Ese, The Heroine, Chris Gates & Gatesville, Federation of Horsepower
Fri., Dec. 28, 10pm
Red Eyed Fly, 715 Red River, 512/474-1084
The spirit of Danny Joe Brown remains alive and well in Kansas City. So sayeth Federation of Horsepower, whose amped-up Seventies Southern rock debauchery is both hot and nasty. Co-headlining locals Chris Gates & Gatesville proved equally versed in blues-driven coliseum rock and lump-throated Americana pathos on 2010’s Welcome to Gatesville. The group’s namesake and Big Boys/Poison 13/Junkyard vet’s guitar duels with Tony Redman and hard-earned rasp reek of insurrection. Screeching San Antonio quintet the Heroine and Houston’s Ese open. – Greg Beets