POSTPONED: Original Cowards and Storm the Ohio on the Hess Performance Stage

*POSTPONED DUE TO HIGH HEAT: This concert will be rescheduled to a date in September. Please keep an eye on our event calendar for the new date.*

Join us for a concert by Original Cowards, with opener Storm The Ohio. Bring a picnic blanket or lawn chair to enjoy this performance on our outdoor stage.

About the bands:

Original Cowards are a four piece band from Western Massachusetts composed of Leo Hwang on bass, Riley Godleski on Drums, harmony vocals, and keys, John Crand on guitar and vocals, and Andy Goulet on pedal steel. Their most recent album, Country Club Creeps, features guest spots from area heavy hitters Phillip Price (The Winterpills and Look Park), Adam Bosse (Fred Cracklin and 23 Ensemble), and Patrick Garland (BenBen Trio, Oakland Stroke). The album draws on influences such as Neil Young, The Band, Dinosaur Jr., Guided By Voices, The Beatles, and Wilco.

Combining elements that recall Neil Young, the Rolling Stones, Dinosaur Jr, Wilco and other rootsy bands, Original Cowards offers a healthy dose of indie-rock sturm und drang, with guitar-heavy tunes that mine the zeitgeist of our alienated age and probe the vagaries of love.” - Steve Pfarrer, Daily Hampshire Gazette

“The core trio plays with relentless energy on the title track, while guest Andy Bosse sprays fiery lead guitar lines over everything to make it all burn hotter. The musicians lock into the groove here so tightly that they somehow manage to extend the song to nearly 6 1/2 minutes, but it never feels labored or overlong — it actually goes by in a flash, before fading out and combusting back into 20 seconds or so of crackling noise.” - Eric Danton, Freak Scene

Formed in 2006, Storm The Ohio is the voice and vision of singer/songwriter Jerry Brookman.