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Tommy Castro & The Painkillers LIVE at the 2023 Muncie Three Trails Music Series!

Please join us on Saturday, July 29th at 7:00pm, at Canan Commons in Downtown Muncie, Indiana for the 2023 season kickoff of our Summer of FREE CONCERTS with TOMMY Castro & The Painkillers and special guest opener Lovesick Moan!

Whether he’s squeezing out the deepest blues or playing the funkiest soul grooves, legendary blues and soul giant Tommy Castro knows how to ignite a crowd. Over the course of his still-unfolding career, the guitarist, vocalist and songwriter has released 16 albums ranging from horn-fueled soul and R&B to piping hot blues to fiery rock ‘n’ roll. He’s performed all over the world, earning countless fans with his legendary, sweat-drenched, exhilarating live shows. Castro’s band, The Painkillers—bassist Randy McDonald, drummer Bowen Brown, and keyboardist Michael Emerson—have now been playing together for over seven years. After hundreds of live shows, they have coalesced into one of the telepathically tightest units Castro has ever assembled, making them one of the most in-demand live roots music acts performing today. “This is the best band we’ve ever had,” says Castro. “We really got something going on beyond just being good musicians. Every song we play live now has that right feel—all the dynamics. It allows us to jam out more on stage.”

Born in San Jose, California in 1955, Tommy first picked up a guitar at age 10. He formed the first Tommy Castro Band in 1991, releasing his debut album in 1996 on the Blind Pig label. During the 1990s and into the 2000s, Castro recorded a series of critically acclaimed albums for various labels, then hooked up with Alligator Records in 2009, releasing Hard Believer to massive acclaim. Castro formed the first incarnation of The Painkillers in 2012, and by 2014 (with Brown and Emerson taking over drums and keys respectively), Castro stripped his music down to its raw essence with the new, smaller band, creating a larger than life sound. The San Francisco Chronicle describes Castro’s music as, “funky Southern soul, big city blues and classic rock...silvery guitar licks that simultaneously sound familiar and fresh.” No Depression says “Castro plays gritty, string-bending blues like a runaway soul train...a glorious blend that rocks the soul and lifts the spirits.” The Washington Post says Castro is “phenomenal and funky” with “soulful vocals and inspired blues-rock guitar.” Blues Revue perhaps sums it up best by simply saying, “Tommy Castro can do no wrong.”

In 2022, hot on the heels of his latest release, A Bluesman Comes to Town, Castro and his band snagged Blues Music Awards for Album of the Year, Band of the Year, and, for the third time, the coveted B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year (the very highest award a blues performer can receive). His relentless road-dog approach—gig after gig, night after night—has won him loyal, lifelong fans everywhere he plays. Live on stage, Tommy Castro & The Painkillers’ road-hardened musicianship brings an unmatched passion to Castro’s blue-eyed California soul and hard-rocking, good-time songs. We are happy to welcome Tommy Castro & The Painkillers back to the Muncie Three Trails stage!

Visit Tommy Castro & The Painkillers here:

https://www.TommyCastro.com

Presented by the The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County, THANK YOU to our Sponsors!

The primary mission of the Muncie Three Trails Music Series is to bring critically acclaimed, national recording artists to perform at Canan Commons, Muncie’s newest outdoor performance venue, located in the heart of Downtown. All concerts are free to the public. Our second mission is to promote the many recreational, artistic, and cultural attractions located along, or in close proximity to, Canan Commons and Muncie’s popular “Three Trails” -- The White River Greenway, The Cardinal Greenway, and The Muncie Arts and Culture Trail. We hope that the combination of outstanding concerts and Muncie’s attractions will provide both local citizens and visitors from throughout the region and state with a full day of fun and music.

🎶 Explore The Trails, Enjoy The Music! 🎶

Please visit our website to learn much more about our 2023 Muncie Three Trails Music Series:

https://www.munciethreetrails.com

Local musicians jam in an informal improvisational setting!  Lead by Chad Nordhoff!  Craft Cocktails and dinner are served.  No cover charge but please plan to spend at least $5 to contribute towards the venue!  

Local musicians jam in an informal improvisational setting!  Lead by Chad Nordhoff!  Craft Cocktails and dinner are served.  No cover charge but please plan to spend at least $5 to contribute towards the venue!  

Local musicians jam in an informal improvisational setting!  Lead by Chad Nordhoff!  Craft Cocktails and dinner are served.  No cover charge but please plan to spend at least $5 to contribute towards the venue!  

Local musicians jam in an informal improvisational setting!  Lead by Chad Nordhoff!  Craft Cocktails and dinner are served.  No cover charge but please plan to spend at least $5 to contribute towards the venue!  

Local musicians jam in an informal improvisational setting!  Lead by Chad Nordhoff!  Craft Cocktails and dinner are served.  No cover charge but please plan to spend at least $5 to contribute towards the venue!  

An open jam with local Musicians hosted by Chad Nordhoff, a fantastic musician. Cocktail specials and dinner specials!

For more than two decades Gene Deer has been injecting audiences with his blend of Blues/Rock nationally and internationally. Performing more than 250 shows annually, this modern day blues man possesses vocals that were born to sing nothing but his style of blues. Gene's mojo infects audiences and leaves them feeling the rhythm of blues long after the music stops. His music persona is a blend of Robert Cray, Stevie Ray, Eric Clapton and Muddy Waters, and it isn't hard to testify to that while watching and hearing him perform. It's sometimes hard to tell where the separation is between man and guitar.

Doors open at 5:00 pm, music starts at about 7:00 pm

An open jam with local Musicians hosted by Chad Nordhoff, a fantastic musician. Cocktail specials and dinner specials!

