Winners of the Telluride Bluegrass Band contest in 1991, The Dreadnutts will perform a mix of rock, country and bluegrass at 7 p.m. Saturday at Abounding Grace Sanctuary, 2450 S. Kolb Road.
The five-member band is fronted by Bob Meighan, who has lived in Phoenix for many years. Meighan's soaring vocal abilities and musicianship made his band wildly popular in the 1970s and landed it a Capitol Records recording deal.
In the mid-'70s, the Bob Meighan Band moved to Tucson. After playing at some of the bars on North Fourth Avenue, it settled into its new home at The Pawnbroker on the east side of Tucson.
The band played there several nights a week, always to a crowded room. Its popularity continued to grow, and in 1976, its self-released album "The Dancer" was picked up and re-recorded by Capitol Records.
The following year, the Bob Meighan Band recorded another album called "Me Hun" under the Capitol label. That album included one of Meighan's most popular songs "Almost Saturday Night," which was written by John Fogerty. You can listen to Meighan's version of it along with two of his other songs at www.bobmeighan.com/music.html
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Meighan is not the only heavy-hitter in The Dreadnutts. This well-rounded band also features Peter McLaughlin, Earl Edmonson, Kirby Mittelmeier and Brian Davies. All have performed with various rock, bluegrass and country bands over the years.
The Dreadnutts performed at Music on the Mountain in 2010 and 2011 and drew some of the largest crowds of the summer each time. Like the Abounding Grace concert, Music on the Mountain is a project of the nonprofit Live Acoustic Venue Association.
Tickets are available online for $15 at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/201148
If not sold out, admission will be $20 cash at the door.
More details are available at www.lavamusic.org
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