L.A. Record + White Noise + Metl Reserva Especial present Amanda Jo Williams’ record release show. Local label White Noise is digitally rereleasing Amanda Jo Williams’ 2006 album, Yes I Will, Mr Man. It’s a romp in the woods with moonshine-soaked hillbillies fighting for love and the American dream. A banjo this time, a dancing percussionist next time, Amanda Jo notably has a musician surprise or two at each performance. For March 27, she’ll have two stand-up bassists, a rhythm section, and, as always, the inimitable guitarist 5-Track, whose guitar howls and coos like a wolf on opium. The show gets even better with glam folk band He’s My Brother She’s My Sister, story-telling dreamer Henry Wolfe, as well as Woodstock folk artist and legend Paul McMahon, who taught Williams to play guitar, and the wild stomping Matthew O’Neill. Free tequila by Metl Reserva Especial.

Amanda Jo Williams
http://www.myspace.com/amandajowilliamsmusic
“Pure magic. Simple, mysterious, and other-worldly. Like a Sexton fairy-tale.”—Lach (Anti-folk founder)
“This is unequivocally the best country album I’ve heard in years. I get just as much pleasure out of it as I get from Emmy Lou Harris or Gram Parsons or (gasp) Johnny Cash.”—Coke Machine Glow

He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister
http://www.myspace.com/hesmybrothershesmysister
mp3: “Tales That I Tell”
“They make debauchery and estrangement so glamorous. The songs are as catchy as a radio pop jam, but throw off the trappings of plastic pop and wrap you in fur, folk, and the last drops of moonlight.”—L.A. Record

Henry Wolfe
http://www.myspace.com/henrywolfemusic
“His songs caught me by surprise. Sweet, poetic and endearing…I can’t wait to hear more.”—Spicy Times With Nora & Jinners

Paul McMahon
He’s a songwriter, an inventor, and a Woodstock historical marker. His artwork from the ‘70s has shown in the Metropolitan Museum Of Art. He’s visiting L.A. to speak at CalArts & Otis.
http://www.paulmcmahon.tv/
mp3: “You’re My Guts”
“With Paul McMahon riding along with me on the road of life, I have help with the flat tires” —Chief Shoveler of the Cowpies

Matthew O’Neill
http://www.myspace.com/matthewoneill
“Uniquely classic songs, awesome shamanic hillbilly jams.”—Taos Messenger

L.A. RECORD
White Noise
Metl Reserva Especial Tequila

Posted on Friday, March 26th, 2010.