UNCLE MONK (featuring Tommy Ramone)

With Joey, Dee Dee, and Johnny having left us in the last decade, Tommy Ramone is the last surviving member of the original band. As drummer for the Ramones, Tommy Ramone helped develop a sound whose influence cannot be overstated, spawning hardcore, indie rock, alternative, and modern punk. Beginning as an engineer at New York’s record plant, Tommy, whose real name is Tom Erdelyi, joined the Ramones in the mid 1970s and drummed on the band’s first three—and most celebrated—records: 1976’s self-titled Ramones and 1977’s Leave Home and Rocket to Russia. After leaving the Ramones at the turn of the decade, Tommy focused on production, most notably producing the Replacements’ seminal Tim in 1985. In the past five years, however, he has led a country/bluegrass duo named Uncle Monk with guitarist/vocalist Claudia Tienan (formerly of the California band the Simplistics). Invoking influences from Bill Monroe to—you guessed it—the Ramones, Uncle Monk utilizes mandolin, guitar, banjo, and dobro. Earning rave reviews from notable publications as Bluegrass Unlimited, Harp, Mojo, and No Depression, Uncle Monk manages to sound as timeless as the Ramones do, even in this day and age. The Steam Donkeys and Chris Malachowski (of Wolf Tickets) open the show.

—eric boucher

8pm. Mohawk Place, 47 E. Mohawk Street (855-3931/mohawkplace.com). $10