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All events listed below are hosted at The Shed located adjacent to Smoky Mountain Harley-Davidson in Maryville, Tennessee. The Shed is an outdoor, covered pavilion. Stinkers BBQ, a full-service restaurant at The Shed, serves lunch & dinner 7 days a week.

Take Me To Shows

General Information


  • Events will occur rain or shine
  • Gates open at 7pm; Music starts at 8pm
  • Free parking is available on site
  • Food and beverage are available for purchase on site at Stinkers BBQ.
  • No outside food or beverages are allowed beyond the gates.
  • Cash sales only.
  • Tickets are available for purchase online, as well as at ALL Smoky Mountain Harley-Davidson locations.
  • After 3pm the day BEFORE the show tickets will be removed from pre-sale and will only be available at the gate the night of the show.
  • All tickets are NON-REFUNDABLE.
  • Motorcycle Ride IN Rate: Riders always receive a $5 discount for riding into the gates at the show. Customers who ride to the event will receive a discounted ticket if they park inside the gates. The discount is available only at the Box Office Station at the gate the evening of the show (no advance sales). Discount applies per person not per bike. All riders are welcome!
  • The Shed is an open-air music venue. Seating is NOT provided. Please bring your own chair if you'd like to have a seat.
  • All dates and artists are subject to change.

  • For all booking inquiries please e-mail aaron.snukals@smh-d.com



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    May 2012

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    What: Mustang Sally with special guest CenTriC

    When: Saturday, May 19, 2012 - 8pm

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    Price:$20

    Mustang Sally has performed alongside high profile names such as Montgomery Gentry, Gretchen Wilson, Big & Rich, and Blake Shelton, in addition to being demanded worldwide as fair and festival headliners, receiving a standing ovation at the Kickin' Up Kountry Festival in Thief River Falls, MN, and playing to sold out crowds at the Havelock Country Jamboree in Havelock, Ontario. They routinely perform over 200 dates a year, and have toured the U.S. from coast to coast, as well as Europe and Asia. At the time of the on-line release of their debut self-titled album on GMG/Universal Records, the ladies were featured in Country Weekly Magazine and gave the magazine staff a private concert. “We enjoyed the hell out of the girls,” were the words of Larry Holden, Editor in Chief of Country Weekly. “What great gals—to go along with amazing vocals, outstanding lyrics and one of the tightest bands on the planet.”

    Mustang Sally is comprised of Lead Singer Tobi Lee (North Vernon, IN), who was described by Real Women Rednecks Magazine as being “about as calm as a twister in a trailer park”. Her strong vocals, never ending energy, humor, song writing, and multi- instrument playing leave audiences amazed by her performance. She dares the audience not to have fun at a Mustang Sally show. Lisa Romeo (Omaha, NE), will do anything for some attention, be it lighting her drum sticks on fire or stepping out from behind the drums to take a mean guitar solo. She also lends her talent to singing harmony, songwriting, and keeping the other girls in line as band leader. Rachel Solomon (Austin, TX), adds killer musicianship on keyboards, alto saxophone, and background harmonies. A Berklee College of Music grad, she keeps multiple styles of music under her fingers as a regular session player in Nashville.

    Sarah Wilfong (Chicago, IL); from the marbled halls of Berklee College of Music to the streets of Nashville, she tears up the fiddle blending her background in Celtic music with her love of country. Sarah is no stranger to writing either, as she enjoys writing and arranging original fiddle tunes for the group.

    Brenda Zitzman (New Ulm, MN); while her soaring harmony vocals and rhythmic acoustic guitar are her performance staples, this farm girl isn’t afraid to pick up a cow bell- her Belmont University professors would be proud! Throughout concerts big and small, Brenda’s witty banter keeps both her audiences and her band-mates entertained.

    While the music of Mustang Sally appeals to all ages and walks of life, the girls take particular pride in writing songs that “tell it like it is” for women. Mustang Sally's dedication to their fans can be seen at every show; post-show autograph lines often look more like family reunions as the ladies joke and catch up with returning audience members. Lead singer Tobi Lee puts it best: “We have the best job in the world, and without our fans, we wouldn’t work!”

