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Compulsive Gamblers reunion at GonerFest 6! Sept. 25, 2009 @ Hi Tone "Bad Taste" "Sour & Vicious Man"

FOR THE LOVE OF SHIRLEY
September 18th – 19th at the Hi-Tone Café

With
Jack O & the Tennessee Tearjerkers
Snowglobe
Jeffrey James & the Haul
Greg Cartwright
Bullet Proof Vests
Impala
John Paul Keith & the One, Four, Fives
Vending Machine
The Angel Sluts

about the show:

For the last 33 years, Miss Shirley Williams has worked as a bartender at Midtown's Lamplighter Lounge (1702 Madison Ave.), serving pitchers of Pabst Blue Ribbon, her famous Shirley Burgers and hand-cut fries.

Five nights a week, for three decades, she's also served as mother, sister, friend and confidante to thousands of customers, who have ventured in for a cold beer and a kind word.

Along the way, Williams has developed a clientele that includes musicians Alex Chilton and Jack White, authors Robert Gordon and Ace Atkins, filmmaker Craig Brewer, and the late Memphis painter Charlie Miller. The Lamplighter has appeared in numerous film projects, including music videos for Cat Power and the Country Rockers, and, most recently, in documentary films about Jack Oblivian and Jay Reatard.

The resolutely honest Williams has a tough side as well – she's occasionally wielded a club at rowdy drunks, and, in a legendary incident that made the pages of New York Magazine, she banned photographer William Eggleston from the Lamplighter for years after he tossed one of her just-made cheeseburgers at her head.

Eggleston has a precarious relationship with the Lamp, one of his favorite haunts. In fact, he's barred from entering. "I got really drunk one time," he admits, "and I threw a hamburger at Shirley, who had just made it. But we're still friends."
Shirley concurs. "He calls me up every now and then, asks how I'm doing, and I say, 'Good,'" she says, fond but firm. She is pleased to own an Eggleston photograph at home and proud of his success, but, like the Lamp's regulars, her feelings for her famous neighbor are complicated. "I like Bill, but he can't come in here. Will you be sure and tell him I said hello?"

– from New York Magazine, November 2, 2008.

Now Miss Shirley needs our help.

Faced with health problems in early August, Williams has been unable to make many of her shifts at the Lamplighter. Although she has some health insurance, she is faced with mounting medical expenses; simultaneously, her income is disappearing along with her connections to her work family.

That's why some of Williams' biggest fans have organized "For the Love of Shirley," a two-night benefit at the Hi-Tone Café featuring many of Memphis' finest musicians and the Lamplighter's best customers, who will be performing gratis.

The $10 per night cover charge (with additional donations welcomed and appreciated) will go directly to Miss Shirley. Photographer Don Perry will be hosting a "Prom Picture Photo Booth" at the Hi-Tone as an additional fundraiser. The Hi-Tone will also be donating ten percent of all bar sales that evening, so be sure to lift many glasses to our favorite bartender.


Shows start at 9:00 PM both nights.

For more information, contact Scott Rogers at (901) 485-2851 or memphisscottrogers at yahoo dot com, Dan Holloway (901) 278-8663 or hitonecafe at gmail dot com, or Andria Lisle at (901) 274-3186 or alisle at comcast dot net.

Friday night Sept. 18th
Jack O. and the Tennessee Tearjerkers
Impala
Angel Sluts
John Paul Keith & the One Four Fives
Bullet Proof Vests

Saturday night Sept. 19th
Snowglobe
Greg Cartwright
Vending Machine
Jeffery James & the Haul

Antenna REUNION! (ft. The Compulsive Gamblers!)
Aug.15th
@ Nocturnal (the old Antenna space)
& Murphy's. Shows start @ 3 p.m.~'till ,
& tickets will be sold @ the doors: $12/day

Host:http://www.myspace.com/ant..ennareunionfest
Start Time (for Gamblers): Saturday, August 15, 2009 at 9:15pm
End Time: Sunday, August 16, 2009 at 2:55am
Location:Nocturnal
Street: 1588 Madison Ave
City/Town: Memphis, TN
Phone: 9017261548

@ Nocturnal
http://www.myspace.com/noc..turnalmemphis

list of bands (some already played Friday night):

The Compulsive Gamblers
Snakehips
Pezz
Impala
3 Shades of Angerhead
Evil Twin of Pump Action Retards
Simpletones
A Jim Duckworth Production
Jeff Evans & Ross Johnson
Neon Wheels
Flourescent Butt Jam
The Randy Band
The Resistors
Paradoxical Babel
No Comply
Whatever Dude
Two Way Radio
Organ Thief
The Original Cyndi
The Perfect Vessels
Double Shovel
Curly Mojo
Recoil

Tickets are $12.00 per day

or

$20.00 for both days.

These will be sold at the door.

JACK O NOT playing the White Water Tavern in Little Rock, Arkansas tonight -- that was an error in Arkansas Times.
The show WILL be on Oct. 23, 2009!

be there!

Jack Oblivian
"Saturday Night Part 2"
10-inch vinyl

buy the MP3s here: http://www.emusic.com/

PART twos (new versions!) of Jack Oblivian favorites!
Released on BIG LEGAL MESS Records (a part of Fat Possum Records!)

1. Mad Lover - Part II
2. Put Your Love on Me
3. Cigarillo
4. Milkshake Baby
5. Make Your Mind Up - Part II
6. Against The Wall - Part II

LISTEN to "Mad Lover pt. 2"
here:
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CLICK the below LINK to BUY it!
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The Lucero Ramblin' Roadshow & Memphis Revue
--LUCERO, JACK OBLIVIAN, John Paul Keith & the 1,4,5's

Mon-Oct-26 Ft. Collins, CO @ Aggie Theatre
http://www.aggietheatre.co..m/

Tue-Oct-27 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
http://www.ogdentheater.ne..t/

Thu-Oct-29 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
http://thecrocodile.com/

Fri-Oct-30 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
http://www.hawthornetheatr..e.com/

Sun-Nov-01 San Francisco, CA @ Mezzanine
http://www.mezzaninesf.com

Wed-Nov-04 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
http://www.casbahmusic.com

Thu-Nov-05 Tempe, AZ @ The Clubhouse
http://www.clubhousemusicv..enue.com/



Lucero
http://www.myspace.com/lucero

Jack Oblivian
http://www.myspace.com/officialjackoblivian

John Paul Keith & the One Four Fives
http://www.myspace.com/johnpaulkeith