A scion of country music royalty, a local act performing on a new stage, and a new concert series at Grounds for Thought continues – all that is on tap this weekend in downtown Bowling Green.
Williams IV brings Strange Band to Howard’s, Oct. 22
As the great-grandson of Hank Williams Sr., and grandson of Hank Williams Jr., Coleman Williams has been called the future of country music.
Williams will bring IV and the Strange Band to Howard’s Club H, 210 N. Main in Bowling Green Saturday, Oct. 22, at 8:30 p.m.
“Before I even knew who I was, people were already expecting things of me,” Williams says in his biography on the bands website. “It felt like there was zero freedom of expression for someone with the last name ‘Williams.’ Singing about a bloodline didn’t appeal to me, though. I wasn’t interested in fitting into a shadow that already existed. What did appeal to me was the underground scene in Nashville.”
The band’s sound is a blend of the amplified and the acoustic, laced with fiddle and heavy metal guitar.
Drew Joseph on stage at Beckett’s Barrel Room, Oct. 22
Folk musician Drew Joseph brings his rustic Americana songs to downtown BG Saturday, Oct. 22, 8-11 p.m. at the Barrel Room in Beckett’s Burger Bar, 163 S. Main St. .
Joseph has performed at the Black Swamp Arts Festival and has been busy gigging around Ohio this summer. Saturday’s show will be his first time appearing at the newly renovated Barrel Room at Beckett’s, offering an upscale bourbon and cocktail menu.
Sabbatical Bob delivers funk jazz fusion at Grounds, Oct. 23
Sabbatical Bob will bring its high energy funk jazz fusion to Grounds For Thought Sunday, Oct. 23, 6-8 p.m.
The Ypsilanti Michigan-based quartet’s mission is to return funk to the people.
The free show is the second in the new monthly concert series at Grounds For Thought. BG Independent News will document the concert and will release select songs from the concert via its website and socials.
Upcoming in the series are:
- The alternative country/folk band The Lone Wolf Hippies, Nov. 27.
- The progressive funk and soul band Chirp from Ann Arbor on Dec. 18.
