On Thursday at 6 p.m., the Folk School Coffee Parlor (332 Elm St., Ludlow, Ky., folkschoolcoffeeparlor.com) will pay tribute to King’s different styles of music with local acts covering various King-released tunes. Cincy’s R&B/Soul squad Krystal Peterson and the Queen City Band will play selections from the label’s classic R&B catalog, while the Americana/Country/Blues group Joe’s Truck Shop will honor the label’s Roots music output. There is no cover charge for Thursday’s event, although donations for the performers are appreciated.
Meanwhile, local Blues great Sonny Moorman closes out King Records Month at The Greenwich (2442 Gilbert Ave., Walnut Hills, the-greenwich.com) Friday night. Moorman will pay tribute to guitar icon Lonnie Mack, who passed away earlier this year. Mack was a session player on King releases and also recorded some of his biggest hits at King’s studios for the local Fraternity label. Mack was one of the biggest influences on the electric Blues Rock boom of the ’60s and ’70s. Moorman performs at 8 p.m. and admission is $5.
Find more about King Records (and King Records Month) at kingstudios.org.
Locals Bang Out Heavy Favorites
If you were a fan of the old MTV show Headbangers Ball (or are a fan of classic Metal/Hard Rock in general), the Southgate House Revival (111 E. Sixth St., Newport, Ky., southgatehouse.com) is the place to be this Saturday. The BANG BANG Salon’s Headbangers Ball concert features a slew of local groups performing a pair of covers of their favorite Metal/Hard Rock tunes by bands ranging from Mötley Crüe and Slayer to Kyuss and Motörhead.
Local acts of varying musical stripes are slated to appear — from Thrash, Indie Rock and Blues Rock bands to Roots rockers and even a Folk duo. Students from Mason’s School of Rock will also entertain the crowd with some hard and heavy favorites. The rest of the lineup includes Moonbow, Red Beast, Lovecrush88, The Nothing, Dead Man String Band, The Whiskey Shambles, Magic Lightnin’ Boys, Moonlight and Whiskey, Endless Nameless, Chakras, House of Feeble Minds, Down Strange Charm, Father Smash, Evil Ivan, 95 Nasty, Blood on the Blade and Hillbillies of Death.
Tickets for the 8 p.m. show are $10. Organizers plan to donate proceeds to the Southgate House to help the venue improve the sound system on the Lounge stage.
More Local Notes
• Friday and Saturday, CityBeat presents its second-annual Porkopolis Pig & Whiskey Festival at Washington Park (1230 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, washingtonpark.org). Along with various barbecue and pork offerings and bourbon, whiskey and scotch samples, the free festival also has a solid lineup of local Roots/Americana acts. Playing Friday (beginning at 5 p.m.) are Wilder, Moonshine & Wine, Right Turn Clyde, Mark Utley & Bulletville and Comet Bluegrass All-Stars. Saturday, music begins at 2 p.m. and the lineup features HuTown Holler, Arlo McKinley & The Lonesome Sound, Hayden Kaye, Daniel Wayne, Harlot, The Part-Time Gentlemen, Blair Carman and Young Heirlooms.
• This Friday, the monthly Punk Rock Night at Southgate House Revival is headlined by Cincinnati’s The Z.G.’s, just back from a tour that took them to the West Coast and back, with dates in Oakland, Las Vegas, Dallas and Nashville (among others stops). Friday’s openers are Dayton, Ohio’s The Give-Ups and Richmond, Ind.’s Misunderstood. Showtime is 10 p.m. Admission is just $5.
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