The Heat Goes On: Tad Cautious’ Remain In Light Dance Party featuring Bobby Hackney (Death, Rough Francis) & TBA
About This Event
Tad Cautious brings his Remain In Light dance party to Hill Country Live, featuring Bobby Hackney of Detroit group Death, who has also performed with Rough Francis. Cautious’s country-leaning, audience-facing programming places deep-cut rock histories in a live dance format; Hackney’s direct, groove-focused playing emphasizes ensemble momentum over adornment. Additional guests are TBA.
About The Heat Goes On
At Hill Country Live, “The Heat Goes On” arrives as Tad Cautious’ Remain In Light dance party, built around a live bill anchored by Bobby Hackney, with Death and Rough Francis in the frame and more acts slated to join. Hackney’s appearance carries a specific lineage: Death’s early-1970s Detroit story sits at the edge of punk’s origin map, and it lands here inside a country-leaning night. The result reads less like genre purity than a document of how scenes travel. In New York, that kind of cross-billing is its own tradition.
About the Artists
Tad Cautious
Tad Cautious is a country-leaning solo artist and host whose work in New York City often centers on live, communal formats. At Hill Country Live, Cautious has presented themed dance-party events, including The Heat Goes On: Tad Cautious’ Remain In Light Dance Party, featuring Bobby Hackney of Death and Rough Francis, with additional guests to be announced.
Bobby Hackney
Bobby Hackney is a musician associated with country-leaning sets and with the Detroit group Death, formed in 1971 with his brothers David and Dannis Hackney. He has also performed with Rough Francis and collaborated in live bills alongside acts such as Tad Cautious.
Death
Death is a Detroit group formed in the early 1970s by brothers Bobby, David, and Dannis Hackney, later circling back into public view through projects linked to the members, including Rough Francis. In New York City, their legacy turns up on bills at Hill Country Live, where Bobby Hackney has appeared in context with artists like Tad Cautious.
