The Mother Hips return to Springdale
The Mother Hips will perform at The Bit & Spur in Springdale Feb. 7 at 10 p.m. The Mother Hips are legends and legendary here in southern Utah. Having performed at the Bit & Spur as well as the Zion Canyon Music Festival multiple times, The Mother Hips have developed an incredibly devoted and passionate following over the last two decades.
Twenty-five years into a celebrated career is an unlikely time to switch things up, but the “divinely inspired” (Rolling Stone) Mother Hips have never been ones to follow convention. For their brilliant and exhilarating 10th album, “Chorus,” the California stalwarts turned their recording process on its head in order to make their most fully realized and essential collection yet.
Originally signed by Rick Rubin while still just a student at Chico State, The Mother Hips have spent decades at the forefront of a new breed of California rock and roll — one equally informed by the breezy harmonies of the Beach Boys, the funky roots of The Band, and the psychedelic Americana of Buffalo Springfield — and established themselves as “one of the Bay Area’s most beloved live outfits” (San Francisco Guardian) through countless headline shows, massive festival appearances, and dates with everyone from Johnny Cash and Wilco to Lucinda Williams and The Black Crowes. The New Yorker lauded the band’s ability to “sing it sweet and play it dirty,” and “Chorus” is perhaps the finest example yet of that intoxicating dichotomy, a richly melodic album firmly rooted in gritty rock and roll with the kind of evocative storytelling that The Mother Hips do best.
Tickets are $20 and are available at the door. For more information, please check out the Bit’s Facebook page.
