Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Song of the South

Equally informed by the likes of authors William Faulker and Flannery O’Connor and deep-fried iterations of blues, country, rock and soul, Alabama’s Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires trade in something like the rock-and-roll equivalent of the Southern Reconstruction. Following a stint touring with fellow regional sensations the Alabama Shakes, the band is currently on the road with a critically acclaimed new album. There Is a Bomb in Gilead brazenly deconstructs, and then rebuilds, the hazy, gritty sounds and themes of classic Southern music. Wednesday, September 12, Glory Fires play the Monkey House in Winooski.