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The Coal Men featuring Dave Coleman and Jason Hitchcock will entertain at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1 on stage at Allardt City Hall. Founded in 1999, the Coal Men have been playing their own brand of roots rock 'n' roll for twelve years with the same core line up. Guitarist and lead singer Dave Coleman grew up with bassist Jason "Hitch" Hitchcock in Allardt and Jamestown. After playing in high school bands, the blood brothers from the Cumberland Plateau both moved to Nashville. Coleman started writing his own songs, working with for legendary Acuff-Rose Music Publishing. The Coal Men formed as an outlet for these songs with the addition of drummer and singer Dave Ray, a Virginian native. The band released their first E.P in 2001 and their first full length record in 2004. Coleman spent time as a side guitarist for major label acts on Warner Brothers Records and Big Machine Records. The band started touring with ventures into North Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia. The album "Beauty is a Moment" brought The Coal Men into 2006 with an extended band. Jen Gunderman (The Jayhawks) joined on keyboards, and Chris Frame (Son Volt) joined playing a second guitar. The Song "Louisiana" from that record was featured on a Benefit album for New Orleans Flood Survivors. The album has been played extensively on Sirius/XM Radio's Loft Station. Members of the Miami country rock group The Mavericks
brought down Coleman The Bands 2009 album "Kids with Songs", found the band on the road in the "Silver Beagle" van for a long time, opening for acts such as the Avett Brothers, Chris Knight, and Roger Clyne and the Peace Makers; and also a performance on West Virginia's Mountain Stage, alongside The Squirrel Nut Zippers and Southern Culture on the Skids. In 2010 the band opened for and backed the Banjo/Slide guitar virtuoso Tony Furtado on a tour out to Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming. The Coal Men's song, "Farther Find Me Now", was featured on the Discovery Channel's TV series The Deadliest Catch. This exposure created a flood of attention for the song and the band. The band is currently working on a streamlined 3-piece rock record in Nashville with the help of producer Joe Garcia and engineer Brian Carter (The Features). The Coal Men have just received news that two more songs from "Kids with Songs" will be featured on the FX TV Series Sons of Anarchy. The Band will have a special four piece line up for this performance including: Dave Coleman (guitar and vocals), Dave Ray (drums and vocals), Paul Slivka (bass guitar), and Pete Finney (pedal steel guitar). Festival Chairman Cathy Jeffers has lined up a variety of other music acts to perform on stage at City Hall, beginning at noon. Other performers include Rising Son from Albany, KY, plus local favorites, Jeff Crouch and Leonard Anderson, as well as Servant, a youth group from Alive in the Spirit Church.
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The Coal Men come home
to headline Allardt Pumpkin Festival entertainment