WTIM; Music around town and all around

What’s going on musically in the Berks-Mont Newspapers coverage area? A lot, and we want to help keep everyone in the know.

Local Bands and Venues
25 Jan. – Jim Meck at The Speckled Hen (Judy’s on Cherry), Reading (7:00 start)

25 Jan. – The Big Jangle at Chaplins the Music Café, Spring City (8:00 start)

25 Jan. – Fred Meyers and the Redneck Majority at Sunnybrook Ballroom, Pottstown (8:00 start)

25 Jan. – Usual Suspect at Blind Hartmans Tavern, Temple

25 Jan. – Yonders at The State Theater, Boyertown (7:00 start)

25 Jan. – Magoo at The Sandtrap, Limerick (8:00 start)

26 Jan. – Jim Meck at The Bridge Inn, Pleasentville (7:30 start)

26 Jan. – Rust, The Matt Lyons Band at Chaplins the Music Café, Spring City (8:00 start)

26 Jan. – Captive Heart at Blind Hartmans Tavern, Temple (9:30 start)

26 Jan. – Flux Capacitor, Fikus at Reverb, Reading (8:00 start)

26 Jan. – Four Faces West at The Sandtrap, Limerick (8:00 start)

1 Feb. – Uptown Band at The State Theater, Boyertown (7:00 start)

1 Feb. – Chestnut Grove at Chaplins the Music Café, Spring City (8:00 start)

1 Feb. – Go Commando at The Sandtrap, Limerick (9:00 start)

2 Feb. – Jiggly Jones, Doug Alan Wilcox at Chaplins the Music Café, Spring City (8:00 start)

2 Feb. – Blackhorse at The Sandtrap, Limerick (9:00 start)

2 Feb. – Dave Mell Duo at The Bridge Inn, Pleasentville (7:30 start)

Forget snow, has anyone out there been caught in the recent fog storms? We drove home from Doylestown the other night in it, I would have much preferred snow…

Well, we have the first 2013 entrant in our favorite band name category, Go Commando will be playing the Sandtrap. There is, however, no word on their wardrobe choices.

Local venues continue to provide quality entertainment. All one has to do is get out and enjoy. Big stages are a little slow this week, unless you are the one person that waits all year for Rick Springfield to come to town, THEN you’re in luck. I like The Machine at the Scottish Rite this week. I caught them last year and they are a good show. Locally, a nice night out at The Bridge Inn with the piano man Jim Meck seems to be a great choice. Jim always puts on a good show and The Bridge Inn is just a great venue.

For those of you who are fans of local rocker Ritchie Kotzen, there is a very good article you need to check out at MNTv (Music News TV, Spain). Google “in Kotzen we trust” and read what the International music scene has to say about Ritchie. Be warned this article was composed in Spanish and some of the translation is a little bizarre, but if you think about it you can figure out what they mean. Thanks to Donald from Boyertown for the heads up on this! We hope to see Ritchie in the area soon!

Do you want to see your band or venue listed here at WTIM? Send an email to tdietterick@journalregister.com with the particulars (at least two weeks in advance) and we’ll get it out there.

Concerts of Note
23 Jan. – Creedence Clearwater Revisited at The Sands Bethlehem

25 Jan. – Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley, Thomas Rhett at The Sovereign Center

25 Jan. – Rick Springfield at the Hershey Theater

26 Jan. – The Rat Pack Show at The Sands Bethlehem

29 Jan. – Alfie Boe at Allentown Symphony Hall

1 Feb. – Alfie Boe at The Keswick Theater

2 Feb. – The Machine at The Scottish Rite Auditorium

Tim Dietterick is Circulation Manager for Berks-Mont Newspapers