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Leroy Virgil & The Excavators

Presented by Jerry Perry Presents and Old Ironsides at Old Ironsides

February 3, 2011

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There’s nothing like the sound of heavy equipment—the grinding of gears and the sound of steel tearing into the cold hard ground. Leroy Virgil (aka the foreman) and his crew “The Excavators” are the musical equivalent of heavy equipment operators. They tap into the bedrock of delta blues, honky tonk, rockabilly, and bluegrass for a sound that is old as dirt and yet as cutting edge as the blades of brand new skidder.

Singer-songwriter Virgil (who also fronts the critically acclaimed outlaw country band Hellbound Glory) plays guitar and harmonica, all the while stomping out a rhythm on the bass drum. Backing Virgil’s rock solid songwriting and performing is a journeymen group of pickers known as the Excavators. Eric Peterson’s signature lap steel and banjo licks, Frank Medina’s thumping doghouse bass, and Zeke’s (a laid off iron worker) hammering of the washboard round out a sound that could only be described as rock crushing hillbilly blues.

Also playing:
The Bright Faces (country powerpop)

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    1901 10th Street
    Sacramento, CA 95814

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    February 3, 2011

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    Thurs 9pm

    
    
    

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