Waterfront Wednesday July 28, 2010!
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Outside alcohol is prohibited. No coolers, no glass or pets allowed in the event area of the Harbor Lawn and the adjacent children’s play area. For more information, please call 814-6518.
Tift Merritt (approx. 9:00pm)
Songstress Tift Merritt is a North Carolina native. Her father taught her guitar chords and Percy Sledge songs. With her longtime band, she has built a unique and critically acclaimed body of work of sonic short stories and poignant performances.
In her early twenties, though Tift had gigged by herself, she decided she was not very good at music and better suited for writing short stories. She and her dog Lucy started school at UNC to study creative writing. There, she met Zeke Hutchins, whose band had just taken a haitus and who had decided to become a school teacher. With his encouragement and a big box of LPs from the 70’s that they both liked, they started a band. Zeke set drums up in the kitchen of Tift’s farmhouse on the outskirts town, and they practiced songs at her red piano. The Carbines played Chapel Hill haunts like the Cave, the Cat’s Cradle, and the front porch of the General Store in Bynum, NC.
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Dawes (approx. 7:30pm)
It was just about the last song Taylor Goldsmith wrote before L.A. quartet Dawes hit the studio: “When My Times Comes,” a rousing declaration of his hunger to be better, wiser, sharper—as a writer, as a person, as the singer in a band. But now that Dawes’ debut album has arrived, it’s fair to say that Goldsmith’s time is coming sooner than he’d planned.
A graceful and poetic set of Southern-tinged yet firmly El Lay rock’n'roll, the Jonathan Wilson-produced NORTH HILLS is an electrifying and accomplished freshman effort. From the ruminative opener “That Western Skyline” to the joyous twang of “When You Call My Name” to the harmony-soaked “Take Me Out of the City,” NORTH HILLS makes it easy to hear why Daytrotter’s Sean Moeller has already called it “hands down one of the finest records of 2009… Dawes is a perfect band.”
Robert Francis (approx. 6pm)
“I know that for some musicians, writing songs is like therapy and the way they get their emotions out,” says Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Robert Francis. “But for me it’s more than an outlet — it’s a way to keep me from completely losing my mind.”
Such an intense statement may sound like the drama of being 21, which Francis is, but listen to the two albums that he’s created, 2007′s indie release One By One and his upcoming major-label debut Before Nightfall, and it becomes clear that it’s true. As NPR has noted about Francis’ modern take on timeless American rock: “He has laid himself out in song and created some incredibly moving and beautiful musical moments.”
ABOUT WATERFRONT WEDNESDAY
Waterfront Wednesday is presented by 91.9 WFPK and Waterfront Development Corporation with support from Friends of the Waterfront. This seasons sponsors include Goose Island Brewing Company, Commonwealth Bank, Cruzan Rum and Spalding University . The show is on the Harbor Lawn at Waterfront Park and FREE to all! Gates open at 5pm. Start times are approximate. Thanks to DC Productions.
Outside alcohol is prohibited. No coolers, no glass or pets allowed in the event area of the Harbor Lawn and the adjacent children’s play area. For more information, please call 814-6518.
