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Final Concert of Season 3 WSRE’s StudioAmped Concert Series Features Rumor Mill and Betsy Badwater & The Hillbilly Chrome
— Free Concerts, Original Music —
The grand finale concert of WSRE’s third season of StudioAmped will feature two bands – Rumor Mill and Betsy Badwater & The Hillbilly Chrome – on Friday, March 4 at 7 p.m.
Based out of Pensacola, Fla., Rumor Mill has become one of the Southeast’s most popular and respected party bands since they popped onto the touring scene in 2007, playing over 200 shows each year. The band has developed a reputation for their versatile shows that always include crowd participation and great stage performances. Rumor Mill has shared the stage with such acts as Saliva, Tantric, Framing Hanley, LIT, The Black Crowes, Cheap Trick, The Human League, Cowboy Mouth, Brother Cane and Dash Rip Rock, as well as regional acts such as The Molly Ringwalds and The Velcro Pygmies. Band members include: Jon Vega (vocals); Ricky Fortag (guitar); Jerry Vinci (bass); and Mikey Rhatigan (drums). For more information on Rumor Mill, visit their website at www.rumormillband.com.
With the sounds of swampbilly blues, country, and rockabilly blended to perfection, Betsy Badwater & The Hillbilly Chrome produce a powerful hybrid Americana sound. Also based in Pensacola, Fla., Betsy Badwater & The Hillbilly Chrome specialize in the art of “hobo percussion,” issuing a challenge on their Facebook page: “Bring us your junk. We’ll play it.” With the ability to play cheese graters, washboards, hubcaps and the kitchen sink, Betsy Badwater & The Hillbilly Chrome entertain the eyes and the ears and have been featured on NPR, Public Television, CNN and Headline News. The band lineup for the StudioAmped concert will include: Betsy Badwater (vocals, guitar, bass drum and tambourine); Lang Hollowman (guitar); Joey Harrison (fat bottom bass) and Devon Coon (hobo percussion). Betsy Badwater & The Hillbilly Chrome are currently recording a new album to be released summer 2011. For more information on Betsy Badwater & The Hillbilly Chrome, visit their website at www.betsybadwater.net.
If you like good, original music and are looking for something fun and free to do on Friday nights, StudioAmped, presented by GoPensacola.com, is the place to be. With a wide variety of musical genres including rhythm & blues, rock, reggae, indie, country and more, the series has drawn music-lovers of all ages. All concerts last approximately 90 minutes. Each concert is being taped in high definition and will air on WSRE Thursdays starting April 14, 2011, 9 p.m. with a repeat the following Wednesdays at 10 p.m. For those that can’t make it to the concerts, TK101 will be streaming the audio live on their website at www.tk101.com.
WHAT: StudioAmped is a concert series featuring bands performing original material, produced by local PBS TV station WSRE.
WHEN: Every Friday night from January 14-March 4. Doors open at 6 p.m. Concerts start at 7 p.m.
COST: Free and open to the public.
WHERE: WSRE Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio on Pensacola State College campus (corner of 12th Ave. and College Blvd.)
BONUS: Free food and drink will be offered before the shows to all attendees.
StudioAmped is presented by GoPensacola.com and is sponsored by Michael Johnson – State Farm Insurance, AT&T, Bad Ass Coffee, Lemox Book Co. Inc., Land Shark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel – Pensacola Beach, Seville Quarter, Truly Spokin’, Cox Communications, TK101, Dlux Printing & Publishing and Pensacola State College Student Leadership & Activities.
For more information on the StudioAmped concert series, visit www.wsre.org/StudioAmped or www.facebook.com/StudioAmped.
About WSRE, PBS for the Gulf Coast
WSRE is a PBS member station that is locally owned and licensed to the Pensacola State College Board of Trustees operating as a service of Pensacola State College. The public broadcasting station has been serving the needs of the Gulf Coast community through programming, educational services and outreach since 1967. WSRE produces, acquires and distributes programs that address local interests and reflect the diverse cultural, political, geographic and demographic characteristics of its audience. The Educational Services unit for WSRE serves as the connection to teachers, parents, caregivers and children to extend the rich resources found in public television. For more information about WSRE, its services, programs or available resources, visit wsre.org.