    Find out more about Mustang Sally by clicking here.

    Watch Mustang Sally perform live by clicking here.

    Gates open at 7pm. Music starts at 8pm.





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    What: Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives with special guest Erin Enderlin

    When: Friday, May 25, 2012 - 8pm

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    Price:$25

    So here he is again, almost four decades strong, in the very space where so many Elvis Presley smash hits were recorded as were classic sides by Charley Pride, Connie Smith, Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton and Waylon Jennings, only to name a few. As the new Sugar Hill Records album title says, it's also where the latest Marty Stuart release, Ghost Train (The Studio B Sessions), has just been recorded. "The first recording session I ever participated in was in this room," Marty Stuart says, looking around Nashville's legendary RCA Studio B, "playing mandolin, in Lester Flatt's band, when I was 13. Lester walked over and said 'Why don't you handle the kick-off on this one?' This place has a profound pedigree; it's where so much of American music's legacy was forged, certainly country music's. And sonically, this is a room that welcomes music. It seemed to me that in order to authentically stage a brand new traditional country music record we should bring it home to Studio B. Even though Studio B is now regarded as a museum of sorts, I had a feeling that all it would take to bring the place to life were songs and a good band. I just happened to have both. The Country Music Hall of Fame, who operates the facility, gave me permission to come here and work. It is indeed an honor."

    "Developing Ghost Train (The Studio B Sessions) was a life changing experience in many ways," Marty adds while strumming on a guitar from his celebrated, lovingly assembled collection of country music treasures (a flat top that once belonged to Hank Williams Sr. no less). "These songs have been lived through and this project comes from the heart. I've said it many times, it's amazing what happens when you fearlessly follow your heart, whatever the cost. It always leads you to the right place. This time, it led me home to traditional country music and the result is the music of Ghost Train (The Studio B Sessions). I'm comfortable with that, as a matter of fact, I'm very proud of it…it's truly who I am."

    Find out more about Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives by clicking here.

    Watch Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives perform live by clicking here.

    Gates open at 7pm. Music starts at 8pm.





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    What: Blackberry Smoke with special guest The Gasoline Bros.

    When: Saturday, May 26, 2012 - 8pm

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    Price:$20

    You can call Blackberry Smoke’s music southern rock and you wouldn’t be wrong. Or you could call it country and you wouldn’t be wrong, either. But you would be selling both the band and its legion of fans short by trying to fit them solely into one genre. With influences that run the gamut from country to bluegrass to metal to gospel and yes, southern rock, Blackberry Smoke is more than the sum of its diverse parts.

    The group, which is made up of Starr, sibling rhythm section Richard and Brit Turner (bass and drums, respectively) and guitarist Paul Jackson, formed in 2000 and quickly made an impact. Thanks to individual and shared reputations for entertaining, the foursome hit the road hard. “We had gigs right away,” says Richard, who with Brit had been in a popular Atlanta band that opened for national touring acts.

    Touring soon became a way of life for the band. Among the many acts the group has shared the stage with are ZZ Top, Montgomery Gentry, The Outlaws, Marshall Tucker Band and Cross Canadian Ragweed.

    The group found inspiration in some of the greatest bands of all time. “The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin would make records with great rockin’ songs and also some honky tonk country and blues,” explains Charlie. As such, diversity is important to Blackberry Smoke. “It makes it more enjoyable for the listener than staying in a little narrow hallway,” Brit says. “And for the players, too.”

    Good music is good music, the band believes, no matter the style. “There are moments in our show that are straight out of a Jimmy Martin or Flatt & Scruggs set list,” Charlie says. “Bluegrass is a beautiful form of American music. Just like southern rock, bluegrass is about really good songs and good musicianship,” he adds. “You just spread out and see where it will go.”

    Find out more about Blackberry Smoke by clicking here.

    To see Blackberry Smoke perform Up In Smoke LIVE at The Shed click here.

