Saturday, August 22nd brings some good ole Pennsylvania alternative folk, bluegrass, and a little Americana vibes to our listening lounge here at Alla Spina. We welcome Mr. Nate “Quickdraw” Cutshall and Mr. David Shepherd to the stage.
ABOUT NATE CUTSHALL
Nate Cutshall is a harmonica-slinger, guitar-picker, and songsmith from central Pennsylvania. He has been racking up miles on the odometer chasing the next gig as an independent musician for more than a decade with nothing more than a do-it-yourself ethos and a stubbornly optimistic outlook. This perspective informs his stories of struggle, failure, love, redemption, triumph, and an ever-present sense of good humor—lit at the core by a glimmer of hope that can be found even in life’s bleakest moments.
He has been a longtime member of the country-junk supergiant Ma’aM, and the leader of the homespun alt-folk band The Scrapplers. As a hired gun harmonica player, he has played and toured nationally with folks like Olivia-Ellen Lloyd and Red McAdam. He also builds and repairs harmonicas in his downtime, informed by an apprenticeship with global harmonica tech legend Richard Sleigh.
ABOUT DAVE SHEPHERD
Dave Shepherd is an alt-country, bluegrass, and Americana songwriter and musician from the rust belt of southwest Pennsylvania. After a decade living in Philadelphia touring the east coast, mid-atlantic, and southeast with various bluegrass, country, and jazz groups, Dave has resettled back home in the Golden Triangle, the Paris of Appalachia– Pittsburgh PA. You can hear the rust in his songs. Not plain alt-country– Dave has credentials in real deal country and bluegrass scenes– but Rust Country, classic songs with a grungy edge built on the rusty frame of that good old country and bluegrass music. Original music that feels like home and the skills to get a room two-stepping all night long, Dave puts on a raw and well oiled musical show in any formation– solo acoustic, trio, bluegrass ensemble, to a full country outfit with fiddle and steel.
Dave’s first two releases, Be Here Now and Yellowstone are products of his first session of original music. Recorded in February 2020 with Mark Thornton in his studio in Nashville, Tennessee, they were released a year later in 2021. There’s also an EP of Hank Williams covers and the most recent release Strugglin has been out since 2022. Strugglin was recorded in Pittsburgh with Tyler Thompson (Fruition/Studio 110) and features Pittsburgh’s own Read Connolly (Zach Bryan, Charles Wesley Godwin) on pedal steel.
When Dave’s not playing his own shows, fly fishing or spending time with his wife Clio, he’s probably playing a gig with his bluegrass band Slag Mountain, his jazz band Penna Players, or with the Pittsburgh Squares square dance.
Shepherd has shared the stage with: Town Mountain, Jesse Daniel, Local Honeys, Hannah Juanita, Twisted Pine, TK and the Holy Know Nothings, Dougie Poole, Steel Wheels, Summer Dean, Zach Bryson, Tim Bolo, Angela Autumn, Tommy Goodroad, David Quinn, Sam Morrow, and many more
ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE
Show time is 7pm.
Seating for this show will be available starting at 4pm.
PLEASE NOTE
One ticket purchase is valid for one guest only entrance.
Check-in is located at the entrance to Alla Spina at HiWay.
Day-of tickets can be purchased online up to 1 hour prior to door.
Walk-ins are welcome as long as the event is not sold out prior.
Non-Reservation seating assignments are on a first-come, first-served basis.
Some seats have partial views.
Sorry, bambini - this is a 21+ only event. All guests planning to consume alcohol must present a valid government-issued ID to verify they are 21 or older.
For any questions, please contact us at hiway@dantesinc.com.
PARKING DETAILS
Parking is available in a combination of THREE private lots. Lot #1 located in front of HiWay; Lot #2 located behind HiWay; and Lot #3 located next door to HiWay in the West College Centre parking lot (1315 West College Avenue). Please do not park on the grass, or along the sides of Coral Street behind HiWay.
CANCELLATION POLICY
Event ticket purchases will only be refunded if you notify us at least 24 hours prior to reservation date/time. We reserve the right to reschedule or cancel the event due to unforeseen circumstances, or otherwise. In the event of an experience cancellation, we will contact you directly at the phone number or email address you have provided to offer a full refund or credit to transfer to a future experience.
CROWD CONSENT & RELEASE NOTICE OF FILMING & PHOTOGRAPHY
By entering Alla Spina at HiWay and HiWay Pizza Pub you are entering an area where photography, audio, and video recording may occur.
Your entry and presence on above mentioned premises constitutes your consent to be photographed, filmed, and/or otherwise recorded and to the release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction of any and all recorded media of your appearance, voice, and name for any purpose whatsoever in perpetuity in connection with Alla Spina at HiWay and HiWay Pizza Pub and its initiatives, including, by way of example only, use on websites, in social media, news and advertising.
By entering, you waive and release any claims you may have related to the use of recorded media of you at the event, including, without limitation, any right to inspect or approve the photo, video or audio recording of you, any claims for invasion of privacy, violation of the right of publicity, defamation, and copyright infringement or for any fees for use of such record media.
You understand that all photography, filming and/or recording will be done in reliance on this consent. If you do not agree to the foregoing, please do not enter.