In-House Productions (CoPAC, Flying Fingers)
Shows are all ages unless otherwise noted. Doors open 1 hour before show.
We're now selling advance tickets to FFP events via the Web! No more waits for calls or emails to be returned. Though you will be placed on will-call, bring your PayPal receipt for identification. As a last resort, call 423-624-LEGS or stop by 1322 Dodds Ave. (across from the theater). And remember, tickets are almost always available at the door, though cash and personal check only. |
Flying Fingers Productions
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Strimp Sinister Burlesque Show
SAT , May 17
@ 8:30 pm
$12 adv/$15 door
Strimp Sinister has been aptly described as "Flannery O'Connor meets King Crimson". Their collaboration with members of Nashville's
Music City Burlesque resulted in one of our most popular and artistically successful shows of 2007. They're working on a followup that will top it. Electric guitar hero Davey Williams will be in on the action. Join Monique Honeybush, Miss Lolly Pop and the boys of the Bend-- plus some very special guests-- for an unforgettable evening at the Legs! Must be over 18 years of age to attend!
More info?
Strimp Sinister's Myspace.com
Music City Burlesque
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Flying Fingers Productions
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Jeff & Vida
FRI , May 23
@ 8 pm
$10 adv/door
Jeff & Vida are a first rate Americana duo who moved to Nashville from New Orleans following Katrina. They played an inspired gig to too few people when they debuted at Barking Legs in the depths of December 2006. Since then they've been on the ascendancy, featured prominently in a NY Times article documenting the vigor of Nashville's music scene once you move outside the mainstream treacle. Needless to say, they fit in perfectly at Barking Legs!
For admission (you will be added to the will-call list at the door):
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Flying Fingers Productions
& Shaking Ray Levi Society
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Alan Bishop & Richard Bishop Present:
THE BROTHERS UNCONNECTED
A Tribute to Charles Gocher & Sun City Girls
SAT , June 28
@ 8:30 pm
$13 adv/$15 door
We have the SRLS to thank for bringing this historic tour through Chattanooga and the Barking Legs. The Sun City Girls were a legendary band comprising the Bishop brothers and drummer Charles Gocher. With Gocher's death last year, the band's long run came to a close, and this show is the Bishops' sendoff to both their longtime bandmate and the band itself.
Beginning in May 2008 the founding and surviving members of Sun City Girls, Alan Bishop and Richard Bishop, are embarking on a tour of the US and Canada called The Brothers Unconnected: A tribute to Sun City Girls and Charles Gocher.
With this tour, Alan and Rick make good on their solemn vow to publicly honor Charlie, his memory, and his immense talent. Sun City Girls will no longer exist as a recording or performing entity and this tour also serves as a tribute to the legacy of the group.
Most dates will feature an opening 40 minute film of Charles Gocher's video works entitled The Handsome Stranger, which is equal parts demented, brilliant, hilarious, and inventive. This will be followed by two acoustic sets of Alan and Rick playing selected songs from the impossibly voluminous catalog of Sun City Girls material created during their 27 year history together, including several tracks written by and/or originally performed by Gocher.
This is the tour's only stop in Tennessee east of Memphis, and it is an event not to be missed.
SCG website
Here's a Pitchfork article about the tour:
Here's a Seattle Weekly article about the Sun City Girls:
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Flying Fingers Productions
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Christabel and the Jons
SAT , July 26
@ 8 pm
$10 adv/door
This is another group at the top of the list of "Why don't you bring _____ to Barking Legs," so at last here they are. Straight from the hills of Appalachia comes the sultry swing of
Christabel and the Jons. Their music is a blend of southern blues, swing, and gypsy folk, delivered with an expressive singer-songwriter's soul and a laid back, sultry stage performance that keeps the audience intrigued. They will be right at home at Barking Legs!
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Flying Fingers Productions
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Butch Baldassari Benefit
SAT , Aug 2
@ 8 pm
$20 adv/door
We've had the privilege of bringing master mandoinist Butch Baldassari to Barking Legs in a variety of contexts over the years. Over the past few months his extraordinary career has been brought to a standstill as he has been fighting a brain tumor. Please join us in both supporting and celebrating this superb musician and his family. The list of guests is just beginnign to come together, but you can be sure that some great players will bring some strong musical power to bear during the course of this very special evening.
