New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) June at Hill Country Live kicks off with a rollicking two-night 5-year anniversary party featuring returning favorites Heybale!, the first act to ever play the HCL stage and the performer for every Hill Country anniversary since. The month will also bring roots rocking scoundrels Hellbound Glory, the record release show of blues rocker Paul Thorn, ten-piece Austin soul band T Bird and the Breaks, and a very special charity event with The Sopranos' Big Pussy & The Bada Bings.
Heybale! - 6/1 & 6/2 - This five-piece
Texas outfit features musicians who have played with Willie Nelson,
Wanda Jackson, Merle Haggard,
Brian Setzer and
Johnny Cash including vocalist Dallas Wayne and guitarist Redd Volkaert. https://www.heybale.com/
Big Pussy & The Bada Bings - 6/6 -
Vincent Pastore, better known as The Soprano's Big Pussy, will host a special open-to-the-public charity event featuring his all-star band Big Pussy & The Bada Bings and special guests, with live and silent auction proceeds benefiting Reach the World.
T Bird and the Breaks - 6/15 - The ten-piece Austin-based soul/funk band, darlings of the Austin press and one of NPR's "favorite sessions," are currently bringing new EP 'Dancehall Freakin' across the country. https://tbirdandthebreaks.com/
Paul Thorn - 6/16 - This critically acclaimed blues/rock singer/songwriter uses new album 'What the Hell is Goin On?' to put his gritty stamp on Americana classic. He has appeared on late night TV (both Kimmel and Conan) as well as NPR's World Café and All Thing Considered.
https://www.paulthorn.com/
Hellbound Glory - 6/27 - A Reno, NV trio who offer up Country music with an edge, and whose rowdy live show have earned them a hearty following, have shared the stage with the likes of
David Allan Coe, Reverend Horton Heat, and Drive-By-Truckers.
https://www.hellboundglory.com/
Hill Country Live is located at 30 W. 26th St. New York, NY 10010. Phone: 212-255-4544
About Hill Country Live:
Hill Country Live features the best of Americana, Alt-Country and
Roots music presented in state-of-the-art performance venues in New York City and Washington DC. Since 2007, Hill Country Barbecue Market has been NYC's premier destination for authentic
Texas barbecue and recently, with Hill Country Live, it has established itself as NYC's home for Americana music.
Legends like Rosanne Cash, Bob Schneider, Dale Watson, Asleep at the Wheel and Shooter Jennings have performed, and Hill Country Live has partnered with Nashville's Americana
Music Association, SXSW
Music Festival, and New Orleans' Export NOLA. A second location, in Washington, D.C.'s thriving Penn Quarter (410 Seventh Street, NW) opened in 2011 meeting with equal success and has presented shows by
Roger Creager, Band of Heathens, Carolyn Wonderland, Slaid Cleaves and The Holmes Bros. Part of Hill Country Live's core mission is to serve our local communities in Washington, DC and New York, as well as to serve the communities of our familial and spiritual roots: Austin, the Hill Country, and the great state of Texas.
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