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Today Is: February 9, 2016
FREE CONCERT—Rockabily Fusion Band
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FREE CONCERT - Rockabilly Fusion Band to be Featured at TU Saturday, February 13, 7 p.m. Lost State of Franklin brings its unique fusion of rockabilly, jazz, country, rock and roll and beat poetry to Osceola Theatre for a free concert on Saturday, February 13, at 7 p.m. In its ten years of touring, the Clevelandbased band has performed over 500 American shows and multiple times in Europe, entertaining audiences with their unique hybrid style inspired by Johnny Cash and Nirvana, Metallica and Elvis, Karen Carpenter and Patsy Cline, Heart and Alice In Chains, Chet Baker and Ozzy Ozbourne, among many others. Led by vocalist, songwriter, poet, trumpet player and guitarist J. Scott Franklin, the band also features singer and stand-up drummer Tyler Postma and upright
bassist Jeremy Cotrell. The band has earned wide acclaim including nominations for Scene Magazine's "Songwriter of the Year," and The Free Times' "Americana Band of the Year." The band's name was inspired by the State of Franklin, an unrecognized and autonomous territory in what is now Tennessee, which was ceded in 1784 to the federal government by North Carolina, and later lost a bid for US statehood. Lost State of Franklin has performed several times in Tif in, both at TU and as part of The Ritz Theatre's Friday Night Live series.
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Scott Franklin will be conducting a songwriting workshop with TU students at 4pm.
For more infomation, call 419.448.3366 or email gig@tif in.edu.