Billy Ruane Memorial Birthday Bash: lineup announced (11/17 @ Mid East)
    
    
 
The lineup for the Nov. 17 Billy Ruane Memorial Birthday Bash at the Middle East has been revealed, via mideastclub.com and the event's Facebook page (with both warning us that more acts will be announced leading up to the show). Performing next Wednesday are (in no particular order):
 
Lady Lamb the Beekeeper (photo above by Glenn French)
 
Drug Rug
 Hallelujah the Hills
 Mary Lou Lord
 Fred the Donkey
 Michael Patrick Macdonald (speaking)
 Peter Wolf
 Hilken Mancini and Thalia Zedek
 Chris Brokaw
 Bill Janovitz (of Buffalo Tom)
 Pat McGrath with Steven Fredette
 The Raging Teens
 Frank Morey
 Bell and the Bees
 and more special guests to be announced 
Tickets are $10, and proceeds will benefit The Billy Ruane Archives, care of the Mark Sandman Music Project. Doors are at 7pm and it's an 18-plus show.