The Bullfrog Brewery
229 West Fourth St.
Williamsport, PA
 
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» Doug McMinn Jazz Quartet (Every 1st Wednesday)!

Local Jazz

Free Show while you dine!

7 PM - 10 PM

The Doug McMinn Jazz Quartet was formed years ago by multi-instrumentalist Doug McMinn who called upon three close friends to join him in the simple pleasure of playing great music.The quartet features some of the most respected musicians in the Williamsport area and their song selections range from classic standards like "Stella By Starlight" to more funky contemporary tunes like Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man."


» Family FUNKtion & the Sitar Jam - Debut from Buffalo!

Funk/Jazz/Pychedelic/Jam

Free Show!

10 PM - 1 AM

Born into a family with roots extending from India to Ireland, the Padmanabha Brothers interests in music started at very early ages. In the beginning, the boys started playing basic Western instruments like drum set, bass, and guitar.  On these instruments, the brothers created music ranging from punk rock to folk and many places in between.

During their teen years Ravi, Aneal and Naryan began exploring their roots by traveling to India and soon learned the styles of Classical Indian music. Through their travels, they learned to borrow concepts and styles from many world traditions.

Family FUNKtion and the Sitar Jams have performed with and/or shared bills with Max Creek, Rob Wasserman, Toubab Krewe, The Heavy Pets, Consider the Source, Michael Kang (String Cheese Incident),  and Steve Molitz (Particle). The boys have also recorded with the world renowned North Indian Classical vocalists V.J. Kichlu and South Indian percussionist T.S. Nandakumar.  Between the 3 brothers, they appear on over 20 independently released albums.


» Tony Watt & Southeast Expressway - Debut from Boston!

Hard Driving Bluegrass

Free Show!

10 PM - 1 AM

Taking their name from the primary north-south thoroughfare into downtown Boston, Tony Watt & Southeast Expressway make hard-driving bluegrass music. And as anyone who's ever been on the Southeast Expressway at rush hour would expect... they can definitely jam! Southeast Expressway strives to make modern bluegrass music that is at once both beautiful yet powerful, hip yet traditional.

Although the band was formed nearly a decade ago, the current line-up of Southeast Expressway has been together for less than a year, yet in that time we have been honored to play at the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, open for the Seldom Scene at the National Heritage Museum, and perform at one of the most venerable folk clubs in the country: Club Passim located in Harvard Sq., in Cambridge, MA.


» Jazz Workshop Brunch

Improv/Jazz/Blues

Free Show!

12 PM - 4 PM (brunch 9 AM - 2 PM)

A magical musical phenomena that everyone should experience. Over 500 shows strong, the hosting trio of Burgess, Mitchell, and Seal have seen it all and done it all with hundreds of guest musicians from all over the planet. Live, Ispriational four hour show, every Sunday from Noon until 4 PM. Watch and listen as songs take shape and evolve. This is not a rehearsed performance, but a real workshop to hone skills and express musical vision. Reservations are strongly encouraged. 570-326-4700


» Maitland / The Alterations / Clawfoot Slumber

3 Bands for the Price of One!

(Free Admission! - Donations Appreciated)


Fresh and Organic Music for your Ears and Soul, All Natural
and Pure Songwriting Ingredients!
 
Maitland:
Years of friendship, youthful journeys, and passion have lead to the formation of this awe-inspiring duo. With only an acoustic guitar and two drums, Maitland catches your ear with angelic melodies, slow anticipation, and energetic percussion. YUMMY!
 
The Alterations
:
A fairly new alternative folk-rock duo composed of guitarist/vocalist/pianist Val LaCerra (Key of V) and drummer John Nicholson, The Alterations embody the quirky and often haunting songwriting of Val LaCerra, adding catch-all beats and alternative renditions of favorites by Nirvana, Radiohead, and David Bowie. In a live show that can play in multiple genres including folk, rock, and even a tinge of cabaret, Nicholson’s organic approach to drumming duly accommodates LaCerra’s equally liberal vocals, which have been compared to everything from Marlene Dietrich to Kate Bush. TASTY!
 
