Truckstop Honeymoon / Carrie Nation and the Speakeasy / LJWorld.com

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Categories: Blues, Country, Folk
Event posted: Sept. 11, 2012
Last updated: Sept. 11, 2012

Event details

Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, 8 p.m.
The Bottleneck, 737 N.H., Lawrence
Age limit: Not available

Truckstop Honeymoon play tough, funny, hi-octane songs about interstates, pinball arcades and true love. Katie Euliss pounds a doghouse bass while Mike West punishes a banjo mercilessly. Together they charm festival crowds and drive roadhouse drinkers to the dance-floor. Since hurricane Katrina washed them out of New Orleans, Truckstop Honeymoon have traveled to the ends of the Earth and back, performing in Australia, Holland, Germany, Britain and throughout the US. Their music tells a story so honest and strange you know they didn’t make it up. Katie learned whore-house piano and bucket bass in the streets of the French Quarter. There she met Mike, a banjo-slinging grifter who sold CDs he claimed cured hangovers and small-mindedness. After a court house wedding, the pair hit the road. They spent their wedding night in a truck stop somewhere between Lafayette and the Atchafalya Swamp. And so Truckstop Honeymoon was born. On August 29 2005, flood waters submerged their home base in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans. Truckstop Honeymoon were on tour when the storm hit and so on-tour is where they stayed. Mike and Katie played shows every night, lived out of their van and kept their two daughters entertained in convenience stores across America. But eventually, the road weary family parked their rig as far from any large body of water as they could get: Lawrence, Kansas. Truckstop Honeymoon continue to tour and build a loyal following from Illinois to Norway. They have put out four CDs on Baton Rouge label, Squirrel Records, and a full length documentary film by Nathan King Miller, “I Won’t Let The Angels Take You Away”, will soon be available on DVD. When they are not traveling, Katie and Mike run The 9th Ward Pickin’ Parlor, a small studio where they produce songwriters, bands and eccentrics from all over the United States. http://www.truckstophoneymoon.com/ http://www.myspace.com/truckstophoneymoon Carrie Nation & the Speakeasy formed in the Spring of 2007 in a sh*tty rental on Hillside after a long night of drinking and unmentioned drugs. After 2 years of energetic shows and the formation of a solid local fanbase, CNS is still bringing the ruckus to dives and dumps across the midwest with their unique blend of Country, Blues, Dixieland, Folk, and searing straight-up Kansas Ungrass. Sure to bring an energetic drink 'em up atmosphere to any venue, CNS is a band you need to see live. http://www.carrienationandthespeakeasy.com/ http://www.myspace.com/carrienationband