Brownbird Rudy Relic/Forgotten Souls of Aniquity/Blackgrass Baptism

8.18 Brownbird Rudy Relic “This is for the homies that been down since day one,” Brownbird Rudy Relic explains, opening his latest album, Chicano Dynamite. An earlier album, Anti-Stereo Acoustic Holler Blues, might be a better descriptor for the type of jump-up-and-dance music Relic is throwing down. Throughout his tenure, he’s offered the world of blues a testament to its own power. "I think of one person before getting on stage: Charley Patton,” he says. “If I had a blues spirit animal, it would be him. I don't feel so much as he's watching me as I am watching him.” The music has always been a conduit to the greater force of history and culture. His latest album, apart from being just a terrific collection of music, embodies that demand. Forgotten Souls of Antiquity and Blackgrass Baptism open the gig. (Sandy)