Kevin Bronson on September 10th, 2010

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The Henry Clay People, resident wiseguys, nice guys and now fixtures on the Silver Lake scene, are about to embark on a two-month tour, starting this weekend with the Drive-By Truckers. In the way of a parting gift, the band is giving away a download of “Switch Kids,” a live favorite that didn’t appear on this year’s album “Somewhere on the Golden Coast.” The song is a little inside-baseball unless you know the bartenders’ names at Spaceland, but it’s an homage to another local band, Le Switch. But if you’re close to any scene that seemingly subsists mainly on camaraderie between artists, you’ll relate to the line, “I like your band / when are you playin’ again?”

||| Download: “Switch Kids”

||| Live: After their tour, THCP will play host to the Henry Clay People’s 2nd Annual Rock and Roll Circus on Oct. 29 at the Echo and Echoplex.

Photo by Drew Reynolds