There’s a new ’Boro tradition in the making as the staff at Coach’s Grill vamps up to host the first ever Coach’s-palooza, an all-day outside event featuring good food, drink specials, band merchandise, and, of course, music.

Throughout the day on Saturday, Sept. 27, a variety of acts will perform on a special outdoor stage located next to Coach’s Grill on Broad Street.

“We just wanted to get something out there for everyone,” event organizer Kila Elks said. “Some of these acts are local guys who play here all the time, and there are some that I’ve never heard of.”

Several classic rock bands, like Allman Brother’s tribute band Midnight Riders, will take the stage, with performances by pop-punk performers Since Forever, indie rock outfit Boroughs and Goodlettsville reggae group Paradise Daze providing pleasing alternatives throughout the day.

Coach’s full menu will be available inside, where J.T. and The Funky Bunch will be performing later at night. Outside they will be grilling hamburgers, hotdogs and bratwurst. Commemorative cups may be purchased for $10 and refilled with select draft beer throughout the day.

Tickets to Coach’s-palooza are $12 and may be purchased in advance at boropulse.ticketleap.com, or at Coach’s Grill.

Coach’s-palooza Schedule?Saturday, Sept. 27

10:00–The Last Straw

The Last Straw

To close the evening out, local boys turned tour-de-force Southern rock, blues, soul, funk conglomerate The Last Straw will take the stage.

Since forming in February of 2007, The Last Straw has played to sold out houses across the South and worked with people of note in the industry, like the Spin Doctors’ Anthony Krizan and legendary Lynyrd Skynyrd and Bob Dylan engineer Greg Hamm.

Each member of The Last Straw brings a solid performance and ever-increasing craft to the band, and the result is a well-oiled machine of sound that will be well worth the wait.

In the days prior to Coach’s-palooza The Last Straw will be recording its official debut album at Germantown Studios in Nashville.

To get a better idea about The Last Straw and a sneak peak at their bluesy rock sound, visit them online at sonicbirds.com/TheLastStraw.

The Last Straw is Kyle Daniel (rhythm guitar, lead guitar, lead vocals), Pearce Harrison (drums), Quincey Meeks (slide guitar, lead guitar, harp, backup vocals), Adam Botner (organ, piano, backup vocals) and Marc Williams (bass, backup vocals), and they take their cues from greats like Johnny Lang, The Black Crowes and Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Midnight Riders

Nashville-based Allman Brothers tribute band Midnight Riders is a regular on the Southeastern music and event circuit. The six-gentleman group consists of Music Row veterans and studio session regulars who came together to perfect the sincerest form of flattery: imitation.

With its twin guitars, dual drums and multiple sources of vocals, Midnight Riders swings its way through classic Allman Brothers cuts, paying special attention to the early years of their career. No wonder they consider themselves “the Mid-South’s premier tribute band” offering “the most authentic performances this side of The Beach Theater.”

Midnight Riders will be appearing throughout the Southeast at festivals, colleges and venues this fall. Visit them at myspace.com/themidnightriders.

Warm Gun

Drummer Alex Constantine, vocalist, guitarist and keyboard player Andrew McCue, bassist Daniel Gassett and vocalist and guitarist M.J. McLaughlin, also known as Warm Gun, will keep the rock tunes coming as they take the stage midafternoon.

Warm Gun is a recent Murfreesboro transplant from Virginia who have met with national success on tour in the past, and hoped to improve their careers by moving south. Their sound gives significant nods to classic rock composition, and manages to hit hard without being metal. McLaughlin’s voice traipses onto the territory of legendary Jim Morrison.

Other than harnessing a sound fairly mature for their young age and bringing it with gusto to the masses, Warm Gun is also hell bent on using its talent for the greater good. Examples include their June 2007 performance at a charity concert to raise awareness about the ONE campaign, rallying Americans and those around the world to address the growing global issue of AIDS awareness, prevention and research. In 2008 they helped Duquesne University raise over $1,500 for Amnesty International.

Warm Gun’s star is on the rise, so feel free to come out and welcome them to the family here in Murfreesboro.

Woodenwire

Nashville-based band Woodenwire is coming home to the town where drummer Mike Davenport and lead singer and guitarist Jed Watts first met to provide a little outlaw country at Coach’s-palooza.

These two former MTSU students, together with bassist, vocalist and fellow songwriter Travis Stock, will take the stage at Coach’s starting at half past noon to get the day off right with their rocking set of country originals and covers. Most performances also include a rotating set of special guests and friends who come together to create Woodenwire’s signature brand of home-grown country.

These guys have pretty varied backgrounds, and bring that to their music, with elements of classic rock, bluegrass and outlaw country. They make the kind of sound you’d hear coming out of a downtown Nashville honky-tonk on a Saturday night.

