BJ Barham – Bandwidth http://bandwidth.wamu.org WAMU 88.5's New Music Site Tue, 02 Oct 2018 15:23:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.2 Six Pics: Old 97’s, Heartless Bastards And BJ Barham At 9:30 Club http://bandwidth.wamu.org/six-pics-old-97s-heartless-bastards-and-bj-barham-at-930-club/ http://bandwidth.wamu.org/six-pics-old-97s-heartless-bastards-and-bj-barham-at-930-club/#respond Tue, 10 May 2016 16:32:14 +0000 http://bandwidth.wamu.org/?p=64491 Playing a Monday night in D.C. can be tough for any act, particularly when the gig kicks off at 10 p.m. But The Old 97s started as bar band in Dallas, so they know what gets a crowd moving any day of the week.

At the 9:30 Club last night — with opening sets from Heartless Bastards and BJ Barham from American Aquarium — Old 97’s deviated from some songs’ typical arrangements, just to mix things up. The group switched to minor key for “Nineteen,” darkening a song about young love, and played the usually somber “Valentine” at a faster pace with a rougher style.

Never mind the Monday night gig: Old 97’s frantic “Every Night Is Friday Night” was just what the doctor ordered. Quipped bassist Murry Hammond, it’s “a song which makes us the Cheap Trick of alt-country.”

BJ Barham:

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Heartless Bastards:

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Old 97’s:

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All photos by Erica Bruce

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