Kevin Meisel and the Ragged Glories

Don't miss this rare full band performance of Kevin Meisel and the Ragged Glories.  This very well may be their only 2010 U.S. performance. The band will feature Kevin along with Keith Meisel on bass, Jim Latini on drums and Sam Vail and Alex Anest on guitar.  The band plans to open the set with the complete "Rock'n'Roll Animal" version of Lou Reed's classic, "Sweet Jane."

Born the son of a big band musician, Kevin Meisel grew up with the sound and spirit of music around him. Raised in Detroit, and traveling around the states, he listened to the streets, hearing the stories of those around him with an ear for empathy, translation and narrative.

His first artistic love was painting, which took him to live in New York City where in the dank summer and autumn nights he would slip into the subways to play his guitar and sing to the commuters. His first gigs were there, underground. Eventually, painting was replaced with songwriting, and moving back to Michigan, Kevin gravitated to the thriving music scene in Ann Arbor, forming acoustic and electric bands with his brother Keith.

His first recordings, bare and acoustic, received airplay and earned him the encouragement needed to embark on his first full length album, Coal and Diamonds, a record rich and developed in the narrative folk tradition. He signed with the Swiss label Brambus Records and recorded the compelling Country Lines, a valentine to America and its conflictual history. In 2007, Meisel released his third album, Cruising For Paradise. Produced by his longtime guitarist, Alex Anest, the record is lively and upbeat, featuring some of the most accessible and melodic music in his catalog. With three successful tours of Switzerland, Germany and Austria, Meisel has earned a loyal following in Europe. Currently, Meisel is preparing material for what will become his fourth recording, tentatively titled Temporary Skin.