Steve Earle @ Judson Church (more by Chris La Putt)

today in NYC
* DANCE
* Cat Power @ Union Pool
* Toubab Krewe @ SOB's
* Debbie Harry @ Bowery Ballroom
* Stripped Stories @ UCB Theatre
* Steve Earle & Allison Moorer @ City Winery
* The Depreciation Guild @ The Bell House
* Head Automatica & Radio 4 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Christina Courtin & Gabriel Kahane @ (le) poisson rouge
* Barkuna, Imaginary Weapons & Wild Yaks @ Glasslands ^^
* Janeane Garofalo, Paul F. Tompkins, David Cross, Kristen Schaal @ 92YTribeca
* Greg Johnson, Baron Vaughn, Roger Hailes & the State's Kevin Allison @ Sound Fix

^^ Hektor from Twi the Humble Feather is in Imaginary Weapons.

Bill Graham was born today in 1931.

Elvis Presley was born today in 1935.

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Bill Graham died 16 years ago, but the legendary rock promoter's birthday is still cause for celebration in these parts.

For each of the past three years, Graham's old compadres have invited stars such as Carlos Santana, Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt to gather in San Francisco in January for a good time and a good cause.

"We have a dual purpose," says Danny Scher, a former vice president for Bill Graham Presents and current member of the Bill Graham Foundation's advisory board. "One is to give money away to organizations that probably couldn't get it otherwise. The other is to keep the spirit of Bill and awareness of Bill alive." [The Mercury News]

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