first live rock concert. This record is like catching a foul ball and returning it to the concession stand for a free freeze-pop.

Jamie McLeanhttp://www.jamiemclean.com

Jamie McLean is best know as the guitarist for the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. He has toured around the world a few times over with the godfathers of New Orleans brass bands laying the funk, blues, jazz, rock and soul. He has also collaborated with artists as varied as Norah Jones, Dave Matthews, Elvis Costello, Diana Krall, Widespread Panic, Dr. John, Robert Randolph, North Mississippi Allstars, Soulive and many more. The Jamie McLean Band is now the focus of Jamie's musical journey. The band features Jamie's electrifying guitar work as well as his soulful vocals and his unique songwriting. The group has been compared to The Black Crowes, Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, John Mayer, The Allman Brothers and others. The group features his brother Carter on drums, Derek Layes on bass, and Jon Solo on keys. Check out the new record at Jamie's official website www.jamiemclean.com and look for the band to playing live in a town near you!

Lowell Thompsonhttp://www.lowellthompson.com

Playing, producing and recording everything on his first EP, titled "Turn", Thompson showed versatility not only as a musician, but as a songwriter. A unique and soothing voice powered with a "heart on sleeve emotion" (Seven Days), Thompson won the annual Advance Music Singer/Songwriter Acoustic Guitar Search of 2004. Picking up the guitar at age 12, the self-taught Vermont native grew up on a steady regimen of punk rock and power chords. It was either the piercings or the girls (perhaps lack of), but Thompson soon realized that rock n' roll music was what he was raised on and what he was destined to play. He has drawn comparisons to Jeff Tweedy, Beck and Gram Parsons, but his songwriting transcends the boundaries of genre and is all his own. He can slow it down or turn it up, his songs equally captivating acoustically or with a band- and you can count on his steadily growing fan base to make noise wherever he plays..... they like to drink. Following the release of "Turn", Thompson has appeared on stages in L.A., Nashville, N.Y., Boston, Philadelphia, and Austin, TX- just to name a few. Hot on the Burlington music scene, Thompson is constantly touring in support of his debut self-titled LP. The live band of Bill Mullins (Barbacoa, Chrome Cowboys), Kirk Flanagan (The Horse) and Steve Hadeka (The Cush, Seth Yacavone) pack the punch on much of the record while Tyler Bolles (Ryan Power Trio), Gordon Stone (Phish), Russ Lawton (Trey Anastasio Band) and Marie Claire add their talents to a number of tracks.