Clawfoot Slumber:
Clawfoot Slumber is a presentation of honest strings and raw truths.  It is not so much the instrumentation of Clawfoot Slumber, but the complex sound achieved with those instruments that demands the attention of listeners. The grounding reality inherent in the lyrics of Clawfoot Slumber is astounding. The sentiments imparted by Clawfoot Slumber become the tokens by which listeners remember it. MUY BIEN!


» Jon Mackey's Quizzo - Pennsylvania's King of Quizzo!

Test Your Brain on Beer!

Teams up to six...or fly solo

40 questions over four rounds

Tuesday Evenings at Bullfrog Brewery

9:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Try our new QUIZZO friendly tables!


» Captain's Jazz

Jazz

Free Show!

7 PM - 9 PM

Come in and dine to this talented Williamsport jazz duo. Both members of the band - Tim Breon and Dick Adams have played in the Zero Point Big Band with Eddie Severn. Breon played with the Williamsport Symphony Orchestra for about 16 years as the principal bass player. He's stood in for studio sessions, played with rock, country and classical bands and also has taught guitar and a course in electronic music for about 10 years at Lycoming College. He and Adams have been playing together for about 16 years. The pair got together to play smaller venues. "We wanted to provide something for people who needed something for a party," Breon said. "Light music that didn't have any drums. Something to have high-quality music, but not really getting in the way of what's going on. People could watch if they wanted to, but could still be involved in what they're doing."

According to Breon,  it was Adams who branded the name,  Captain's Jazz. "He likes to read a lot of books and often forms bands with nautical sort of themes," Breon said. "It (Captain's Jazz) is a little bit different musically. What we do is I play the seven-string guitar - a guitar with an extra string in the low register, halfway between a bass and a guitar - and Dick plays the melody of the sax, so it kind of fills up the sound a little bit and then we'll switch off. Listeners are not going to hear the same things all night long. We'll switch over to the guitar and he switches between tenor and alto sax." Because the music of the duo doesn't have any drums,  the sound is for listening pleasure. Occasionally, Breon said, someone will slow dance. The set list includes some of Adam's original songs, but many are the duo's take on jazz standards and some obscure, more modern tunes. Adams has been playing jazz and rock and roll in all-purpose bands for the past 30 years.


» Bethesda - Debut from Akron, Ohio!

Indie/Folk Rock

10 PM - 1 AM

Three Dollars

"Because not every band from Akron sounds like the Black Keys. Some, in fact, sound like a female-led Decemberists." - Esquire Magazine


Blending influences from seemingly unblendable musical genres, these folks paint pictures of human drama, the struggles of life, the beauty of nature, and the few truths they know to be true with poignant lyrics and musical movements that can rip you from your apathetic state and send you whirling. This vibrant combination has aided Bethesda in developing a loyal following.

Shanna Delaney- Lead vocalist, mad tambourine, hand-claps
Eric Ling- Guitar, vocals, whispers
Jesse Scaggs - Guitar, banjo
Dan Corby- Bass
Justin Rife- Drums and loud noises
Christopher Black - Violin/Viola, keyboard


» The Great Socio - Debut from Philadelphia!

Alternative/Groove/Rock

Free Show!

10 PM - 1 AM

Lyrics about life, love and paranoia meet four keyboards of perfect sound. Monster-huge bass lines and a trumpet-wielding frontman bring together a brave new look into the heart of rock music.

Formed out of the Lehigh Valley, Bethlehem, and Philadelphia PA, The Great SOCIO flaunts a unique brand of synth and bass led groove rock. They are influenced by bands like the Doors, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Cake, and Incubus.

The Great SOCIO came together out of a belief that there was a great deal more to making music than just “the band," that the unifying experience of music has a holistic power that can't be confined within a band's arbitrary boundaries. Their ceaseless dedication to this concept- constant collaboration with special guests, tireless devotion to their fans, and commitment to providing an unforgettable live experience- continually expands the Great SOCIO. Wherever there are people who live for music, the Great SOCIO aims to be.


» Jazz Workshop Brunch

Improv/Jazz/Blues

Free Show!

