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Friday
Jul 4, 2008
All events run from 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. unless otherwise noted.
The Blind Pig:
Ann Arbor Soul Club
Classic soul music by the local DJ duo of Brad Hales and Robert Wells.
The Circus:
"Live Rock 'n' Roll Karaoke"
Karaoke with prerecorded rhythm tracks and live guitars and keyboards by the Hartland trio Double Take.
Club Above:
FUBAR
(5:30-8:30 p.m.) 6-piece band led by Kingpins bassist Randy Tessier and featuring former Map of the World vocalist Sophia Hanifi. Their repertoire is an eclectic mix of originals by Hanifi and Tessier and covers of everyone from the Everly Brothers, the Kinks, and the Yardbirds to Miles Davis, Steve Earle, and U2. The band has a 4-song minidisk, Clean House, an election-year collection that includes 2 originals, a cover of Stephen Stills's 1967 protest classic "For What It's Worth," and an original setting of Auden's 1939 poem "Refugee Song."
Club Above:
Latino Night
DJ Xcess plays salsa, merengue, reggae, and other Latin dance records. Also, salsa lessons, 9-10 p.m.
Conor O'Neill's:
DJ Big Daddie. July 5
Detroit trio that plays traditional Celtic music with a Middle Eastern accent.
Crazy Wisdom Tea Room:
Rock Paper Scissors.
A varied array of covers by the likes of Lucinda Williams, Son Volt, the Rolling Stones, and Robyn Hitchcock by the local duo of Black Train singer-guitarist Vicki Dischler and cellist Tom Lyon.
The Earle:
Rick Burgess Trio
Jazz ensemble featuring pianist Burgess, drummer Robert Warren, and bassist Russel Tessier.
Elbow Room:
Koffin Kats
Detroit-area psychobilly punk band. Opening acts are Henchmen, a Whittier, California, psychobilly band, and Hellbound Train, a Downriver horrorbilly band.
The Firefly Club:
Closed.
The Firefly Club:
Easy Street Swingtet
(5:30-8 p.m.) Dixieland and swing by this local ensemble led by saxophonist and trumpeter Paul Klinger.
Goodnite Gracie:
Closed.
Guy Hollerin's:
No music.
The Habitat Ultralounge:
Remedy
Detroit dance band.
Live at PJ's:
"GrooveLeague"
With DJ Daraja.
Melange Subterranean Bistro:
DJ Zu
With a variety of dance music.
The Necto:
"Pride." DJ Jaces spins high-energy dance tunes in the main room. In the downstairs Red Room, DJ Mark plays retro music videos and DJ John G spins Top 40 records. In the Blue Room, DJ Mike spins techno records.
The Quarter Bistro:
The Groove-Matist
Retro, Top 40, and hip-hop dance party with DJ Mechial White.
Rick's American Cafe:
DJ Swerve
DJ spins dance records.
TC's Speakeasy:
Roz
(5:30-8:30 p.m.) Local solo pianist.
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