Greensky Bluegrass to perform at Bell’s Eccentric Café

By: Brittney Schering

As the band’s last hometown appearances for 2010, Greensky Bluegrass will perform in the backroom of Bell’s Eccentric Café on Friday, Nov. 26 and Saturday, Nov. 27.

The band has been invited to play New Year’s Eve out in Denver, so Thanksgiving will be the last holiday that it will get to spend at home. 2010 has been an exciting year, as Greensky Bluegrass has performed in front of thousands at festivals nationwide, released and sold out of its new double-life CD, and played with Grateful Dead drummers, Billy Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart.

The award-winning, genre-bending music, the creation of Greensky Bluegrass, will be the highlight of Bell’s Eccentric Café during the celebration of Thanksgiving. The music is relaxing, invigorating, and a welcome change from the current climate.

The Kalamazoo based quintet uses traditional bluegrass instruments—dobro, banjo, guitar, upright bass, and mandolin, to create original songs that are unique, yet familiar. It also covers songs that are unconventional to their roots, such as those of The Beatles, Pink Floyd, and Bob Dylan.

The quintet delighted campers at the All Good Festival as they performed a surprise midnight-to-sunrise ‘Guerilla Grass’ jam session that CNN captured and featured, which can be seen here: www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2010/07/29/greensky.bluegrass.all.good.cnn

Greensky Bluegrass performs its trademark sound nationwide at over 160 spirited shows per year. The energy is captured on its new live double-CD release, All Access: Volume One. It is the first in a series of recordings of select shows from the road, in which the band offers almost 30 songs, both originals and covers.

Bell’s Eccentric Café is located at 355 E Kalamazoo Ave in Kalamazoo. The shows are 21+. For more information on Greensky Bluegrass, please head over to www.greenskybluegrass.com.