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Flying Fingers Productions
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Lovell Sisters Band
SAT , Aug 23
@ 8 pm
$13 adv/ $15 door
We are delighted to welcome back one of our most popular acts for this special summer evening. Jessica, Meghan' Rcbecca and crew continue to move from strength to strength as instrumentalists, singers, songwriters and performers. Take advantage of this increasingly rare chance to catch them in an intimate setting!
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Rental Events
Barking Legs Theater is available to outside producers on a rental basis. Please contact the producers directly for ticket purchases and other information. |
ArtFRONT Presentations
Hope For A Golden Summer
North American Royalty
www.myspace.com/northamericanroyalty
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Waves on Waves
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Thursday May 15th
Hope For A Golden Summer
North American Royalty
& Waves on Waves
$10/door
8 PM
(doors and beer bar open at 8)
"Athens GA's "Best Band?" - Flagpole Magazine
http://www.myspace.com/hopeforagoldensummer
http://www.hopeforagoldensummer.com
One of Athens Georgia's most talked about musical offerings with two studio albums..
Any search online for this band reveals pages of gushing press that reads like a literary journal.
The New Yorker, Oct. 2006 .... "Almost impossibly warm, intricate harmonies over slow waltz tempos, backed by slide and lap-guitar and a drummer who occasionally rattles a case of old Coke bottles."
Philadelphia City Paper 2005 ... "Sisters Claire and Page Campbell sing about God and heartbreak like they're drunk on their own glorious harmonies as they swap xylophones, guitars and stories."
Rough Trade Records 2005 ... "an exceptional, haunting debut ...this is strange, soulful and deeply affecting stuff. think a rural, ornate cat power or a female arcade fire. "
Eyedrum Gallery, (Atlanta) May 2005 ... "Front porch rocking chair bluegrass country concoction. The south never had it so good."
Matt Morello, Stylus Magazine..."Friends, Hope for A Golden Summer are responsible for three of the most beautiful shows I've ever seen and one of the best albums I've ever heard. Their music is folk and pop and country, but not any of those exactly;
it's music from a real place, that ideal South they're making for themselves and everyone."
Waves on Waves
( formerly THORNTON )
http://www.myspace.com/wavesonwave
Kevin Thornton, Luke Jones and Enoch Porch created major waves in Nashville's music underground under their former band name THORNTON. Winning critical acclaim and Nashville Rage's experimental band of the year award. Now revitalized and heading out into the world again as Waves on Waves. This overwhelmingly together ensemble will make You forget about the current wave of female harmony singers with their all male harmonic vocals & pop/soul multi-instrumental powers. Compared with Jeff Buckley, Rufus Wainwright and even Joe Jackson, these guys put on one of the most intense of the early ArtFRONT concerts and we've been dying to get them back again and into the excellent sound setup at Barking Legs Theater.
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GIVE 3
SUN, May 18th
3:00 pm
$1 gets you in
(and a raffle ticket!)
Over 30 local Artists and Musicians
Including:
Butch Ross
Tiffany Taylor
Charles Allison
The Sparrow Sisters
Emily Grace
Tim Cofield
T.J.Greever
...and many more will be displaying their skills.
Barking Legs' Beer Bar will be open.
Give 3...
... to raise awareness of local talent ....and raise money for a local family (mother, father, and three children separated by homelessness....they need OUR help...read about their story here.)
For more info: www.myspace.com/givefreely |
ArtFRONT
Presentations
Sarah Siskind
Angel Snow
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Saturday May 24th
Sarah Siskind
with Angel Snow
$12/door
8 PM
Sarah Siskind writes intensely gorgeous songs for
Allison Krauss, for her own band and for other vocal projects.
