Gee, it's like a late Christmas all up here in A to Z HQ today. First the new Morrissey album leaks and now this email floats into my inbox: "Pop/Rock Legends Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey to Give Free Concert at Euclid Records As Part of 45 RPM Charity Series."
Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey, two founding members of the much beloved 80s pop/rock band the dB's, will be making their first St. Louis appearance together since 1991 at 1 pm Sunday, Feb. 1. What better way to kick off Super Bowl
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*Railroad Earth/Split Lip Rayfield, Thursday, March 26
*Morrissey, Wednesday, April 8
*Bonnie Prince Billy, Friday, April 10
*The Bamboozle Roadshow Spring Tour feat. We the Kings/Forever the Sickest Kids/The Cab/NeverShoutNever!/Mercy Mercedes, Saturday, April 16
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*Fleetwood Mac, Tuesday, May 5
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*Ne-Yo, Sunday, March 1
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In this week's paper, Roy Kasten interviews Chris Stamey of the dB's, who will be in town on Sunday playing a few shows with his partner-in-crime, Peter Holsapple. (Read Holsapple's blog. Really.) The first is a free show at 1 p.m. at Euclid Records, for the store's 45 RPM charity series. The second is a full-on rock show at Off Broadway that night at 8 p.m.. True rockers don't watch the Super Bowl, right? Roy's interview is here, but below please enjoy a few outtakes -- including information ab
January 30*So Many Dynamos/The Pragmatic/Corvidae, Off Broadway*The Virgins/Anya Marina/Lissy Trullie, Gargoyle (Virgins/Anya Marina also at Vintage Vinyl, 6 p.m.)*That's My Daughter/Tok/Black for a Second, Schlafly Tap Room*The Subjects/the Jack and Jills/Grabadores/Royal Roy, Cicero's*The Werks, Gramophone*Irie/Cross Examination/The 75's, FubarJanuary 31*The Ettes, Way Out Club*Mock Orange/Park/The Forecast, Fubar*Mahjongg/Emperor X, Billiken Club*John Maxfield Band, Cruisin' Rte. 66*St. Louis
If you don't like geeking out, unabashed fandom or good music, stop reading now. Anyone else, please forge ahead. It's no surprise that I'm stoked for this weekend's appearances by Chris Stamey and Peter Holsapple. But why is this such a big deal? Roy touched on this in his story, but these two men basically were in a band that perfected modern power-pop. "Neverland":Featuring drummer Will Rigby, bassist Gene Holder and singer/guitarists Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey, the dB's criss-cros
Writer Mike Appelstein headed over to Euclid Records on Sunday afternoon to check out the performance by Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey. He had some nice things to say:
The original dB's have reformed and played a few gigs here and there. I've yet to see them, but I was certainly ready to give the acoustic duo a second chance. It should be no surprise that they were fantastic. They were clearly at ease with, trading jokes with and enjoying the Sunday afternoon crowd. The
Hey, remember when I mentioned Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey covered the Byrds' "Here Without You"? Here's video, courtesy of Roy. Hear that? That's the sound of me geeking out. Those harmonies make me want to cry. (Seriously.)
