Results tagged “The Lonesome Coyotes” from Live Like This

Hector Qirko is one of the best guitarists--and one of the best guys--who's ever been part of Knoxville's music community. He's got chops (his main projects during the 30 or so years he's been here have been the near-legendary post-punk band Balboa with Terry Hill, the revved-up honky tonk group the Lonesome Coyotes, the long-running blues-and-more quartet the Hector Qirko band, and a spot backing R.B. Morris) and taste (particularly evident in the Latin rhythms that have crept into the HQ Band's Chicago-style blues, but also on his recent raga-influenced performance on HQ Band drummer Steve Brown's solo disc).

So his departure later this month for South Carolina is Knoxville's loss. You've got one more chance to see him when he gets a showcase in the Old City Courtyard behind Southbound Bar & Grill on Jackson Avenue. The Lonesome Coyotes are headlining, and Hector and R.B. are kicking things off with their familiar two-guitar duo set-up. Tickets are just $5, music starts at 7:30 p.m.

Here's Mike Gibson's 2005 cover story on HQ, and there's also a tribute thread at Knox Blab.

After a few scheduling bumps--their Jan. 29 gig was canceled because of snow, a later rescheduled show was canceled because of illness--the Lonesome Coyotes have finally nailed down their traditional early-in-the-year concert as part of the Knoxville Museum of Art's Alive After Five series. They'll play at KMA on Friday, March 12, at 6 p.m. Admission is $10; $6 for KMA members, free for those 17 and under.

The local Western swing/honky-tonk group, featuring Maggie Longmire, Steve Horton, Hector Qirko, Brock Henderson, Doug Klein, and Stan Turner, have played a January show at KMA since 2003, and have since become the series' most popular performers. They'd reformed in 2002 after a run in the late 1970s and early '80s that included a stint as the house band for the 1982 World's Fair.