Remembering The Tam! with Terry Kitchen, Jay Feinstein, Memphis Rockabilly Band Oct. 9 at Brookline Public Library

On Thurs Oct 9 at 7 PM the Brookline Public Library hosts Remembering The Tam! with Terry Kitchen, Jay Feinstein and the Memphis Rockabilly Band. The library is at 361 Washington St., Brookline and the free program will be in Hunneman Hall.

Terry Kitchen was guitarist, singer and songwriter of the ‘80s Boston band Loose Ties. They performed regularly at the Tam and released one album in 1985. Since then Kitchen has recorded as a solo artist, releasing nine CDs. His novel Next Big Thing, called “a great debut novel” by the San Francisco Book Review, is set in the 1980s Boston music scene. More at www.terrykitchen.com

Jay Feinstein was bassist, songwriter and co-vocalist of Push Push, one of the most accomplished and popular Boston bands of the 1980s, and still regarded for their melodic, “power pop” sound. They performed regularly at the Tam and released one album on Tone Cool Records in the late 1980s. Since then Feinstein has performed and recorded as a solo artist. His latest CD is The Sounding Sea and his current band is Jay Feinstein and The Furnace of Love.

The Memphis Rockabilly Band was formed by Jeff Spencer and Bill Coover in 1978. The band quickly became one of the most popular - and danceable - bands in New England, and performed often at the Tam throughout the ‘80s. They traveled to Europe, recording for France’s Big Beat Records, and shared the stage with such legends as Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry and Chubby Checker. Carl Perkins called them “the best rockabilly band I’ve ever seen.” Sadly, Spencer passed away in 2009, but Coover and his bandmates have kept the Memphis Rockabilly Band tradition alive and well. More at memphisrockabillyband.com