Sun Rider 9 Productions and The Music City Maryland Association presents The Shakedown on Saturday July 27th from 1:00-9:30 at the Vortex at CAA Park in Catonsville. Advanced tickets are $25 and $30 at the door. Tickets go on sale on January 5th at 9:00am. Tickets are limited so be sure to buy as soon as you can! Bring your lawn chairs and blankets and come enjoy the local music and art vendors. Food Trucks and beverages including adult beverages available throughout the park. Doors open at noon. No Outside Coolers. Rain or Shine.
The Music City Maryland Association and the Vortex are transitioning to a CASHLESS venue. Cash will NOT be excepted unless it is an extreme circumstance. So please come prepared. Thank you!
HOTEL: https://www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/en/catonsville/balbw/hoteldetail
CAMPING: https://www.patapsco.org/attraction/camping/
ORDER TICKETS HERE: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/2f5c3342-f211-4179-984c-dacda60bd435
THE LINEUP
inDEADnation: 1:00-2:00
Free Flowing Musical Experience: 2:30-3:30
The Wharf Rats: 4:00-5:00
Honey Island Swamp Band: 6:00-7:00
Dogs in a Pile: 8:00-9:30
DOGS IN A PILE:
The sandy shores of Asbury Park, New Jersey are hallowed ground in the northeast; the rolling waves have ushered generations of venerated musicians to worldwide acclaim. Dogs in a Pile, an eclectic quintet, has emerged as the heir apparent to the town’s rich musical legacy. Merging funk, jazz, and rock and roll with psychedelia, the quintet presents a completely original vibe built on kaleidoscopic soundscapes eerily reminiscent of the days of yesteryear.
The Dogs employ a unified approach to performance and songwriting, crafting aural mosaics through adept instrumentation and humble precocity. As avid storytellers, they draw inspiration from personal experiences, balancing life’s foibles with ever-present youthful sanguinity.
Dogs began when Philadelphia University of the Arts guitar gun-slinger Jimmy Law began playing with young Joe Babick (drums), a student at the Count Basie Theater program in Red Bank, NJ. Lightning struck when they were introduced to Berklee School of Music student and bass player Sam Lucid, who immediately suggested fellow Berklee student and keyboard player Jeremy Kaplan. The addition of fellow Berklee student Brian Murray (guitar) in 2019 made for the quintessential final piece in the Dogs’ puzzle.
A string of successful local shows drove the development of a massive northeast fan base, affectionately known as the Dog Pound. The band’s astronomical growth culminated in an epic, sold-out performance at the legendary Stone Pony in Asbury Park during the summer of 2021. Armed with a fresh batch of new material, Dogs in a Pile is taking its perpetually evolving testament to the Great American Songbook on tour in 2022, visiting plenty of new cities and spreading good music and good energy to good people along the way.
https://dogsinapileofficial.com/
HONEY ISLAND SWAMP BAND:
he Honey Island Swamp Band are a thrilling, eclectic band that defies genre conventions, renders song structures elastic, and wholeheartedly stresses that the song reigns supreme.
Since they formed in 2005 in San Francisco after their displacement from New Orleans via Katrina – and subsequently relocated back home – the band has evolved to embody contemporary roots music.
The fivesome – bandleader and multi-instrumentalist Aaron Wilkinson, guitarist and vocalist Lee Yankee, bassist Sam Price, keyboardist Chris Spies, and drummer and vocalist Garland Paul – is about to release their most satisfying, consolidative album to date: Custom Deluxe, out October 27 on Color Red Music.
Songs like the kinetic “High River Rag,” authoritative “Wildfire” and blues-rocking “Sugar For Sugar” display these musical omnivores at a new zenith.
“We’re definitely melody-driven, vocal-driven, lyric-driven,” Wilkinson explains of the Honey Island Swamp Band’s modus operandi at this juncture, with Custom Deluxe. “We like something that’s new, yet sounds like it could have been a hit that you didn’t know about.”
Pre-order the album here.
“Their all encompassing sound of blues, roots, country, and soul has been described as “Bayou Americana.” – No Depression
Honey Island Swamp Band is:
Aaron Wilkinson – vocals, guitar, mandolin, harmonica
Lee Yankie – guitar, vocals
Chris Spies – keyboards
Sam Price – bass, vocals
Garland Paul – drums, vocals
The Honey Island Swamp Band catalog also includes five award winning albums – Honey Island Swamp Band (2007), Wishing Well (2009), Good to You (2012), Cane Sugar (2014) and Demolition Day (2016) – each of which was named Roots Rock Album of the Year by New Orleans’ prestigious Offbeat Magazine.
“Somewhere, there exists a dark, smoky bar with a jukebox that spins George Jones, Gram Parsons, Delbert McClinton, and Little Feat. And if that fantasy honky‐tonk lights your Marlboro, you need to know about Honey Island Swamp Band.” – Broward‐Palm Beach New Times
https://www.honeyislandswampband.com/
JOHNNY SANSONE:
We are thrilled to announce that Johnny Sansone will be sitting in with both Honey Island Swamp Band and Dogs in a Pile at The Shakedown!
The steamroller Johnny Sansone has overwhelmed audiences around the planet with his powerful vocals, sizzling Blues harp and mastery of his accordion and electric guitar playing. His sets are fully stocked with original songs from over 150 of his published titles. A crowd favorite at every venue, Johnny turns out seamless energetic passion with his spellbinding mixture of Blues, Soul, Swamp Rock & Zydeco. His bareknuckle approach is reminiscent of a southern elder prophet that has lived on the hard road that draws his sermon from deep dark backwoods well. His performances are pure, unpretentious, and come with a full-grown swagger. Johnny Sansone is the personification of the finest that the New Orleans music scene has to offer.
– 10 Blues Music Association nominations, and a win for Song of the Year.
– 2 Grammy Nominations.
– 10 solo recordings and session work with releases by Tab Benoit, Samantha Fish, Mike
Zito, Albert Castiglia, Anders Osborne, Dr. John, Cyril Neville, and many others.
– Movie and TV show appearances and soundtracks including HBO’s Treme, Banshi, CSI
New Orleans, Blaze, Music of the Mind, and many more.
– 30 consecutive years of performing at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
https://intrepidartists.com/artists/johnny-sansone/
Special thanks to our Sponsors:
https://www.musiccitymd.org/
https://sunrider9.com/
https://caayouthsports.sportngin.com/
http://www.ElectriciansInBaltimore.com
https://www.vaway.org/
