Thursday, March 15   9:00 p.m.
Habana Calle 6 Patio   (709 E 6th St)

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  Waterloo - Chain of Lakes
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Waterloo is going on nine. It is the sum of the parts of four people and doesn't break down even in the rain. We're sleepers and that seems right on hazy summer evenings. Something to do with guitars and pianos and other sounds leaving space for each other. Live, we burn slow but right.

Waterloo is a great Abba song and the second most popular name of American cities (after Springfield). We respond well to patience and whiskey. Waterloo is a family with families.

John Baldus plays drums and percussion; Chris Grabau plays guitars, keyboards and sings harmonies; Dave Melson plays bass; Mark Ray writes, sings, plays guitars and pianos.

Excerpt from Riverfront Times: "For all the spaciousness of their arrangements and the impressionism of frontman Mark Ray's lyrics, Waterloo's most recent take on pastiche rock ? ambient noise and acoustic beauty meeting over-cranked guitars ? has the clean and clear thrust of the catchiest moments from heroes American Music Club, the Flaming Lips and Red House Painters. Ray makes the most of his timid voice: The fragility of his delivery draws out a persistent elegiac quality from Waterloo's dense and resurgent Americana." ? R. Kasten