MuZic on the Mountain with Wink Keziah and Delux Motel
Venue: Mill Mountain Zoo, Roanoke
Date: Friday, July 25, 2014
Time: 5:30 - 8:30 PM
Event Types: Music, Food, Drink Specials, Family Friendly, Charity
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Description:
Mill Mountain Zoo presents continues their MuZic on the Mountain concert featuring musician Wink Keziah and his band Delux Motel on Friday, July 25th.

MuZic on the Mountain is the summer Friday evening concert series at the Zoo, sponsored by Coca-Cola, Clear Channel Media and Entertainment and Budweiser to benefit Mill Mountain Zoo.

The July 25th concert band will be a country / hillbilly group Wink Keziah & Delux Motel out of Austin, Texas. They currently have an album on the country charts called "Cowbilly".

Wink Keziah is a true son of the South, an urban hillbilly by birth, and a musical outlaw by his very nature. Hailed as "a master of many styles that all speak to blue collar America” by Vintage Guitar magazine, Keziah knows of what he writes and sings about in his supercharged real-life country songs. He grew up dirt poor in Charlotte, NC's hardscrabble redneck ghetto, first met his father through the chain-link fence of a prison yard, and later watched his mother shoot his dad twice as he was getting ready for school. "My life reads like a cheap C movie script," Keziah says with a chuckle. But it’s one with a happy ending where the hero triumphs.

The man also knows his music and all about playing it live for people from many walks of life. He started in his first band at nine years old, began writing songs by the age of 12, and at 14 had a regular gig with a group in a strip joint. He went on to blaze a trail throughout the South with bands like The Rollin’ Tumbleweeds, Adam’s House Cat and The Houdauls before stepping out under his own name to make three critically-acclaimed albums of hardcore rocking country.

Link: http://www.winkkeziah.com/

Food that night will be provided by our own Zoo café, Bo's Bistro with an expanded menu of gourmet 'burgers and 'dogs, chicken salad wraps, and nachos.

Bring your friends and your lawn chair and come up to the Zoo on the 4th Friday evenings of July and August from 5:30 to 8:30 PM. Kick off your weekend! Listen to great music, savor the cool of the evening, enjoy the spectacular views from the Zoo, and watch the Zoo animals at their most active time of day.

Children are welcome, but must be accompanied by an adult over 21. Children's tickets are regular Zoo admission of $5.00 (children under 3 are free)

Tickets to MuZic on the Mountain are a great way to treat your employees, co-workers or friends to a fun and different evening. We are offering a group price of $8.00 per person for the event this summer. Make a reservation for a group of 15 or more, paid for with one payment (check or credit card), to receive this discounted price. Call the Zoo at 540-343-3241 to make a reservation for your group. Group reservations will be held at the Will Call table the evening of the event.

Gates will open for the event at 5 pm. Band will start at 5:30. Zoo Grounds will close at 9 pm.

For more information, visit: http://www.mmzoo.org or call: 540-343-3241.