    Gates open at 7pm. Music starts at 8pm.





    June 2012

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    What: Kittywampus & Temper Through Tears

    When: Saturday, June 2, 2012 - 8pm

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    Price:$10

    KITTY WAMPUS..."That lil' ol' band with a whole lotta soul". From Knoxville TN. Rick Vance (drums/vocals) is well known as being one of the most versatile drummer/vocalists in the Knox. area well known for an old school, roots approach to layin' down a groove. Rick has worked with some well-known groups locally and regionally, as well as some top-name acts.In addition, doing duty as a bartender and Reggae/R&B disc jockey, plus having once had a nightclub here has made him quite recognizable. Duane Parks (bass/vocals)is a versatile musician who not only plays bass, but also keyboards & guitar, and has also played with some of the top bands in the Knox. area going back quite a few years, as well as some top-name groups. Duane is regarded as one of the best bass players in East Tenn....Duane & Rick are affectionately known as "The Gemini Rhythm Section"....Stevie Bleu(guitar/vocals) A soulful veteran in the business.He is well known from his performance with local, regional and national acts as well as a USO tour with "Macon Bacon". Cat Daddy (keyboards/vocals) having performed all over the world, from Europe to Australia, and from Korea to the Caribbean, is new to the area. And like the others is versatile in being able to play other instruments (bass & drums). Cat also has credits of having played with some top groups in the areas he has lived in, as well as some major acts from The Drifters to Lynyrd Skynyrd, etc.

    Temper Through TearsQuickly becoming one of the area’s most sought after bands, Temper Through Tears is forging a name for themselves among venues and fans both new and old. Their formula for success can be contributed to a wealth of talent amongst the band’s members and a versatile set list packed full of crowd pleasing tunes guaranteed to offer something for everybody.
    Constantly adding new material to their repertoire has afforded the band the ability to create a different show experience each time they play. What’s more is that they have come to create unique versions of some songs putting a special Temper Through Tears flavor to them. “One of the lessons that I think each of us in the band has learned through the years is that if you’re going to cover a popular song, you either have to just nail it exactly like the album or you’d better have an interesting version of it. Otherwise, it’s best to just leave it alone” says the band’s guitarist, Justin Parker. “One sure fire way to lose an audience is to play something just to be playing it and not pull it off well.”
    The band has been known to cover a variety of rock music from today and generations past playing songs by artists such as Theory of a Deadman, Tonic, Fuel, Kings Of Leon, Finger 11, Cake, Bob Seger, and Pink Floyd just to name a few. While playing music written by other artists helps give the audiences something to grasp onto and enjoy, the band also manages to squeeze in their original works; showcasing the band’s talent as songwriters. “We're a rock band built for the masses” explains T3 vocalist, Jason Williams. “Straight forward rock that could easily have fit in during the 90s, now or whenever.”

    Gates open at 7pm. Music starts at 8pm.





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    What: Jenna & Her Cool Friends

    When: Friday, June 8, 2012 - 6pm

    Price:Free Concert Friday

    Find out more about Jenna & Her Cool Friends by clicking here.

    To see Jenna & Her Cool Friends perform live click here.

    This show is part of the Free Concert Fridays sponsored by The Maryville Daily Times and Pabst Blue Ribbon.












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    What: Goose Creek Symphony with special guest Karen E. Reynolds & SacntiFried

    When: Saturday, June 9, 2012 - 8pm

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    Price:$20

    Goose Creek Symphony is considered by many to be one of the most original bands of their time. Major record labels (Capitol & Columbia) of the 60s/early 70s didn’t know what to do with a band that played a mixture of rock and roll, folk, jazz and country with an undeniable hillbilly influence, a hippie attitude and a reckless sense of instrumental daring. They used horns and fiddles as well as effects and blended it with psychedelic rock and roll. The true definition of "Cosmic American Music".

