Article: Schubas hosts Dowd, Kimler, Buddahead.(Time Out!)

Byline: Mark Guarino Music critic

Johnny Dowd with John Kimler and Buddahead, 10 p.m. today at Schubas, 3159 N. Southport Ave., Chicago. $10. (773) 525-2508.

When Johnny Dowd released his debut album five years ago, he was 50 and fresh from a job as a mover in upstate New York. His albums since have gained positive reviews plus a cult following, a cheering section seduced by the strangeness in his lo-fi country blues. "The Pawnbroker's Wife" (Catamount), his latest, continues his spooky character songs starring strippers and madmen straight from a Jim Thompson novel or a David Lynch dream sequence.

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