More a collective of old townies than a "band" per se, The Lonesome Hobos play originals inspired by the golden age of country music-Hank Williams, Jimmie Rogers, the cast of Sun Records, Bob Wills, Roger Miller and even a little early period Dylan. The band has been performing around Lawrence for over a decade and carried on following the passing of founding member Billy Hunsinger in 2001. If you've ever wished you had the type of grandparents that would kick it old-school on the front porch, The Lonesome Hobos might just be the next best thing.
MAW are five Lawrence women who like to make old-timey noise, so they decided to make noise together. They are all married to men who make noise, but are not trying to be like some kind of twangy version of Billy Childish or Holly Golightly (but if you want to make those comparisons, who's stopping you?). Those rumors that the band is called MAW because they all have kids are just a big fat lies. The rumor that the band is called MAW because they wanted to spoof PAW might be true. Either way, these mothers of invention put on a hootin' fun show — even if most of their songs are about death and hard times.
10 p.m. sharp.
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