Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Model Tease & Old Number 7 in Altadena Dec. 3

The Coffee Gallery Backstage
2029 N. Lake Ave.
Altadena, CA. Phone for Reservations: (626) 798-6236


MODAL TEASE & OLD NUMBER 7


Modal Tease and Old Number 7 double headline this bill in celebration
of their new CDs, bringing you a not-to-be-missed Christmas show that
celebrates music from Appalachia, Nashville, and Beyond.


Modal Tease has been serving up sizzling' hot slices of Old Tunes for
New Times since 2009. Rooted in America's old time music tradition,
they’re adventurous and versatile, contrasting fast-paced
breakdowns with moseying blues, archaic crooked fiddle tunes with
straight-up square dance numbers, humorous ditties with Carter Family
laments, mandolin with fiddle counterpoint, and typical clawhammer banjo
with novel applications. What unites their varied tastes is their penchant
for modal tunes, which liberally pepper their performances, giving
them an "out of this world" quality often associated with Celtic or
Irish music.Belinda Thom (fiddle) and Cliff Latimer (mandolin) belt out tight unison melodies and vocal harmonies, while Jim Hamilton (clawhammer banjo), balances rhythm and melody, and Larry Ullman (standup bass) provides the
backdrop. Recently, they won awards at the Topanga Banjo and Fiddle
Competition and the Goleta Old-Time Fiddlers Convention. They recorded "Aggravatin’ Beauty," which will be unveiled at this special show.


Cliff Wagner & The Old #7 is a band like nothing you have never heard. Mixing Bluegrass, Blues and Honky Tonk in a way that has audiences on
their feet. Cliff and the other members of The Old #7 are taking
American Roots Music to the next level, and the fans are following.
This band gained nationwide exposure on FOX TVs “The Next Great
American Band”, finishing 7th out of 8,000 bands who originally tried
out for the show, defying the judge's expectations that a "Bluegrass"
band would not be accepted by the general public. by. The band's
release of “Hobo's Lullaby,” which debuted at #35 on the AMA Americana
chart and shortly rose to #28, showcased the band’s musicianship,
versatility and song writing skills by featuring something for
everyone: hard-driving blues- and bluegrass-influenced tunes, country
pop, and tender ballads. This November, the band released its newest
album, "Country Funk," which demonstrates why this band sounds like no
other contemporary Bluegrass band playing today. Cliff Wagner & The
Old #7 showcases superior musicianship, magical harmonies and an
energetic, fresh new sound, which simply must be heard to be believed.

Saturday, December 3. Show 7:00 p.m. Tickets: $20


Here's the two bands websites:

http://www.modaltease.com

http://http://www.oldnumber7.net/

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