Damon Fowler's Sugar Shack Mondays with special guest Mike Kach

Mike Kach at Get Down Downtown in Bradenton June 16, 2011. By Wade Tatangelo

Today's Damon Fowler's Sugar Shack Monday at Aces Live in Bradenton features special guest Mike Kach — who rocked the Frankie Toler celebration Saturday —  along with a performance by Blind Pig recording artist the Damon Fowler Group.

As a member of Dickey Betts' Great Southern group since 2003, Kach gets to sing lead vocals on such Allman Brothers Band and Betts-penned classics as “Statesboro Blues,” “One Way Out,” “You Don’t Love Me,” “No One Left to Run with It,” “Nobody Knows” and “Southbound.”

“Dickey enjoys not always having to sing and just being able to play and wail on his guitar,” Kach said in an interview to advance his May 14 performance at MacFest in downtown Bradenton.

Kach turned in a killer Sugar Shack performance back in January, deftly blending blues, Allman chestnuts and first-rate originals.

We're stoked about Kach's return to Aces Live before he joins Betts in a couple weeks for a Northeast tour!

Damon Fowler's Sugar Shack Mondays

Showcasing the best in touring talent

8:30 p.m. Mon., June 27 with the
Damon Fowler Group  
and special guest
Mike Kach

Ace's, 4343 Palma Sola Blvd., Bradenton

No cover

Click to watch the performances and my interviews with Kach, Fowler and some more surprise guests. 

8:30 p.m. Monday, June 27

Watch live streaming video from sugarshackmonday at livestream.com

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Dan Toler, Mike Kach, Pedro Arevalo and more make first MacFest a success

Dan Toler (right) and Tony Tyler/posted to http://www.facebook.com/macfest by Dan Kriwitsky

Dan Toler rocked it last night at MacFest with a great band featuring singer/guitarist Tony Tyler.

Here's the story running in today's Bradenton Herald by reporter Paradise Afshar:

"Southern rock fans inundate Bradenton."

"JoeBradenton" commented: "Great event. Music, fun, beer and no problems. Bradenton has become a destination for festivals."

Good call, Joe. I didn't see or hear of any trouble. Just hundreds of people getting together to enjoy first-rate music made by residents of Manatee and Sarasota.

Dan Toler playing to a big, happy crowd Saturday. Posted to http://www.facebook.com/macfest by Dan Kriwitsky

I waited until the rain stopped and walked over to Old Main Street around 4:30 p.m. to catch The Mike Kach Group as well as Pedro Arevalo and Friends and the Michael Mac Band turn in sizzling, crowd-pleasing sets before Toler delivered his powerful performance.

Full disclosure: my younger brother Joel Tatangelo, whose Pinellas-based StandBack Band kicked off this year's Wanee Festival, played slide/lead guitar with Mac's band and Kach's group Saturday.

L to R: Duane Betts, Michael Mac, Frankie Lombardi, Joel Tatangelo, Mike Kach/photo by W. Tatangelo

Here's a clip of the Mike Kach Group performing the Allman Brothers Band fave "One Way Out." Not pictured above is Bodie Valdez, who's seen below playing some sweet harmonica. And, yeah, that's me at the end of the clip looking proud but nervous, which is how I pretty much always look when my brother performs.

Related stories:

"Southern rock showdown in Bradenton" (May 12 Weekend cover story includes interviews with Toler, Kach, Arevalo and Mac)."

"Q&A with former Allman Brothers Band guitarist Dan Toler; headlining free MacFest on May 14"

UPDATED 4/29: Southern rock showdown coming to Bradenton

UPDATED 4/29:

Here's the website for the Mac Fest/link to festival's Facebook page.

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Stay tuned for more details — and more artists — being added to this killer downtown Bradenton event.

Bradenton Beach-resident Damon Fowler on national release 'Devil Got His Way'

DAMON FOWLER by TIFFANY TOMPKINS-CONDIE/ttompkins@bradenton.com

Here's my interview with Bradenton Beach-resident Damon Fowler, who just released "Devil Got His Way" on Blind Pig Records.

Fowler returns from the Bahamas just in time for a WMNF (88.5)-sponsored CD release party Saturday at Skipper’s Smokehouse in Tampa. “Devil Got His Way,” his second album for the prestigious Blind Pig Records, came out Jan. 18. It has already received glowing reviews from top Americana publication No Depression and daily newspapers such as the Pittsburgh Post Gazette and Philadelphia Daily News. Many of the songs on “Devil Got His Way” were written in Bradenton Beach.

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Damon Fowler Group with Mike Kach (keyboards) performing "Devil Got His Way" track 

"You Go Your Way" at Daytona Blues Festival Oct. 2010