District Music Hall Weekly Round up: Close Enemies, Start Making Sense, Jay Aston’s Gene Loves Jezebel and Del McCoury announced
District Music Hall announced Close Enemies with Tom Hamilton, Start Making Sense, Jay Aston’s Gene Loves Jezebel with Slim Jim Phantom and Del McCoury this week. Tickets go on sale on January 10, 2025 at districtmusichall.com
Close Enemies feat. Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith
District Music Hall – 71 Wall Street, Norwalk CT 06850
February 22, 2025
Tickets go on are on sale now via districtmusichall.com
Close Enemies
Unlike the name suggests, these five guys are close friends, each with an illustrious musical career.
Tom Hamilton, multiple Grammy winner, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member, and Bassist of the biggest-selling American rock band of all time, Aerosmith, is joined by legendary drummer Tony Brock (The Babys and Rod Stewart), touring veterans Peter Stroud (Sheryl Crow and Don Henley) and Trace Foster on guitar, and singer Chasen Hampton, who has been singing professionally since the age of 11 as a member of the famed Mickey Mouse Club.
Luckily for us, these five don’t want to rest on their laurels and ride off into the sunset.
Their first single, Sound of a Train, is set to be released early 2025, followed by their full-length debut album.
Close Enemies Line Up
Tom Hamilton – Aerosmith Bassist
Tony Brock – The Baby’s / Rod Stewart Drummer
Peter Stroud – Sheryl Crow Guitarist
Trace Foster – Joe Perry Guitar Tech / Guitarist
Chasen Hampton – Actor / Singer
Start Making Sense
District Music Hall – 71 Wall Street, Norwalk CT 06850
March 29, 2025
Tickets go on sale January 10, 2025 via districtmusichall.com
Start Making Sense
Start Making Sense & The Ocean Avenue Stompers Horns present: the music of Talking Heads, David Byrne and More…
Start Making Sense is a Talking Heads Tribute band and they will be joined on stage by The Ocean Avenue Stompers, a four-piece horn section, for the entirety of the show. Many Talking Heads songs will be played, as well as non-Talking Heads songs. All will feature the Ocean Avenue Stompers. There will be no opening act. There will be two sets of music and both sets will feature horns. You don’t want to miss this show. Coming to select venues in March/April 2025!
Jay Aston’s Gene Loves Jezebel with Slim Jim Phantom
District Music Hall – 71 Wall Street, Norwalk CT 06850
April 18, 2025
Tickets go on sale January 10, 2025 via districtmusichall.com
Jay Aston’s Gene Loves Jezebel
Coalescing in the early 80s and fronted by twin brothers Jay and Michael Aston the band quickly became popular on the indie scene, and by 1985 had established a settled line-up with the additions of Pete Rizzo on bass, Chris Bell on drums and James Stevenson on guitar. Consequently signing to Beggars Banquet they gained a following throughout Europe and the USA. Following the departure of Michael in 1988 and the imploding
of their record label, Savage Records in 1993, the band pursued various projects until the 1999 release of a new batch of tracks, in VII. Further touring followed and in 2017 Dance Underwater was released. Produced by Peter Walsh, it featured a string arrangement by Tony Visconti. The band have just released their tenth studio album, X – Love Death Sorrow, to very positive reviews.
Stray Cats’ Slim Jim Phantom Trio
Slim Jim Phantom has secured his place as a true rock-n-roll icon. As the legendary drummer for the Stray Cats, Phantom, alongside band mates Brian Setzer and Lee Rocker, spearheaded the neo-rockabilly movement of the early 80s. With a love for 50s rock-n-roll the Stray Cats took inspiration from that bygone era and mixed with their youthful energy and aggression produced the updated hard-edged rockabilly sound that saw them conquer London, Europe and later the U.S., gaining fans among the likes of Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Robert Plant along the way.
Over 30 years and millions of record sales later and Slim Jim Phantom continues to inspire and excite audiences worldwide. With a sound, style and image that remain as fresh today as they ever were, Phantom has cemented his place among rock royalty. Considered by many as the coolest drummer in rock-n-roll, Phantom’s influence is still clearly felt on today’s music scene with countless rockabilly drummers imitating his pioneering stand-up style.
The Del McCoury
District Music Hall – 71 Wall Street, Norwalk CT 06850
May 9, 2025
Tickets go on sale January 10, 2025 via districtmusichall.com
The Del McCoury
Even among the pantheon of music’s finest artists, Del McCoury stands alone. From the nascent sound of bluegrass that charmed hardscrabble hillbilly honkytonks, rural schoolhouse stages, and the crowning glory of the Grand Ole Opry to the present-day culture-buzz of viral videos and digital streams, Del is the living link. On primetime and late-night television talk shows, there is Del. From headlining sold-out concerts to music festivals of all genres, including one carrying his namesake, there is Del. Where audiences number in the tens of thousands, and admirers as diverse as country-rock icon Steve Earle and jamband royalty Phish count as a few among hundreds, there is Del.
Emerging from humble beginnings in York County, PA nearly eighty years ago, Del was not the likeliest of candidates for legendary status. As a teen, he was captivated by the banjo playing of one of its masters, Earl Scruggs, and decided he’d be a banjo picker, too. The Baltimore/Washington, D.C. bar scene of the early 1960s was lively and rough. Del caught a break. More than a break, really. It was an opportunity of a lifetime; joining Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys in early 1963. Considered the Father of Bluegrass, Monroe transformed McCoury, moving him from the banjo to guitar, anointing him lead singer, and providing him with a priceless trove of bluegrass tutelage direct from the source.
Countless hours of recording sessions and miles of tireless touring dotted the decades. Del carried on, and carried with him the hallowed traditions of the form and its dedicated following. The passing years became certificates of authenticity. So, in these a of grunge and R&B that dominated the music scene of the mid-1990s, it was special, perhaps even startling, to see: There was Del.
Now helming the Del McCoury Band, with sons Ronnie and Rob, the ensemble did and continues to represent in a larger, growing musical community a peerless torchbearer for the entire sweep and scope of bluegrass history. Those many years, not to mention a good-natured willingness to stay alert to the latest sounds and opportunities around him, earned McCoury a whole new generation of fans, including some in unlikely places.
“I’m just doing what’s natural,” says Del. “When young musicians ask me what they should do I always tell them, ‘You do whatever’s inside of you. Do what you do best.’”
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