New Live Music this weekend w/ Adam & Lloyd

This weekend Stumpjack has some fine music scheduled. On Saturday our ol' pal Lloyd Rohr will be performing his mellow and raspy-voiced songs for your entertainment pleasure yet again. Lloyd's a pro who has been playing great music for quite a while along the lakeshore. Last time he was here (a month or so ago I think) Lloyd really was fabulous and everyone just had a great time. His songlist covers a lot of ground and is sure to smooth over any rough edges the work-week might have given you.

Lloyd Rohr

But first, on Friday night, Adam Morantez will be here for his first Stump gig. Adam and his wife just moved here from Minnesota and he stopped in a couple weeks ago to say hi and drop off a CD for us to listen to. After listening to Adam's CD we had planned to schedule him right away in October because we're fairly full-up until then. But as luck or fate would have it, Kelly Underwood called and said she was going to hit the American Idol try-outs in Nashville this Friday (good luck Kelly!) and wanted to know if it was all right to reschedule with us (hmmm...Stumpjack or American Idol...what to do, what to do...). So I emailed Adam straight away and asked him if he wanted to fill in this Friday...good luck for us because he said yes! It's short notice and we didn't have time to do a press release or anything substantive for the paper, but tomorrow night is the night folks. Come on down and welcome our new friend and neighbor and enjoy Adam's brand of acoustic music. If his CD mirrors what he plays live it will be an evening of good acoustic, spare and heartfelt, independent music.

Adam Morantez

8:00pm both nights.

Adam Morantez

Who: Adam Morantez
What: acoustic indie music
When: Friday, Aug 8 at 8:00pm
Where: Stumpjack Coffee, 1606 Washington St., Two Rivers
one drink minimum

Who: Lloyd Rohr
What: acoustic music, mellow and smooth
When: Saturday, Aug 9 at 8:00pm
Where: Stumpjack Coffee, 1606 Washington St., Two Rivers
one drink minimum

Pick & Squeeze; Kelly Underwood Deviled Ham

Got the dates wrong on the poster images below...Friday is the 25th and Saturday is the 26th.

Those naughty Pagel boys are back. Tomorrow (Friday) night at 8:00...Pick & Squeeze with guitar and accordion in hand and ready to rumble. Be here if you're not too chicken.

Then on Saturday night at 8:00 it's Kelly Underwood and her death defying high wire act, where no one under the age 6 months or over 97 is safe from her acoustic daggers of death. Come and see more pickled artichokes in one place than anywhere else in the continental United States.

And don't forget, Stumpjack has new summer/fall hours:
Mon-Thu: 7am-4pm
Fri-Sat: 7am-9pm or until the cows come home.
Sun: 8:30-1:00 or until I get tired.

The Walkner trinity is now complete

Friday (July 18) night at 8:00pm, Dan Walkner of Madison's Clovis Mann will be performing his first solo gig here at the Stump (that is, his first Stump gig, not his first solo gig ever...he's an old dog at this). Dan is the son of Stumpjack regular songster Bill Walkner and brother of photographer artist Nate Walkner, who had an exhibition here a few months ago. Dan kicks it out and this is going to be a butt-kicking show...soulful rock. Come on down for a brew (either hops- or coffee-infused). You can hear Dan's stuff on his myspace site: http://www.myspace.com/danwalkner.

Special guests this Friday

This Friday night (July 11) at 8:00 Stumpjack has the pleasure of hosting musicians/poets/artists Steph and Matt Davies during their current summer tour of the country.

My 13-year old daughter, Jesse, made this cool poster for the show.

Here's the press release:

Steph Davies and her husband Matt will be performing in Two Rivers at Stumpjack Coffee Friday evening as part of their two-month nationwide, coast-to-coast tour. Loosely calling Chicago home, the couple has earned numerous fans and kudos on their current summer tour. Steph, an Art School of Chicago alumni, found her musical voice in 2003 after a friend’s passing, when she picked up her grandfather’s old acoustic guitar and began singing. She began writing and performing her own compositions, which she says both influence and are influenced by her graphic art. She recently recorded and released her first full length CD, “After the Fall” with her husband, guitarist and engineer Matt Davies. Matthew Davies is also a poet and artist who has recorded a seven-song CD titled “Road Song.” He lists as among his musical influences Tom Waits, Bob Marley, Big Bill Broonzy, Sam Cooke, Miles Davis, Leonard Cohen, Woody Guthrie, Mississippi John Hurt and Hank Williams.

Chris Darby, of ThemDamnKids wrote of Davies’ “After the Fall”:

"Steph Davies’ newest effort is far and away her finest and most thoughtful to date. Steph has a way of taking the most ordinary experiences in life, and turning them into wonderfully magical things...etched into a beautiful paradox of temporal permanence. It’s a quality not found in many writers, but is fast becoming evident in Mrs. Davies work, and is really quite remarkable. To call this simply a collection of love songs would somehow cheapen the detailed arrangement of words within. This is a collection of life, those living in it, and the songs that go with that. These are songs to listen to on lonely nights in old cabins- a true representation of beauty in the living world."

Steph Davies’ music can be heard online at http://www.myspace.com/versionsoftruth.

Matthew Davies’ music can be heard at http://www.myspace.com/matthewdavies.

Tonight's Live Music via Milwaukee

Tonight (Saturday) at 8:00pm

Blues Rock with Whiskey Jars & Scandals

Come on over after the Cool City Car Show in downtown TR.