IN STUDIO C

Don't forget to listen to Grammy Award winning blues singer/songwriter Keb' Mo' in KBCO Studio C on Wednesday, after 2 p.m. Listen to the session, 97.3, for your chance to get tickets to his show at Chautauqua Auditorium on Wednesday night.

The last time Paul Doucette played the Triple A Music Summit, the police banned his group from playing an outdoor show on the Hill. The band had to move and perform at a small venue next to the Fox Theatre – then it went on to sell a gazillion records. The name of the group was Matchbox Twenty and Doucette is one of the core band members.

Tonight, Doucette returns to the scene of the crime.

This time, the musician and his side-project band, The Break and Repair Method, will be allowed to play a free show for Triple A radio programmers and locals at the Hill parking lot (across from The Sink). Doucette and Matchbox may have sold out Madison Square Garden and the Broomfield Events Center a few months back, but the musician is eager for people to hear tunes from his new CD “Milk the Bee.”

“I play with The Break and Repair Method whenever I can find the time,” said Doucette. “I had made ‘Milk the Bee’ awhile ago, but with the Matchbox tour and other things coming up, I figured it would be awhile until the record came out. Then, I found out about BluHammock Records – and now we’re ready to go.”

Doucette says The Break and Repair Method songs are different from Matchbox Twenty’s mainstream material. “Milk the Bee” is an indie-pop record, but the band’s new tunes are a little less pop and a little more indie rock, in depth.

“This music is a little ‘sloppier’ than Matchbox Twenty songs,” explained Doucette. “I go for bringing very piano-driven melodies to the mix, and the sound is rooted in music of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. We run the gamut of sounds, but we’re definitely not mainstream pop music – like Matchox. The Break and Repair Method is like bouncy pop and indie rock, but I generalize all music as pop, if it’s under five minutes.”

Doucette had some very interesting players join him on his debut record. The musician is married to actress and musician Moon Unit Zappa (daughter of rock star Frank Zappa) and she appears on “Milk the Bee,” as does Nina Gordon of Veruca Salt fame. The new CD is expected to hit record stores on Sept. 16, but there’s already a buzz in the music industry about The Break and Repair Method.

“Matchbox Twenty played the Triple A Summit many years ago,” said Doucette. “We were supposed to play outside, but the police made them tear it down! Our first record wasn’t even out and everything was crazy, new and exciting. We met so many people at the Triple A – it was like a whirlwind. Without a doubt, Triple A radio pushed us out there. Now, I want to get people out to hear The Break and Repair Method. Hopefully people will like it.”

The Break and Repair Method isn’t the only band that locals can see for free tonight. Rocking-soul singer Danielia Cotton will also play a free Triple A Music Summit set on the Hill. Drawing on hard-rocking artists like Led Zeppelin and soulful acts like Tina Turner, this guitar-slinging rocker is starting to make radio stations sit up and listen.

Other stuff in town tonight: the Triple A showcase at the Fox Theatre, featuring Michael Franti, has been sold out for weeks! Catch the Emmitt Nershi Band at the Boulder Theater tonight. Keb’ Mo’ plays his brand of blues at Chautauqua Auditorium, Keaton Simons plays his soul-tinged rock at the Walnut Room in Denver and rockers Hello Kavita headline the Hi-Dive in Denver tonight.