The Tirebiters welcome BettySoo
Friday January 27th
Doors 7pm, Show 730pm
$10 Advance | $13 Day of Show
The Tirebiters play original American rock, country rock and blues music. Their original music is very reminiscent of Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Allman Brothers.
The Tucson based band features Lex Browning, the lead singer/ songwriter is originally from Kentucky and every so often you can hear the Appalachian “holler” come through in his songwriting. As in-demand accomplished player on guitar, fiddle, and mandolin, he has played in bands for Queen Ida, Pam Tillis, The Austin Lounge Lizards, The Nelson Twins, and Tanya Tucker. Browning was also a member of Poco, the famed country rock band, playing lead on guitar, fiddle, and also adding vocals as well. Poco fell in love with several of Lex’s original songs added a few to their set list.
Steve Grams is one cool dude who hails from North Dakota. He is an internationally known bassist who’s played just about everywhere on the planet, most recently with Bad New Blues in Tucson. He truly is one of the great blues bassists and a fantastic singer/songwriter in his own right.
Danny Krieger is also a mesmerizing guitar player found The West Coast, but he’s also adept on many other styles of music—his intuitive musical interplay with Lex is mind bending and with take you back to the great bands of the 60’s and 70’s!
Les Merrihew grew up in the great Pacific Northwest. In Tucson and in the American NW he is known as one of the steadiest and inventive drummers around. Along with the Tirebiters, you can hear him in several other Tucson bands.
BettySoo is a Korean-American young woman and an Americana folk and rock singer-songwriter based in Austin. She is adored by James McMurty and Chris Smither and tours with them whenever her schedule allows.
“BettySoo may well have the most gorgeous voice in Texas …if not in all contemporary folk – its purity and strength can be downright devastating.” – ACOUSTIC GUITAR
It’s the voice that gets you first. BettySoo’s vocal prowess is a thing of wonder. A world-class instrument of deft phrasing and purity, a voice that knows when to hold back and when to dive in. At her own live shows, taking a verse onstage with friends or singing harmonies in sessions with Austin’s finest, BettySoo sings with consummate loveliness and self-assurance. A voice that knows the roots of American music inside and out; coming from a most unexpected place – a diminutive Korean-American with a deceptively girl-next-door demeanor.
Then the performance reels you in. “Truly remarkable. BettySoo’s sharp, often self-deprecating humor skillfully wove the songs together. Her clear, evocative voice and poignant lyrics recall Patty Griffin and Joni Mitchell, and did I mention she’s a hell of a guitar player?” – NO DEPRESSION, live concert review Touring the unforgiving circuit of listening rooms, clubs and festivals, BettySoo has mastered the art of performance. A funny anecdote sets up a song of heartbreak and need; a witty rejoinder belies the dark truths that underpin much of her work.
And that’s when you notice the songs.
“Beautiful, heart-wrenching songwriting that is also edgy and unwavering.”
– KUT, Austin
“Exceptionally well written and arranged songs with a confidence that speaks volumes.”
– AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN