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The Knitters
Throw Rag
Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter
Date:
May 16, 2002
Doors: 7:00 PM
Show: 8:00 PM
Tickets:
On Sale Now
$20 Gen Admission
Age Restrictions:
6 and over.
Kitchen:
Regular Menu Available
Seating: Limited |
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FUN! That’s what The Knitters are
all about. A side band from some of the most prolific songwriters and musicians
in America. Exene, John Doe, Dave Alvin, Jonny
Ray Bartel, and DJ Bonebrake decided
to put down all the pretense and pressure of their day jobs (X,
the Blasters, the Red Devils) and just have some fun playing music.
They started by doing some benefit shows around town and had so much fun
playing that they did some touring in the‘ 80’s and early‘
90’s (in between touring with their respective bands, acting, movie
sound tracks, recording with Johnny Cash
and Mick Jagger). The audience had so
much fun that they used to sit on the floor and sing every word with the
band like a down-home sing-a-long. Don’t expect to sit on the floor
these days, as there usually isn’t room.
Song selection is a sort of compilation from everyone’s record collection
with a few originals just cause they can. Poor Little Criter on the Road
was a song on a record that John and Exene bought up in Bakersfield and
with the title they knew they had to have it. John always wanted to do a
Merle Haggard song, so they did, and John
and Dave wrote Wrecking Ball while watching the Super Bowl one year. So
you can see that the Knitters is a sort of informal sort of stripped down
let’s just have fun arrangement.
Bloodshot Records issued a tribute compilation
CD for the Knitters including tracks from Robbie
Fulks, the Old 97’s, Kelly Hogan and others. And the original
Poor Little Criters on the Road has been re-released on CD. So if you’re
a fan of X, the Blasters, the Red Devils, Exene, John, Dave, Jonny or DJ,
or just a fan of fun music, the Knitters are going to make you really happy.
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