Southern Culture on the Skids at First Ave

From Chapel Hill, North Carolina

First Twin Cities show since since April 28, 2007 • First Mainroom show

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From last.fm:

True to their name, North Carolina's Southern Culture on the Skids offer an affectionate parody of local white-trash trailer-park culture, matching their skewed outlook with a wild, careening brand of rock & roll. SCOTS' music is a quintessentially Southern-fried amalgam of rockabilly, boogie, country, blues, swamp pop, and chitlin circuit R&B, plus a liberal dose of California surf guitar, a hint of punk attitude, and the occasional mariachi horns. Read more on Last.fm

From Nashville, Tennessee

First Twin Cities show since since May 3, 2007 • First Mainroom show since December 30, 2005 • Third Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar since December 30, 2005

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From last.fm:

Los Straitjackets is a Nashville based band known primarily for performing instrumental surf music in lucha libre masks. Members include guitarists Eddie Angel and Danny Amis, bassist Pete Curry, and drummer Jason Smay. They use DiPinto guitars. Angel, Amis and Jimmy Lester formed The Straitjackets in 1988 in Nashville. They played several gigs during the summer of that year, but soon broke up. Read more about Los Straitjackets on Last.fm.