Party: The Connells return to the Lincoln Theatre!!

Party: The Connells return to the Lincoln Theatre!!

$17 advance GA/ $27 advance VIP Balcony

The Raleigh, North Carolina-based jangle-pop outfit the Connells formed in the spring of 1984. Fronted by guitarist Mike Connell and his bassist brother David, the first incarnation of the group also featured vocalist Doug McMillan and drummer John Schultz, who was soon replaced by former Johnny Quest percussionist Peele Wimberley. In late 1984 the quartet recorded a four-song demo; after one of the tracks, “Darker Days,” was selected to appear on the North Carolina compilation More Mondo, the Connells’ ranks expanded with the addition of singer/guitarist George Huntley, who made his debut on a March 1985 session co-produced by Don Dixon.

With the help of the band’s friend Ed Morgan, the resulting demo made its way to the offices of the British label Demon, which agreed to fund the recording of enough additional tracks to complete a full-length LP. Darker Days was released in Europe by Demon in 1985, and when Morgan returned to the U.S., he formed his own label, Black Park, to issue the album domestically. After the low-budget videos for the tracks “Seven” and “Hats Off” garnered MTV airplay, the Connells won a contract with the TVT label prior to entering producer Mitch Easter’s Drive-In Studios to record 1987’s brooding, more assured Boylan Heights, which featured the superb single “Scotty’s Lament.”

The edgier Fun and Games followed in 1989, and a year later the group resurfaced with One Simple Word, scoring an alternative radio hit with the single “Stone Cold Yesterday.” After a three-year tour which saw the Connells add keyboardist Steve Potak to their lineup in 1991, they finally returned to the studio to begin work on 1993’s Ring, highlighted by the single “Slackjawed,” as well as “74-75,” a major hit throughout Europe. After another three-year hiatus, the Connells issued 1996’s Weird Food and Devastation, released concurrently with Huntley’s solo debut brain junk. The group returned in 1998 with Still Life. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

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Invited: Dane Huffman, Diana Miller, Kelly Mizerak, Dan Meyer, Caitlin Vargas, Chuck Logsdon, Dylan Morris, Madalin Tara Zechini, Aaron J. Roos, Claire Furr, Caroline Parnin, Nick Driver, Shane Smith, John Federal, Andy Washburn, Penny Page, Cyrus Yunker, John Pugh, Kristi Helmly, Susan Oliver Potter, Ashanti Gray, Joseph Kwon, Michelle Ward, Jeff Debonzo, Keef Debonzo, Ryan King, Klay Misenheimer, Christoph Konradi, Kittie Miller, David Teeter, Bill Zimmer, Aaron Gallagher, Simone Erica, Dan Reeves, Eric Ostrander, Nicholas Bailey, La Profe, Dorsey Manning, Jan Hollar Hall, Sherry Watts-Lawhon, Erika Rasmussen, Calvin Racine, Alex Ravenscraft, Kelly Driggers Stasko, Karen Hantsche, Mary Wolf Staton, Cathy Edmondson, Clark Hipolito, Caroline Morton Huffman, Melissa April, Anthony Felts, Sandra Simpson, Mike Styx, Beener Schnitzel, Paige Munsey Diaz, Ellyn Marie Woodburn, Amy Ruggiero, Julia Rivenbark McCullough, Matthew Bowen, Christy Creech Connell, Leslie Cunningham, Mario E. Villanueva Jr, Jeff Holshouser, Nick Baglio, Melissa Griffin Schuler, Katherine Cranz, Charles Hodges, Erin McCrary, Donna More, Mary Charles, Matt O'Neal, Moses Moye, John Custer, David Lewis, Katherine Roach McCullen, Sally Causey Bloom, Debbie Carrara, April Stancil Sykes, Windy Conner, Susannah Lynn Turner, David Menconi, Matthew Tero High, Steve Eisenstadt, Debby Boozer, Christina Coffey, Kevin Allen, Lefty Himself, Angie Wood Patterson, Christine McKeown, Chadwick Johnson, Joel Rhodes, Gretchen Ross, Sarah Kahn, Steve Stowe, Ricardo Granillo, Jim Kristof, Ferrell Carpenter, Katie Featherstone, Marcy Ann Hannula, Stacy Cotton show more »