Check out Local Spins photo galleries featuring Fred Armisen’s Grand Rapids tour stop, plus weekend shows in Kalamazoo starring Headband Henny and Horseshoes & Hand Grenades.
Musical Yuks: Fred Armisen on stage at The Pyramid Scheme on Sunday. (Photo/Chelsea Whitaker)
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West Michigan’s music weekend closed with some chuckles.
Comedian and musician Fred Armisen for the first time brought his “Comedy for Musicians But Everyone is Welcome” tour to a sold-out Pyramid Scheme in Grand Rapids on Sunday.
The actor who co-created the sketch comedy series “Portlandia,” served as a cast member on “Saturday Night Live” and earned a Grammy Award nomination for his comedy album, “Standup for Drummers,” pulled lots of musical rabbits out of his hat during the show.
Headband Henny (Photo/Derek Ketchum)
Telling jokes that “only musicians will understand,” Armisen not only regaled fans with amusing quips about guitar chords and such, but also led sing-alongs from impromptu songs he created by “looking at T-shirts figuring out what the lyrics should be.”
Armisen, by the way, plays Ann Arbor’s The Blind Pig tonight (Oct. 9).
In Kalamazoo, meanwhile, up-and-coming alternative R&B/hip hop/pop act Headband Henny hosted a weekend album-release show at Green Door Distilling Co., the same night that Wisconsin acoustic roots/bluegrass band Horsehoes & Hand Grenades revved things up at Bell’s Brewery Eccentric Cafe.
Browse the photo galleries from all three shows below. And view more Local Spins show recaps and photos from West Michigan concerts featuring Violent Femmes with Grand Rapids Symphony, Grace Potter and Vended.
PHOTO GALLERY: Fred Armisen at The Pyramid Scheme
Photos by Chelsea Whitaker
PHOTO GALLERY: Headband Henny at Green Door Distilling
Photos by Derek Ketchum
PHOTO GALLERY: Horseshoes & Hand Grenades at Bell’s
Photos by Derek Ketchum
