Jenni Finlay Promotions and Eight 30 Records Present the Third Annual Rebels and Renegades Showcase in Kansas City

Celebrated songwriters Mary Gauthier, David Olney, Tim Easton, several others salute Greg Trooper at Knuckleheads on February 15

KANSAS CITY, MO (Press Release) – Jenni Finlay Promotions and Eight 30 Records are pleased to announce the third annual Rebels and Renegades showcase from 4:30-10 p.m. on February 15 at Knuckleheads (2715 Rochester Ave.). This year's event features an all-star salute to the late, great songwriter Greg Trooper and will include performances by Mary Gauthier, David Olney, Tim Easton, Chris Fullerton, local favorite Bob Walkenhorst and more. Rebels and Renegades will mark the annual return of the maverick festival and again will offer FREE shuttles for anyone staying at the Crown Center Westin Hotel (1 E. Pershing Rd.).

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As always, Rebels and Renegades will be dedicated to the late, great Louis Jay Meyers. The showcase will be open to the public for $10 or FREE with any badge Louis was ever affiliated with (any event, any year, anything he had a hand in).“I'm so pleased to present Rebels and Renegades again this year, an exciting opportunity for singers and songwriters to expand their horizons while visiting beautiful Kansas City,” Finlay says. “This year will be extra special as we celebrate the one and only Greg Trooper's huge legacy among his fellow songwriters. Greg's singular songs truly embody the spirit of Rebels and Renegades and we at Eight 30 Records are so looking forward to producing our next album: This I'd Do: A Tribute to Greg Trooper later this year!”

Eight 30 Records owners Jenni Finlay and Brian T. Atkinson have produced Highway Prayer: A Tribute to Adam Carroll, Cold and Bitter Tears: The Songs of Ted Hawkins, Dreamer: A Tribute to Kent Finlay and Danny Barnes' Got Myself Together (Ten Years Later). Additionally, the label has released Chris Fullerton's Epilepsy Blues and Emily Herring's Gliding. Finlay and Atkinson's Squeaky String Productions houses their ventures including Jenni Finlay Promotions, Burgundy Red Films, BarnWood Recording Studios, Catfish Concerts and various books (Kent Finlay, Dreamer: The Musical Legacy behind Cheatham Street Warehouse, I'll Be Here in the Morning: The Songwriting Legacy of Townes Van Zandt, Orphan Poems).

REBELS AND RENEGADES FULL LINEUP
8:30 • David Olney (90-minute set)
8:00 • Chris Fullerton
7:30 • Tim Easton
7:00 • Bob and Una Walkenhorst
6:30 • Graham Weber
6:00 • Paul Luc
5:00 • Mary Gauthier (60-minute set)
4:30 • Emily Herring