In searching for the top notch talent that is available to come to Chattanooga to
play, there have not been many who have reached the professional level of Sarah
Siskind. Apart from having her songs recorded by Alison Krauss, ("Simple Love" from
the A Hundred Miles Or More collection has been Nominated in the "Best Female
Country Vocal Performance" category for the 2008 Grammy Awards, ) Bill Frisell
played guitar on her early solo recordings. Working behind the scenes as one of the
most intense creative presences in Nashville’s music scene, Sarah records and
performs with others in the Nashville underground talent pool that gives real
substance to the bigger industry and props it up with genuine artistic integrity.
Her duo show performance Barking Legs may give the impression of a younger,
psychedelic Joni Mitchell who can break into genuine Appalachian Americana on a
whim.
Sarah's own unique original vocal work is unforgettable once
experienced. Call in to WUTC 88.1 to request songs by Sarah Siskind and help
give our community a taste of this important young musician as her career is
just beginning to skyrocket.
www.myspace.com/sarahsiskind
www.sarahsiskind.com/
Angel Snow is a native of Chickamauga, GA who has traveled
the country playng and singing her original songs has relocated to Nashville to
make a serious go of her considerable talents. Angel put on one of the most
memorable performances of the year a few weeks ago opening for Charles Allison
at Barking Legs, so we've invited her back to open this show with Sarah
Siskind, which should be one of the most compelling singer songwriter events
of the year. Angel will perform along with sideman Jason Goforth who adds a
very atmospheric and non-traditional steel guitar backup to Angel's soothing
vocals and memorable melodies, making Angel Snow's performance much more
captivating than just a regular singer songwriter onstage.
www.myspace.com/angelsnowmusic
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ArtFRONT PresentationsAna Lola Roman
Ana Lola Roman Avant garde art rocker from NYC comes to radicalize the southeast with her Primal beats and Kate Bush meets Public Image Limited vocals, keyboard and percussion work. A psychedelic nursery rhyme or two could be tossed in for good balance. Former "Table" math-rock drummer Tim Stevens Joins Ana on this 2 week mini tour of the southeast, gracing Barking Legs with her show before heading off to set her sights on the northeast and onward to Europe.. Be sure to check out her videos and online music for a taste of the completely unique experience this show will bring.
www.myspace.com/analolaroman
www.MySecretIdentity.org/AnaLolaRoman.htm
www.soncibids.com/analolaroman
Aquila Two piece female band from NYC with a huge sound. Helena & Viveca play heavy psychedelic rock on drums and amped up, fuzzed out bass guitar with some heavenly, ethereal vocal harmonies. Kind of like if Veruca Salt joined the grunge metal section of the heavenly choir and recruited Flipper to be their backing band. Affecting, haunting vocals that will stick with You. Be expecting a surprising, blissed out experience from this band. www.myspace.com/beyondvega
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Friday May 30th
Daikaiju!
Ana Lola Roman & Aquila
Barking Legs Theater 9:00pm $12.
Daikaiju Heavy Japanese flavor surf metal rockers. Rocket fuel driven guitar action superheroes invade Chattanooga like Buckethead in Kabuki x4. Seriously, any fan of the electric guitar and its powers needs to do themselves a huge favor and get in line for this highly theatrical and full speed reverb shredder surf guitar fest. Daikaiju is a High style visual as well as sonic experience that could prove to be one of Barking Legs flashiest performances ever. www.myspace.com/daikaiju
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Saturday May 31, 2008
7pm until Midnight
$10
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SAT May 31
Merrybellies Belly Dance presents
UNDERGROUND OASIS
7pm until Midnight
$10
Dark Cabaret Fusion Belly Dance,
Performance Art, 'Live' Zombies &
Other Undead, Suspension (yes the
hooks are real) & The Coffin Ride!
Graveyard Dollies (Fusion belly dance troupe)
Chaotic Necrotica (fusion belly dance
& suspension group
sponsored by Prentice Suspensions of Atlanta)
Special Guests!
Amberetta of Chattanooga (double sword)
Lee of Atlanta (fire poi)
HOTH (live music)
The Coffin Ride (HauntedWeb.com)
We will have a box for donations to Food Not Bombs at the door.
Please bring a nonperishable food item to donate!
More information: www.merrybellies.com
423.991.9555 (Jillanna)
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BARKING LEGS THEATER
1307 Dodds Ave
Chattanooga, TN 37404 |
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