ACL Live Performance: Ha Ha Tonka, KUT Showcase at The Four Seasons
Ha Ha Tonka performs at KUT's ACL 2011 Showcase at The Four Seasons. Photo by Bob Cross. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
When you ask a band to arrive on-site for a sound check at 8am (something we rarely have to do), you never know what kind of a response you’re going to get.
But the West Plains, Missouri four-piece Ha Ha Tonka proved not only up to the task on Friday morning, but genuinely happy to do it. Their style (indie-rock meets Ozark folk) was perfect for getting the day started, with four-part harmonies and mandolin taking center-stage for most of the five-song set.
The cause (which ultimately raised $7,800 for the Seton Shivers Cancer Center) was especially dear to frontman Brian Roberts, a cancer survivor himself. Roberts had a cancerous tumor removed when he was 21.
Ha Ha Tonka performed songs from their third full length, Death of a Decade, which came out in April. Take a listen to the entire set and interview with the band, or individual songs below.
–Andy Uhler
Ha Ha Tonka, Tracks:
1. Made Example Of
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2. Lonely Fortunes
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3. Hangman
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4. Pendergast Machine
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5. Usual Suspects
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–Photos by Bob Cross
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