Briefs

Curing Cancer on the Causeway: A Music Marathon

Date: Sunday, April 13, 4 p.m.

Venue: Bogey’s, 5872 Battleship Pkwy, 625-3303

Tickets: $15 at the door

When local physician Thomi Sharpe realized she had diagnosed more than five patients with blood cancers since Christmas, she felt more involvement was needed. So she joined the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s “Team in Training.”

Team in Training provides running and walking training free of charge for willing participants. In exchange, these volunteers raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society by running in marathons, half-marathons, centuries and triathlons. However, Team in Training does not provide travel money for the volunteers and many of the events are thousands of miles away.

Therefore, Sharpe is joining forces with Bogey’s to provide “five full hours of suds and sounds” to raise money for both the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and her travel expenses to participate in the Rock N’ Roll Marathon in San Diego as well as honor her patients Jarvis Grayson and Isaac Franklin.

Bogey’s and Sharpe have compiled an impressive line-up of artists for this event. Country/rockabilly diva Elaine Petty is set to perform as well as Donna Hall of Wet Willie fame. Rollin’ in the Hay’s Stan Foster will be picking out some numbers, and the Bayrunners and local hip-hop artists Microphone Messengers will also be making an appearance.

St. Mary’s Knights of Columbus Crawfish and Bluegrass Extravaganza

Date: Saturday, April 19, 5 p.m.

Venue: St. Mary’s School grounds at the corner of Old Shell Road and Lafayette Street.

Tickets: $20 in adv. available at www.stmarymobile.org and $25 at the gate with children under 12 free

This is St. Mary’s Knights of Columbus’ sixth year of raising money for the students and teachers with a smorgasbord of delicious food and tons of pickin’ and grinnin’. This is not Mobile’s only bluegrass festival, but St. Mary’s Knights do it with “a Gulf Coast twist.”

Upon entering the gates, ticket-holders will be treated to as many crawfish as they can handle. For all those non-head suckers, there will also be hot dogs and chips provided.

The Fabulous Bagasse Boys are traveling all the way from Baton Rouge to participate in this event and the Coosa River Broadcasters are also set to perform. Our local bluegrass aficionados will be pleased as Delta Reign and the Dog River Boys pick for the crowd. Of course, it would not be a party without an appearance from Fat Man Squeeze.

Widespread Panic

Date: Friday, April 18 through Sunday, April 20 with gates daily at 7 p.m.

Venue: The Wharf, 23101 Canal Blvd. in Orange Beach, www.thewharfal.com

Tickets: $36 available at The Wharf and through Ticketmaster

Panic kicked off their spring tour in Washington, D.C., April 1, and are slowly moving across America with ravenous Spreadheads anxiously waiting. Even though this iconic jam band will not be making a stop at Bonnaroo, they are more than making it up to locals with three consecutive nights of music at one of their favorite new venues, The Wharf.

Widespread Panic is a necessary event for any fan of jam and/or Southern rock. Their live show is definitely a jump from their studio recordings, and it is almost a guarantee that each of these nights will bring a totally different performance from this band.

Panic is currently touring in support of their latest release “Free Somehow,” which was celebrated with release parties across the country.

Fans will also have something else special to add to their collections with the release of a limited edition double LP.

The Rundown

Mobile’s hip-hop scene continues to make its presence known on the national level. Recently, Mobile’s own Verbal Assassinz (Triple Threat Entertainment) broke into the charts on the Starfleet Music Pool.

The Starfleet Music Pool is a North Carolina-based Web site collective of DJs from across the globe. The Verbal Assassinz have been steadily moving up their charts. In a matter of weeks, they jumped from number 8 to number 7 on the Indie Urban /Street Chart. Now they have climbed even to the number 3 spot for their mix of “Hate to See Me,” “Been Around the World,” and “Holla at Ya Boy” (feat. The Real Choppa, L. Boogie and A.B.).

Adios

Another underground musical act is calling it quits. Mobile first heard of Undertoe Hopscotch a little over a year ago. Their high-intensity music was quite appealing to many, and they played locally as much as possible. They will be performing their last show at the Blind Mule (57 N. Claiborne St.) Friday, April 11. Head down to the Mule and give these boys a proper farewell.

Howdy

For Pete’s Sake existed for decades as one of Mobile’s landmark bar and grills until recently closing its doors. In its place, Dusty’s Bar has opened. Not only will patrons be treated to great pub fare, but they also plan on adding live music. Join them on Saturday nights for blues, southern rock and jam and support one of Mobile’s newest venues.

Al fresco

With spring in full swing, many music lovers may feel the need for a more natural setting for their musical entertainment. Nestled under the Dog River Bridge, The River Shack (6120 Marina Dr. S.) is the perfect setting to get that fix. ESho’s Grits N’ Pieces will be performing their mix of acoustic Southern Rock and bluegrass on April 13 with Port City diva Lisa Mills scheduled for April 20.

All over the place

George Kennedy has been quite a busy man. In addition to fronting The Hormones, he is also spending time behind the drums playing for Bloody 98 (formerly AllGetOut). Kennedy explains The Hormones’ latest release should be out very soon after going through the final mastering process. Stay tuned to the Nappie for more info, and catch Bloody 98’s first gig at Monsoon’s, April 25.

Stephen Centanni is Lagniappe music editor. Contact him at scentanni@lagniappemobile.com.

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