From Duluth, MN,
Trampled By Turtles return to show off their unique brand of modern-day bluegrass with special guest blues-stomper Charlie Parr

at the Back Porch in Spearfish
doors 9p, show 10p, $10 at the door

Wednesday, October 1st, come join us to help celebrate the life and spirit of Mr. Shawn P. Funk at the Spearfish Chophouse & Whiskey Bar with a sweet lineup of music, featuring The MadHats, Noise Tractor, Brandon Sprague, Corduroy Vinyl, and Tommy the Silent. Doors will open at 8pm, music will roll from 8:30pm until close. There will be a $10 donation at the door, Funk stickers, various Funk Pottery and Violent Hippie swag will also be available for purchase. All funds raised will go to The Shawn P. Funk Art Foundation.

from the September 24th issue of the Lawrence County Journal:

“Although details will not be worked out for some time, the family of the late Black Hills artist, Shawn Funk, plans to establish a children’s art instruction workshop in his memory. Funds are also being raised to finish the exterior remodeling on the former Masonic Temple building in Newell [which Shawn owned, inhabited, and threw pottery in,] and build some new cabins across the street for the workshop attendees to stay.”

A series of different fundraisers throughout this coming fall will include art auctions, another concert, and talks of an Ice-Bowl disc golf tournament. Check in for updates and listings as the events are posted and detailed. Thank you again, Black Hills, for your compassionate outpouring and continual support. See you at the Chop!

The Funk family, Agent Cooper, Chris Cady, Tommy the Silent, and Violent Hippie would like to thank the entire Black Hills community for their outpouring of support, thoughts, prayers, and beautiful words in the name of Shawn Funk: teacher, artist, musician, comedian, and beloved friend to many. A memorial concert is planned in his benefit for Wednesday, October 1st at the Spearfish Chophouse & Whiskey Bar. Watch for details as they will develop this week. We love you, Shawn! The imprint which you have left on all of our lives will never leave us. We have been blessed by you…

HAT ON	HAT OFF

Agent Cooper presents Black Diamond Heavies from Nashville,TN the keyboard/drums bluespunk duo returns for one nite with special guest Tommy the Silent at the Back Porch in Spearfish $5 at the door doors 9p show 10p and a Deadwood Jam ticket giveaway(must be there to win!)

Check out the Events page for all the sweet stuff coming through September!

Hey Everyone! Agent Cooper concepts and Keefe Green would like to
thank everyone who came out and supported an amazing weekend at the
Buffalo Chip Campground for the Second Annual Solstice Shakedown.
Special thanks to all our sponsors: The Back Porch,the Knuckle Saloon,
Rushmore Mountain Sports, Crow Peak Brewing Company, Horses to
Harleys, Breadroot Food Co-Op, Back to Nature, High Plains Wind
Energy, Dr Bronner’s Magic Soaps and thanks to our ticket outlets:
Ernie November’s, Global Market and Common Grounds. Extra special
thanks to the artists who made this an exceptional and diverse lineup
of music, with dynamic and captivating performances………

The highly anticipated Solstice Shakedown goes off this weekend at the world-famous Buffalo Chip Campground outside of Sturgis, featuring two days of amazing national, regional, and local music and green-thinking awareness. Progressive bluegrass from the likes of Fargo’s Johnson Family Band, Wyoming’s Jalan Crossland Band, stomp-grass blues from Ben Suchy, zydeco swamp-funk from New Orleans, the mythical legend, Papa Mali, fusion showcases from Solution and Gypsyfoot, the one-man looping vocal oddity, Heatbox, Duluth indie-rockers, Batteries, and Alive Records blues-punks, Black Diamond Heavies. All music located at the Emerald Pond Stage and Black Parrot Beach Area. Gates open at 3pm this Friday June 20th. Gates re-open 10am on Saturday June 21st. Gates close at 2:30am on both nights. Free camping with your tickets. For for more info, visit solsticeshakedown.com.

Also…“Grass On the Porch” Mini-Fest Wednesday and Thursday June 25th and 26th with Pert Near Sandstone and Clumsy Lovers at The Back Porch with special guests. Two nights of old-timey roughgrass and blue-celt fusion. Both of these shows are five bucks! Check the events page for more details, pard.

pertnearsandstone.com
clumsylovers.com

Agent Cooper
presents

Radio Moscow

The Back Porch
703 Main, Spearfish, South Dakota 57783
doors @ 9pm, show @ 10pm, $5 at the door

BE PRESENT to WIN TICKETS to
THE SOLSTICE SHAKEDOWN MUSIC FESTIVAL
JUNE 20th and 21st

Currently on tour doing shows with Gov’t Mule and a string of openers for B.B. King, this New Orleans roots artist springboards through the Black Hills on his Bella Sol pre-party tour, for a double pre-festival show at the Knuckle Saloon in Sturgis on Sunday May 18th, also celebrating the 2nd annual Solstice Shakedown. Ticket giveaways for both festivals will happen on-site, and you must be there to win. An opportunity to score tickets to the Bella Sol festival in Geneva, MN May 23, 24, and 25; and the Solstice Shakedown June 20th and 21st. This is a free show and a chance to preview the Shakedown’s headliner for Friday, June 20th in the Knuckle’s Outdoor Pavilion! This national New Orleans heavy hitter is not to be missed. Join us for a summer kickoff zydeco-funk style!

From papamali.com:

MALCOLM WELBOURNE’s personification “PAPA MALI” is a salute to his home territory of north Louisiana. Malcolm was raised in Shreveport, where absorbing the blues along Bayou Pierre was just as much a matter of course as chasing the mosquito fogging truck with friends — and equally intoxicating. He spent his summers with grandparents in New Orleans digging that city’s rhythm (and blues) and after hearing the Wild Tchoupitoulas and the Meters on the streets of New Orleans at age eleven, he developed an early and ongoing attachment to Crescent City funk.

Papa Mali’s long-awaited second album, Do Your Thing, drops in January 2007. More than a follow-up to his legendary debut Thunder Chicken (which Zigaboo Modeliste claims to have listened to over and over on one particular Christmas day), the latest record marks a Louisiana native’s long overdue homecoming. Although he himself has been playing the clubs of New Orleans for over 20 years, this recording makes the connection to his musical roots more obvious. Featured guests for the journey are representatives from three of the Crescent City’s deepest traditions — Big Chief Monk Boudreaux of the Golden Eagles, Henry Butler, and Kirk Joseph — as well as Victoria Williams (also a Shreveport native) and Chuck Prophet.

Although Papa Mali is a solo artist (performing on stages as diverse as Tipitina’s and Bonnaroo), slide guitarist, singer/songwriter and acclaimed producer (Lavelle White, Ruthie Foster, and Omar & The Howlers), he can also be seen regularly collaborating with some of the most respected musicians on the scene today, including his longtime drummer extraordinaire Robb Kidd, Cyril Neville, Galactic, MOFRO, Robert Walter, Otis Taylor, George Porter Jr, Johnny Vidacovich, Anders Osborne, Jesse Mae Hemphill, Kevin Russell, and Double Trouble.