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Artist<\/b>: JJ Grey & Mofro<\/a>\nVenue<\/b>: Le Parc<\/a> (presented by Asheville Music Hall)
\nDate<\/b>: Friday, Nov. 6, 7 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $200 per car
\nY\u2019know, if one didn\u2019t know better, they might assume that funky soul man JJ Grey and his band are Asheville locals. They play here that often. The truth is that Florida-based Grey is simply a very in-demand entertainer, especially \u2018round these parts. The proof is in the performance.<\/p>\n
Is it November already? How did that happen? Things aren\u2019t much better with regard to the pandemic, but we\u2019re all continuing to find our way forward with regard to things […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,20,42,44,69],"tags":[4076,239,3024,948,4080,4362,4363,4364,2612],"class_list":["post-19974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-americana","category-blues","category-country","category-jazz","category-live-shows","category-soul","tag-30-days-out","tag-asheville-music-hall","tag-empire-strikes-brass","tag-grey-eagle","tag-isis-music-hall","tag-jj-grey","tag-mofro","tag-reverend-peyton","tag-russ-wilson","cat-6-id","cat-9-id","cat-20-id","cat-42-id","cat-44-id","cat-69-id","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19974"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20971,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19974\/revisions\/20971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/30do_russw_birthday.jpg\")
Artist<\/b>: Russ Wilson<\/a>
\nVenue<\/b>: Isis Music Hall<\/a> (Main Stage)
\nDate<\/b>: Sunday, Nov. 8, 7 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $15
\nI\u2019ve written about (and interviewed<\/a>) Wilson many times over the years. And for good reason: he\u2019s one of the hardest-working and most musically eclectic musicians in the region. Every year he throws himself a musical birthday bash, and somehow he\u2019s figured out to do it in this, the weirdest of all years. Seating very limited; reservations strongly suggested.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/30do_esb.jpg\")
Artist<\/b>: Empire Strikes Brass<\/a>
\nVenue<\/b>: Salvage Station<\/a>
\nDate<\/b>: Saturday, Nov. 14, 7 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $20
\nThe nine-person Empire Strikes Brass makes a joyous, energetic sound. And although ESB is rooted in second-line jazz, the Asheville ensemble ventures far beyond the confines of that style. I interviewed the band<\/a> in 2017 and reviewed their Brassterpiece Theatre<\/i> album<\/a> right before the shutdown took effect.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/30do_revpeyton.jpg\")
Artist<\/b>: Reverend Peyton\u2019s Big Damn Band<\/a>
\nVenue<\/b>: The Grey Eagle<\/a> (lawn)
\nDate<\/b>: Sunday, Nov. 15, 7:30 p.m.
\nDoor<\/b>: $20
\nFirst of all, it\u2019s not that big. (\u201cThat\u2019s what she<\/i> said.\u201d) The good Reverend\u2019s band is damn fine, though. The Big Damn Band is but three: the Rev on guitar, his missus Breezy on washboard, and Max Senteney on drums. They make a glorious racket. His brand of country blues fits right in with the pandemic era\u2019s stripped-down aesthetic. Loud and proud, his music is rip-roaring fun. The Front Porch Sessions<\/i> is the RPBDB\u2019s latest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"