    In the 70s they fit into a country rock mode, but they were more esoteric and versatile than many of their contemporaries and had more grit and a rugged, less commercial sound. They were/are a good time band that love to jam and stretch out regardless of the genre. They recorded three eclectic albums for Capitol, Est 1970, (1970) Welcome to Goose Creek (1971) and Words of Earnest (1972). All were moderately successful with the last boasting a hit single cover of Janis Joplin’s “Mercedes Benz”. In 1974 the band moved over to Columbia and recorded Do Your Thing But Don’t Touch Mine, which was their weakest to date thanks to an outside, unwanted producer. Shortly thereafter the band took a hiatus…. a really long one which lasted almost 17 years. Then out of nowhere they came back (and musically it sounds like they never went away), and lo and behold they sound almost contemporary.

    The Goose Creek story brings new meaning to “you were ahead of your time.” Unlike many of the other bands from the 70s Goose Creek hasn’t mellowed or gotten more commercial. They aren’t resting on old laurels, if anything they’ve gotten looser and more varied. They found most of their old audience as well as many new fans. In the decade since they resurfaced they’ve played many festivals and released a slew of albums including, the superb live set The Goose Is Loose in 1995, which highlights their extended jamming. They’ve done the Acoustic Goose, as well as excellent studio albums, such as Going Home (1998) and I Don’t Know (2003). They’ve also released a couple of lost albums, such as Head For the Hills (recorded in 1978) and recently The Same Thing Again (one music CD and a bonus DVD). The latter was recorded in the mid-70s and essentially forgotten about for three decades. Ironically the title cut has Gearheart singing “If I could live my life over I’d do the same thing again, for 20 long years I’ve picked and I’ve sung.” Well, the band has gotten a new lease of life and while one could say they are doing the same thing again, it’s only in the term that they are playing great music that’s outside the norm and remarkably refreshing, and more than that they simply exude good vibes.

    Find out more about Goose Creek Symphony by clicking here.

    Watch Goose Creek Symphony LIVE at The Shed by clicking here.

    Gates open at 7pm. Music starts at 8pm.





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    What: Bo Bice with special guest Reagan Boggs & The Coal Men

    When: Saturday, June 16, 2012 - 8pm

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    Price:$15

    own for his diverse vocal abilities, the songs Bo Bice is writing these days have put him in a new spot musically.

    "My next record will continue to reflect my love of my country, my family' my faith and the emotional journey I'm on," he said during a recent interview from a recording studio behind his home that he shares with his wife and three young children. "I moved my family to Nashville six years ago and that change is now reflected in my music."

    "I've always been a family man," Bice continued' referencing his feelings for his mother' a gospel singer who infused him with a love of music at an early age. "My mom remarried and moved our family to England when I was just a kid. But before I finished school, I knew I wanted to be in a band and I returned to Alabama to continue that process."

    It was a hard decision to leave his mom in England, and he addressed it in "You Take Yourself With You," (a song that charted in the Top 20 on GAC's Video Countdown) from his 2010 release, 3. "D. Scott Miller and I wrote that song when we were just sitting and talking about the first time you leave home," he said. "He's older than me, but everyone has that same feeling when they take off."

    The album 3 was Bice's first brush with the Nashville community, and all its songs were written or co-written by Bice, with production credits by Bice and D. Scott Miller (who's worked on hits by Trace Adkins, Patty Loveless and Asleep at the Wheel, among others).

    "I'm really digging the Nashville scene and where it's taking me musically," he said. "It's a little different than what I was doing on previous albums, but Nashville represents many of the things that are important to me these days." After a few health scares stemming from life on the road, Bice has changed his lifestyle and enjoyed a clean bill of health for three years. "I'm more into being a good husband and father, and giving back to others, rather than just doing what feels good at the time," he said.

    Now, instead of chasing wild times, Bice spends time helping fellow motorcycle enthusiasts raise money for medical research or supporting the military and their families. "I have a lot of respect for the troops and want to do all I can to create awareness of their needs, and support their families."

    Bice's career began to take shape when he worked the Southern club circuit in a number of bands, including Blue Suede Nickel, Purge and Sugar Money. Although the groups made some in-roads, his initial claim to fame came in 2005, when he finished 2nd to Carrie Underwood on FOX television's American Idol.

