Christabel and the Jons - 6:00 PM
Christabel and the Jons is a southern swing band based in east Tennessee that blends
familiar standards with modern vintage sounding originals. Their music is acoustic and
colorful, a blend of Appalachian mountain music and vintage swing. The group saunters and
sways together with ease. Lead singer Christa DeCicco steals hearts with her come-hither
delivery and charismatic stage performance. Her songwriting is heartfelt and nostalgic, and
her distinctive, sultry voice brings it all home. Old suitcases and dressy vintage costumes
from the 1920s -1950s give the performance a torch singer, speakeasy feel.
Christa DeCicco, lead singer & guitarist, first began writing songs and performing as a wee
lass at age 5. She received a B.S. degree in 2003 from the University of Tennessee in
Ornamental Horticulture and Landscape Design, and now is self-employed as a freelance
gardener.
Her backup band "The Jons" consists of Jon Whitlock on drums, percussion, and backing
vocals, Mischa Goldman on upright bass, and Seth Hopper on violin, mandolin, trumpet, and
bandoneon.
Since the spring of 2005 this quirky band has been performing and recording their distinctive
style of folky swing. In November of 2006 they released their first official album, "Love and
Circumstances.”
Christabel and the Jons is currently recording their highly anticipated second album, which is
as of yet untitled... Meanwhile they continue to tour, mostly around the southeast region but
with periodic voyages to the northeast, southwest, and pacific northwest. They can often be
found in thrift stores as they travel from town to town, hunting for clip-on ties and 1950s party
dresses.
The Nouveaux Honkies - 7:45 PM
Over the last three years, The Nouveaux Honkies, have built up quite a following around Port
Salerno, Florida. In fact, they’ve gotten quite a name for themselves throughout the southeast
with their unique sound and blistering presentation.
This quartet’s well conceived interpretations of blues and R&B classics, enhanced with the
retro approach of Tim O'Donnell (guitar/vocals) original material, provides the fire power
needed to headline any show. Their new CD, Where Do I Go, is a non-stop, rough, raw and
raunchy ride into a type and style of music that defies categorization. Right when you think the
Honkies are about to hit the mainstream highway comes a power slide, and it’s back out into
the wild wilderness of alternative blues, rock, and Country. Don’t let the cover fool you – this is
not fiddle music.
Christabel and the Jons is a southern swing band based in east Tennessee that blends
familiar standards with modern vintage sounding originals. Their music is acoustic and
colorful, a blend of Appalachian mountain music and vintage swing. The group saunters and
sways together with ease. Lead singer Christa DeCicco steals hearts with her come-hither
delivery and charismatic stage performance. Her songwriting is heartfelt and nostalgic, and
her distinctive, sultry voice brings it all home. Old suitcases and dressy vintage costumes
from the 1920s -1950s give the performance a torch singer, speakeasy feel.
Christa DeCicco, lead singer & guitarist, first began writing songs and performing as a wee
lass at age 5. She received a B.S. degree in 2003 from the University of Tennessee in
Ornamental Horticulture and Landscape Design, and now is self-employed as a freelance
gardener.
Her backup band "The Jons" consists of Jon Whitlock on drums, percussion, and backing
vocals, Mischa Goldman on upright bass, and Seth Hopper on violin, mandolin, trumpet, and
bandoneon.
Since the spring of 2005 this quirky band has been performing and recording their distinctive
style of folky swing. In November of 2006 they released their first official album, "Love and
Circumstances.”
Christabel and the Jons is currently recording their highly anticipated second album, which is
as of yet untitled... Meanwhile they continue to tour, mostly around the southeast region but
with periodic voyages to the northeast, southwest, and pacific northwest. They can often be
found in thrift stores as they travel from town to town, hunting for clip-on ties and 1950s party
dresses.
The Nouveaux Honkies - 7:45 PM
Over the last three years, The Nouveaux Honkies, have built up quite a following around Port
Salerno, Florida. In fact, they’ve gotten quite a name for themselves throughout the southeast
with their unique sound and blistering presentation.
This quartet’s well conceived interpretations of blues and R&B classics, enhanced with the
retro approach of Tim O'Donnell (guitar/vocals) original material, provides the fire power
needed to headline any show. Their new CD, Where Do I Go, is a non-stop, rough, raw and
raunchy ride into a type and style of music that defies categorization. Right when you think the
Honkies are about to hit the mainstream highway comes a power slide, and it’s back out into
the wild wilderness of alternative blues, rock, and Country. Don’t let the cover fool you – this is
not fiddle music.
The Hot Seats - 9:15 PM
The Hot Seats were formed eight years ago (2002) in Richmond, VA as a good-time band
between new friends, many of whom were exploring a genre unknown to them on equally
novel instruments. It started with weekly gig, rapidly followed by trips out of town, festival
appearances, longer tours, new music, new influences, competition-winning performances
(both individually and as an ensemble) three critically acclaimed trips to the UK, and five
albums.
With each year and step forward, the band has honed a focus on the traditions from which it
draws, and a tongue-in-cheek irony more comparable to Jonathan Swift than to South Park.
The band, while retaining the irreverence and fun loving character of its inception, does not
resemble much the ragtag ensemble of the summer of 2002. For these reasons, they are the
Hot Seats, a name that connotes the frenetic frenzy this band can whip up, and one they feel
represents their musical intentions, as well as their desire to share this music with a larger
audience.
These intentions are to keep the role of traditional musician as entertainer and commentator
alive and kicking. Homer and Jethro, The Skillet Likkers, George Formby, Harry Reser,
Woodie Guthrie, Gus Cannon, Phil Ochs, Tommy Jarrell, Arthur Smith, Uncle Dave Macon,
Frank Zappa – these are pools from which The Hot Seats draw. Their original music is
simultaneously hard to classify and instantly identifiable, combining the virtuosic soloing and
tightness of bluegrass, the band-driven rhythm of old time, the jerky bounce of ragtime, and
the swagger of good old rock and roll. Add some eastern melodies, a few modernist ideals,
and an uncanny feel for comic timing, and you begin to approach this sound.
The Hot Seats were formed eight years ago (2002) in Richmond, VA as a good-time band
between new friends, many of whom were exploring a genre unknown to them on equally
novel instruments. It started with weekly gig, rapidly followed by trips out of town, festival
appearances, longer tours, new music, new influences, competition-winning performances
(both individually and as an ensemble) three critically acclaimed trips to the UK, and five
albums.
With each year and step forward, the band has honed a focus on the traditions from which it
draws, and a tongue-in-cheek irony more comparable to Jonathan Swift than to South Park.
The band, while retaining the irreverence and fun loving character of its inception, does not
resemble much the ragtag ensemble of the summer of 2002. For these reasons, they are the
Hot Seats, a name that connotes the frenetic frenzy this band can whip up, and one they feel
represents their musical intentions, as well as their desire to share this music with a larger
audience.
These intentions are to keep the role of traditional musician as entertainer and commentator
alive and kicking. Homer and Jethro, The Skillet Likkers, George Formby, Harry Reser,
Woodie Guthrie, Gus Cannon, Phil Ochs, Tommy Jarrell, Arthur Smith, Uncle Dave Macon,
Frank Zappa – these are pools from which The Hot Seats draw. Their original music is
simultaneously hard to classify and instantly identifiable, combining the virtuosic soloing and
tightness of bluegrass, the band-driven rhythm of old time, the jerky bounce of ragtime, and
the swagger of good old rock and roll. Add some eastern melodies, a few modernist ideals,
and an uncanny feel for comic timing, and you begin to approach this sound.
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