Saturday, September 16
8:30 pm show
FREE Community Concert
Join us at The Livery for the “George Krasl Memorial Concert” with Joe Baughman & The Righteous Few, sponsored by Krasl Art Center!
This will be in conjunction with the opening of Joe’s exhibit at Krasl Art Center, ‘The Stop-Motion Worlds of Joe Baughman,’ and is open to the community!
Playing an amorphous variety of folk-rock that incorporates elements of indie, funk, gospel, etc., JB+RF is an ensemble of musician-friends led by singer-songwriter and filmmaker Joe Baughman. Equally influenced by the sacred and profane, JB+RF’s music takes color from daily Middle American existence, personal sadsackery, religious imagery, and Joe’s experience as a freelance artist.
Their new album – Antichrist Complex – was released in 2022, and it received acclaim from Glide Magazine and The Bluegrass Situation. On top of that, the music video for “Vacant Spaces” – the second single off the album – won “Best National Music Video” at the Indie Memphis Film Festival.
Joe started off as a solo act in 2011, and from banjo, to bass, to brass, he almost exclusively handled all of the musical duties on his early recordings (except for his brother Mike on drums/percussion). Under the enigmatic stage persona of Roscoe Baggins, Joe started The Flying DeSelms in 2016 — a project that allowed him to explore a “rockier” sound with Mike and Bryan Lewis (Bailey Williams & The Cherranes, Every Mother, The Golden Mallard). In order to emulate that heavier sound of The Flying DeSelms live, Joe recruited the aforementioned and others to accompany him as they played shows in the South Bend scene. Some stuck around to back Joe as he simultaneously performed under his own name, culminating in the collaborative sessions of 2019 EP, Vacant Spaces, and The Righteous Few was “born.”
JB+RF is based out of South Bend, Indiana but have played all over the Midwest.
The Band:
JOE BAUGHMAN
vocals, piano, guitar, harmonica
MIKE BAUGHMAN
drums
MARTIN UFKIN
bass guitar, background vocals
SAM LIMA
electric guitar, mandolin, background vocals
MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM
saxophone
BRYAN LEWIS
synth
KAC Exhibitions sponsored by 98.3 The Coast, The Boulevard Inn & Bistro, Honor Credit Union, Pella Windows & Doors of Northern Indiana, RMB Capital, Starks Family Funeral Homes, Silver Beach Pizza, Storage of America, Tyler Automotive, The John DeVries Insurance Agency, Kruggel Lawton CPAs, Tabor Hill Winery & Restaurant. Additional support provided by admission from the Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff.
