Filthy Still Filthy Still brings their folk-punk-bluegrass to Bend for a sweat-inducing evening of head banging, jig dancing, and hard rocking. For fans of Hank 3, Larry and His Flask, and the always attractive stand up bass, Filthy Still has a sound that inspires good-spirited whiskey drinking and sweaty bouncing. Prepare for a good night […]
Possessed by Paul James
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Soulful Not Solitary
Possessed by Paul James, one man with meaning
Switching effortlessly between guitar, fiddle and banjo, one-man-band Possessed by Paul James is as raw as they come. Named for a combination of his grandfather, Paul Wert and his father, James, his music has an old-timey country vibrato, telling stories about 38-year-old cocktail waitresses, growing old, growing up, perfume letters, loving and losing. All the […]
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TONIGHT! Possessed by Paul James
Ok Bend, I know it’s a Tuesday and that the weather is beautiful outside BUT YOU CANNOT MISS THIS SHOW. Konrad Wert, also known as Possessed by Paul James is a seasoned Austin songwriter, guitarist, banjo and fiddle player, one-man-band and, by day, a schoolteacher. He isn’t resistant to the musical spirit taking him when […]
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The Source Suggests 6/26-7/3
Possessed by Paul James Konrad Wert, a seasoned Austin songwriter, guitarist, banjo and fiddle player and, by day, a schoolteacher, isn’t resistant to the musical spirit taking him when he performs. “Whatever’s gonna come is gonna come,” he told NPR in an interview earlier this year. “For me, that’s the purest pleasure of playing music: […]