12 PM - 4 PM (brunch 9 AM - 2 PM)

A magical musical phenomena that everyone should experience. Over 500 shows strong, the hosting trio of Burgess, Mitchell, and Seal have seen it all and done it all with hundreds of guest musicians from all over the planet. Live, Ispriational four hour show, every Sunday from Noon until 4 PM. Watch and listen as songs take shape and evolve. This is not a rehearsed performance, but a real workshop to hone skills and express musical vision. Reservations are strongly encouraged. 570-326-4700


» Ted Hefko & the Thousandaires - Debut from Brooklyn, NY!

American Roots/New Orleans Romp

Free Show!

8 PM - 11 PM

Ted Hefko and The Thousandaires combines the urgency and spontanaity of jazz, with the gritty bare bones sensibiltity of early folk and blues music, and the vibrancy of New Orleans culture to bring life to original story songs.

I was born on the lower east side, of Madison, Wisconsin that is. A town where the hippies won, and colorful murals and rusting VW Microbuses dotted the streets. There were railroads running right down the middle of the street in front of my house, and I liked to walk along them with my dad, past the culvert factory and the power plant, where you could see a giant scoop come down and pick up coal to feed the fires inside. I liked to pick up a piece of coal as we walked or a railroad nail. Dad had a reel-to-reel tape player with bootlegs of Bob Marley, Stevie Wonder, Fela Kuti and he had plenty of records too: Miles Davis, Albert King, Pharoah Sanders, Dylan. Williamson street, at the top of the hill, was the home of the Willy Street Parade each fall. The bubble blowing car was a mainstay of the parade and the best costume was always the butterfy man with giant wings. Everyone was in costume and in the parade though and the streets were lined with bands and drum circles and karate demonstrations.

From this bohemian enclave, I ventured out. I saved up money, worked at a fast food restaurant and took myself to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival when I was seventeen. After that it was all over. I moved there as soon as I could. Earned a degree in Music as the University of New Orleans, where Ellis Marsalis held court, and headed out on the road with a jam band called, Idletime. It was grassroots. We made our own flyers and slept on couches across the country, eatin’ sandwiches in the van and booking gigs ourselves. Before the dot-com bubbles burst, and the towers fell, and we ran way behind on bills, I saw the whole country. California, Colorado, and every town with a stage in The South. New Orleans was running out of steam, but I wanted to take another look before I moved on. I got a job doing renovations and repairs in a section eight complex, where I made lots of friends, heard lots of stories and had lots of tools and even a pick-up truck. I found my way back to Frenchmen Street and started sittin’ in with everybody, especially old time jazz musicians. Picked up gigs with Blake Amos, and Tondrae, and Warren Battiste and put together my own jazz band do originals and my favorite standards.

New York was calling. Nikki was already up there dancing with The Dance Theatre of Harlem and everybody was moving on. Blake was up there too and my old buddy Moses was living in Brooklyn. The City put me in my place fast. I found myself starving and playing on the subway platform for tips. Gradually, I got better and met more musicians and things started to happen, and I caught my breath, and then I began to reflect and to write.


» Jon Mackey's Quizzo - Pennsylvania's King of Quizzo!

Test Your Brain on Beer!

Teams up to six...or fly solo

40 questions over four rounds

Tuesday Evenings at Bullfrog Brewery

9:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Try our new QUIZZO friendly tables!


» Jay T. Vonada Trio

Jazz

Free Show!

7 PM - 10 PM

Jay was also the Lead Trombonist with the Keystone Society of Swing Big Band from 2001-2006, He plays in a trombone quartet called Trombone Chowder, and a five trombone and rhythm
section jazz group, Slide Zone. He also played in a jazz sextet, Liquid Jazz, playing original music and standard tunes. He is currently in a new sextext called Hexagon. Currently he plays in a quartet of trombone, guitar, bass and drums and in a big band, Zeropoint, playing the solo trombone book. He also has smaller groups, a jazz trio of trombone, organ, drums
that has played at Lewisburg Live, Raystown Lake Amphitheater, and South Hills Business School Summer Concert Series. He has a duo of trombone and guitar, or trombone and keyboard called
swing-nova that has played throughout the centre region including many nursing homes and assisted living communities. Jay has also had the privilege of playing with vocalist Catherine
Dupuis, pianist Russ Kassoff, bassists Martin Wind, Jay Anderson, David Finck and Jay Leonhart and drummers Tim Horner and Dennis Mackrel at the Jazz PA Festival from 2005-2010.


