Cowtown Ballroom…Sweet Jesus will be screening September 10 and 11 at the beautiful Gillioz Theater. The Ozark Mountain Daredevils (yea, THOSE GUYS!!!!) play at 8:15 pm each night with the film beginning at 6:15. Tickets available at http://gillioz.ticketforce.com/.
Buy your tickets now. This event is sure to sell out. Anyone who saw the show in June at Knuckleheads will want to go.
For all of you Daredevil fans (and who isn’t?), check out this fun interview from KSPR. Joe Daues talking with John Dillon and Steve Cash.
Cowtown Ballroom: Sweet Jesus is a documentary film about Cowtown Ballroom, a legendary concert venue in Kansas City, Missouri. It was only open for 38 months, but in its short life span established an incredible musical heritage. The film was directed by Joe Heyen, a KC-based filmmaker who recently spoke on Indie Film distribution to the MFAS membership.
The hall itself was a former jazz club named El Torreon Ballroom which opened in 1927. It was a home to the likes of Cab Calloway, Count Basie and even Red Skelton. Its next reincarnation was as a roller skating rink, which lasted for many years. In the summer of 1971 Cowtown Ballroom opened with a concert by The Flying Burrito Brothers. During the next three years it featured an eclectic mix of musicians including Frank Zappa, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Van Morrison, B. B. King and Linda Ronstadt.
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