Shows to Watch for May 11, 2012

The Shows to Watch calendar is a listing of events taking place in Baton Rouge and surrounding areas from May 11-May 17, 2012. It covers rock, reggae, jazz, country and everything in between.

ROCK

MAY 11

--WAR JACKET/FORT ATLANTIC/LUKE ASH: 1284 Artspace Perkins (7 p.m.)

--FLASHBACK: Cadillac Café

--HEARTLESS BASTARDS: Spanish Moon

--KRISTIN DIABLE: Chelsea's Café

--MERIWETHER/THE AMERICAN TRAGEDY: Varsity Theatre

--FIASCO: Side Porch (Addis)

--RED MOPED: Roux House

MAY 12

--JOHN WAITE: Roux House (8 p.m.)

--TRUE SPIN: Cadillac Café

--LOCAL MUSIC SHOWCASE: Spanish Moon

--BILLY IUSO AND RESTLESS NATIVES: Chelsea's Café

--ALLISON COLLINS BAND: The Station Bar

MAY 13

--484 SOUTH: North Boulevard Town Square (noon)

MAY 15

--THEORY OF A DEAD MAN/POP EVIL: Texas Club

--BLAKE HARLOW: Happy's (Third Street)

MAY 16

--GRIFFIN HOUSE: Chelsea's Café

--CAM PYLE: Uncle Earl's

MAY 17

--COHEED AND CAMBRIA/MOUNTAINS/PIANOS BECOME THE TEETH: Varsity Theatre

--FIASCO: Cadillac Café

--ASK THE THOMAS BROTHERS BAND: Roux House

RAP/HIP-HOP

MAY 12

--JUVENILE/MYSTIKAL: Varsity Theatre (9 p.m.)

--BLUES/RHYTHM AND BLUES

MAY 11

--OSCAR "HARPO" DAVIS: Teddy's Juke Joint (Zachary)

MAY 12

--J.J. JOHNSON: Teddy's Juke Joint (Zachary)

MAY 13

--LIL' RAY NEAL BLUES BAND: Teddy's Juke Joint (Zachary, 5 p.m.)

MAY 14

--CLARENCE "PIE MAN" WILLIAMS AND THE ROUGE BAND JAM: Club 8150 (8150 Plank Road)

VARIETY

MAY 11

--PRESS 1 FOR ENGLISH: Live After Five (Galvez Plaza)

--THE RHYTHM REVUE: Elizabethan Gallery (6 p.m.)

--ALLISON COLLINS: Park Place (Gonzales)

--KENNY FIFE: Rick-n-Robin's

--EDDIE SMITH BAND: Glen's Bar

--LA. 1: VFW Hall (South Choctaw Drive, 7 p.m.)

--MIKE MILLER: Heads and Tails

--RACOON: Pete's NASCAR Lounge

--FANTASY: Jones Boys Hall of Fame

MAY 12

--AM/FM: Park Place (Gonzales)

--UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Rick-n-Robin's

--THE LONG NECK SOCIETY: Sullivan's Ringside

--JOHNNY ROCKERS: Chuck's Lounge (Addis)

--LIL HUB AND THE WHEELS: Glen's Bar

--LA. 1: Laguna Beach Daiquiris (Denham Springs)

--MIKE MILLER: Southpaws Daiquiris (Prairieville)

--RUN JANE RUN: George's (George O'Neal Road, 7:30 p.m.)

MAY 13

--OPEN MIC: Brew HaHa (6 p.m.)

MAY 15

--EDDIE SMITH BAND: On the Half Shell (6:30 p.m.)

--PAT-E AND RYAN: Cadillac Café

MAY 16

--DEBBIE LANDRY/EDDIE SMITH BAND: Glen's Bar

MAY 17

--DEE BREW: Park Place (Gonzales)

--BIG DADDY T: Glen's Bar

--MIKE MILLER: Tommy's Fish House (Prairieville)

COUNTRY

MAY 11

--RANDY HOUSER: Texas Club

MAY 12

--GUY CLARK/HERBERT AND STEVE JUDICE: Red Dragon Listening Room

--THE JONES BOYS, MARK GILLESPIE AND TOMMIE FRENCH: Jones Boys' Hall of Fame

MAY 13

--GUY CLARK/MARTIN FLANAGAN: Red Dragon Listening Room

MAY 15

--MICKEY, JACK AND MARK: Jones Boys' Hall of Fame (7:30 p.m.)

--ACOUSTIC

MAY 11

--SMITHFIELD FAIR: Caffery Gallery (7 p.m.)

--GARRETT MCCUTCHAN: Circa 1857 (11 a.m.)

