{"id":368,"date":"2001-09-13T19:20:00","date_gmt":"2001-09-13T19:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=368"},"modified":"2024-03-24T19:21:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T19:21:23","slug":"a-little-brouhaha-at-the-capitol-garage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=368","title":{"rendered":"A little brouhaha at the Capitol Garage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An unlikely pairing of&nbsp;<strong>Snubnose<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Split Lip Rayfield<\/strong>&nbsp;at a recent Monday Capitol Garage show made me wonder if the two crowds each attracted would get along. After all, I\u2019ve never seen kitschy bluegrass attempted alongside angst-ridden punk rock. Sacramento\u2019s bluegrass scene, limited to a handful of acts\u2014<strong>FTRA<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Scott Joss<\/strong>\u2014should\u2019ve been proud to knock down doors to play on such a bill. How did a power punk-rock trio land this one? On this night, however, \u2019twas history in the making; both acts, coupled together, made for a rockin\u2019 good time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Snubnose, the night\u2019s openers, dazzled and delighted the 25-plus early attendees with their tales of drinking, money (or lack thereof) and debauchery. Led by the talents of lead vocalist\/bassist&nbsp;<strong>L. Ron Drunkard<\/strong>, the Sacramento trio rifled through a set of three-chord standards and blues-soaked numbers. New guitarist\/vocalist&nbsp;<strong>Jordan Peterson<\/strong>, who\u2019d only played a handful of shows previously, seemed right at home on the Capitol Garage stage. The antics of drummer&nbsp;<strong>Magnificent El Cajon<\/strong>\u2014wearing cowboy hat and swilling beer throughout the set\u2014were thoroughly contagious. He seemed to enjoy himself so much I couldn\u2019t help but crack a smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a short break, it was time for the night\u2019s main attaction, Bloodshot recording act Split Lip Rayfield from Wichita, Kansas. I\u2019d seen the band at SXSW, the yearly industry schmoozefest in Austin, during a Bloodshot showcase. The band, then a three-piece, was&nbsp;<strong>Eric Mardis<\/strong>&nbsp;on banjo,&nbsp;<strong>Kirk Rundstrom<\/strong>&nbsp;on guitar and&nbsp;<strong>Jeff Eaton<\/strong>&nbsp;on bass, and was, arguably, the best act on the bill. The free beer and hot dogs didn\u2019t hurt either. And with the addition of&nbsp;<strong>Wayne Gottstein<\/strong>&nbsp;on mandolin, Split Lip Rayfield was unstoppable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Split Lip Rayfield played its tongue-in-cheek ditties and porch standards at breakneck speed. By first song\u2019s end, the Garage was filled with 20- and 30-somethings and the smell of Budweiser. Eaton\u2019s bass, fabricated from a gas tank with a single weed-whacker string, created a nice foundation for the juxtaposing rhythms of Mardis\u2019 and Gottstein\u2019s fretwork\u2014imagine Ricky Skaggs on crank. The pseudo-white-trash quartet was right at home in Sacramento, and played new material supporting its recent album,&nbsp;<em>Never Make It Home<\/em>, whose songs formed the bulk of the set list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To match the vibe, Split Lip sold bargain thrift-store T-shirts for $5 alongside its pricier shirts at $15. The shirts, which came from various places of origin\u2014flea markets, dumpster diving\u2014were about as ugly as they were hilarious. Heaped in piles on their merchandise table with virtually no attempt at an orderly presentation, the shirts resembled dirty laundry more than saleable product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The combination of Snubnose\u2019s most rocking moments\u2014the\u00a0<strong>Cramps<\/strong>\u00a0meet\u00a0<strong>Reverend Horton Heat<\/strong>\u2014with Split Lip Rayfield\u2019s unbelievably skilled players made for one rollicking good time in old Sacto. For a measly $7 cover, you couldn\u2019t beat it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(SN&amp;R)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unlikely pairing of&nbsp;Snubnose&nbsp;and&nbsp;Split Lip Rayfield&nbsp;at a recent Monday Capitol Garage show made me wonder if the two crowds each attracted would get along. After all, I\u2019ve never seen kitschy bluegrass attempted alongside angst-ridden punk rock. Sacramento\u2019s bluegrass scene, limited to a handful of acts\u2014FTRA,&nbsp;Scott Joss\u2014should\u2019ve been proud to knock down doors to play on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions\/370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}