    His first release following that show, The Real Thing, yielded the chart-topping single "Inside Your Heaven" and helped Bice attain the first of his two gold record awards.

    Find out more about Bo Bice by clicking here.

    Watch Bo Bice's music video for You Take Yourself with you by clicking here.

    Gates open at 7pm. Music starts at 8pm.





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    What: Todd Snider with special guest Kevin Gordon

    When: Saturday, June 23 - 8pm

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    Price:$20

    Todd Snider is on the happy back end of happy hour at a favorite East Nashville bar, talking about his new album Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables. “This record doesn’t come from good times,” Snider says. “I wanted to sound the way I feel, which sometimes means sounding like a broken soul.”

    On the 10 new songs, Snider doesn’t talk around the vulnerable part, or the angry part, or the part about how everything we’re taught about goodness and righteousness and capitalism, about God and family values winds up exploding into violence and chaos, wonder and longing. He might carry the mantle of “storyteller” – it’s what he titled his live record, after all – but Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables is anything but a nice, folk/Americana troubadour album.

    It’s not a nice anything.

    It is jagged, leering, lurching and howling, and filled with unhappy endings both experienced and intimated: “It ain’t the despair that gets you, it’s the hope,” he sings in the album-closer, “Big Finish.” That Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables is also roaringly funny is tribute to Snider’s unique sensibilities, and to his standing as what Rolling Stone magazine calls “America’s sharpest musical storyteller.” Anguish without laughter is boring, like intensive care without morphine, and Snider has never been within 100 miles of boring. Also, he didn’t earn the attention, friendship and fandom of American musical giants like Kris Kristofferson and John Prine by writing mopey protest songs.

    The result is something disconcerting, cracked and wholly original. It’s something that stands apart from the music of Snider’s heroes, and from Snider’s own, much-celebrated past. Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables is Snider’s 12th album (14th, if we count a “best of” set and a collection of B-sides and demos), and it uses its predecessors not as a compass but as a trampoline. Snider found different song forms, different inspirations (from Alaska ne’er do well Digger Dave to Chicago Mayor, former White House Chief of Staff and friend..... no, really..... Rahm Emanuel) and different means of expression. He paints a world where begging turns to mugging, where investment turns to ruin, where babies grow into felons, where honesty is blunt trauma: “Wish I could show you how you hurt me in a way that wouldn’t hurt you, too,” he sings. And there’s no way.

    Find out more about Todd Snider by clicking here.

    Watch Todd Snider perform live at The Shed by clicking here.

    Gates open at 7pm. Music starts at 8pm.





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    What: The Flatlanders

    When: Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 8pm

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    Price:$20

    Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely and Butch Hancock have been friends for almost 40 years, and members of that not-really-a-band, life-of-its-own musical entity known as The Flatlanders for nearly as long.

    But when the trio decided to collaborate on songwriting for Hills And Valleys, the fourth in a rather elongated string of Flatlanders albums, they realized it wouldn’t be easy. They’d done it before for one thing, first for the soundtrack to the 1998 film The Horse Whisperer, then for their “reunion” album, 2002’s Now Again. So they already knew they’d be as likely to spend hours trading tales and laughing uproariously as they would trying to agree on a lyric.

    And they knew how long that could stretch out, too. “Sometimes we’d work on one line of a song for several days,” Ely reveals. “That’s just one line, not a verse. It’s hard to please all three of us at once.”

    But for Hills and Valleys, they not only managed to come up with eight eloquent joint efforts, they added Ely’s “Love’s Own Chains” and “There’s Never Been,” Hancock’s “Thank God For The Road,” one by Gilmore’s son, Colin (“The Way We Are”), and, for good measure, their arrangement of Woody Guthrie’s “Sowing on the Mountain.” That one serves not only as an homage to one of their musical guideposts but, as Hancock notes, a representation of the album’s general theme: “the ups and downs, emotionally, of peoples’ lives these days.”

