Tonight is either the absolute worst time or the very best time for Trista Meehan to be playing her first public gig with her new band, Jezebel Jones & Her Wicked Ways.
Meehan is all over the news this week after her house in St. Paul's Highland Park neighborhood blew up Monday due to some kind of disasterous mingling of the gas and sewer lines. The near-fatal muck-up was no fault of her own nor even something she really could've been aware of. Geez, one more possible disaster for the rest of us to worry about. Very luckily, she wasn't hurt in the blast, but all her belongings including her music gear went up in smoke.
Meehan and her dark neo-twangy band are forging ahead bravely with tonight's show at the St. Paul Eagles Club, 287 Maria Av. It's a concert put on by DEMO, the nonprofit local music org run by former First Ave manager Steve McClellan. Other acts on the bill include Atomic Flea, Patrik Tanner (one of Tina Schlieske's sidemen) and Dustin Thomas. Showtime is 7 p.m., and the suggested donation is $5.
