Rams Head The Blog

Greetings from the Ramosphere!…Ok, lame… whatever…moving on, pretend it didn’t happen.

This week we’ve got some very exciting digs for you from Naptown, to BMore and out to the Pier Six Pavilion so you can rock the docks!

First up, we are thrilled to announce the coming of Michael Franti & Spearhead with special guests The Wailers on Saturday, May 29 at the Pier Six Pavilion. This one goes on sale 2/25 @ noon. One Rams Header recently attended a Franti show and this is a small portion of that testimonial.

“It was just such a party, so much fun, he comes into the audience and dances with people, takes pictures. The man was just runnin around the verizon center with no shoes…can’t wait to see him again.”

 Even more noteworthy, the music from these two acts, while highly acclaimed within the industry, is extremely attentive to global issues and concerns. Bring on equality, bring on peace and happiness, bring on relevance…just bring it.  And please, for the love of art, check out the new Wailers logo in the top left corner of their website. Beautiful.

Next up, we’ve got Landon Pigg at Rams Head On Stage in Annapolis on Tuesday, March 16. He was a shy guy from Nashville, Tennessee and, well…he’s still a shy guy from Nashville, Tennessee. He’s also mad good at Chemistry and Algebra.  He sounds like a strange character to hit the stage but don’t be fooled. This personality lends itself very well to putting on a good show and creating some very viable and poppy, singer-songwriter tunes. Check this stud out in his vid below.

Finally, at Rams Head Live in Baltimore, we’ve brought you a favorite dig that’s usually too expensive to catch the real thing. 2U: The World’s Greatest U2 Tribute hits the stage after being snowed out twice.  The stars have stopped criss-crossing and are looking to be re-ALIGNED for Saturday, April 17th.

Also Coming To Pier Six Pavilion:

7/24 – The Big Bad Voodoo Daddy opening for The Beach Boys

4/20 – Ben Harper

7/30 – Dave Koz & Jonathan Butler w/ special guest Sheila E.

Also Coming To Rams Head On Stage:

3/15 – Murder Mystery Dinner – Deadly Housewives

4/1 – Pat McGee

4/22 – Raul Malo

4/27 – the church

5/21 – Tony Levin

5/27 – Tab Benoit

7/3 – Chuck Brown

8/21 – The Rippingtons

BSM brings in another great show of locals with Holy Hell heading the bill on January 8th. They bring a rock solid tribute to the music of Ronnie James Dio. You may remember this cat from Dio and Black Sabbath. Also thank you to my faithful office loft mate, Laura for re-ringing that memory bell. Enjoy the sounds and enjoy the rounds since we’ve got local show drink specials all night: $3 Buds and Bud Lights, $3 Rails and $2 Natural Lights.

I love saying "Balty." It resonates.

Next up is your first ever Balt Country Festival on January 16. We’ve compiled a classic afternoon festival bill of Baltimore’s best local alty, folky, balty performers round these parts. Caleb Stine, June Star, Arty Hill, Van Meter, a writers in the round session and more! Come out for classic Caleb Stine tunes, the rhytmic songwriting of Arty Hill and the raw folk-rock of June Star. This will be a nice kick off for continuing to nurture this scene in Baltimore in a big way.

We are happy to re-announce 2U for February 5th. Score! Totally miffed we had to postpone the first show but no worries! We are ready to wrangle those Fed-Ex field memories for ya, minus the War of the Worlds-esqe claw stage. (p.s. if you havent seen the 1953 version of War of the Worlds by Bryon Haskin then make it happen. Do it.)

Pirate Rob’s Birthday Bash comes to RHL with his all-star line-up featuring Ballyhoo, Pasadena, Hotbox, Bond and Bentley, The Grilled Lincolns (my personal fav!) and 86 The Effort. Drink specials all night because, come on… you know these boys!

Classic party night with Umphrey’s McGee on February 14, but please be responsible! The security staff does not like throwing you out, trust! Goes on sale this Saturday, 12/12 at noon. Get clicker ready.

And they don't like seeing you get thrown out.

Oh, Oh. Now this is real and it’s fan-freaking-tastic! Super Diamond hits us up on March 6th and you’ll be spitting pink glitter for weeks. Get on the band wagon cause this diddy sells out all over the place.

It's almost like a mirage...

Lastly and very genuinely, this next multi-instrumental group is something that has gotten all of us buzzing a bit in our little loft. We booked The Big Pink fresh off their Spin and NME rankings and they are gettin kinda viral. Rollingstones is tweeting about them as well.

Truely interesting... and that's not me being all tongue and cheek as usual.

After playing with acts like Muse and TV On The Radio they are set to start blazing their own trails with tracks like “Dominos” and “Velvet.” They recall the likes of Glasvegas, Florence and the Machine, The Antlers, maybe even some Yeah Yeah Yeahs, while strking chords all their own. Check out Chesters blog in the right column for more info on them.

Alright, peace out kids!