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Home > McMenamins Old St. Francis School > Calendar > Great Northwest Music Tour
Wednesday, August 12
McMenamins and opbmusic.org present
Great Northwest Music Tour
MICKY & THE MOTORCARS
Meanbottle
7 p.m. | Free | All ages welcome
MICKY & THE MOTORCARS
"Even when they're rocking, the band's got an occasional knack for some introspective, heavy thoughts. … [A] headstrong sense of lyrical twists and genuine emotion is what separates Micky and the Motorcars from similar-sounding peers. And on songs like ‘Split,' they rock right on with some crowd-pleasing, guitar-whipped words: ‘Come on, girl, let's get out of here.' Funny thing is, that line would probably work. …" — Texarkana Gazette
Unlike the previous three albums by alt-country five-piece band Micky and the Motorcars, the group — this go-around — had plenty of time to prepare for Naive. During recording sessions on the past discs, says front man-lead vocalist Micky Braun, "if a good gig came up, we had to leave the studio."
Now established as one of the best-drawing bands on the lucrative Texas Music circuit, Micky and the Motorcars had plenty of time to make Naive, accumulating a large stockpile of songs before members even entered Austin's Cedar Creek Studios.
"We had a good amount of time off, so we did a lot of rehearsal, working up different arrangements and trying to figure out the right way to play them," says Braun. "That was kind of grueling, but it worked out."
Braun collaborated on many of the other songs on Naive with musicians such as his brother, Reckless Kelly lead singer Willy Braun, as well as Randy Rogers, Kevin Welch, Welch's offspring, Dustin and Savannah, and Jack Ingram bassist Robert Kern. The Brauns actually wrote the title track, which Micky Braun calls "your classic wife-cheating-on-the-husband, husband-comes-home thing," several years ago in their native Idaho. "It never really panned out, so I sat back down, and we ended up getting a good rock 'n' roll version," he says.
The Braun family's musical legacy extends far beyond the Motorcars — formed back in Idaho by Micky, brother Gary (vocals, guitar, harmonica) and childhood friend-bass player Mark McCoy — and Reckless Kelly (featuring older brothers Willy and Cody Braun).
All four brothers played with their father in their own special group that appeared twice on "The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson." In the 1950s, their grandparents drove an hour and 15 minutes every day from their home in Twin Falls, Idaho, to their jobs as house piano and organ player and cocktail waitress at a casino in Jackpot, Nev.
Even home from the road and an average 215 shows a year, members of Micky and the Motorcars tend to stick together, practicing, brainstorming, writing, hanging out. Braun says, "We'll wind up calling each other and saying, ‘What are you doing? Let's hit the town." There's plenty of time for that.
Visit mickyandthemotorcars.com for more information.
MEANBOTTLE
Meanbottle coined the phrase Rural Alternative to describe their mixture of country, rock, punk and rockabilly all rolled into one. The band plays mostly original material written by lead singer/guitarist, Derek Miller. Since Meanbottle's inception the band has continued to add to its repertoire and has amassed a large volume of original music and old country covers. The songs included in a Meanbottle set can take you from high intensity, fast, driving country-punk, to fresh renditions of old Hank Williams songs.
Meanbottle has played many venues in the Colorado and Wyoming area, such as The Aggie Theatre in Ft. Collins and The Fox Theatre in Boulder, and shared the stage with countless national acts such as Aaron Watson, Paula Nelson Band, David Allen Coe and Jason Boland & the Stragglers.
Visit meanbottle.com for more information.
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