Opportunities to hear guitars without vocals are few and far between these days, but Finger Food is around to provide a steady diet strumming -- with no humming -- at 8 p.m. today at The Afterthought.
Admission is $8.
Steve Davison, Danny Dozier and Micky Rigby are the members of Finger Food, who will perform "in the round," and on various custom-built or historic instruments. The three guitarists will trade songs and stories and describe their folk, jazz, Celtic, classical and blues influences.
Davison, a Little Rock musician who also tours the country with Ken Bonfield in a show known as Artistry of the Guitar, won the 2005 Arkansas Acoustic Music Festival competition in the solo category and has been featured on the AETN Presents TV series.
Dozier, a Batesville native, performs at the Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View and has twice won the Merle Travis Fingerstyle Guitar Championship at the center. Rigby, a Little Rock guitarist, was a runner-up at the Merle Travis competition and performed at the now-defunct Acoustic Sounds Cafe in Little Rock.
The Afterthought, 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd., Little Rock, (501) 663-1196
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The Green Seed, a four- person hip-hop group from Birmingham, Ala., will headline Friday at the White Water Tavern.
LabRatz will open the 9:30 p.m. show.
Founding MC R-Tist leads The Green Seed, which Oxford American magazine describes as recalling "classic '90s forebears like De La Soul," and offering "messages of positivity and cultural awareness with deft humor as opposed to wearisome sermonizing."
Admission is $6.
Saturday, the club will feature a "Girls' Night," hosted by community radio station KABF-FM, 88.3 DJs Alex and Katie of the show "Girls!" at 9 p.m.
Performers will include Bonnie Montgomery, Divorce Horse, Jamie Lou Thies, Kari Faux and Spero & Friends.
Admission is $5 and will go to KABF.
White Water Tavern, Thayer and West Seventh streets, Little Rock, (501) 375-8400, whitewatertavern.com
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The Black Lillies, an east Tennessee band whose leader formerly was a main ingredient in the now-defunct group Robinella and the CCstringband, will perform in central Arkansas at Stickyz Rock 'n' Roll Chicken Shack at 9 p.m. today.
Admission is $10.
Cruz Contreras leads The Black Lillies, which he created after dissolving the group whose lead singer, Robinella, became his ex-wife. Contreras spent time driving a truck before returning to music and forming his new band. The Black Lillies have now released three albums: Whiskey Angel, 100 Miles of Wreckage and Runaway Freeway Blues.
Brother Andy & His Big Damn Mouth will play Friday, and the 9 p.m. show will open with a set by The Bootheel.
Admission is $6.
Cadillac Jackson will headline at the club Saturday, and The Machete With Love will open the show at 9 p.m.
Admission is $5 or $7 for a pass that will also be good for admission that night to The Revolutioners' show at the nearby Revolution Room.
Stickyz Rock 'n' Roll Chicken Shack, 107 River Market Ave., Little Rock, (501) 372-7707, stickyz.comeslive.com
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Eric Church fans wanting to keep the party going after Church's Friday concert at Verizon Arena can do so at the "after party," to be held at the Revolution Room and featuring Brothers Osborne -- who will earlier open the Verizon show for Dwight Yoakam and headliner Eric Church. (Brothers Osborne should not be confused with the Osborne Brothers.)
Cover charge for the 9 p.m. show is $10 free for those with tickets to Church's concert.
The Revolutioners will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday.
Tickets are $5 in advance, $7 at the door.
Revolution Room, 300 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock, (501) 823-0090, revroom.com
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Maxine's in Hot Springs will present Dirtfoot Friday, with hometown hero Brian Martin opening the show at 9 p.m.
Admission is $10.
Dirtfoot, a Louisiana band, performs gypsy punk and Americana music.
Saturday at 9 p.m., the club will present a pair of Texas bands: Oil Boom and Chambers.
Admission is $5.
Maxine's, 700 Central Ave., Hot Springs, (501) 321-0909, maxineslive.com
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The Copper Penny Pub on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs will present Smokin' Crawdadz at 8 p.m. Friday.
Saturday, Eric Ward will perform at 8 p.m.
Kilburn Highroad will play at the Sunday brunch show.
Admission is free.
Copper Penny Pub, 711 Central Ave., Hot Springs (501) 622-2570, copperpennypub.com.
Weekend on 09/11/2014