Wayne Hancock With Diablo Dimes and Cupcake Burlesque Rile Up Five Points Lounge

By Lizzie Rae Mon., Aug. 13 2012 at 11:48 AM

Categories: Over the Weekend

Wayne Hancock

Diabo Dimes and Cupcake Burlesque

Five Points Lounge

Friday, August 10

Better than: Sleeping with all the lights on.

Wayne "The Train" Hancock is not your typical country music singer, nor is he a backwoods, to-backy-chewin' redneck. His style of music is unique. It's a quality ode to an era when musicianship, tradition, and stories of old-time America ruled all the jukeboxes in all the honky tonks. His music transcends cultures and the bullshit of politics, inviting everyone to throw down a hillbilly boogie.

Hancock is a mad scientist of Texan swing, an alchemist mixing honky tonk, traditional country, and rockabilly swag. He's worked on his musical amalgm since the early 1990s. You can compare him to Hank Williams, Willie Nelson, and Jimmie Rodgers, but Hancock is always original and never a rip-off. This sonic sorcerer's powerful potion was in full effect on Friday night at Five Points Lounge. All the cool cats came out to party on his High Rollin' Train.

Opening for Hancock was no other than local swoon-worthy, bluesy, soul musician (and magician) Diablo Dimes who -- along with vocalist Celine Lee -- played a set that was short, sweet, but most definitely worthy of acclamation. The heavenly voices of the Dimes-Lee duo effortlessly caressed the ears of perfectly coifed heathens in attendance.