Country singer Ryan Hurd, jam band Dogs in a Pile, Here Come the Mummies & more filled a weekend of live music that also included the second annual GIG conference in Jackson. Browse the photo galleries.
Ryan Hurd: Bringing his country music and “Midwest Rock & Roll” to Elevation. (Photo/Eric Stoike)
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It was more than just a “Samba for Sam” when Dogs in a Pile brought its psychedelic jams to Elevation inside Grand Rapids’ Intersection on Friday. The New Jersey band also uncorked favorites such as “Bent Strange” amid its 11-song set.
The same night, Wisconsin’s funky bluegrass outfit, Armchair Boogie, followed West Michigan’s own Sweet Dee & The Wild Honeys on stage at Tip Top Deluxe Bar & Grill in Grand Rapids for different sort of jamming.
Funk from the Crypt: Here Come the Mummies (Photo/Eric Stoike)
And in Kalamazoo, the Charlie Hunter Trio unfurled its guitar-fueled jazz at Bell’s Brewery Back Room, the day before playing two shows at The Alluvion in Traverse City.
On Saturday, country singer Ryan Hurd brought “Midwest Rock & Roll” (the title of his new album) to Elevation for enthused fans, with funk’s always-entertaining and well-wrapped Here Come the Mummies upstairs in the main showroom — the same day that the second annual GIG: The Art of Michigan Music conference set up shop in Jackson with exhibits, workshops and performances.
PHOTO GALLERY: Dogs in a Pile at Elevation
Photos by Eric Stoike
Photos by Anna Sink
Photos by Derek Ketchum