This former traveling Grand Ole Opry house band writes a lot of its own material, and likes to stick close to its Southern roots.

Paradise Daze

The fellas of Paradise Daze (that would be vocalist and guitar player Matt Daughtry, drummer and background vocalist Chris Ross and bassist Donnie Green) will be high tailing it south from their hometown of Goodlettsville, Tenn. to storm the stage third at Coach’s-palooza, before heading back up to Adam, Tenn., later in the day for the annual Tie Dye Festival.

This trio packs a punch with up-to-date reggae sounds and positive messages about unity, happiness, freedom and peace. They’re still riding the wave of their recently released album, Irie Nights, which met the light of day at an Aug. 22 CD release show at Nashville venue Limelight.

Daughtry and Ross are old friends, and have been playing music together for over a decade. The duo found their current groove a few years ago, when they got a hold of an old high school buddy who knew a thing or two about the bass, Donnie Green, and Paradise Daze was born.

These guys credit Sublime, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Tom Petty, 311, Incubus and Bob Marley as folks who heavily influence their sound.

Boroughs

In May of this year Murfreesboro band Boroughs completed work on its EP, A Whale of a Tale.

While the band name may sound like they’re all about this town, the indie rock band showcases an impressive amount of range in its work. It’s a pleasant mix of sensibilities, with a straightforward idea evolving into complicated layers of horns, guitars, piano and digital music.

It should be another change of pace in this eclectic evening of music when Boroughs take the stage. They consider bands like Incredible Heat Machine, Meemaw, Luna Halo, moe., and The Homegrown Band among its influences.

Boroughs considers itself a group of people who come together to create music as opposed to a straightforward band. Each member definitely brings something different to the table to create a unique sound. Non-traditional band mates include Matt Jeffery, Jason Huber, Steven Dail, Kevin Conner and Will Cameron.

Cold Truth

If you’ve been waiting to hear some good old ’70s-style rock, you’ve waited long enough, because Cold Truth is taking the stage.

It’s easiest to compare them to Bad Company, it’s a pretty pure sound, untainted by 30-plus years of musical evolution. Don’t get the idea that you’ll be hearing BC songs, though. These guys write and play hard-hitting originals that you’ll want to nod at least your head to, but if we’re lucky they might break out their crowd-pleasing cover of Free’s “Fire and Water.”

Cold Truth’s Thane Shearon (vocals and rhythm guitar), Kurt Menck (lead and rhythm guitar), Abe White (bass) and Matt Green (drums) collectively bring more than 80 years of music experience to the stage. They list Led Zeppelin, Grand Funk, Black Sabbath and Montrose among their greatest artistic influences. These guys are all about strong riffs and melodies and boast a powerhouse of a rhythm section.

Since Forever

Elks is excited about seeing youthful fivesome Since Forever. She said her 15-year-old daughter never misses their shows, and it’s not hard to see why. Their upbeat, pop-punk-tastic sound is sure to earn them fun, freewheeling fans out to jump around.

The band is described by some of its fans as “post-emo pop core,” “scenetastic-popadelic neon jams,” and even a “little Eurodance mixed with post-hardcore and strongly influenced by classic Disney music.”

Their youthful vibrancy is reminiscent of hit makers Metro Station. It’s a fairly similar dynamic, with upbeat pop-punk songs, and a few more ballad-like offerings in the mix. Since Forever takes the stage early enough in the day for its family-friendly sound to be ready accessible to fans of all ages.

Marshall Creek Band

M.C.B. is Bobby Howard on vocals, Roy Davenport on the guitar, Daryl (Big D) Reed on guitar, Sam Youree on the drums, Darwin Griva on bass, and Cameron West on piano.

This straight-up Southern rock contingent is influenced by the likes of Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Allman Brothers, Eric Clapton, ZZ Top, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and many other great rock performers.

The band’s special mixture of rock, blues, soul and American standards is sure to strike a chord with crowds of all ages. This is music we can all identify with and are bound to end up swaying to. Hear samples of their work online at myspace.com/marshallcreekband.

Absolute Zero

David Pitner and Danny Hargrove have been playing music together in the Middle Tennessee area for more than 15 years with a slew of other musicians.

Now known as Absolute Zero, the rockers will bring some familiar sounds to Coach’s Grill on the afternoon of Sept. 27.

Performing all cover tunes, the band brings to the stage a variety of modern alternative and classic rock selections, ranging from Pearl Jam and Stone Temple Pilots to Buckcherry and Three Doors Down.

Whether you’re a child of the ’90s wanting to hear some of the songs you grew up with or a member of the younger generation in tune with the current top 40 hits, Absolute Zero will lead you to familiar ground.