Event

The Suitcase Junket @ The Raven House

Join us on September 8th @ The Raven House for Suitcase Junket . Doors will open at 7:30 and the show will begin at 8:30 with local, Lexington artist, Scott Whiddon opening. A suggested donation of $20 secures your spot.

From the salvaged sounds of American juke joints, back porches, honky tonks and rock clubs, The Suitcase Junket conjures an entirely new sound in this essential rock collection, Pile Driver.

The Suitcase Junket is Matt Lorenz: artist, tinkerer, swamp yankee, one-man band. His is the road-worn voice rising over the grind of a tube-amped dumpster guitar, with wild double pitches of throat singing. From The Suitcase Junket's penchant for thrift and ingenuity comes this full-length album -- his debut at Signature Sounds -- of original rock anthems, mountain ballads, blues manifestos and dance-hall festivity, played on instruments built of broken bottles, twisted forks, dried bones, gas cans, shoes, saw blades, a toy keyboard, and an overhead compartments worth of luggage.

Scott is a writer, teacher, and musician living in Lexington, KY. In Close Quarters with the Enemy (2017) is his first solo recording.

Scott Whiddon writes and performs with Palisades and has developed film scores for Richard Knox Robinson and Brian Frye/Katrina Dixon. From 2012-2016, Scott served as music director for the Harry Dean Stanton Fest. Hes shared stages with artists ranging from Jerry Joseph to Elf Power to Amy Levere. Currently, Scott is developing a series of shows benefiting Habitat for Humanity, involving various combinations of Lexington musicians.

Scott has also played guitar for The Wags, Sinners, Lexington Conservatory Theater Summerfest, and other projects.