Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights

Wednesday, July 28  • Doors 8pm • Show 9pm • $8 Flat • All Ages • $2 minor surcharge • Buy Tickets

Contrary to doomsayer rumor, rock music doesn’t need saving. But a wake up call is long overdue, and this is it. Actually, not just a wake up call, but a joyous reunion of rock with its oft forgotten prodigal twin, the roll with papa blues and mama soul along for the ride, too. All of which makes Pardon Me the perfect introduction to one of the most electrifying  young bands in America or at least the next best thing to experiencing Jonathan Tyler and the Northern  Lights live. Literally.

The core lineup of lead singer, guitarist Jonathan Tyler, guitarist Brandon Pinckard, drummer Jordan Cain and bassist Nick Jay may have only made its public debut at the dawn of 2007, but the ensuing three years have been a blur of full tilt rock ‘n’ roll showmanship worthy of prime James Brown and the early Rolling Stones or the E Street Band at their hungriest. The inspired addition of singer Mo Brown to the fold early on pushes the sass and swagger needle into the  red, with a supporting cast of horn and organ players on deck when whim or venue calls for even more firepower. But no matter how many people are onstage, the exhilarating energy is the same. And that goes for whether the band’s playing it in front of a few dozen strangers in a bar, a few hundred diehard fans in a packed club or arena crowds in the thousands while opening for heavyweights like AC/DC, Kid Rock, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Deep Purple and even fellow  Dallas maverick Erykah Badu.

“The bottom line is, we love playing music and making music, but we want to have a clear conscience about everything we’re doing,’ insists Tyler. “Music can bring out a lot of your soul, it can bring out deep parts of you, but I can’t write songs or sing songs or do any of it if any part of it feels contrived. I don’t know what’s going to happen next, but we’re happy with what’s happening now, being able to live the way we are. I can only hope our music moves people as  deeply as it moved us in making it.”

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