Schedule - Tuesday, January 28, 2002
Jan 7 | Jan 14 | Jan 21 | Jan 28
Billy Block's Western Beat is EVERY Tuesday Night at Exit/In 2208 Elliston Place

Charlie White

Charlie White - 8 pm
A native New Yorker, Charlie White began playing guitar somewhere around 1974 which soon progressed into high school nights spent playing bars and clubs. White moved to Nashville in 1991 and spent the next decade working and touring with some of the city’s finest talent, including Mike Henderson, Marcus Hummon, and Kevin Welch. He enjoyed a five-year tenure as a member of Highway 101, and in 1998 signed deals with both Windswept Pacific publishing and Asylum Records. He’s managed to find time to produce critically acclaimed records for both Welch (“Beneath My Wheels”) and Highway 101. White is currently living between New York and Nashville and is working on a new record of mostly new songs that is expected to be released early in the new year.

Hayes Carll

 Hayes Carll- 8:30 pm
Born and raised in the Woodlands, a suburb north of Houston, Hayes Carll is poised to become the next in a line of great Houston-bred singer-songwriters. As a child, Hayes was inspired to become a performer by a folk trio that came through town performing Dylan songs. "They were singing Dylan songs, I thought it was the coolest thing," says Carll. His own career as a performer got off to a slow start, playing a 12-string guitar that had only 6 strings, but things progressed and led Carll down a path of musical exploration. "I liked country music a whole lot, but when I heard Dylan then I got into Woody Guthrie and things like that. I figured the farther back I could go, the cooler it would be. So Dylan started the whole folk thing for me, and I’ve gotten progressively more narrow-minded ever since," he says with a laugh. Both influence and talent shine on his latest release, Flowers and Liquor, available on Compadre Records

Little Nicky

Little Nicky- 9:00 pm
Nick Pellegrino has been writing, recording and performing professionally since the tender age of thirteen. He was a familiar face in the New York music scene for many years and toured with several critically acclaimed recording artists. His songs have been recorded by Chely Wright, Mila Mason , Kenya Walker and Walt Wilkins. Nick can be heard on records by Wendy Wall, Don Henry Kenya Walker, Walt Wilkins and Neil Fagan. Nick also plays bass and sings with the Walt Wilkins band. He has written and produced music for film and television and has even sung a jingle or two. Not long after meeting Nick, singer/songwriter Walt Wilkins dubbed him "Little Nicky Wonder". Little Nicky is: Nick on vocals and guitar, Robbie Harrington on bass, Maxwell Schauff on drums and Wes Hutchinson on guitar.

Clare Burson

 Clare Burson - 9:30 pm
Twenty-seven year old singer-songwriter Clare Burson has created a musical space for herself that is at once sensual, wistful, lonesome and playful. Influenced by singer-songwriters like Lucinda Williams and Patty Griffin, Clare’s songs are stylistically nestled between her own pop and Americana sensibilities. Beginning her musical career as a classical violinist and a bluegrass and Irish fiddler, Clare’s innocent charm and unique sense of humor create an intimate and relaxed relationship between herself and her audiences. In August 2001, Clare released her five-song debut EP, "Undone". A collaboration with famed producer, T-Bone Burnett, and Nashville singer-songwriter, Mark Collie, the project showcases Clare’s development as an artist, her musicianship and knack for writing. On the heels of her CD release, Clare moved back to her hometown of Nashville to explore the rich community of writers and musicians. She won the 2003 Starvy Award for outstanding female musician and continues to win over audiences everywhere she plays. She is currently in the studio recording her first full-length album.

Drunk Stuntmen

Drunk Stuntmen - 10:00 pm
Drunk Stuntmen were formed around a moonshine still in the backwoods of Western Massachusetts at a time when honest music was being beaten to death in a dark alley somewhere in the bowels of corporate America. Hoping to fill the void, the Drunk Stuntmen loaded up their guitars, jugs, and pots and pans and headed into town to spread a little roots rock salvation. The Stuntmen quickly became known up and down the East Coast for their searing live shows. Rocking with authority, the band consists of the three-pronged guitar attack of Steve Sanderson, Terry Flood, and Alex Johnson, the piano of Scott Hall, and the crisp rhythm section of bassist Scott Brandon and drummer J.J. O'Connell. The band’s latest release, "Iron Hip", is their third full-length release. With countless scores, compilations, and movie soundtracks under their belts, the Stuntmen are a force to be reckoned with, and it is only a matter of time until you come face to face with this Keg Kicker Six.
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