--KIRK HOLDER: Monjunis (6 p.m.)

--BUBBA PLAUCHE: On the Half Shell (6:30 p.m.)

MAY 12

--GARRETT MCCUTCHAN: Circa 1857 (11 a.m.)

--KIRK HOLDER: On the Half Shell (6:30 p.m.)

MAY 13

--KIRK HOLDER: Beausoleil Restaurant (noon)

--RHETT GUILLOT: Spanky's Daiquiris (Prairieville)

MAY 14

--GARRETT MCCUTCHAN: Circa 1857 (11 a.m.)

--DEBBIE LANDRY: On the Half Shell (Prairieville, 6:30 p.m.)

--JODI JAMES, JASON MARTIN AND DEBBIE LANDRY: French Quarter Daiquiris (Essen Lane)

MAY 15

--GARRETT MCCUTCHAN: Circa 1857 (11 a.m.)

MAY 16

--GARRETT MCCUTCHAN: Circa 1857 (11 a.m.)

--DIXIE ROSE ACOUSTIC CIRCLE: Teddy's Juke Joint (Zachary, 7 p.m.)

--DEBBIE LANDRY: Glen's Bar (7:30 p.m.)

--KEVIN AND DENNIS: On the Half Shell (6:30 p.m.)

--OPEN MIC: Jones Boys' Hall of Fame (8 p.m.)

MAY 17

--GARRETT MCCUTCHAN: Circa 1857 (11 a.m.)

--DEBBIE LANDRY AND JODI JAMES: Onezia Upscale Lounge (Gonzales)

--KIRK HOLDER: Southpaws Daiquiris (La. 73, 8 p.m.)

--JOSH GARRETT: On the Half Shell (6:30 p.m.)

--TWO IF BY LAND: Spanky's Daiquiris (Prairieville)

CAJUN/ZYDECO

MAY 11

--COOBIE JOE CAJUN BAND: UCT Hall (11175 Florida Blvd., 8 p.m., dance lesson 7 p.m.)

REGGAE

MAY 11

--THE ELEMENTS: Phil Brady's

JAZZ

MAY 17

--PATTI AUSTIN: Manship Theatre (7 p.m. and 9 p.m.)

DANCE

MAY 11

--DJ MARKY G: Onezia Upscale Lounge (Gonzales)

MAY 13

--DJ RUFF: PARK Place (Gonzales)

MAY 14

--TEDDY'S OLD TIME RECORD SPIN: Teddy's Juke Joint (Zachary, 8 p.m.)

MAY 15

--TEDDY'S OLD TIME RECORD SPIN: Teddy's Juke Joint (Zachary, 8 p.m.)

MAY 16

--JITTERBUG LESSONS: Onezia Upscale Lounge (Gonzales)

MAY 17

--'80S NIGHT: Spanish Moon

--TEDDY'S OLD TIME RECORD SPIN: Teddy's Juke Joint (Zachary, 8 p.m.)

--WEST COAST SWING LESSONS: Rick-n-Robin's

KARAOKE

MAY 11

--KARAOKE: Thai Kitchen

--KARAOKE: Fred's on the River (Port Vincent)

MAY 14

--KARAOKE: Park Place (Gonzales)

MAY 15

--KARAOKE: Park Place (Gonzales)

MAY 16

--KARAOKE: Park Place (Gonzales)

--KARAOKE: Cadillac Café

--KARAOKE: Red Star

MAY 17

--KARAOKE: Park Place (Gonzales)

--KARAOKE: Rick-n-Robin's

--KARAOKE: Chuck's Lounge (Addis)

--KARAOKE: Jones Boys' Hall of Fame (8 p.m.)

COMEDY

MAY 12

--MATTIE C AND FRIENDS: Onezia Upscale Lounge

OUTLYING

MAY 11

--L&N BLUEGRASS/COOKSEY FAMILY/HIGH LONESOME/THE WILSONS/DRISKILL MOUNTAIN BOYS/SALT GRASS: Pecan Ridge Bluegrass Festival (4225 La. 952, Jackson, 1 p.m.)

--SILVERHOOK: Somewhere Else (Hammond)

MAY 12

--THE O'JAYS: Paragon Casino (Marksville)

--ROY RYLAND/TERRY BANKSTON/RICK LEDBETTER AND GET BACK TRIO/OLD GUYS: Reimers Auditorium (Hammond, 6:30 p.m.)