    Find out more about The Flatlanders by clicking here.

    Watch The Flatlanders perform on the Late Show with David Letterman by clicking here.

    Gates open at 7pm. Music starts at 8pm.





    July 2012

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    What: Shed Sessions: Elizabeth Cook with special guest Jeff Barbra & Sarah Pirkle

    When: Friday, July 6, 2012 - 8pm

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    Price:$30 Assured Seating; $25 General Admission

    This show was rescheduled from the original March 17, 2012 date. All tickets previously purchased for that date will be honored at the door. If you have any questions please call (865) 977-1669.

    "For my fifth all grown up studio album, I’m enjoying the journey more and I see how welding continues to shape my life. This record was really tough to make in some ways and really easy in others. It was a cool breeze and a real high to work with Don Was. Like Rodney Crowell before him, he helps me continue to break out of jail. So I bought him a nice key chain."

    "From a material standpoint, I’ve never had more to write about…didn’t have to dig too deep at all. For instance, I never thought I’d be singing about my Mama’s funeral. Just never thought I’d write, much less sing, about that. But here it is on Welder…alongside other tales of the harshness and delicacies of romantic and familial love (“Not California”, “Heroin Addict Sister”, “Girlfriend Tonight”), occasionally indulging in the rush of being inappropriate (“El Camino”, “Snake In The Bed”, “Yes To Booty”). As wild a ride as it is, this is the hand the last three years since release of the Balls album has dealt me. Welder is my way of bringing it all together. And it’s just the truth."

    "Though emotional whiplash is a serious condition, as an artist, I’m grateful for experiences that have grown me up a little bit, even if it hurts like hell. And although I didn’t really want to, the fact that I “couldn’t help but look” is what made Welder possible. It’s my damnation and my salvation. And it’s my job. I have to look."

    "I hope the musical journey on Welder brings the condolences that come with sharing, through commiserating about life, in laughter and in tears, for the old fans, the newly added, and the all around music loving public, to whom I’m so grateful, each and every one. Thanks for looking."

    - Elizabeth Cook

    Find out more about Elizabeth Cook by clicking here.

    Watch Elizabeth Cook's video of "All The Time" by clicking here.

    Gates open at 7pm. Music starts at 8pm.





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    What: Pat Travers

    When: Saturday, July 7, 2012 - 8pm

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    Price:$20

    Since the critically acclaimed 1976 debut album featuring his own brand of high quality seventies guitar rock and roll, Pat Travers has gone on to deliver melodic eighties rock, a blues period throughout most of the nineties, noted performances with various power trio’s during the first few years of the new Millennium, and a full blooded return to the trademark Pat Travers Band sound as he entered his fifth performing and recording decade.

    Find out more about the Pat Travers Band by clicking here.

    To see Pat Travers perform Boom Boom click here.

    Gates open at 7pm. Music starts at 8pm.





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    What: The Vespers with The Beat 64

    When: Friday, July 13, 2012 - 6pm

    Price:Free Concert Friday

    The Vespers are one of those lucky young bands who are becoming a word of mouth sensation though they’ve only quietly self-released one record. With two sisters on lead vocals and two brothers filling out the sound, the foursome are distinguished by an arsenal of instruments and the kind of harmony only siblings can create. They have toured from Boston to Austin, hitting everything from festivals to college campuses in between. On The Fourth Wall, out April 3rd, they create infectious folk-pop with both the buoyancy of youth and deeper spiritual themes.

    Most of the songs have the energy of a live show because the band polished them on the road, where they also came up with the album title. The fourth wall, in theatre terms, is the invisible wall between the audience and performers. “Our music reflects that. We decided to go on tour shortly after we joined forces and we really learned what our band was all about while playing to the people at our early shows. It shaped us and that’s how we really became ‘The Vespers.’ It’s all about connecting with people and breaking down that invisible wall.”

    Find out more about The Vespers by clicking here.

    To see The Vespers mini-documentary click here.

    Find out more about The Beat 64 by clicking here.