An open jam with local Musicians hosted by Chad Nordhoff, a fantastic musician. Cocktail specials and dinner specials!

Down-to-earth rock & roll with Heather and Chad at the Farm Stand Second Story Lounge! Fine food from local soil and craft cocktails!

Food, folks and fun. 

An open jam with local Musicians hosted by Chad Nordhoff, a fantastic musician. Cocktail specials and dinner specials!

An open jam with local Musicians hosted by Chad Nordhoff, a fantastic musician. Cocktail specials and dinner specials!

An open jam with local Musicians hosted by Chad Nordhoff, a fantastic musician. Cocktail specials and dinner specials!

An open jam with local Musicians hosted by Chad Nordhoff, a fantastic musician. Cocktail specials and dinner specials!

Gene Deer will jam his own mix of originals, blues, rock, and country.  You will always hear something new from Gene!  His guitar licks will leave you wanting more, his songwriting is soulful and real.  Jeff Napier from Nuovo Magazine said in 2016, “Gene Deer is absolutely the most underrated Hoosier musical treasure still walking the Earth.”  You will never get a better venue to hear Gene Deer, and he loves playing here. Get your ticket today for the harvest jam

We'll be serving a sausage, smoked chicken, and shrimp gumbo!  Also a vegetarian jambalaya!  Shrimp cocktail and a brie cheese appetizer!  

Doors open at 5:00

Show time 7:00

Destination: Muncie is helping make Muncie the place to be for The Total Solar Eclipse! 🎶

2 Stages & a Dance Party! One Venue, the beloved Cornerstone Center for the Arts!

Muncie is The Magic City for many reasons! We celebrate the magic that makes Muncie the place we all love to call home! We're inviting the good people of Earth to come learn why we love Muncie and one reason we love Muncie is we know how to DANCE! Come dance with us and welcome in the cosmic experience of a Total Eclipse of the Heartland! ❤️

Line Up:

Davey & The Midnights

Mike Martin & The Beautiful Mess

Free Joel

The Fierce

BSU Jazz Ensemble

Ashley Gray

Katie Jo Robinson

Jansen Duncan

All Out Productions Dance Party w/ Curtis Dorgan

Arttacgo

Foxxy

Smoking Horses

Dr. John's Juke Joint Road Show

Odd Shape of Joy

Replaced By Robots

The Normal City Slickers

Eartherial

Jerry Barker

Cory Matters

Annnnd MORE!

REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND TO HEADLINE FREE CONCERT IN MUNCIE, INDIANA

Acclaimed country blues group The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band will be performing in a FREE outdoor concert as part of the 2024 Muncie Three Trails Music Series. The concert will take place at 7:00 PM on Saturday, July 27th at Canan Commons (500 South Walnut Street) in the heart of Downtown Muncie! Muncie's own Lovesick Moan will open the show. Lawn chairs, picnic blankets, and dancing are always welcome! We encourage you to come early, and to come hungry and thirsty to enjoy local food and beverage vendors before the show. This concert is sponsored by DeFur Voran, thank you!

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The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band at the 2024 Muncie Three Trails Music Series

There aren’t a lot of Warped Tour veterans who can claim proficiency in the use of bottleneck slides, washboards, and five-gallon buckets. Most didn’t spend their teens playing along to Charlie Patton and Bukka White albums. And just about none are fronted by a commissioned member of the Honorary Order of Kentucky Colonels. Say hello to Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, the greatest front-porch blues band in the world!

Reverend Peyton is recognized as one of the world’s foremost country blues finger-style pickers, playing the bass with his thumb while picking the lead at the same time. His prowess has been recognized with multiple Blues Music Awards nominations, including in 2021 for “Best Blues Rock Artist”, as well as being the cover subject for Vintage Guitar magazine. But the Big Damn Band isn’t just about the Reverend. Beside him on stage are his wife, “Washboard” Breezy Peyton, playing with all the nuance and percussive power of a New Orleans drum line, and keeping the train moving is Max Senteney on a lean drum kit that includes a 5-gallon maple syrup bucket. But one listen will convince you that there's nothing dusty or sentimental about Peyton's music. There's no songs about picking cotton. They aren't a museum piece. The Big Damn Band have taken nearly a century of country blues history and crafted a thing all their own. “I like songs that sound happy but are actually very sad,” Peyton says. “I don’t know why it is, but I just do.”

The Big Damn Band has built its reputation the long, slow, hard way. After 12 years of playing as many as 300 shows each year, in a total of 37 countries, the biggest little band in the country has pieced together one of the most dedicated followings out there. As audiences everywhere will tell you, there is not another band out there that sounds like this or has a stage show of this caliber. So get ready to celebrate, because that is what you will end up doing when Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band graces the Canan Commons stage!

The Muncie Three Trails Music Series is a non-profit partnership between Muncie Downtown Development Partnership, Muncie Arts and Culture Council, and Rick Zeigler, series founder and organizer. The mission of the series is to bring critically acclaimed, national recording artists to perform at Canan Commons, Muncie’s premier outdoor performance venue, located in the heart of Downtown Muncie. A second mission is to promote the many recreational, artistic, and cultural attractions located along, or in close proximity to, Canan Commons and Muncie’s popular “Three Trails” -- The White River Greenway, Cardinal Greenway, and Muncie Arts and Culture Trail. We hope attendees will heed our slogan, “Explore the Trails, Enjoy the Music!”

A BIG thank you to Ball State University for sponsoring the entire 2024 series! Complete information about the Muncie Three Trails Music Series can be found at our website here:

https://www.munciethreetrails.com