The Empty Bottle
1035 N Western Ave
773.276.3600
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Busdriver, Photo: Jessica Miller
- When
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Friday Sep 12, 2008 (9pm)
- Where
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Directions: We are located at the corner of Western and Cortez in Chicago, three blocks south of Division and just north of Augusta. The Empty Bottle is most easily accessible from Interstate 90/94 (The Kennedy Expressway). More options here: http://emptybottle.com
- Price
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$15
- Links
The criminally underappreciated bluegrass experimentalist and philosopher Henry Flynt was the first hillbilly to embrace the space-age hoedown. Single-handedly pushing old-timey twang into the modern age, Flynt's ridiculously rare releases recall the strange homemade distortions and delay effects of Konono No 1. Tonight, the aging legend takes the stage alongside outré innovators of a new age: eccentric hip-hopper Busdriver, who's well known for erratic beats and hyper-literate rhymes, and guitar-obsessed pickers Ecstatic Sunshine, who operate at the very edge of the instrumental avant-garde.