» Ami Saraiya & the Outcome - Debut from Chicago!

Folk/Punk/Jazz Cabaret

Free Show!

9 PM - 12 AM

The 6 piece, Chicago, IL based music ensemble Ami Saraiya & The Outcome is described by Jessica Hopper of the Chicago Tribune as “Creative energy with intensity.  Saraiya's vintage cabaret is drama in bold relief, swinging from playful to maudlin in a single measure.”  Featuring Ami Saraiya on vocals, accordion, guitar, two backing vocalists, violin, upright bass, electric guitar, and drums, the  ensemble plays a combination of cabaret and balkan-indy pop that will leave your head spinning. The ensemble's genre-defying original tunes have the dark flair of Tom Waits, Bjork, St. Vincent and Edith Piaf.  "Ami Saraiya conjures up the kind of Old World Europhilia that any cabaret-pop songwriter worth her kazoo solo should. But the Chicago-based artist also differentiates herself with elements of fragmented indie rock and some truly wild vocal contortionism. She knows when to straighten her delivery for fuller emotional impact, too, pulling her Left Bank torch songs and Balkan accordion hop back to the here and now"(Flavorpill)


» The Ameros - (Yes, you saw them at Mardi Gras!)

Rock/Reggae/Hip-Hop/Funk

Free Show!

10 Pm - 1 AM

“The Ameros from Albany, New York has a catalog that transitions across several styles. They are as capable of busting into the soundspace with a big,  gritty guitar under a rap explosion as they are to deliver something folk or southern rock. Name Your Price for Freedom is a melodic blues rock anthem fit for the end of an arena set,  while several other pieces are evocative of 60s singer songwriter bands. Sometimes the sound is undeniably funk. They incite and move. Their songs are present and political.”, - Melissa L. Walker,  Utica Music and Arts Festival, The Ameros are a rock,  reggae,  hip-hop,  and funk powerhouse, that combine three part harmony, intricate guitar work,  and incendiary leads to take the audience on a journey that spans several genres., They have shared the stage with The Rustic Overtones,  Rusted Root, Matt & Kim, Vanilla Ice,  Naughty By Nature,  Bell X-1,  and Moby.

Their influences include:, Jimi Hendrix,  Led Zeppelin,  Dispatch,  Sublime,  Jurassic 5,  Dream Theater, Lynryd Skynryd, CSNY, Days of the New, Jason Mraz,  Jack Johnson,  Steve Vai,  Joe Bonamassa,  Bob Marley,  Rage Against the Machine,  and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Jesse Calhoun - Lead Vocals / Rhythm Guitar

Charles Pope - Lead Guitar / Backup Vocals

Sean Muniz - Bass / Backup Vocals

Kiki Vassilakis - Drums


» Pale Green Stars - From Ithaca!

Americana/Blues/Rock

Free Show!

10 PM - 1 AM

The recently resurrected Pale Green Stars concept combines Americana and Blues with the Rock version of the band. Performing tunes from the "Let's Trade Prescriptions" (1999) album among various originals and currently unreleased cuts.

With a fresh new line up of talent, prepare to be blown away. Slanderous guitars duel beside an awakening rhythm section of steady groove and punctual vocabulary. Whilst Jones' lyrics are a stealthy eruption of evolving subject manner and life experiences.


» Jazz Workshop Brunch

Improv/Jazz/Blues

Free Show!

12 PM - 4 PM (brunch 9 AM - 2 PM)

A magical musical phenomena that everyone should experience. Over 500 shows strong, the hosting trio of Burgess, Mitchell, and Seal have seen it all and done it all with hundreds of guest musicians from all over the planet. Live, Ispriational four hour show, every Sunday from Noon until 4 PM. Watch and listen as songs take shape and evolve. This is not a rehearsed performance, but a real workshop to hone skills and express musical vision. Reservations are strongly encouraged. 570-326-4700


» Sean Farley Solo Show

Blues/R&B/Acoustic

Free Show!

