Nashville Scene

Loser's Lounge is a bi-monthly tribute show based in NYC where local talent pays homage to the pop music greats of the past.

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Sam Bush is not old enough to be a musical legend, but he is. Called the King of Telluride and the King of Newgrass, Bush has been honored by the Americana Music Association and the International Bluegrass Music Association.

Mandolin player extraordinaire, three-time national junior fiddle champion, Grammy-winning vocalist and co-founder of the seminal Newgrass Revival band, Bush has had a major hand in altering the landscape of American music and influenced at least a couple of generations of instrumentalists in the meantime. Newgrass Revival, with its amalgamation of bluegrass, jazz, rock, reggae and blues, continues to live large in the minds and hearts of fans of progressive bluegrass the world over. Sam Bush has played with a staggering array of artists, including Emmylou Harris, Doc Watson, Garth Brooks, Bela Fleck, Charlie Haden and Lyle Lovett, Del McCoury and Edgar Meyer, to name only a few.

At Frist Friday, he will be joined by up-and-coming Americana singer and award-winning songwriter Lera Lynn who, in 2011, won the Christ Austin Songwriting Competition held at Merlefest

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Brendan Benson is a genuine American voice. A co-founding member of The Raconteurs, Benson has released critically-acclaimed albums throughout the past decade. The songs come rough-hewn but charged with hooks and wit on 1996's One Mississippi. 2002's Lapalco brought perfect pop ripeness. On The Alternative to Love in 2005, there was something quite brilliant, quite burnished about his songwriting. This year's offering, My Old, Familiar Friend, gathers all of these influences -- the Americanness, the Anglophile twist, the geography, the rock and the pop -- and creates something truly exceptional.

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Roy “Futureman” Wooten is a five-time Grammy Award-winning, American musician. Internationally known as the inventor of the Drumitar and percussionist/founding member of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, he has reached unprecedented heights within the possibilities of percussion and composition. Whether playing traditional drums with a jazz combo, conducting his own symphony, or performing with the Flecktones, Futureman continues to reinvent and fascinate audiences and peers alike with each recent development in his mysterious world of creation. He is the second eldest of the Wooten Brothers (five brothers known for playing their respective instruments with paralyzing skill). As young children they began playing in the front yard for passers by and eventually went on to join the Arista Records roster and open for such acts as WAR, Curtis Mayfield, the Temptations, and Stephanie Mills. Futureman is the drummer of the bunch, but his insatiable thirst for innovation, technology, and exploration eventually resulted in the advent of the Drumitar, an instrument of his own invention which incorporates MIDI, trigger pads, and drum samples.

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As a songwriter, Bill DeMain has written for - and with - such artists as Marshall Crenshaw, Kim Richey, Boo Hewerdine, Bleu, Marti Jones, Jill Sobule, Farrah and David Mead. He’s also one half of the pop duo Swan Dive. Since their 1997 debut, they have released nine albums, captivating fans around the world - from Tokyo to Seoul to New York City. Along the way, they’ve appeared on Late Night With Conan O’ Brien, opened shows for such artists as Norah Jones, Janis Ian and Sixpence None The Richer, and twice won Best Pop Album in the Independent Music Awards. Their songs have appeared in TV shows such as Felicity and The L Word, as well as in commercials for Samsung, Laneige and Sky Mobile. DeMain is also a member of the acclaimed kids’ band Davey Ukulele & The Gag Time Gang, as well as a music journalist who regularly contributes to such publications as MOJO, Classic Rock and Mental Floss. He wrote the liner notes for the Grammy-nominated box set The Look Of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection, and The Sterling Huck Letters (Rutledge Hill Press), a book of humorous prank letters.

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Kim is the lead singer/guitarist for Kim's Fable. Kim's Fable's cultured brand of rock'n'roll draws on influences worldwide, creating songs that are rich with lush melodies and tribal rhythmic patterns, and explosive with high-octane guitar and heavy-handed drums. The end result is music that is intelligent and intriguing to the listener with a critical ear, but still accessible and easily enjoyed by the masses.

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Mark's music is the good kind. The kind that pulls at your soul and eats away at you until you cannot get enough. Mark's music shouldn't be the kind that is unknown, it is the kind that you should shout from the rooftops. Banging your feet to 'Pull Your Train' and never giving up on your dreams while chanting 'Put It Down'.

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Joe McGinty has recorded and/or performed with The Psychedelic Furs, The Ramones, Debbie Harry, Stew and The Negro Problem, Devendra Banhart, Nada Surf, Ronnie Spector, Daniel Johnston, Ryan Adams, Bright Eyes, Space Hog, and many others.

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Connie Lynn Petruk, is a professional singer living in New York City . She has worked closely with David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Perry Farrell, Moby, Joan Jett, Ian Hunter, Ronnie Spector, Sarah Brightman and many other world famous performers. Connie Lynn was featured on Comedy Central's TV special “Night of Too Many Stars.” She has performed on NBC's “Last Call with Carson Daly,” on CBS television's “The Early Show,” and on CNN's “American Morning” with Paula Zahn. Connie was also a singing-cast member on the ABC television series “My Kind Of Town,” and her voice has been featured in many films and TV shows including Comedy Central's “The Daily Show,” The Dustin Hoffman Film “Last Chance Harvey,” The Travel Channel's “No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain,” the HBO original series “Bored To Death,” the feature films “Jawbreaker,” and “Geoffrey,” to name a few. She is a featured cast member in New York 's long running nightlife institution “The Losers Lounge,” with whom she has been performing for over ten years, including shows at Lincoln Center , Mass Moca, The Box and many other prestigious venues. Connie also played the role of “Katie” in the off Broadway production of “People Are Wrong” (the Vineyard Theater), and she contributed vocals to Theaterworks USA 's production of Romeo and Juliet. But the most important and personal aspects of Connie Lynn Petruk's exciting career, are her show-stopping performances as the lead singer for her own band The Tall Pines. Connie and The Tall Pines have been praised by National Public Radio (Top Ten Best CDs of 2007), and iTunes (New and Noteworthy summer 2009), as well as many other publications. Connie continues to seek out new challenges and adventures as a singer and performer.

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Independent musician from Nashville.

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