Some new-old, ragtime rock 'n' roll

The Tulsa-based group's music draws on many styles of American music of the last 100 years, including blues, ragtime, rockabilly, hillbilly, punk and everything in between. They're known for playing hard and really getting the crowd going.

The Electric Rag Band's song structures and performances are a bit more complex than your average modern rock band. They don't fit easily into any established genre, and I would NOT expect to be bored or here anything formulaic here.

Influences range from country-blues artists like Blind Willie McTell and Big Bill Broonzy to newer acts like The Reverend Horton Heat and The Gourds.

The group has opened for such highfalutin' acts as Billy Joe Shaver, The Derailers, Split Lip Rayfield and Junior Brown.

The Colorado Springs Independent writes about the group: "The Electric Rag Band is the coolest band I've heard come through these parts in a long, long time."

And the music critic at the Tulsa World said: "Every band thinks it's a 'roots' band, but The Electric Rag Band has a pedigree even chemical stump-remover couldn't extract."

Check out a few of their songs below:

Following is the weekend's entertainment schedule for Eureka Springs venues. Deadline to submit information to be included in this calendar is noon Mondays. Email ccneditor@cox-internet.com or call 479-981-9419 and leave a message.

* Squid and Whale: Open Mic Musical Smackdown with Bloody Buddy, 7:30 p.m.

* Voulez-Vous Lounge: Fleur Delicious Bartending Competition, 7 p.m.

* Eureka Paradise Bar and Grill: Open Mike Night, Free Pool

* Chelsea's: J.B. Beverly & the Wayward Drifters (outlaw country) 9 p.m.

* The Aud: CICA Summer Music Festival Faculty and Students Solo and Chamber Music Recital, 7 p.m.

* Rowdy Beaver Tavern (Highway 62): Bike Night / Karaoke with Big Dawg

* Jack's Place / Centerstage Live: DJ Goose, 8 p.m.

* New Delhi Cafe: Jason Gordon, 6:30 p.m.

* Chelsea's: Blue Moon (local rock band), 9 p.m.

* Voulez-Vous Lounge: Smokin' Joliet Dave and The Mighty Mudhounds, 9 p.m.

* Squid and Whale: SXREX, 9 p.m.

* The Aud: CICA Summer Music Festival Symphony Concert featuring Conductor Thomas Chun-yu Chen and Margaret Carey on viola; International Concerto Competition finalists performance, 7:30 p.m.

* Jack's Place / Centerstage Live: Switch (classic rock) 9 p.m.

* Berean Coffee House: Live jazz, 7 p.m.

* Rowdy Beaver Tavern (Highway 62): Karaoke with Big Dawg, 9 p.m.

* Rowdy Beaver Den (downtown): John Harwood, 7 p.m.

* Cathouse Lounge: Tommy Nolen

* The Lumberyard: DJ & Karaoke all evening

* New Delhi Cafe: Mountain Sprout, 6:30 p.m.

* Jack's Place / Centerstage Live: Switch (classic rock) 9 p.m.

* The Aud: CICA Summer Music Festival Symphony Concert featuring Conductor Thomas Chun-yu Chen and Alexander Gilman on violin, 7:30 p.m.

* Eureka Paradise Bar & Grill: DJ and Dancing

* Cathouse Lounge: Tommy Nolen

* Squid & Whale: The Whistle Pigs, 9 p.m.

* Voulez-Vous Lounge: Smokin' Joliet Dave and The Mighty Mudhounds, 9 p.m.

* Chelsea's: Electric Rag Band, 9 p.m.

* Rowdy Beaver (Highway 62): Terry & the Executives, 8 p.m.

* Rowdy Beaver Den (downtown): Eclectones, 7 p.m.

* The Lumberyard: DJ & Karaoke all evening

* New Delhi Cafe: Skillet Lickers, noon; Mountain Sprout, 6:30 p.m.

* New Delhi Cafe: Gospel Sunday Brunch with Brick-Fields, 11:30 a.m., James White Trio, 3:30 p.m.

* Squid & Whale Pub: The Tricks, 8 p.m.

* The Lumberyard: Texas Hold 'em

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Lively Entertainment is written and complied by Managing Editor Kristal Kuykendall. Deadline for venues to submit their events for inclusion is noon Mondays. Events should be emailed to ccneditor@cox-internet.com and/or phoned in to 479-981-9419 by deadline each week. Kuykendall also writes Kristal's Northwest Arkansas Live Music Blog, which includes video and song clips of band she previews each weekend, found online at www.CarrollCoNews.com/blogs/livemusicinn....