by Tim McMahan, Lazy-i.com

No music for me this past weekend. The impending storms Friday night kept me away from O’Leaver’s, and Father’s Day stuff took up the rest of the weekend (and no, I’m not a father, but I have one).

The weekend continues (sort of) at The Waiting Room as The Rev. Horton Heat takes the stage tonight. Just as interesting (or maybe moreso) is opening band Ha Ha Tonka, who played at The Bourbon in Lincoln a couple years ago. The band plays southern-fried roots indie music but with a slight edge. They have all the makings of a band that could blow up on the jam band circuit, if they let it happen. Hopefully they won’t. $20, 8 p.m.

It’s sort of a busy week musicwise. Free Energy plays at TWR Wednesday night. Lansing band Lights & Caves play O’Leaver’s Thursday (with Blue Bird), and then Cave Singers plays TWR Friday. Meanwhile, CWS madness continues, enough reason to stay clear of downtown…

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