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The Strapping Owls Announce 5-Date West Michigan “Solstice Jam 2018” Tour: June 20-24

The Strapping Owls, an eclectic Michigan and Chicago-based band, is heading to four Michigan breweries and a dock, to celebrate the Summer solstice. They are recording their five-date run across West and Northern Michigan with plans to release parts of the tour as their debut album later in the year.  They have some guest stars in store for various stops along the way, including Megan Dooley at Final Gravity in Kalamazoo and Mark Lavengood at the Red Dock in Douglas.

The Strapping Owls are a tuba-bassed power-trio who throw down electric-blues, funk, jazz and soul. Their imaginative original songs, inspired improvisational jams and raucous interpretations of traditional tunes all blend into their signature ‘“Live-wire soul.”

Nicholas Barron delivers deep blues tones with his soul grabbing voice, dynamic guitar and heartfelt lyrics, pulsed forward with driving, colorful drumming from Larry Beers and the groove making, funky, rock and roll sousaphone of Fred Bueltmann.

The Strapping Owls have been members of Swimmer, Uncle Heavy and the Seeing-Eye Horns, Mucca Pazza, Nicholas Tremulis Orchestra, Ezra Furman, Ben Joseph, Sonia Dada, The Charming Beggars and more.

Individually or together they have shared stages with such notable acts as: The B-52s, Al Green, BB King,The Meters, The Neville Brothers, The Subdudes, Dark Star Orchestra, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Jon Cleary, Buckwheat Zydeco, Buddy Guy, James Cotton, Karl Denson, Widespread Panic,Charlie Hunter, Rebirth Brass Band, Luke Winslow King, The Kyle Hollingsworth Band and Willie Nelson.

 

 

Solstice Jam 2018 Dates

WEDNESDAY JUNE 20
OLD BOYS’ BREWHOUSE
SPRING LAKE, MI – 7 pm

THURSDAY, JUNE 21
HAYMARKET BREWPUB
BRIDGMAN, MI – 7 pm

FRIDAY, JUNE 22
FINAL GRAVITY BREWING
KALAMAZOO, MI – 8 pm

SATURDAY, JUNE 23
SHORT’S BREWING
BELLAIRE, MI – 8:30 pm

SUNDAY, JUNE 24
RED DOCK
DOUGLAS, MI – 4 PM
wsg MARK LAVENGOOD