    This show is part of Free Concert Fridays sponsored by The Maryville Daily Times and Pabst Blue Ribbon.





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    What: Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit

    When: Saturday, July 14, 2012 - 8pm

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    Price:$20

    Here We Rest: The first motto of Jason Isbell’s home state got changed in the early part of last century to a Latin phrase that translates to “we dare defend our rights”. What starts out as peaceful idyll descends into a defensive posture with the threat of bellicosity just beneath the surface. That’s what tough times will do to a people.
    The characters that populate Here We Rest are wrung out. In “Alabama Pines”, the protagonist has found himself on the outside of the life he once knew. He is living in a small room and in a state of emotional disrepair - estranged from the woman that he loved, as well as friends (“I don’t even need a name anymore/When no one calls it out, it kinda vanishes away”). He is beginning to recognize that his own remoteness and obstinacy has played a large part in his current state of affairs, and longs for “someone to take him home through those Alabama pines.” He’s not quite clear how to get back there himself.
    Place plays a prominent role in the songs on Here We Rest. Jason was home considerably more this year, having toured less in 2010. After being on the road for 200 or more days for more years than he cares to count, he stayed home mostly to write and record this album. “I could probably live anywhere, but I love it here,” says Jason. “Being home is very different than being on the road. You learn a certain discipline that has its entire context within the touring lifestyle. This was the first time that I’ve been an adult in my own house, in my own community. Plus on the road, you have your whiskey waiting for you when you get to the gig. Here you have to go get it.”
    The original state motto was written by Alexander Beaufort Meek, a former Alabama attorney general, in his 1842 essay outlining the history of the state. The last lines of that history say: “We have shown the condition and character of our population; the Red Sea of trials and suffering through which they had to pass; the fragile bark that floated in triumph through the perils of the tide….From such rude and troublous beginnings, the present population of Alabama, acquired the right to say, ‘Here we rest!’” The times are indeed rude and troublous again in Alabama, and Jason Isbell’s inspired album offers both documentation and the same fervent hope that his people will find their rest.


    Find out more about Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit by clicking here.

    To see Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit perform live click here.

    Gates open at 7pm. Music starts at 8pm.





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    What: McKenzies Mill

    When: Saturday, July 21, 2012 - 8pm

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    Price:$10

    Born and raised in the small southern town of West End, North Carolina comes the rocking new duo...McKenzies Mill. Founded by brothers Justin and Ryan Harris. Moved to Nashville in 2005 to make the dream a reality. Since 2009 they have been showcasing a monthly show at 12& Porter, one of Nashville's most rocking clubs. In 2011, the brothers and band won The Wildhorse Saloon Band Contest judged by Producer Michael Knox, Bo Bice, Wildhorse GM, and Jeff Howard of A.P.A. The band is currently in monthly rotation at the world famous Wildhorse Saloon.
    They have been called southern rock. They have been called country. However you choose to describe it....it rocks! Come ride shotgun on this guitar driven, story telling, ass kicking sophmore album from the boys of McKenzies Mill. A perfect combination of the best of whats old...and the best of whats new. Focusing on undeniable imagery through their songwriting, and unrelenting aggression musically, McKenzies Mill's self-titled second album will leave you pounding the steering wheel and singing along instantly. Buckle up and hang on!

    Find out more about McKenzies Mill by clicking here.

    Watch McKenzies Mill perform live by clicking here.

    Gates open at 7pm. Music starts at 8pm.





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    What: The Highwaymen

    When: Saturday, July 28, 2012 - 8pm

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    Price:$20

    Find out more about The Highwaymen Live Unit by clicking here.

    To see The Highwaymen Live click here.

    Gates open at 7pm. Music starts at 8pm.









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    Dragon Road Signs are Here!

    Dragon Road Signs are Here!

    You can't get these anywhere else. Commemorate Hwy 129 the Dragon with these awesome street signs.

    6 Dealerships - 1 Place Online!

    6 Dealerships - 1 Place Online!

    Get gear from our Maryville, Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, Dragon 129 and Cherohala Skyway locations!


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