By Jim Stanford on November 20, 2009
The Seattle duo's sound hearkens back to '60s folk rock.
She’s the Dutchess, and he’s the Duke.
Their royal hipster highnesses perform tonight at LMC, in case you haven’t yet heard on Jackson Hole Community Radio, where strains of their stripped-down indie rock have been flooding the airwaves. Greg Ashley, the duo’s producer, will play an opening set.
The show is presented by What’s Good Here? Productions, aka Matt Donovan and Neil Albert, the upstart promoters behind last summer’s Bait Shop concert series. Lately, everything good here seems to have been their invention, as the two have filled a void in the local music scene with the Mangy Moose dormant and the plug pulled on 43 North.
The Dutchess and The Duke are Jesse Lortz and Kimberly Morrison, retro rockers from Seattle with a pleasantly raw, sometimes dark sound. Aaron Davis of the Planet has more on the group, including an interview.
Should be another Good time at LMC, unless the crowd in black skinny jeans and ironic T-shirts tramples one another because of the dearth of emergency exits. (The former engine repair shop turned art gallery is teetering on closing because town bureaucrats deem four doors and a retractable garage door-wall insufficient egress. That, and shallow fashionistas don’t buy any art.)
Click here to listen to a few D&D tracks.
uh, oh. just got this message via Facebook:
Greetings live music patrons,
I’m not sure if you got the recent posting about tonight’s event, but we will not be SERVING alcohol of any kind this evening.
Please understand that we are doing all in our power to still be able to bring this event to this community AT ALL. The red tape and limitations must be complied with in order to deliver quality events to you all who we hold in highest regard.
So What’s Good Here? and Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary apologize for the inconvenience and we hope that unfortunate circumstance won’t discourage you from supporting live music and art in Jackson.
The evening will proceed as scheduled.
Please notify anyone you know of planning on coming to the show of the recent development.
See you all there.
Let’s show Jackson What’s Good Here!!
BYOB do not miss this show!