The great Brent Hinds—former Mastodon guitar player and mastermind behind such prolific acts as West End Motel (featuring the songwriting talents of Tom Cheshire of the Rent Boy, All Night Drug Prowling Wolves, and TCB), Fiend Without A Face, and Dirty B & the Boys—takes over the Garden Club at Wild Heaven for an evening of Southern fried surf punk, country, and monster movie rock ‘n’ roll. This show brings a veritable sampler of Hinds’ various projects from throughout the years together on one stage for a night of beauty and depravity that’s not for the faint of heart.
Tucker Riggleman & the Cheap Dates. Photo by Corbin Lanker
The current lineup of Tucker Riggleman & the Cheap Dates calls a sprawling stretch of Appalachian terrain home. Drummer M. Tivis Clark hails from Lexington, KY. Bass player Mason Fanning lives in Morgantown, WV, and singer and guitar player Tucker Riggleman resides in nearby Fairmont, WV. With their latest album, Restless Spirit (WarHen Records), the group weaves a haunting blend of country grit and punk energy with a Southern-gothic ambiance. The raw honesty that binds songs such as “Shotgun,” “Bucket and the Boot,” and the album’s title track strikes a balance between traditional and contemporary regional sounds, turning the solitude of mountain living into a call for connection and resilience.
Restless Spirit was produced by Grammy-nominated Duane Lundy, who has worked with everyone from Kevn Kinney of Drivin N Cryin and Sturgill Simpson to Michael McDonald, Bela Fleck, and dozens of other artists. Together, Lundy and the Cheap Dates capture an electrifying blend of alt-country and indie rock.
Atlanta-based Americana punks Reconciler, Birmingham’s the Williamson Brothers (feat. Blake and Adam Williamson of Lee Baines & the Glory Fires), and Former Sinners of the Future (a new band featuring mixed media artist Jeremy Ray) also perform.
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