We're delighted to be playing again with reso guitar/12-string/banjo ace Charlie Parr on Thursday, Oct. 15, and Friday, Oct. 16. For the uninitiated, Parr's an absolute top-shelf old-timey blues picker, songwriter and unhinged howler of the first order. You'll tell your grandchildren about him when they ask what real music was like -- or what real beards were like, for that matter; he's a champion in that arena too.

Here's where the shows are:

Thursday, Oct. 15:
Kirk Avenue Music Hall in Roanoke, Va.: Charlie Parr, Red Clay River, Black Twig Pickers, 8 p.m., $10 at the door

Friday, Oct. 16:
early show 5 p.m. at Johnny's of Carrboro, NC: Charlie Parr, Black Twig Pickers, free

and late show 10 p.m. at the Nightlight, Chapel Hill, NC: Charlie Parr, Megafaun, Black Twig Pickers, $6 at the door

Come by and say hi --

Charlie Parr - Jubilee