This weekend, for the price of five cans of Beanee Weenees, three cans of hominy and two cans of peaches, you can see some of the finest blues bands in KC tomorrow at B.B.'s Lawnside BBQ.
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With proceeds going to
Harvesters, the fifth annual Harvest the Blues benefit will feature
Levee Town,
Shannon & the Rhythm Kings, Sam and the Damned Band,
Lonesome Hank & the Heartaches, Doghouse Daddies and
Little Eva & the Works.
Also bringing in the dollars for the Harvesters will be an auction featuring a guest DJ spot on KKFI, an autographed Levee Town picture, free passes to Knuckleheads and other various items donated by the Kansas City Blues Society.
The show goes from noon until 7 p.m. on Sunday, June 21 and the admission is either a $5 donation or ten non-perishable food items (not necessarily of those types listed above). Doors open at 11:30 a.m.
I bet your pops has never been to Knuckleheads.
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This Sunday,
the Nace Brothers, straight out of Warrensburg, are haulin' out the pedal steel guitar and playing their annual Roots of Steel tribute show featuring the original music of their father, Johnny Nace.
The old country-honkytonk songs of Nace, mixed in with covers of George Jones, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens and others can be heard starting around 6:30 p.m. for $8.
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