Bob Townsend

November 1, 2006 | Culture

Beer Music

Rap The Pain Relievaz “Untether The Blimp.” Dogfish Records (www.dogfish.com ). The follow-up to The Pain Relievaz’s surprisingly witty first disc, “Check Your Gravity” avoids the sophomore jinx with even bigger beats and badder rhymes. Inspirational couplet: “We may be ...

November 1, 2006 | Culture

Marty Jones’  Five Favorite Beer Songs  

1. “There Stands the Glass” by Webb Pierce (also covered in deeply soulful fashion by the late great Ted Hawkins). My all-time fave—bittersweet, adult, blunt and great fun/therapy to sing and play. 2. “Hungover Together” by the Supersuckers. Hilarious. 3. ...

November 1, 2006 | Culture

Musicians Brew-a-lot

Rick Nielsen, lead guitarist (remember the five-necked guitar?) and principal songwriter with rock band Cheap Trick, is also a co-owner of award-winning Piece Brewery in Chicago. In the eighties, Tony Dewald was the drummer with the influential Canadian indie “sludgeabilly” ...

November 1, 2006 | Culture

Brewers Jam-a-lot

It’s 10 p.m. Do you know where your local brewers are tonight? If it’s a Friday, there’s a good chance they’ve traded their rubber boots for a pair of Doc Martins or blue suede shoes, strapped on a Les Paul ...

November 1, 2006 | Culture

Beer + Music = Happiness

At a pub in Seattle, the band on stage launches into the churchy opening riff of “Take Me To The River.” The rendition is more Talking Heads than Al Green. And people in the crowd nod and cheer as they ...