8 PM - 11 PM


» Har-di-Har - Debut from Cedar Falls, Iowa!

Glass-Pop/Synth-Folk

Free Show!

8 PM - 11 PM

Har-di-Har is a an Iowa-based multi-instrumental glass-pop synth-folk husband/wife duo with the instrumentation of a four-piece band. This is a voice-melding sonic assault of the senses without the use of samples or loops.

Har-di-Har, a multi-instrumentalist, trans-genre acoustic duo, consists of life-long performers and partners Julie and Andrew Thoreen. Midwesterners each, these Iowa natives are poised at a crossroads of American sound, geographically and historically. The deft pair is at equal ease with elder sounds like Simon and Garfunkel, Joni Mitchell and Leo Kottke as they are with contemporaries Grizzly Bear, Dirty Projectors, Sufjan Stevens, and Beach House. Further, their love of dance music combines to create a sum that has been called "D&V"--as the sound is largely driven by drums and vocal harmonies, and reverses the groove as impetus for tonal painting.

Best is the fact that they accomplish this feat with only two performers, and without the need of loops, samples or programming. Functioning each as rhythm players (guitar, bass keyboard and drums), the pair doubles on both lead and harmonic vocals, and supplements the sound with a variety of tastefully peculiar orchestrations. Andrew handles bass drum, trombone, and guitar/bass, while Julie covers snare, toms, cymbals, and keyboards.

Their sound inhabits that perfect balance where a melodic line enters emotional space, as though Miles Davis were performing Gregorian chant. Julie's richly mellifluous rasp calms the experimental ambition of the group to an emotionally cogent sincerity. The result is a familial, yet strangely enchanting, heart-strung wonderment that seems a portrait (as much as an expression) of the obviously-compassionate pair.

-Aaron McNally


» Jon Mackey's Quizzo - Pennsylvania's King of Quizzo!

Test Your Brain on Beer!

Teams up to six...or fly solo

40 questions over four rounds

Tuesday Evenings at Bullfrog Brewery

9:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Try our new QUIZZO friendly tables!


» Big Daddy Love - Back Again, from North Carolina! - Quickly becoming a Bullfrog Favorite!

Appalachian Rock/Roots/Americana

Free Show!

8 PM - 11 PM

Big Daddy Love's multiple performances at 2011's Floyd Festival made it clear that this is likely the most important new band to watch in the East Coast roots rock and Americana community. Having only been together since the Summer of 2009,   Big Daddy Love --founded by high school friends from the rural hill country of Sparta, NC-- was just playing a handful of North Carolina markets when they made their first trip to Floyd in 2010, where they won the prestigious "Under The Radar" contest for the best new artist at the large, Virginia festival. The fresh, vital sound and energized performance of this new band simply blew people away, and with the fan-voted award under their belts, Big Daddy Love returned home and began to build their grass roots following in earnest.

Essentially organic in both disposition and composition, Big Daddy Love is a five-piece band with a unique and natural blend of rock, roots and grass that they call ‘Appalachian Rock’. Above the mix, the lead vocals and acoustic guitar accompaniment of their principal songwriter, Daniel Justin Smith, command the listener's attention and call for the harmonies that arise in response. Twin leads of Stratocaster riffs and soaring Allman-esque slide guitar on the one hand, and electric and acoustic 5-string Scruggs / Fleck style banjo on the other --like a typical Southern rock line-up, just replacing the second guitar with the banjo-- punctuate and emphasize what Smith delivers. These contrasting voices are anchored by a rhythm section that is equally at home in a groove or driving the bus with country, swing, funk or straight ahead rock. Big Daddy Love's high-energy performances, fueled by this combination of fiery vocals, sweet-sugary harmonies and striking instrumental dynamics that range from bombastic assaults to soothing grooves, have garnered them a strong, passionate following throughout their home region. Live, with the lights on and the volume up, Big Daddy Love stretches the music out with top notch picking and ripping, delivering a stompin’ good time rich with authentic Carolina soul. At the same time, the good-natured, yet thoughtful sincerity of the lyrical content, the authentic song-craft and the undeniable musicianship of the band-- as heard in live and studio recordings-- has resonated with audiences throughout the ether and generated demand beyond the markets where they currently perform.


