Concert review: The Big Cats, Ashtray Babyhead, Kevin Kerby + Battery

December 31, 2008


Ashtray Babyhead

Originally uploaded by atbartlett

Okay – so I occasionally visit gigs here in Little Rock (when I’m not on conference calls) and sometimes I try and take some pictures. So in order, I’m going to comment on the bands:

Kevin Kerby + Battery – Kevin’s a good guy, always wearing a cool hat. Mulehead (his old band) put out an album I should have bought when they had it for sale at the Tech bookstore back in 2002. This was pretty good stuff.

Ashtray Babyhead – I’ll admit I never heard these guys before, and most of the crowd was there for these folks (The Big Cats even commented on that). They rocked pretty hard, enough so that I came home and ordered an album and used a picture from their set for this blog post.

The Big Cats – Always a treat: when you’re Little Rock’s most (as individuals) accomplished band, and called the ‘Local Supergroup’, you should know you’re in for a treat. As always, these guys delivered: new songs, old songs, mixups (from not playing together much), and strong tributes to a former band-mate who passed too young.