Yes it does. Which is why The Rud (422 W. Oak St., 636-1311, therudyardkipling.com) is hosting a bennie on Aug. 1 for The Leukemia/Lymphoma Society’s Kentucky and Southern Indiana Chapter. The Vibrolas, The Tunesmiths, The Noonans, The Wet Towel Band Babies Project, Jamie Duvall, Dwaine Durrett and Margaret Evans are on the bill. Quite a bang for $5.
To-the-minute info is at myspace.com/cancersucks24_7.
Ernspiker guitar auction
The guitar collection of Dave Ernspiker, the longtime frontman for Big Rock Show who passed away this year, will be auctioned to provide financial assistance to Dave’s father, Gene, who is on dialysis.
More than 75 instruments will be up for sale from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Aug. 1 at Mom’s Music (1900 Mellwood Ave., 897-3304, momsmusic.com). Photographs of the instruments are at www.myspace.com/thebigrockshow
Instruments will be priced at fair-market value; all sales are cash only.
Faehnle
Former Diana Krall and Joey Defrancesco guitarist Dan Faehnle (www.danfaehnle.com) joins Dick Sisto during his residency at the Seelbach-Hilton (500 S. Fourth St., 807-3463, www.seelbach-hilton.com) from 9 p.m.-midnight on Saturday, July 25, and again from 2-5 p.m. Sunday at Huber Winery’s Jazz and BBQ Fest (19816 Huber Road, Starlight, Ind.). Faehnle’s latest album is fittingly titled Ohio Lunch, since he’s a buckeye.
Heartwood turns 4
The fourth annual Kentucky Heartwood Festival (www.kyheartwood.org) kicks off at 3 p.m. Aug. 1 at Millville Community Center in Millville, Ky. The music and art exhibition lineup includes String Syndicate, The Eric Cummins Band and Green Genes. Cover is $7, but children under 12 are free. There’s also a horseshoe tournament, which should be a staple at any Kentucky festival involving Irish Catholics.
Shock & Yawn
That’s the name of the new music criticism site launched by Brad Luttrell, former editor of the Kentucky Kernel, the University of Kentucky’s daily student-run rag. Head on over: www.shockandyawn.com.
Music ’Cast
John Baxter has a new EP out with his band, The Bottomfeeders, and he’s celebrating the release of Sherwood with two shows on July 25: a free in-store at 3 p.m. at ear X-tacy (1534 Bardstown Road, 452-1799, www.earx-tacy.com), and again that night at The Monkey Wrench (1025 Barret Ave., 583-2433).
This article appears in July 22, 2009.