The Waco Brothers

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IN-PERSON WALK-UP SALES ONLY for all shows are available at the Lensic Box Office during Box Office hours. 

TICKETS: $20—$25, General Admission

Public sale: Friday, February 23, 10 am

VENUE INFO: Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery

Alcohol: Yes

Seating: Limited

Outside Food/Drink: No

Parking: Yes

ADA: Yes

THE WACO BROTHERS

Shaking off the plague days like a snake sheds its skin the WACO BROTHERS stumble out of the empty, burning desert with a fierce thirst and an epic new album: THE MEN THAT GOD FORGOT. It’s the first collection of original WACO tunes since 2016’s GOING DOWN IN HISTORY and comes to you viatheir own label Plenty Tuff Records. 

The Waco Brothers got together in Chicago in the mid-90s; battle weary punk musicians who wanted nothing more than to play classic country covers for free beer in their adopted home city. Their residencies at bars like the Wrigleyville Tap and Augenblick became legendary for the sheer volume, speed and energy they brought to this task.

After an early & particularly deranged appearance at SXSW Rolling Stone dubbed the Wacos “Clash meets Cash” and they unleashed a fistful of ferocious albums and endlessly entertaining live gigs that defined the Insurgent Country movement.

Every night is still Friday night for the WACO BROTHERS but these new songs lace that reckless exuberance with a more sober awareness of the tsunami of cynical corruption & materialism that infects our everyday existence. BEST THAT MONEY CAN BUY rips its verses from what’s left of honest journalismwhile IN THE DARK provides a requiem for functioning democracy AND boasts the best twin-lead guitar solo since Thin Lizzy. The album ends with NOWHERE TO RUN a deceptively gentle dance number (inspired by a night on the Outlaw Country Cruise where the Wacos backed up their hero Lee “Scratch” Perry) that presents the struggle for social and economic justice as neverending. GEORGE WALKS WITH JESUS is a song about George Jones walking with Jesus.

OCOTILLO

From moshing to two step, from contemplating death to feeling inspired to take life by the horns, Ocotillo takes the audience on a full-spectrum, spirited journey through what it means to be alive. Ocotillo blends rock, country, blues, and Americana to create original music in a high desert style all their own. With powerhouse vocals, rocking guitar riffs, haunting harmonies, tasty violin, stories of doomed relationships, motorcycle rides in the desert, quitting your job, and finding your voice come alive with electric energy.