Anybody hoping to have a fancy fried sandwich anytime soon is out of luck: Birmingham Weekly got word late Sunday night that the Burly Earl has closed its doors for good. The decades-old dive bar has been under new ownership for the last several months, but their efforts to reinvent the place unfortunately didn’t pan out. The new guys had put a lot of effort into booking live music: Saturday, July 26, would have brought the bar’s biggest show in a decade, with erstwhile Harlem sidewalk fixtures Satan and Adam playing their modern blues there.

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There’s a rare Monday show at Java & Jams tonight: The splendid Packway Handle Band out of Athens, Ga., will be doing their string thing starting at 8 p.m. Cover is $5.

You can check out their sound on the band’s website: www.packwayhandle.com

The BBC Scotland Music Player also has video of a terrific live set here

Java & Jams is located at 321 20th St. North in downtown Birmingham. Call 321-JAVA (5282) for more info.