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Bill Kirchen
Friday, September 29, 2006
rockabilly, dieselbilly & truck-stop rock
Door 7:30 P.M., Music 8:00 P.M. | Purchase advance tickets: $18.50

Come hitch a ride to honky-tonk heaven with Bill Kirchen, as the "Titan of the Telecaster" celebrates the release of his new CD, Hammer of the Honkytonk Gods, backed by his awesome band. With his scorching guitar runs and elegant twang, Bill celebrates an American tradition where country music draws upon its origins in blues and bluegrass, and in the western swing of Texas and California honky-tonks, infusing rockabilly music with an irresistible blend of hard-core devotion and flat-out fun. A great showman as well as one of the hottest guitar-slingers ever to nearly blow the roof off the Freight, he is simply not to be missed.

Bill first gained renown as lead guitarist for Commander Cody & his Lost Planet Airmen, the renegade country-rock band that tuned a whole generation in to the joys of unvarnished rockabilly music. It was Bill's Telecaster guitar that drove "Hot Rod Lincoln" into the Top Ten in 1972. He still plays the same guitar, and continues to polish his reputation as one of America's premier roots-rock musicians, rousing the inner rockabilly trucker that sleeps inside us all.

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