Live Country Folk Music with Ryan Curtis and Jeremy James Meyer

Saturday March 18th 21+ only Please join us for a night of live music with two amazing country-folk singers, Ryan Curtis and JeremyJames Meyer. Sliding scale at door: $5-10 8pm The Labor Temple Bar is located in the back of a historic diner inside the oldest Union Hall in the Pacific Northwest. Full Bar. Limited bar food/ late night eats. *** Ryan Curtis: Over the last decade, Ryan Curtis has made a name for himself as a songwriter not easily packaged into any specific genre. He’s bounced almost seamlessly from folk and bluegrass to rockabilly, blues, and vintage rock n’ roll. Never to be pinned down, his latest release and solo debut, Rust Belt Broken Heart is steeped in the kind of vintage twang more common in a 1960s honky tonk, than a modern club or venue. Ryan’s songs are usually about life’s harder learned lessons, featuring picaresque heroes whom he gives a very personal feel. His new record dives deep into the different styles of country and western while telling tales from his youth in the Midwest from Michigan to Illinois. The gravelly voice of the Michigan born, Boise-based singer has been praised on KEXP and earned acclaim from the likes No Depression and Saving Country Music. He co-fronted Curtis/Sutton & The Scavengers, whose 2017 album Whiskey Rain put them on the playlist of keen americana and roots music listeners. Ryan also fronts The Weary Times, whose gritty soul sound has made them a constant fixture at venues and festivals across the Northwest. Rust Belt Broken Heart is out now, on American Standard Time Records. You can catch Ryan and his band out on the road week in and week out supporting the album and bringing their unique brand of high desert twang and Idaho honky tonk to the dives and haunts of the great American West and beyond. https://youtu.be/cDEjMJi5rP8 Jeremy James Meyers: A songwriter’s songwriter. He crafts redemptive songs full of woody rock 'n' roll tones. His deep, penetrating voice has a wide range, and is especially captivating in his droning, lower register. He spent the last decade drifting around, a tool belt troubadour, working carpentry by day, bringing folk music to the people at night. As with most well traveled songwriters it’s hard to tell where the road ends and Jeremy James Meyer begins. His songs seamlessly blend plain-language and poetic lyricism. They wander from personal truth to outlaw legends. He’s capable of cathartic protest songs, cosmic country canticles, and dive bar sing-a-longs. Whenever, and however your path crosses with Jeremy James Meyer’s (and it will) prepare for an enchanting, psychedelic trip through cosmic American music. - Sean Jewell American Standard Time “Alive and OK by Jeremy James Meyer is a lesson in what country music can be. This is not the pop country of Nashville. This is real country music with stories and melodies that keep the listener engaged. Whether it’s a foot stomper or a song made for slow dancing, Meyer delivers songs that will get you moving.” -Americana Highways https://youtu.be/JKDuLFRwvHM