Joshua Ray Walker | Support By Cecilia Castleman

The Read

Joshua Ray Walker came up in Dallas writing character songs: lonely, specific portraits delivered in a high, cracking tenor that can turn a punchline into something devastating two lines later. He is funny about desperation, which is a hard register to hold. The songs work with a full band and lose almost nothing stripped down. Skinny Dennis is a narrow honky-tonk on Main Street with a low ceiling, a small stage, and no meaningful separation between performer and crowd. Seeing an artist of this caliber in a bar this size is the sort of thing that stops happening once people catch on. Seven o’clock on a Thursday. Get there early enough to stand somewhere useful.

The Venue

Skinny Dennis

2635 Gallatin Pike

Named for Guy Clark's bass player, Skinny Dennis Sanchez: 6'11", 135 pounds, dead at 28 in 1975. The Brooklyn original opened in 2013; the Gallatin Pike bar arrived March 1, 2019 and was woven into East Nashville inside of a year.

On the bill

Nearby After This

Somewhere close by, only when the timing actually works.

Music

Indie / Alt

Thu Oct 22 · 8:00 PM

Mickey Sunshine / Quinn Hills / Salt Water Baby

The East Room · East Nashville

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