Rockabilly at Valhalla October 9 @ 7:30 pm
Posted on September 27, 2008
Filed Under South Shore Events |
At last. A rockabilly concert.
This high energy show by Ruby Dee and the Snakehandlers is “a whip-smart mix of Stray Cats-fed rockabilly and Blasters-inspired alt-country with a nod towards Cash and Cline.”- Austin Chronicle.
Hmmm. Better check out this last live concert at Valhalla on October 9.
Ruby Dee and the Snakehandlers
Thursday, October 9
7:30 pm
Valhalla Boathouse Theatre
$15 general admission, $12 students and seniors, $5 for children.
The 5-year-old four-piece combo - led by beautifully flamboyant front woman, songwriter and lead vocalist Ruby Dee Philippa and master guitarist Jorge Harada, supported by Sean Hudson on electric bass and Kipp Crawford on drums and frequent guest artists onstage and in the studio - plays an Americana that encompasses Northwest alt-country, Texas honky-tonk, Bakersfield country, Memphis rockabilly, Western swing and good old-fashioned rock ‘n’ roll.
Right off the bat, Ruby Dee and The Snakehandlers was voted Best Band in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer People’s Picks in 2005 and Best Signed Band in the People’s Picks 2006. The band also earned the 2007 Los Angeles Music Award for Best Country Group with Vocals for its song “Now I Want You (Out of My Head).”
The music grew on audiences - a combination of Ruby’s singing and songwriting formed by her childhood spent between the no-longer-wild foothills of Northern California and the long, straight roads around Big Spring, Texas; her time escaping to South America, driving a truck, working Alaskan fishing boats and the like; and band members’ heroes: Buck Owens, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Hank Williams, Los Lobos, Stray Cats, Merle Haggard and more.
Click here for more information and tickets, or call (530) 541-4975.
The Valhalla Arts, Music & Theatre Festival takes place at the Tallac Historic Site located 2 miles north of the Y in South Lake Tahoe on Hwy 89.
