SUBDUDES - Acoustic Roots Rock
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Friday, Nov 8, 2019 8 pm
Location
Bankhead Theater - Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center
2400 First Street
Details
Over the course of 25 years and ten albums, the Subdudes have quietly become one of America’s national music treasures. The New Orleans-formed group is a living encapsulation of American music, a vibrant cauldron of sounds that stirs together meaty grooves and jazzy dynamics, soulful R&B swagger, easy vocal harmonies, cheeky rock ‘n’ roll attitude and folky social consciousness — not to mention some of the sharpest musicianship and ensemble playing you’ll ever hear from any five musicians.
Led by singer/guitarist Tommy Malone and accordionist, John Magnie, The Subdudes draw most of their inspiration from the sounds of their native New Orleans. The band is notable for the substitution of a tambourine player, Steve Amedée, for a drummer and Tim Cook rounds out the band on bass. An intoxicating blend of passionate, joyous roots music, this is more than just a concert – the “dudes” leave you feeling like they’re having a party and you were lucky enough to be invited.