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Friday To-Do: Pat Green


PAT GREEN
8 p.m., the Village. $23-$26.

Texan Pat Green spent the late '90s touring relentlessly and self-releasing albums, building up a strong regional fan base and selling more than 200,000 albums without major-label support. With a sound somewhere in between that of home-state heroes like Robert Earl Keen and Jerry Jeff Walker and the arena pop of bands like Hootie and the Blowfish, Green became a juggernaut in the college scene. When he signed to Universal in 2001, he appeared to be on the road to superstardom. Four albums and six years later, he's still dancing between regional and national success, but in these parts, he's unquestionably a big deal. KSSN brings him to the Village to make up a gig originally scheduled for last December. Local singer/songwriter and piano player Susan Erwin opens with Conway's Cyprus Creek, who walk the line between Southern rock and down-home country. As lead singer B.J. Moody sings in “Southern Nights,” they're “getting crunk — country-style.”

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Riverboat Crime killed last night! I guess the judges like to hear covers and F' bombs dropped for no apparent reason (607). If the contest was judged on musicianship and originality - of which 607 had niether - then Riverboat would have won hands down.

Rock Candy you are losing all credibility if you are really suggesting Pat Green as a "to do"

It should be a "do anything else but go see" Pat Green.

If you like great song writing, always been fond of the Texas songwriters like Guy Clark, Townes Van Zant, Willie Nelson

Then there is no way in hell you will like Pat Green. The guy is the poster child for sell out Nashville, bubble gum "Texas" pop music ala Cross Canadian & Kenny Chesney.

what an awful fraud that he is ever included with the likes of Hayes Carll, Bruce Robison, Todd Snider or any other talented and genuine songwriters.

Two thumbs down

Go see There Will be Blood or Juno or anything besides this show if you value your soul

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