Dylan Earl

A word of warning: This twin bill teems with honky-tonk tearjerkers potent enough to refill your empty tallboy. Soaked in steel guitar, Dylan Earl’s traditionally minded tunes would’ve fit right in three decades ago when Dwight Yoakam was giving pop-leaning Nashville songwriters a boot in the ass. Two Dollar Pistols’ John Howie Jr. wallowed in heartbreak on last year’s sparse, aching solo debut. Earl also plays a free show in Carrboro for Townsend Bertram’s thirtieth anniversary on Saturday afternoon.