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Past Performers
| Tom, Brad, and Alice Gerrard | http://www.tombradalice.com | ||
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I met Alice Gerrard in a restaurant in North Carolina at Merle Fest. I was having dinner with Richard Greene (the fiddle player) and she came over to say hello to him. I asked her if she ever got to New England and needed a fill in date to call me as I handed her my card. She did!!!! |
| The Rowan Brothers | http://www.rowanbrothers.com | |
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I met Chris and Lorin Rowan when they were kids when I was running a club in S.F. in the 70's. I was overwhelmed by their talent then and still am today. I was at a concert in Cambridge by their brother Peter and I was backstage visiting him when he said to me "you'll never guess who is coming later, my brother Lorin" I invited him to do a house concert on the spot. |
| Jon Sholle | http://www.jonsholle.com/ | John Stafford | |
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I first met Jon when I was a teenager hanging at Washington Square Park on weekends. He was an amazing player then and even more so now. I was playing street music in S.F. and ran into him at Fishermans Wharf. He joined our band and met Jon Stafford..an instant marriage made in heaven. Sholles' path crossed mine many times over the years and he is one of my best friends I have ever had |  |
I met Stafford in New Orleans and we hit the road together. Without a doubt he is the best horn player I have ever heard. We have traveled around the world playing music together. He came to Boston for my 10th wedding anniversary and we had a jam afterwards at the house. We stopped at midnite to be considerate of the neighbors. The phone rang many times asking us why we stopped !!! His main horn is the clarinet |
| Andy Cohen | http://www.andycohenmusic.net | |
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I was leaving Charlie's Deli in Sharon and walked up to Andy and asked him if he liked music. (I was trying to expand my email list) He told me he was a pro and went to his dads house here and started playing. My mouth is still open. He is a master of country blues. He also is the only living Doceola player |  |
| Maryann Price | http://www.maryannprice.com | ||
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Maryann Price and I go back to the post Dan Hicks days when she was working with her exhusband John Girton in San Francisco. She sang in my own band "The Bourbon Street Irregulars" She is a great jazz singer who resides in Austin overlooking the Colorado River in an ideal setting |
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| Shelley King Band | http://www.shelleyking.com | ||
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I first heard Shelley playing with an all female supergroup at the Barn Dance in South Austin during South by Southwest.Shelley was fronting the band with Cindy Cashdollar on pedal steel, Marcia Ball on keyboards, Teresa Anderssen playing violin and Carolyn Wonderland on guitar. They were called Sis Deville and it was one of the greatest shows of my life. Needless to say she made a very strong impression on me. One thing led to another and I was lucky enough to have her come and play here. She is a truly amazing singer and songwriter. | ||
| Gordon Stone and Jimmy Ryan | http://www.gordonstone.com | |||
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I was introduced to Gordon Stone via a cd that Joel Stein loaned to me. When I listened to it I couldn't believe what I was hearing, Thelonius Monk on Banjo wow!!! He also plays pedal steel and I found his steel playing filled with texture and grace. As for Jimmy Ryan, he was a man filled with humor. Not only from the words he said but thru his music as well. When I chatted with him before the show he told me that Eric Levinson was his landlord. I asked him if he had Howie Tarnowers' old apartment and he said "yup". I told him that was where I stayed everytime I came to Boston before I moved here.. Maybe 20 or 30 times!! | ||
| Bryan Bowers | http://www.bryanbowers.com | |||
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I received a call from my friend Glenn Scott who asked me if I could do a house concert for a friend of his. I had never heard of Bryan Bowers but when he arrived I realized I had a tremendous talent on my hands. He is the worlds greatest autoharp player and a master storyteller. The evening was as warm as fuzzy as can be and I was overjoyed with the results. His show also got me my first 2 love letters which I am posting as a new catagory. He is 6' 4" and has a larger than life fell about his character. He is in love with what he is doing. Click on his site to hear some audio clips | ||
| David Grier | http://www.davidgrier.com |
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I knew of David Grier thru his music and knew he was a master of the guitar. Just for the hell of it I noticed that he was performing in the Northeast. So off goes an email asking him if he would like to perform at my house concert series and much to my chagrin he said yes. I had people come from Nantucket Island and as far away as Northeastern Connecticut. He lives in Nashville and sounds like it |
| Dave Marty | ||
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Marty is an old friend of mine from my Dixieland and traditional jazz days
in San Francisco, He is the finest plectrum banjo player I have ever heard.
My audience was very surprised and very receptive to his playing. I once took a banjo lesson from him when I was changing from a 5 string to a 4 string player. The first thing he did was look at my banjo and coyly asked me what that "thing" was on my neck. I said it was a capo. He asked for a closer look at it and took it off and threw it out the window explaining there are no capos in plectrum banjo. |
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| Tony Watt | ||
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I met Tony Watt at the Cantab and was amazed at his talent. He is an extroadinary guitar player who was lucky to have a musician for a father. He learned at the feet of all the bluegrass greats in Boston. He left Boston for the hills of Tennessee to study music at the only public school with a program in bluegrass East Tennessee State University. Afterwards he moved to Nashville to attend the PHD program at Vanderbuilt University. He is now based near Albany, N.Y. | |
| Robbie Fulks and Robbie Gjersoe | www.robbiefulks.com |
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I had never heard of either Robbie before they came to Sharon for their performance. Robbie Fulks was recommended by a friend (Joel Stein) and I have to say I can't remember having more fun at any other show we have had. Fulks from Chicago is an incredible singer and songwriter and Austins' Robbie Gjersoe on the guitar was perfect. He was tasty in every musical choice he made. I am now fortunate to call him my friend |
| Kristin Andreassen | http://www.myspace.com/kristinandreassen |
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Kristin Andreassen
is an award-winning songwriter & multi-instrumentalist hailing from
Boston, Massachusetts. Best known as a member of the “all g’Earl”
stringband Uncle Earl, Kristin’s diverse career ranges from warp-speed
clogging routines (with Annapolis-based Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble)
to lava lamp singalongs (with her band Sometymes Why, a “folk noir”
vocal trio that features vocals with quiet ukulele & glockenspiel accompaniment). |
| Taarka | www.taarka.com |
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TAARKA, a virtuosic ensemble of violin, mandolin, cello, upright bass, + vocals featuring high-energy performance and innovative, beautiful compositions and songs, weaving the sounds of old and new from world folk, celtic, bluegrass, jazz, and classical performed rock energy and master musicianship. This is one of the best shows I have ever been to. |
Debra Cowan
Eric Andersen
Mike Marshall and his big Trio
Frank Vignola’s Hot Club
Claudia Schmidt
Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen
Caterina Licthenberg and Mike Marshall
Skip Gorman
Back Bay Guitar Trio
Jon Pousette Dart
Rod MacDonald