In one of music's best pairings in recent years, legendary punk rocker John Doe teamed up with Canadian band The Sadies to cut a record of countrypolitan favorites--Country Club--and are bringing their live act to Lawrence for a just-announced show at the Bottleneck on July 27.
Amanda Schenk
In true honky tonk style, Country Club is the bastard child of a drunken promise. A post show hang-out between Doe and The Sadies produced the idea to join forces to a make an album of country songs. Clas
John Doe & the Sadies are basically the world's greatest country cover band. Last night's show at the Bottleneck proved that. From the opening strains of "Stop the World (And Let Me Off)," made famous by Ms. Patsy Cline, through numbers such as Marty Robbins' "Big Iron" (which has "El Paso" beat all to shit -- I don't care which one's sold more copies), Roger Miller's "Husbands and Wives," and not one, but two Merle Haggard songs, John Doe & the Sadies knocked out chart-topping dance numbers the
Carolyn Mark is, somewhat unfortunately for her solo career, best known for her work with Neko Case. Actually, it seems like every artist who works with Neko Case -- be it Ms Mark, Jon Rauhouse, the New Pornographers, or the Sadies -- seems to end up being labeled "frequent Neko Case collaborator."
Well, let's ignore all that. Let's ignore Mark's musical workings altogether, in fact. I'll mention the fact that she has a new album out this week on Mint Records, and its title is Let's Just
