Playing 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at 3rd and Lindsley

Back in 1985, in Government Cheese’s very first year as a band, singer-songwriter-guitarist Tommy Womack had a premonition at a nightclub in Bowling Green, Ky. “I remember being at a Cheese soundcheck at the Alibi disco in May of ’85,” Womack says, “and I just got this feeling that this is gonna last a long time.”

While Womack didn’t mention his premonition to any of his bandmates because they would have “mocked” him, it turned out to be spot-on. Now the band is performing a number of concerts billed as “40 Damn Years of Government Cheese” to celebrate four decades, culminating with a show Saturday night at 3rd and Lindsey.

What makes the anniversary even more remarkable is the fact the band’s original lineup — Womack (vocals, guita

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