September 26 Henry House Concerts welcomes …
…Hamell on Trial!
If the RSVP button doesn’t work for you, simply email Randy at FZ1@prodigy.net.
Hamell is a longtime favorite of mine, and I’m super excited about this show. Radio Rich Dalton played “The Vines” one Sunday morning in 1997, and I was hooked. I played his (reasonably) appropriate songs for my students over the years — sometimes as background, sometimes for an assignment — and more than one young contrarian purchased a copy. I’m still trying to spread the word…
– a personal note from Randy
Show details:
- Saturday, September 26, 2026
- Doors @ 6:30 for food and mingling; Music @ 7:30
- $20 donation, payable the night of the show
- All merchandise proceeds go to the artist– and we’re all about supporting independent musicians
- Potluck food and beverages — bring something to share
If the RSVP button doesn’t work for you, simply email Randy at FZ1@prodigy.net.
Armed with a battered 1937 Gibson acoustic guitar that he amplifies mightily and strums like a machine gun, a politically astute mind that can’t stop moving, and a mouth that can be profane one minute and profound the next, Hamell sets his sights on the new America.
A Hamell show is a multidisciplinary experience drawing from the worlds of theatre, stand-up comedy, and storytelling. His performances invoke thoughts of the great rebellious satirists and social commentators of the past, from Lenny Bruce to Richard Pryor to Bill Hicks.
Hamell has shared countless stages with fellow anti-establishment icons such as Ani DiFranco, Kimya Dawson, Aesop Rock, and The Pogues, as well as winning the coveted Herald Angel Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Ed’s caustic wit and devil-may-care attitude have made him a long time critical favorite, inciting Rolling Stone to call him “Bald, bold and super bad.” He has been described as “Bill Hicks, Hunter S. Thompson, and Joe Strummer all rolled into one” by Philadelphia Weekly and a “one man Tarantino flick: loud, vicious, luridly hilarious, gleefully and deeply offensive” by the Village Voice.
Please join us for a night to remember!
(and be prepared to be provoked)
If the RSVP button doesn’t work for you, simply email Randy at FZ1@prodigy.net.