Blue Sky Traffic

Meet the Band

July 5, 2007

Hometown // Smithsburg

Current members // Justin Kalk, vocals and guitar; Steve Britton, bass and vocals; Lincoln Nesto, drums

Founded in // 2004

Style // pop rock

Influenced by // Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus

Notable // Blue Sky Traffic definitely gets around. The band recorded its first full-length album, A Beautiful Girl, in Nashville and Maryland. It also plays live with local hip-hop group the Pham.

Quotable // "It's kind of an album that's like the best of all of our older stuff for the last three years," Kalk said. "A lot of times the songs started to mean other things because of where we were."

Hear Blue Sky Traffic tomorrow at Recher Theatre, 512 York Road in Towson. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $7 and $10 for ages younger than 21. For more information, call 410-337-7178 or go to rechertheatre.com. The band: blueskytraffic.com.

[SAM SESSA