Gillie's Late Night with The Floorboards & Bombadil
Venue: Gillie's, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Friday, December 14, 2012
Time: 10:00 PM - 01:30 AM
Event Types: Music
Cost: Free

Description:
Gillie's Late Night welcomes The Floorboards for their CD Release Party along with special guests Bombadil!

The Floorboards marry rock n' roll and country roots music with the sights and sounds of southern mountain towns. Jake and George shake the leaves from the trees. Bob wails like steam whistle cutting through the pines. Patrick coaxes stringed cries from the hills and hollers. Matt tells the story.

For more information on the band, visit: http://www.facebook.com/thefloorboards or http://www.reverbnation.com/floorboards

With a sound all their own and a stage show to match, Bombadil is, if nothing else, one of the freshest bands to emerge in a long time. Formed by Duke University alumni Daniel Michalak, Bryan Rahija and Stuart Robinson, this band draws on a unique mélange of influences to create a sound that is unclassifiable.

The group Magnet Magazine deemed "a drunker, circus-reared version of The Band," was born in Bolivia, where Michalak and Rahija first met. The folk music indigenous to the region lit a creative spark and inspired the two to begin writing songs that incorporated international instruments and styles. That influence, paired with their collective backgrounds in Piedmont blues, psychedelic rock and Robinson’s background as a classical pianist, stands as the driving force behind the band’s unique sound.

Their songs range from straightforward rock to Bolivian waltzes; from heartbreaking, piano-driven laments on loss of life to swashbuckling, raucus marches; and the appeal of their live show is undeniable. With a core of electric / acoustic guitars, bass, piano and drums and appearances by harmonica, xylophone, organ, synth, saxophone, trumpet, viola, charango, glockenspiel, accordion, recorder and even zampona, the show is unlike anything else. When even half of the instruments on stage are sounding at once, it creates a wall of sound that seems to transport the room to another place.

For more information, visit: http://bombadil.squarespace.com/

Local musicians are showcased on Thursdays and Saturdays at 7pm. NO DOOR COVER! Gillie's musicians play for TIPS every Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

For more information on Gillie's, call: 540-961-2703 or visit: http://www.myspace.com/gilliesmusic

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