Jon Langford's 4 Lost Souls 10/19/17 Cafe 9

Veteran Welsh-man-upon-Chi-town Langford had a stint at the 9 with his new group that grew out of a recording in Muscle Shoals. Langford saw cult success in the 80s and 90s with his group The Mekons as well as the Waco Brothers and Pine Valley Cosmonauts. The amazing Bloodshot Records is also closely associated with Langford. Jon on guitar, Dan Szymanski on guitar, bass, drums, and two African American female backup singers gave a full sound. Sounding like a country Joe Strummer, and looking like Brian Doyle Murray, Langford marched this group through mostly tunes from the new record. Show highlight was a stomper called Natchez Trace. Reminisced with Langford after the show as to whether the Mekons played the 9 or The (infamous) Grotto back in the day.