--RACOON: Mule's Hitch (Ponchatoula)

LAFAYETTE AREA

MAY 11

--12 STONES: Station Bar and Grill (Broussard)

--COREY LEDET ZYDECO BAND: Whiskey River (1365 Henderson Road)

--RICHARD LEIGH/GUY CLARK WITH VERLON THOMPSON: Acadiana Center for the Arts (8 p.m.)

--HORACE TRAHAN: Blue Moon Saloon

MAY 12

--GARY GRANGER PROJECT: Cite Des Arts (7 p.m.)

--COREY LEDET ZYDECO BAND/PAUL DAIGLE AND CAJUN GOLD: Liberty Theater (Eunice, 6 p.m.)

--SONS OF VOODOO/DREW LANDRY: Blue Moon Saloon (8 p.m.)

MAY 13

--JAMIE BERGERON AND THE KICKIN' CAJUNS: Whiskey River (1365 Henderson Road, 4 p.m.)

MAY 17

--THE MEMPHIS STRANGE: Blue Moon Saloon

NEW ORLEANS

MAY 11

--JOE KROWN (5 p.m.)/LEON "KID CHOCOLATE" BROWN (8 p.m.)/BURLESQUE BALLROOM (Midnight): Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse (Royal Sonesta Hotel)

--PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ MASTERS WITH LEROY JONES: Preservation Hall (8 p.m.)

--AMERICANA AND BLUEGRASS NIGHT: Banks Street Bar and Grill

--YA DONNA WEST DUO (5 p.m.)/LENA PRIMA (9 p.m.): Hotel Monteleone Carousel Bar

--KHRIS ROYAL AND DARK MATTER: Maple Leaf Bar

--TREME VS. THE WIRE BATTLE OF THE BANDS WITH WENDELL PIERCE: Tipitina's

--JOHNNY SANSONE: Antoine's Hermes Bar

--FLOW TRIBE: Blue Nile

--EYEHATEGOD/FAT STUPID UGLY PEOPLE: One Eyed Jacks

MAY 12

--HEARTLESS BASTARDS/THESE UNITED STATES: One Eyed Jacks

--GLEN DAVID ANDREWS (8 p.m.)/DEJA VU BRASS BAND (Midnight): Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse (Royal Sonesta Hotel)

--PRESERVATION HALL SWING KINGS: Preservation Hall (8 p.m.)

--AUTOTOMII/SOMETHING BURNING: Banks Street Bar and Grill

--LENA PRIMA BAND: Hotel Monteleone Carousel Bar

--MIA BORDERS: Maple Leaf Bar

--INGRID LUCIA: Antoine's Hermes Bar

--BRASS-A-HOLICS: Blue Nile

MAY 13

--FLEUR DE TEASE: One Eyed Jacks

--GERMAIN BAZZLE AND PAUL LONGSTRETH: Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse (Royal Sonesta Hotel, 8 p.m.)

--ST. PETER STREET ALL-STARS: Preservation Hall (8 p.m.)

--THE MID-CITY PICKERS (5 p.m.)/RON HOTSTREAM (9 p.m.): Banks Street Bar and Grill

MAY 14

--CHARLENE KAYE: House of Blues

--BLACK BANANAS/MAGIK MARKERS/DWARR: Siberia

--GERALD FRENCH AND THE ORIGINAL TUXEDO JAZZ BAND: Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse (Royal Sonesta Hotel, 8 p.m.)

--PRESERVATION PLAYERS: Preservation Hall Band (8 p.m.)

--THE LOLLIES/CONTROLER/MATT WIXSON AND HIS FLYING CIRCUS: Banks Street Bar and Grill

MAY 15

--JASON MARSALIS: Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse (Royal Sonesta Hotel, 8 p.m.)

--PRESERVATION HALL-STARS: Preservation Hall (8 p.m.)

--IRENE TORRESS AND THE SUGARDEVILS: Banks Street Bar and Grill

MAY 16

--LOTUS PLAZA/MIRROR MAODE/FRANKIE BROYLES: One Eyed Jacks

--KIPORI WOODS (5 p.m.)/NOJO JAM (8 p.m.): Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse (Royal Sonesta Hotel)

--PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND: Preservation Hall Band (8 p.m.)

--MAJOR BACON: Banks Street Bar and Grill

--ROBIN BARNES: Hotel Monteleone Carousel Bar (8 p.m.)

MAY 17

--ROMAN SKAKUN (5 p.m.)/JAMES RIVERS (8 p.m.): Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse (Royal Sonesta Hotel)

--TORNADO BRASS BAND: Preservation Hall Band (8 p.m.)

--JONATHON LONG: Banks Street Bar and Grill

--ANAIS ST. JOHN TRIO: Hotel Monteleone Carousel Bar (8 p.m.)

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