With the addition of Derek Trucks, Ronnie Earl and zydeco favorite Terrence Simien, the Lowell Summer Music Series is starting to look like a real sizzler. And with the hip hop/reggae feel good sounds of Michael Franti and Spearhead already in the lineup, this could be one summer to remember. Of all the great acts to grace the Boardinghouse stage in the coming months, working class songwriter Jakob Dylan and his band the Wallflowers could very well prove to be the highlight of the "09" season.
After dismal sales of their eponymous debut CD, the Wallflowers were dumped by Virgin. Their follow up, Bringing Down the Horse , brought the band out of obscurity producing two radio hits with One Headlight and the infectious 6th Avenue Heartache. Since then, the Wallflowers have recorded one solid album after the next sounding very comfortable in the company of fellow heartlanders like Springsteen and Petty.
Not to be overlooked is Dylan's 2008 solo release Seeing Things, an intimate and starkly bitttersweet album brimming with personal and politically charged songwriting.
Planning to attend any shows? How does this years lineup compare with past seasons? For a complete schedule visit the Lowell Summer Music Series.
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