ONE NIGHT ONLY!
The 3rd Annual
Brooklyn Country Music Festival
September 9, 2006
Southpaw
DOORS AT 4PM!

ONE NIGHT ONLY! The 3rd Annual Brooklyn Country Music Festival September 9, 2006 Southpaw advance tickets available at
afternoon outdoor shills... The Second Fiddles	@ 4pm! Lonesome Prairie Dogs	@ 5pm! Kara Suzanne & the Gojo Hearts
@6pm! Alex Battles' Whisky Rebellion	@ 7pm! Demolition String Band	@ 8pm! Sweet William
@ 9pm! The Wissler Family	@ 10pm! Defibulators	@ 11pm! Greg Garing
@ Midnight! The Doc Marshalls	@ 1am! Uncle Leon & the Alibis	DJing throughout the evening! Rench
Downstairs in the lounge @ 930pm! Two Man Gentlemen Band	Downstairs in the lounge @ 1100pm! Graveyard Shift	Downstairs in the lounge @ 130pm! Jan Bell & the Cheap Dates
	with hosts... Lindy Loo & Chicky Wicky	and... Young Tommy Rhodes
THE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS on the Sidewalk: The Second Fiddles on the Mainstage: 4pm The Lonesome Prairie Dogs 5pm Kara Suzanne & the Gojo Hearts 6pm Alex Battles' Whisky Rebellion 7pm Demolition String Band 8pm Sweet William 9pm The Wissler Family 10pm The Defibulators 11pm Greg Garing 12m Doc Marshalls 1am Uncle Leon & the Alibis 2am DJ RENCH in the Downtairs Lounge 9:30pm Two Man Gentlemen Band 11:00pm Graveyard Shift 1:30pm Jan Bell & the Cheap Dates advance tickets available at Sponsored by &
Last year, Brooklyn saw the birth of three country music events: The Brooklyn Country Music Festival, The Kings County Opry, and the CasHank Hootenanny Jamboree. These events struck a chord with fans as far away as Connecticut. They loved the stark edgy music of the bands, many of whom were influenced by country singers of the 1940s and 1950s. -Tommy Fernandez, Crain's New York	The Brooklyn Country Music Festival hosted 40 bands over eight days, none getting paid more than what organizer and songwriter Alex Battles collected in a basket after each set. When you're playing country and bluegrass in New York City, however, it's hard to expect much more. "We play for free beer and girls who smile at us," says Battles, a tireless organizer who performs under the name Whisky Rebellion.For Battles — an Ohio transplant who's been in New York for 10 years — "Brooklyn Country" is a sort of subgenre, a music for Midwestern transplants, steeped in the '70s but with a punk ethos, grimier than the musicianship of the Village bluegrass circles. - Kurt Gottschalk, Village Voice	As with most unlikely renaissances, Brooklyn's current Cash - Hank - Hag - Buck - Willie fixation has it its core an unlikely anti-hero. In this case it's Alex Battles, a 33-year-old singer, banjo-picker, and music publishing staffer. Battles, who began his New York musical career in a Lower East Side comedy club playing the Village People's "In the Navy" on the banjo, says the reason an event like the Cash birthday bash became a destination for both musicians as well as hipsters is simple: "Everybody loves Johnny Cash." -Robert Baird, No Depression

Thanks!
Dock Oscar & Alex Battles