Entertainment
Entertainment at Kennett Country Club
Kennett Country Club, more than any other Country Club in the Southeast Missouri and Northeast Arkansas area, offers a diversified line-up of entertainment throughout the year. It’s FREE - there is never a cover charge, even on New Year’s Eve and the club’s other holiday parties and special events. Along with live entertainment or karaoke, dinner specials are offered during all entertainment. All entertainment for the past several years has been booked by the Kennett Country Club Entertainment Committee Chairman, Jack Astrachan. Jack has a special ear for good talent and has thoroughly enjoyed booking entertainment for the club for the past several years. Following is a list of some of the recent acts that have performed at Kennett Country Club:
Joe Pagetta - www.joepagetta.com
A Nashville resident and avid songwriter, Joe along with his wife, Kathy Crow (sister of Sheryl Crow), has performed to packed crowds at Kennett Country Club several times over the past several years. At times, Joe has been backed by one of the favorite Kennett bands, The Usual Suspects. Joe writes and performs his own music and has released several CD’s of original music on the Fully Dressed Records label based out of Nashville, TN. Visit Joe’s website, www.joepagetta.com for more information.
The Sound Connection
An outstanding karaoke group made up of husband and wife duo, Lee and Larry Hufford. The Sound Connection has provided high quality karaoke and live DJ music for Kennett Country Club several times throughout the past year. The most recent party was the St Patrick’s Day party at Kennett Country Club on March 18, 2006. For booking and availability information, call Lee or Larry Hufford at (573) 778-1477.
The Benders
A favorite local club band for many years. The Benders have been performing in Kennett and the surrounding areas for the past 18 years including many venues in Memphis and Tunica. This high-energy power trio that consists of David Ellis, Mark Ward, and Roger Privett can play it all - from rock to blues to dance to country. Whatever your musical taste - this is the group to pull it off.
Kristie Agee & Big Potential - www.kristieagee.com
Kristie Agee is yet another native of Kennett that has recently performed at Kennett Country Club. Along with her husband, professional trombone player, Roy Agee, and their band Big Potential - this group brings big talent to their live performances. Based out of Nashville, Tennessee, Kristie Agee & Big Potential bring a variety of jazz, blues, folk & pop music to their live performances supported by years of theatrical, musical, and performance experience. Kristie, Roy and the band have just released a new CD entitled “Use What You Got“. Purchase information for the new CD is available on the website. The first performance by Kristie and the band at Kennett Country Club on July 22, 2006 was a tremendous success and we are looking forward to booking Kristie Agee & Big Potential again in the near future. If you haven’t heard Kristie perform, be sure to checkout her website and listen to some of the sound clips - you won’t be disappointed.
The Trend - Reunion
In celebration of the 25 year anniversary of their album “The Trend Is In!”, The Trend held a special performance at Kennett Country Club on March 2nd, 2007. This five piece power-pop quintet of the 1980’s is made up of the following Kennett musicians:
John McMullen - songwriter, rhythm guitar & vocals
Brian Mitchell - drums
Matt Collier - frontman
Mike Astrachan - lead guitar
Bill Joslyn - Bass
The Trend played to a packed house in Kennett Country Club and took us all back to the 1980’s with cuts from their album such as: She’s Hi-Fi and (I feel like a) Dictionary. Members of the group have long since moved in their own personal directions, but since their album release many years ago and the cult following experienced in Columbia Missouri, they have made several live ‘reunited’ appearances over the years in Kennett, Nashville, St Louis, and as far away as Los Angeles. Even after their prime, they have experienced some success with a couple of songs from their album being included on the compilation CD’s “Yellow Pills: Prefill” and the “International Pop Overthrow - Volume 8” which are still available for purchase from Amazon and VH1shop.com. Performances by The Trend are now very rare indeed, but they are well worth the wait. Ladies and Gentlemen… The Trend is in.
