Twangfest June 4-7, 2008 Lineup

[Analogman]

(NO DEPRESSION.NET) -- For the 12th year, our pals in St. Louis (and beyond) are putting on the big musical shindig known as Twangfest, a four-day festival of Americana and rock 'n' roll. Twangfest's roots run back to the early days of No Depression, when an AOL discussion board (No Depression/Alt.Country) helped to inspire a print magazine and a similarly-styled internet mailing-list (Postcard2) helped to inspire Twangfest's creation. We've been fans ever since.

 

They recently announced the lineup for this year's event, presented in conjunction with St. Louis community radio station KDHX-FM. Here's who's playing, and where (all venues in St. Louis):

 

WEDNESDAY JUNE 4

SCHLAFLY TAP ROOM

Schlafly Tap Room

Chuck Prophet (San Francisco, CA)

Centro-matic (Denton, TX)

The Builders & The Butchers (Portland, OR)

 

THURSDAY JUNE 5

DUCK ROOM AT BLUEBERRY HILL

Gourds (Austin, TX)

Charles Walker & The Dynamites (Nashville, TN)

Deadstring Brothers (Detroit, MI)

 

FRIDAY JUNE 6

PAGEANT

Old 97's (Dallas, TX)

Hayes Carll (Houston, TX

Miles Of Wire (St. Louis, MO)

 

SATURDAY, JUNE 7

OFF BROADWAY

Waco Brothers (Chicago, IL)

Ha Ha Tonka (Springfield, MO)

Everybodyfields (Johnson City, TN)

Caleb Travers (St. Louis, MO)

 

Saturday's agenda will also inclued Twangpin, a bowling tournament at Saratoga Lanes in the St. Louis suburb of Maplewood, from noon to 5 p.m., with live music from Americana band Rough Shop. There's also an online auction that began this week on eBay, with CDs, vinyl records, posters and other collectibles, with proceeds benefiting the nonprofit KDHX and the all-volunteer Twangfest. More details at: www.twangfest.com

[poppydawn]

I'm going to miss all the fun this year. Damn shame, because the line-up's good and Twangfest is always a good time.

[stooka]

Gourds (Austin, TX)

 

[Analogman]

The Weedhawks

 

These folks are local.