jamie mclean band: this time around

the jamie mclean band rolls back into the charleston lowcountry this week to bless us with another helping of their funky, southern-fried rock & roll, and the band's namesake will, no doubt, have some new stories to tell and some new songs to sing. if you've had the good fortune to attend any of their previous charleston performances, you're probably familiar with jamie's blistering original tunes from this time around - his first full length album. however, expect to hear all new material from the group's upcoming, yet-to-be-released sophomore outting when you come out to cumberland's (301 king st.) on wed. july 25. jamie told me that they recently wrapped up recording their latest and greatest which will feature the dirty dozen brass band horn section, north mississippi allstars' ringleader luther dickinson, shannon mcnally, and producer stewart lerman (sophie b. hawkins, loudon wainwright iii). so, bring your boogie shoes wednesday night and expect to get down to one of the best live bands in the country!

mark your calendars

upcoming july dates worthy of penciling into your calendars:

• sam kininger at the pour house on july 17
• spam allstars at the pour house on july 18
• garaj mahal at the pour house on july 20
• jamie mclean at cumberland's on july 25

...all personally and highly recommended!

jamie mclean band: the dirty quartet

most people will know jamie mclean from his stint as the guitar player in the dirty dozen brass band, but jamie's working on changing that reputation. fronting his own band this evening at the windjammer, jamie & co. [derek layes (bass), jon solo (organ, keys) and younger brother carter mclean (drums)] tore through a power-packed set of original material from this time around ("home movies", " innocence lost"), newer originals such as "cherry tree" that will appear on the band's yet-to-be released 2007 sophomore effort, and even a rod stewart cover to boot.

the jamie mclean band will be back tuesday june 20th at the charleston pour house performing an acoustic set as opener for the subdudes. in the meantime, click here to view jamie's cutting session with soulive at the higher ground (allow 90 seconds for quicktime video to load).