| Southern Culture On The Skids Coming To Don Gibson Theatre Saturday May 21st 8PM |
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 Southern Culture On The Skids
Long the bards of downward mobility, Southern Culture on the Skids have always embodied a sleazy, raucous, good-natured, good-time take on the culture of the South. Recently described by Dwight Yoakam (in Filter) as “really on the outside, like Dick Dale meets Hank Thompson,” SCOTS have mixed high and low culture for decades, endlessly touring, serving up moonshine martinis and poultry picking for fans everywhere.
Since 1983, when they formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, SCOTS have played their unique hybrid of Americana, surf, R&B, rockabilly, and swamp pop (the band describes their sound as “toe sucking geek rock - kinda weird, but it feels good when you’re doing it”), all the while driving fans into ecstatic, sweat-drenched paroxysms of joy. Assisted by his cohorts in chaos — drummer Dave Hartman and bassist/singer/heartbreaker Mary Huff — Rick Miller and crew have been prolific and ubiquitous for over twenty years.
SCOTS’ new album, The Kudzu Ranch, is named after the band’s studio/hangout in rural NC where the songs were recorded. “The Kudzu Ranch is a collection of 10 originals and a couple covers,” Rick says, “songs about people, places and things — like good friends and crazy neighbors, dry dirt and pompadoured flirts, busy roads and horny toads — all of them motivatin’, salivatin’ and procreatin’ to their own crazy beat!”
Tickets are still available by calling the box office only. Check them out on youtube and you will fall in love with them too.
For information on tickets, pricing, and group rates visit www.DonGibsonTheatre.com, or call the box office Monday-Friday between 10-5 at 704-487-8114.
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