Mary Elaine Jenkins + Elise Davis + Bourbon Express + Jake LaBotz @ The Way Station

8pm- Mary Elaine Jenkins
Genre: Blues/Roots/Rock/Americana

For fans of: The Delta Blues, Lucinda Williams, Cat Power, Ryan Adams

Mary-Elaine Jenkins is a New York-based blueswoman. A South Carolina native and lifelong musician, she began performing live when she moved to Washington, DC for college. She came to New York by way of Madrid, where she spent two years teaching English, roaming around, and playing a whole lot of music. Her sound is a delicious and ever-evolving mix of blues, Americana roots, soul, and rock ‘n roll, specializing in the sultry/spooky. This ain’t your mama’s singer/songwriter music.

https://twitter.com/MizMEJenkins
https://soundcloud.com/mary-elaine-jenkins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfLgWRMYEqw
https://www.facebook.com/mejplays

9pm- Elise Davis
Genre: Americana
For fans of: Lucinda Williams, Jenny Lewis, Brandi Carlile
I was once told my music is as if Lucinda Williams and Liza Phair had a love child, and then that love child was stoned. I think it was the best compliment I have ever received.
“Elise Davis is that rare left-of-center Nashville-based country singer whose songs are just as cerebral as they are capable of driving you to dance. Her EP Life is a lyrically gritty, yet perfectly polished collection of female empowerment tunes, reminiscent of Kathleen Edwards.” - The Bluegrass Situation, Los Angeles

http://www.elisedavis.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo6-nLryZqw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxueEJLN8BY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPTLaBff3IQ

10pm- Bourbon Express
Genre: Country
For fans of: Emmy-Lou Harris, Johnny Cash

Bourbon Express is a country band led by singer-songwriter Katie Brennan. Influences include Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, and George Jones. It’s twangy toe-tapping music that’s new yet familiar, and just might give you a hankering for a cool glass of whiskey and a honky-tonk.

bourbonexpress.com

11pm- Jake LaBotz
Genre: Blues, Roots
For fans of: Howling Wolf, Lightning Hopkins, Hank Williams, Bob Dylan

After dropping out of school at 15, Jake La Botz hit the road, frequenting punk rock shows, hobo camps, and libraries. He found employment as a roofer, boilermaker, graphite factory worker, and obituary writer. In the midst of this he learned how to play guitar. He played on the streets and in the juke joints of New Orleans, Chicago, and the Mississippi Delta, finding kinship with some of the last of the pre-war era bluesmen: David “Honeyboy” Edwards, “Homesick” James, and “Maxwell Street” Jimmy Davis. La Botz has become known for his “Tattoo Across America Tour,” where he tours the country performing at tattoo shops and as an actor in films in which he sometimes sings his original songs: RAMBO dir. Sylvester Stallone, ANIMAL FACTORY dir. Steve Buscemi, ON THE ROAD dir. Walter Salles.

“Jake La Botz is a creator of dark poetry and haunting song, the kind of music that gets in your bones and rides you for days, a sound and vision only those who’ve been to the bottom and clawed their way back up can generate. His midnight gifts evoke Hank Williams and Skip James as much as Tom Waits and Dylan. Not everybody will get this music - because not everybody is ready for the truth. --Jerry Stahl (author of Permanent Midnight)

“Jake is the modern day Hank Williams.” --Steve Buscemi (Actor-Director)

www.jakelabotz.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69DZVA6YKI8