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Dave Alvin and the Guilty Men played The Sons of Hermann Hall Thursday night with Chris Gaffney’s band, The Hacienda Brothers , opening- while the regular Thursday night campfire singalong was going on full steam in the downstairs bar. All kinds of old guitars, banjos, and mandolins (along with old guitar, banjo, and mandolin players) were everywhere; there was even a vintage looking lap steel guitar propped up against the wall in the hall just outside the bar. A big circle of players were singing and jamming away while others hung out to have a smoke or drink at the bar or in the hallway.

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