What it was like
Bluegrass played by people under thirty is a different animal from bluegrass played at you from a festival stage. Faster, ruder, and somebody in the band is guaranteed to do something the purists will complain about on the drive home.
Clay Street Unit came up through the San Diego string-band circuit, the one that runs through backyards and brewery patios and the occasional living room with the furniture pushed against the wall. They play a club the way you would play a house show that happens to have a PA attached. Expect the banjo to be too loud in the mix. Expect at least one tune to fall apart deliberately and get rebuilt in front of you while everyone watches to see whether it works.
Tuesday is the slowest night of this room's week, which means the stage lights stay up a little and you can see the players cueing each other for the changes. That is most of the pleasure.
21+. Doors 7:30, show 8pm. $20-$23.
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