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Minton Sparks & Special Guest Vincent Stanley
Saturday, August 23, 2008
8:00 p.m.
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“Like a backwoods Lucinda Williams or Gillian Welch, or perhaps more accurately, an existentialist Jo Carol Pierce, Minton Sparks has an eye for detail and a flair for storytelling that marks her as an unmitigated original. On " No Depression", Minton Sparks sounds like my momma,, and my aunt Dot, and my aunt Grace and even a bit like my Uncle Jack—only better and wilder and heartbreakingly more powerful”
--Dorothy Allison
“There’s no one quite like Sparks on the contemporary music scene-no one with her ability to find and describe the haunting rhythms of this world in such precise, unadorned terms.”
May 2004 Performing Songwriter
Poet and novelist Vincent Stanley lives in Santa Barbara (sometimes in New York) with his wife, the novelist and memoir writer, Nora Gallagher.
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Chuck Pyle
Saturday, September 27, 2008
8:00 p.m.
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Called respectfully by his musical peers,"The Zen Cowboy", Chuck is admired as a sly humorist and an innovative guitarist, and has performed for the Colorado Legislature, on Austin City Limits, and at Bill Gates' home. He's had his songs recorded by John Denver, Chris LeDoux, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band & Jerry Jeff Walker. He sees what's best about America, writing songs about love lost & love found, forgetful cowboys, heroic highway patrolmen, and brain stems gone "critical". |
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Jack Williams
Saturday, October 25, 2008
8:00 p.m.
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".... his artistry... is nothing short of amazing. Dazzling picking, expressive voice, unique and interesting songs. He is a showman in the best sense of the word and just wowed our audience. I think they would have followed him anywhere."
Rich Warren, WFMT "Midnight Special", Chicago IL
South Carolinian Jack Williams, guitarist/singer/songwriter/storyteller, is outstanding among a handful of artists who - in skill, depth and integrity – stand head and shoulders above the many performers flooding today’s folk circuit. Among acoustic guitarists he is near-legendary. Having avoided the compromises of the commercial music industry during his 50+-year professional career, he prefers touring “under the radar”, playing concerts, large and small, week in and week out, from the sheer love of music and performing.
As a hired-gun guitarist in the Deep South of the Civil Rights-Easy Rider 60's, Jack worked shows with John Lee Hooker, Big Joe Turner, Jerry Butler, Z.Z. Hill, Hank Ballard and many others. During that era, his bands also backed up artists such as the Shirelles, the Del-Vikings, the Coasters, the Drifters, and the Platters.
Jack's career has been nothing if not eclectic. He played trumpet in a jazz quartet in a beatnik coffeehouse in Seattle in 1959 - reading poetry to the audience during breaks. He learned banjo and mandolin to spice up folk groups in the 60's in Georgia. He played pedal-steel guitar in a country-rock band, and classical guitar/lute in a Renaissance ensemble. His skill with instrumentalcomposition won him a national arts grant in 1967. This led to his later arrangements for other artists’ recordings (Jonnell Mosser, The Malvinas, Mickey Newbury, Ronny Cox).
Vic Heyman in SING OUT! says “…one of the strongest guitar players in contemporary folk.”
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HOLIDAY SHOW IN THE ROUND!!! Doug Clegg and Friends-- a Benefit Show
Saturday, December 13, 2008
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| Every year, Doug Clegg puts together a few friends to raise money for a good cause in the spirit of the season. Itis definately one of the most popular shows of the year. Not that it's always Christmas-y.. Last year, guest Michael Dewberry opened the show with a completely rousing and stomping version of Dixie Chicken...Big fun for everyone. A great way to come together during the holiday season. |
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Tom Kimmel
Saturday, January 17, 2009
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Tom Kimmel
Saturday, January 17, 2009
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Annie Gallup
Saturday, February 28, 2009
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Steve Seskin
Saturday, March 28, 2009
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Eric Taylor
Thursday, April 23, 2009
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TBA
Saturday, May 23, 2009
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In the Round Local Artists
Saturday, June 27, 2009
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TBA
Saturday, July 25, 2009
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