Alex Battles and Jack Hardy to Share Jalopy Stage

Alex Battles just sent around an announcement for this year's Johnny Cash Birthday Bash. (I missed last year's show but I put up a rave review of the 2008 edition.) The show sells out every year, and so advanced ticket purchases are recommended.

There in the middle of the e-mail, something else caught my eye -- indeed I was so excited that I thought it was the description of the Cash Bash, only to then have to apologize to Battles for telling him that he had gotten the date wrong in the e-mail --

Thursday, January 28
Jalopy Theater
Alex Battles & The Whisky Rebellion
with Jack Grace Band and Jack Hardy
315 Columbia St., Brooklyn, NY
9pm-mid

You can understand my shock and enthusiasm surely.

Jack Hardy? The Jack Hardy? Our Jack Hardy?

So I went over to Jack's website, and it is indeed true.

Alas, I'll be down in Washington, D.C., for a conference on the 28th. But Jalopy is a terrific venue, and those are three solid acts, so I encourage people to get out there and see the show!