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Counts, who also owns and runs 4th Avenue Delicatessen, is hosting a CD/cassette tape release show Saturday, Oct. 8, at Flycatcher to celebrate 鈥溍坭种辈� Country Blues, Vol. 1,鈥� the first album on his fledgling Lonesome Desert Records label. He will share the stage with fellow 蜜柚直播 country blues artists Chris Hall, Tom Walbank, Freddy Parish and Hank Topless, who all appear on the compilation disc.

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• Chris Hall comes at his whiskey-soaked country blues with regional influences that include dust and the desert. He鈥檚 been pursuing his music since at least 2011, according to his blog (mynameitischrishall.blogspot.com)
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• Freddy Parish will be the guy playing the clawhammer banjo and acoustic country guitar and singing his own classic and old-time country influenced songs.

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Admission to Saturday鈥檚 21-and-older show is $5 at the door and it includes a CD or cassette of the album. If you download a digital copy on iTunes, Amazon Music or Google Play, you can get into the show for free. Doors of Flycatcher, 340 E. Sixth St., open at 7 and the show starts at 8.