Nightspots
Friday Nov 9, 2012
Blind Pig: State Radio
Socially conscious reggae-rock band from Massachusetts. Opening act is Sarah Jaffe, a smoky-voiced young pop-folk singer-songwriter from Dallas. Advance tickets: $15. 8 p.m.- midnight.
Circus: "Motor City Live”
With bands TBA. Emcee is WCSX DJ Doug Podell. In the Millennium Club. In the Millennium Club.
Crazy Wisdom Tea Room: Ghost City Searchlight
Dearborn postpunk quartet whose music draws on Celtic and American folk idioms. Opening act is Ted J. Reed, a veteran local singer-songwriter whose edgy, elegant songs blend lounge, swing, rockabilly, jazz, and blues.
Inverness Inn: Fast Eddie
Rock’n’roll oldies by this Brighton quartet.
Live: Drivin’ Sideways 
Veteran local band fueled by Pontiac Pete Ferguson’s alternately soulful and ornery vocals. Their country-based repertoire still features lots of classic honky-tonk, but they also cover everyone from Chuck Berry and Johnny Burnette to the Beatles and James Brown. With guest guitarist Jimmy Grant sitting in for George Bedard, along with bassist Chris G, drummer Mark Newbound, and keyboardist Jim King. 6:30-9 p.m.
Mash: Billy Mack & the Juke Joint Johnnies
. Local roots-rock quartet, led by former Starlight Drifters singer- guitarist Mack, whose repertoire includes originals and rockabilly, early rock ’n’ roll, western swing, and hillbilly bop covers.
Silvio’s Organic Pizza: Team Isoscelove
Two local trios—Team love and Isosceles—join forces to perform an eclectic mix of jazz, pop, and Latin music.
Tios Mexican Cafe: Tumbao Bravo
Cuban jazz quintet led by local saxophonist and flutist Paul VornHagen and percussionist Alberto Nacif. 10 p.m.-1 a.m.
Woodruff's: Jack & the Bear
Monroe folk-rock septet. Opening acts are the Ohio pop-folk quintet Bethesda, the local fuzzpop power trio The Boys Themselves, and Tara Tinsley, an acoustic alt- rock band led by Tracy (CA) singer-songwriter Tinsley.
Zou Zou’s Cafe: Mike Beattie
Acoustic folk and rock by this Whitmore Lake singer-guitarist.
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