6:00pm - $15 on Eventbrite or at the door

Tex Rubinowitz and Tom Mindte have a new roots rock & roll band, featuring Tom Mindte on mandolin/accordion, John Combs on bass, Ira Gitlin on guitar, Joe Atkins on guitar, and Sam Atkins on drums, they're sure to rock the house!
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Karen Collins a coal miner's daughter, grew up listening to country music in SW Virginia.  After moving to the Washington, DC, area she founded the award-winning Cajun band Squeeze Bayou, the Blue Moon Cowgirls (an acoustic country quartet), and the honky tonk Backroads Band.  Karen’s early influences are evident in her original songs, which echo Loretta Lynn’s no-nonsense sass, Hank Williams’ down-to-earth lyricism, Ernest Tubb’s wry humor, and more. As a singer and bandleader, Karen has received many “Wammie” awards from the Washington Area Music Association, and her originals have earned her awards from a half-dozen songwriting competitions.

Ira Gitlin Ira's guitar playing gets its down-to-earth drive from his long involvement in bluegrass, and its sophisticated rhythms and harmonies from his interest in western swing and jazz. Ira crafted the instrumental arrangements on the band’s CDs as Karen’s co-producer. A Wammie award winning multi-instrumentalist and former National Bluegrass Banjo Champion, Ira is in demand as a sideman and music instructor. In addition to the Backroads Band, you may find Ira playing western swing with the Oklahoma Twisters, acoustic country with the Blue Moon Cowgirls, and bluegrass with Big Howdy.