Vulcan AfterTunes Concert Series September 30, 2007

ENJOY COOL TUNES, SWEET VIEWS AND FRESH BREWS SUNDAYS THIS FALL WITH BIRMINGHAM'S HIP IRON MAN, VULCAN.

Birmingham, AL (September 13, 2007) – Birmingham's unique musical event returns to Red Mountain this fall. On Sunday, September 30th, Vulcan Park and Museum will kick off its third year of Vulcan AfterTunes, a concert series featuring local and national singer/songwriter acts featured on Reg's Coffee House, a weekly radio show played on The New 94.5 FM. Kick back, relax and end your weekend with some of the area's best music while enjoying spectacular views of Birmingham's city skyline.

Concerts will take place at 3 p.m. on select Sundays - September 30, October 14, and 28.

Admission is $8 for adults, $4 for children 5 – 12, and free for children 4 and under and Vulcan Park Foundation members. Ticket price includes live music, and admission to Vulcan's Outdoor Observation Balcony and Vulcan Center Museum. Tickets and seating are first-come, first served. Light snacks, beer, wine and soft drinks will be available for purchase. No pets or outside alcohol allowed.

Kicking off Vulcan AfterTunes 2007 on Sunday, September 30th is Bobby Bare Jr. Nominated for a Grammy at age five for doing a duo with his renowned county music dad, Bobby Bare, Jr., also managed to sing on the Ryman Auditorium stage on its closing night. Although his dad is remembered for contemporary country songs like "500 Miles Away from Home" and "Houston," Bare Jr. took off in a different direction, reflected in the name of his CD Young Criminals' Starvation League, released in 2002 by Bloodshot. While the CD picks up the flavor of early-'70s classic country with Nashville soul, it also testifies to an angry and sad type of humor. An oddball combination of post-punk and psychedelic melancholy, the CD reflects Bare Jr.'s skill and depth as a musical artist who doesn't have to slouch in his father's shadow. During the late '90s Bare Jr. put together his own indie rock band, appropriately called Bare Jr., with Bare Jr. as frontman, Keith Brogdon (drums), Tracy Hackney (dulcimer, harmonies), and Dean Tomasek (bass). The band put out two CDs, Boo-Tay and Brainwasher, that twist the classic Nashville sounds in a joyous, delightful, devious, self-loathing way. In August 2003, Bare Jr. performed at Bumbershoot 2003 in Seattle, and in October 2003, Bloodshot released OK - I'm Sorry... for Bare Jr. as an individual, not as a band. From the End of Your Leash followed in 2004. Two years later, Bare Jr. gathered friends from My Morning Jacket,...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Lambchop, and Clem Snide to serve as his Young Criminals' Starvation League on the live recording The Longest Meow.

Vulcan AfterTunes 2007 Concert Schedule:

September 30th Bobby Bare Jr. with the Michael Warren Band
http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/artists/bobbybarejr

October 14th Artists TBA

October 28th Matt Pond PA http://www.mattpondpa.com/

For additional concert details and up-to-date artist information, log onto www.visitvulcan.com or call (205) 933-1409.

Official Website: http://www.myspace.com/vulcanaftertunes