Bark w/ The Great Dying

We’re psyched to have Knoxville legends Tim Lee and Susan Bauer Lee back at TOURISTS to Sing for their Slumber! Their duo project – BARK – is a lo-fi post-punk garage-rock combo inspired by American blues and roots revisionists like the Cramps, the B-52s, the Gun Club, and R.L. Burnside. Just the two of them, Tim and Susan, guitar and drums, doing their thing. Adequately armed and expertly seasoned, Bark is two committed, uncompromising musicians who love their art and craft almost as much as they love each other. Free for all. Bring your squeeze.

Will Griffith, known musically as The Great Dying, is a Mississippi Delta born, country singer-songwriter residing in Oxford, MS. Although Will doesn’t see his dark country musings as directly blues influenced. “I want people to celebrate sad music because of its beauty. Sad songs help you laugh at your own sadness. They are meant to help you keep going,” says Griffith. Punk rock, however, felt like Will’s blues and was devoid of the phoniness and commercialism that drove tourism in the area surrounding his hometown of Cleveland, MS.