» Waylon Speed - From Burlington Vermont - These guys are fun!

Dirt Rock/Hard Country/Americana

Five Dollars

10 PM - 1 AM

“Less is more.”

That’s the mantra that Rev. Chitwood Hammaker, brothers Noah and Justin Crowther, and Kelly Ravin deployed as they converged from a honky-tonk in Burlington, Vermont, to create Waylon Speed.

Ever since Waylon Speed formed in April 2009, the four-piece brotherhood of family and past friends has toured nationally and collected fans like empties at a pig roast in support of their albums: the debut, Georgia Overdrive; their two-disc sophomore set, Horseshoes and Hand Grenades; and their latest effort, The Boots EP.

The press has called Waylon Speed “gas on the fire of the current music scene” and “heavy, fiery country rock, for those who like their punk rock with some twang in it – but also appreciate high quality, intelligent songwriting.”

Ask Waylon Speed what it seeks from its stained-blue-collar, straight-up-from-the-underground rock, and the answer is simple: make people happy. The evidence is at their aim-to-please shows, where audience connection is a priority.

Waylon Speed has shared bills with: Jane’s Addiction, Clutch, Little Feat, Reba McEntire, Elvis Costello, Primus, and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals.

Waylon Speed’s influences are Motorhead, Fugazi, The Mother Hips, The Drive-By Truckers, and Frank Zappa. Waylon Speed’s influences are not mainstream music.

‘Course, if the guys had to be someone else in another band, they would choose either Kris Kristofferson (Kelly), Willie Nelson (Noah), Johnny Cash (Justin), or Waylon Jennings (The Reverend).

Welcome to Waylon Speed.


» Big Mean Sound Machine (9-piece) - Debut from Ithaca! - Seriously, don't miss this one!!!

Afrobeat/Funk/Dance

Free Show!

10 PM - 1 AM

In 2009, Big Mean Sound Machine formed in Ithaca, New York with one goal: to create music that stimulates both Body AND Brain. The result is a fiery exhibition of artfully conceived dance music that truly is Big and Mean. Today, BMSM comprises a collective of over 15 analog artists spread out over the Northeastern United States, who strive day in and day out to reanimate and reinterpret Afrobeat, Funk, Jazz, Fusion and just about everything else, all through a postmodern lens. Anyone who has witnessed The Machine live in action knows that their performances are among the heaviest and the sweatiest. Anyone who has heard their studio releases also knows that they can refine this complex sonic force with maturity and clarity that allows each composition to blossom to its fullest. As of January 2013, their performative efforts have extended to the big screen as well. With the release of DR. IGUANA: LIVE IN THE STUDIO, a live DVD shot at Grammy Award-winning studio Electric Wilburland, the Big Mean Sound Machine adds more critical acclaim to that received from their CD releases, 2012’s Marauders, and 2011’s Ouroboros. In addition, in 2012 Big Mean released Warrior, a joint effort with vocalist Jay Spaker a.k.a. J-SAN (John Brown’s Body, JATAS), and later in 2013, BMSM will be releasing an album with Ghana’s Yao Foli “CHA CHA” Augustine (Mosaic Foundation). The Big Mean Sound Machine maintains a busy performance schedule, captivating cities all over the Northeast United States- spreading further each day. For those [like us] who are tired of the status quo, there is good news: THE BIG MEAN SOUND MACHINE HAS OFFICIALLY ARRIVED.


» Jazz Workshop Brunch

Improv/Jazz/Blues

Free Show!

12 PM - 4 PM (brunch 9 AM - 2 PM)

A magical musical phenomena that everyone should experience. Over 500 shows strong, the hosting trio of Burgess, Mitchell, and Seal have seen it all and done it all with hundreds of guest musicians from all over the planet. Live, Ispriational four hour show, every Sunday from Noon until 4 PM. Watch and listen as songs take shape and evolve. This is not a rehearsed performance, but a real workshop to hone skills and express musical vision. Reservations are strongly encouraged. 570-326-4700


» Lance Whalen - Debut from Nashville!

Americana Noir

Free Show!

