The Brew
We have BIG news, we’re opening our own venue in Downtown Waterville, ME!! The venue will be known as “The Sweet Spot”, and our first show will be on New Year’s Eve with The Brew. The address is 24 Silver Street, and it will be an 18+ venue. Be sure to check out our upstairs neighbor, Sign of the Sun, while you’re in town.
Read on for more details about each show, or check us out on Facebook:
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www.sweetpeopleproductions.com
The Brew – 12/31/10
The Sweet Spot
24 Silver Street, Waterville, ME
Box Office: 207 873-2300
Click here to purchase tickets online
Tickets also available at Bull Moose Music
December 31st, 2010 @ 9:00 pm
Tickets $15 adv, $20dos, 18+
Website: www.thebrew.biz
Myspace: www.myspace.com/thebrew1
Video: “Black Train”
Enter to win tickets on Facebook
We’re giving away 25 pairs of tickets to the show through Facebook, and all of the winners will also have access to soundcheck, and a special pre-party with The Brew!!
Audiences have been onto The Brew for quite some time. And the more sold-out venues they play, the more fans fall under their spell. Maybe it’s the band’s distinctive “brew” of indie rock sound. Maybe it’s the way they bring the past to the present in bold, unexpected ways. Maybe it’s their infectious passion for music in all its forms.
Truth is, sometimes it’s hard to put a finger on it. But one thing is perfectly clear: The Brew’s lyrics and songs connect with today’s audience in ways few bands ever do.
Little Feat – 1/6/11
Waterville Opera House
1 Common Street, Waterville, ME 04901
Box Office: 207 873-7000
January 6th, 2011 @ 8:30pm
Tickets $32.50 adv, $35 dos, All Ages, General Admission
Available in person at Happy Trails in Downtown Waterville
Purchase tickets online
Website: www.littlefeat.net
Video: “Dixie Chicken”
Southern-fried band Little Feat blend blues, R&B, country, and rock & roll into a uniquely unconventional sound that has made them favorites since the 1960s.
Little Feat is very possibly the last-man -standing example of what used to be the norm in American music, a fusion of a broad span of styles and genres into something utterly distinctive. Feat took California rock, funk, folk, jazz, country, rockabilly, and New Orleans swamp boogie and more, stirred it into a rich gumbo, and has been leading people in joyful dance ever since. Join the Band sums up that story, and it’s a complex and interesting one.
And it all began because in 1969 Frank Zappa was smart enough to fire Lowell George from the Mothers of Invention and tell him to start a band of his own. Paul Barrere, Feat’s guitarist, wrote recently, “It’s almost 33 years ago exactly since Mr. [Lowell] George came to the front door of the Laurel Canyon house I was livin’ in, with that beautiful white “p” bass in hand, and asked if I wanted to try out as bass player for his new band. As most who know the story’s end can tell you, as a bassist I make an excellent guitarist…”
Little Feat’s rich legacy was acknowledged at the 25th anniversary of the monumental live album Waiting for Columbus when Rhino Records put out a special two CD edition of the original concert, plus outtakes, along with Hotcakes and Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat, a four-CD, 83 track boxed set featuring hits from all of Feat’s albums as well as alternate takes and rarities from a rich past, which has included playing with everybody from Bob Dylan to Beck, Willie Nelson to Bonnie Raitt, Robert Plant, John Lee Hooker, and…you name it. And now there’s Join the Band, in many ways a summing up of all that’s preceded it. Bill Payne said it was about locating their influences. In some ways, it documents the way they’ve influenced the musicians who listen to them. And it certainly documents a musical career.
The English Beat – 1/7/11
The Sweet Spot
24 Silver Street, Waterville, ME
Box Office: 207 873-2300
Click here to purchase tickets online
Tickets also available at Bull Moose Music
January 7th, 2011 @ 9:00 pm
Tickets $22 adv, $25dos, 18+
Website: www.davewakeling.com
Video: “Mirror in the Bathroom”
Enter to win tickets on Facebook
Hailing from working-class Birmingham, England, The English Beat entered the music scene in the 1979. When The English Beat rushed on to the music scene in 1979, it was a time of social, political and musical upheaval. Into this storm came they came, trying to calm the waters with their simple message of love and unity set to a great dance Beat.
The six member band consisted of singer/songwriter Dave Wakeling (vocals & guitar), Andy Cox (guitar), David Steele (bass), Everett Morton (drums), Saxa (saxophone) and Ranking Roger (toasting). The band managed to fuse all of their respective musical influences – soul, reggae, pop and punk – into a unique sound that was highly danceable. Along with contemporaries such as The Specials, The Selecter and Madness, The English Beat became one of the most popular and influential bands of the British Ska movement.
Over the course of the three albums, The English Beat achieved great success in their home country, charting several singles into the top 10. In addition to their UK chart success, in America the band found a solid base of young fans eager to dance to the their hypnotic rhythms. Their constant touring with iconic bands such as The Clash and The Police helped to boost their popularity in the States.
Sweet People Productions
18 Silver Street
Waterville, Maine 04901
207 873-2300
