Sinners & Saints by Cedar County Cobras There’s a moment in Cedar County Cobras’ “Bessie Smith’s Last Ride” when nearly a century of American history collapses into a few verses. The song takes as its starting point Smith’s death following a car accident on Highway 61 near Clarksdale, Mississippi in 1937, a tragedy long surrounded […]
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Support local radio! KICI hosts benefit featuring Cedar County Cobras and more
KICI Radio 105.3 FM Benefit and Donor Appreciation Concert Weather Dance Fountain Stage — Saturday, July 23 at 4 p.m. Local radio station KICI 105.3 will be hosting a concert on the Weather Dance…
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Album Review: Cedar County Cobras – Delta Avenue Juke Joint
Cedar County, Iowa is home of West Branch, Springdale, Clarence, Lowden and the Cedar County Cobras. Their debut album’s title, Delta Avenue Juke Joint, is an inside joke: Delta Ave. is a county road that connects nowhere to nowhere a few miles north-east of Cedar Bluff, where the album was recorded. It’s the kind of place where fun is, of necessity, homemade…
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Cedar County Cobras to celebrate new album with two shows this weekend
Cedar County Cobras The Mill — Friday, Nov. 20 at 9 p.m. Gabe’s — Saturday, Nov. 21 at 9:30 p.m. Call it “acoustic rockabilly,” or call it “dancing blues.” However you describe Cedar Country Cobras’ sound, you have to call it infectious. Made up of two guys, a gal and a small army of string […]