8 PM - 11 PM

Lance Whalen is one of the most talented and unmatched singer/song writers to come out of Nashville. Lance Whalen weaves the art of story telling and romance into his honest, raw, and sincere music.  Lance takes his inspiration from love, life experiences, and observations from the unique lifestyle he leads as a musician in Nashville.  His music goes below the surface and flows with the presence of pedal steel, mandolin, piano, upright bass and guitar. This EP is a collection of Lance's fans' favorite songs: "What The Hell Was I Thinking" rouses cheers from his audience and "Best I Can" is crafted in a way where we can empathize with Lance's memoirs of romance and surviving as a full time musician.  Lance will be celebrating the release of his EP with a month-long tour, beginning May 10th and ending June 13th, spanning from Canada to Nashville.


» Tony Memmel - Debut from Milwaukee!

Americana/Folk Rock/Singer-Songwriter

Free Show!

8 PM - 11 PM

Tony Memmel is a songwriter and performer with unique charisma and creativity. He was born missing his left forearm and taught himself to play the guitar, piano and harmonica. It is my contention that if you heard a song of Tony’s on the radio or on one of his albums and were not aware of his being an amputee, you would never know the difference at all. In fact, many people are often shocked to learn of it and/or don’t even notice at his live shows until he wipes the sweat from his face with the two characteristic arm bands that he wears on his left bicep.

But, Memmel is not one to try to sell you on his handicap alone. His music most definitely stands on its own. It is catchy, without sacrificing sincerity, and his lyrics are personal and real. Memmel earned a Bachelor’s degree in music and is a classically trained and acclaimed vocalist. He has gained a loyal following and support from fans and musicians alike in the Midwest, the Country, and even the World.

Memmel has toured extensively and is working to build a genuine grassroots following that will no doubt carry him far into the future. He is steadily making a name for himself in such places as Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Dallas.

He’s been featured in the Boston Globe and Chicago Tribune, was selected as a Grand-Prize winner in a Counting Crows cover contest by The Counting Crows themselves, and was recently honored to take first place in a prestigious singer-songwriter competition, in Boston. He’s sold over 1,000 CD’s and t-shirts, out of his trusty brown leather suitcase, to a growing national fan-base.

It may sound trite, but in this case trite is just plain accurate – Tony Memmel has a work ethic, talent, and personality that you simply do not see every day. It doesn’t fit to say it’s the beginning, as Memmel has accomplished more in his life with one hand than I have with two. Get on board now, as many already have, and be on the lookout for great things from this bright young artist.

 


» Jon Mackey's Quizzo - Pennsylvania's King of Quizzo!

Test Your Brain on Beer!

Teams up to six...or fly solo

40 questions over four rounds

Tuesday Evenings at Bullfrog Brewery

9:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Try our new QUIZZO friendly tables!


» Bop Top

Jazz/Bop/Funk/Soul

Free Show!

7 PM - 10 PM


» Suze - Debut from Kingston, PA!

Rock/Blues

Free Show!

10 PM - 1 AM

Originally formed out of Kingston, PA in the summer of 2007, SUZE is a 5-piece line-up that consists of Adam McKinley (lead vocals/guitar), Brandin Shaffern (bass), Kevin Gallagher (drums), Adam Gabriel (lead guitar) and Angelo Miraglia (keys). For slightly more than five years now, SUZE has been playing pubs and clubs in Northeastern PA and surrounding areas, working to expand their ever-growing local fan base into a larger market. Having just released their debut original album, 'When the World is Not Enough' (April 14th 2012), the band carries a rock sound with blues/funk/jazz undertones that is filled with plenty of energy. The band also prides themselves on well-written songs, both lyrically and musically, and making the music interesting to the listener while being different, yet, familiar. Some notable gigs for the band thus far are twice playing an hour long set live on local station 102.3 The Mountain, a set at Sullivan Hall in NYC and an opening set for Rusted Root in May of 2011. The band is also currently in the process of writing songs for a second studio album with production tentatively to begin in late 2012/early 2013.

Adam McKinley - lead vocals, guitar
Kevin Gallagher - drums
Brandin Shaffern - bass
Adam Gabriel - lead guitar
Angelo Miraglia - keyboards

 
 
 


 
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