Antsy McClain and the Trailer Park Troubadours
When
Jul 11, 2009 7:30 pm (Saturday)
Where
Lenoir-Rhyne University Belk Centrum (map)
628 Seventh Avenue Place NE
Hickory, NC 28601
Hickory, NC 28601
35.7218161
-81.3271093
What
Antsy McClain and the Trailer Park Troubadours will perform two Catawba County area shows in July 2009 benefiting the Women's Resource Center.
Both concerts will begin at 7:30 p.m...
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Event details: Antsy McClain and the Trailer Park Troubadours
Description
Antsy McClain and the Trailer Park Troubadours will perform two Catawba County area shows in July 2009 benefiting the Women's Resource Center.
Both concerts will begin at 7:30 p.m. The first is Friday, July 10, 2009 at the Newton-Conover Auditorium located at 60 West 6th Street in Newton, N. C. and the second on Saturday, July 11, 2009at The Belk Centrum at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, N. C.
Antsy McClain may be best known as a humorist, but he has been raising the eyebrows of fans, critics and fellow songwriters with songs like Falling in Love in America, The Big Time and What Could I Be Doing (That Could Be Any Better Than This?). His poignant, observational writing style has received the praise of Willie Nelson, Guy Clark, Lindsey Buckingham, David Wilcox, and countless others.
His music has been featured in motion pictures, on television and international radio, including NPR’s All Things Considered, whose host Debbie Elliot called him “unique and intoxicating”.
The Modesto Bee called McClain a national treasure. The London Times called him a rising star, and his friend Tommy Smothers said Antsy will be remembered as one of America’s great poets.
McClain was born Ronnie Joe McClain, but was nicknamed "Antsy” by a junior high school football coach, because of his high energy as a boy. He writes from a unique perspective, creating songs about life, love and loss as seen through the bay window of the 70s-era singlewide trailer in which he grew up. While his hometown trailer park “Pine View Heights” serves as a backdrop for the music (a la Garrison Keillor’s Lake Woebegone), he doesn’t linger there long, taking his spellbound audiences on a journey through folk, country, rock and R&B, telling stories about the people who have had an impact in his life.
Antsy performs solo and with a variety of talented musicians known affectionately as The Trailer Park Troubadours. Fans of his music (who call themselves Flamingo Heads, after the popular pink icons of trailer park culture) often cite Antsy’s message to enjoy the ride as an antidote to our troubled times, and a much-needed escape from the grueling world we sometimes find ourselves in.
Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students through high school age.
To reserve tickets (NOT reserved seats), or for further information, please call 828-238-7045 or 1-800-216-5877.
Both concerts will begin at 7:30 p.m. The first is Friday, July 10, 2009 at the Newton-Conover Auditorium located at 60 West 6th Street in Newton, N. C. and the second on Saturday, July 11, 2009at The Belk Centrum at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, N. C.
Antsy McClain may be best known as a humorist, but he has been raising the eyebrows of fans, critics and fellow songwriters with songs like Falling in Love in America, The Big Time and What Could I Be Doing (That Could Be Any Better Than This?). His poignant, observational writing style has received the praise of Willie Nelson, Guy Clark, Lindsey Buckingham, David Wilcox, and countless others.
His music has been featured in motion pictures, on television and international radio, including NPR’s All Things Considered, whose host Debbie Elliot called him “unique and intoxicating”.
The Modesto Bee called McClain a national treasure. The London Times called him a rising star, and his friend Tommy Smothers said Antsy will be remembered as one of America’s great poets.
McClain was born Ronnie Joe McClain, but was nicknamed "Antsy” by a junior high school football coach, because of his high energy as a boy. He writes from a unique perspective, creating songs about life, love and loss as seen through the bay window of the 70s-era singlewide trailer in which he grew up. While his hometown trailer park “Pine View Heights” serves as a backdrop for the music (a la Garrison Keillor’s Lake Woebegone), he doesn’t linger there long, taking his spellbound audiences on a journey through folk, country, rock and R&B, telling stories about the people who have had an impact in his life.
Antsy performs solo and with a variety of talented musicians known affectionately as The Trailer Park Troubadours. Fans of his music (who call themselves Flamingo Heads, after the popular pink icons of trailer park culture) often cite Antsy’s message to enjoy the ride as an antidote to our troubled times, and a much-needed escape from the grueling world we sometimes find ourselves in.
Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students through high school age.
To reserve tickets (NOT reserved seats), or for further information, please call 828-238-7045 or 1-800-216-5877.
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