CONTEST OVER Win tickets NOW to see NICK LOWE at the Grey Eagle October 10

Jason Sandford

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Thanks to everyone who entered: Andrew Goldberg was the fastest to answer, and wins two tickets to the October 10 show at the Greagle.

The answer is Johnny Cash, Lowe’s FIL during his marriage to Carlene Carter.

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Win two tickets now: Just comment and be the first tell us the name of the iconic American singer-songwriter who was the stepfather of the woman Lowe married in 1979.

SPECIAL NOTE: Please share your first and last name in your comment, so we have a name to give the Grey Eagle when we set up your ticket pickup at Will Call.

Just announced today: Nick Lowe at the Grey Eagle
FULLY SEATED show. Value of two tickets is $40-$50.

Wednesday 10/10
Nick Lowe website
Ticket price:  $20/$25
Showtime:  8pm
Doors:  7pm
Seating:  fully seated

Nick Lowe has made his mark as a producer (Elvis Costello-Graham Parker-Pretenders-The Damned), songwriter of at least three songs you know by heart, short-lived career as a pop star, and a lengthy term as a musicians’ musician. But in his current ‘second act’ as a silver-haired, tender-hearted but sharp-tongued singer-songwriter, he has no equal.  Starting with 1995’s ‘The Impossible Bird’ through to 2011’s ‘The Old Magic,’  Nick has turned out a fantastic string of albums, each one devised in his West London home, and recorded with a core of musicians who possess the same veteran savvy.

Lowe brings wit and understated excellence to every performance, leading Ben Ratliff of the New York Times to describe his live show as “elegant and nearly devastating.”