Fiddling Cricket Concerts 
April 2007
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Asylum Street Spankers
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Austin, Texas' unrivalled contemporary vaudeville show. With an emphasis on entertaining, the Spankers blend world-class musicianship, topical humor, stunning vocals, broad theatrics and an astonishing use of acoustic dynamics into an entirely unique and engaging experience that has thrilled diverse audiences at jazz, blues, folk & more. www.asylumstreetspankers.com |
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Billy Bright and Chojo
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Billy Bright and Wayne "Chojo" Jacques first met at a festival in Florida in 2001, where they were performing with their respective bands. After many late night motel jams, and shared gigs over the next few years, Billy invited Chojo to record a CD with his 'Two High String Band' configuration. Their similar tastes for mandolin and fiddle music, as well as their complementary playing styles, create a powerful presentation of American roots and traditional string music. Billy first introduced audiences to his unique brand of acoustic music in the late 90's while attending the prestigious Berklee School of Music in Boston. Soon after Billy began touring extensively with Peter Rowan as the mandolinist in Peter'sTexas Trio. Later he became a permanent member of The Peter Rowan and Tony Rice Quartet. His excellent acoustic reputation has drawn the likes of David Grisman, Vassar Clements, Tony Trischka, Peter Rowan, Tony Rice, Yonder Mountain String Band and many others to record and/or perform with him. In 1973, Chojo started out playing guitar, fiddle, and mandolin with The Lost Highway Band, a country/ blues/ rock band that toured extensively, and recorded several albums. After touring off and on over the next several decades, he co-founded and performed with the Waybacks from 1999 - 2004. He continues his collaborations and performances with artists such as Slaid Cleaves, Fred Eaglesmith, Eliza Gilkyson, Keith Greeninger, Two High String Band, Houston Jones, The Devil Makes Three, Joe Craven, and many others. |
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Dan Hicks & The Hot
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The Folk Years
refers to that period in the early Sixties (and late Fifties) when something
called the "Folk Craze" or "Folk Boom" was happening. Everyone
was picking up the guitar or banjo and learning folk songs or listening to them
at parties and coffee houses. "Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks Salute the
Folk Years" rep will include selections from the artists that became
nationally famous and made this music the phenomenon that it was. DH &
HL will play and sing songs of the Limelighters, Mississippi John Hurt,
Jim Kweskin, Jug Band, Pete Seeger and the Weavers, The Kinston Trio, The Roof
Top Singers, Buffy St. Marie, Lightin’ Hopkins, Koerner, Ray and Glover,
and Peter, Paul and Mary among others. These performers, appearing
on television shows such as ABC’s Hootenanny and playing massive
folk festivals throughout the country, paved the way for future styles of pop
music to come – ever hear of folk-rock? You won’t want to miss Dan
Hick’s Salute to the Folk Years!
www. danhicks.net
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Mumbo Gumbo plus Point
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As the name
Mumbo Gumbo implies, there's original New Orleans' second line
and rhythm and blues involved. But also, there is driving rockabilly, James
Brown inspired funk, edgy blues rock, Afro-Cuban trance singalongs, and
conga-line-inspiring rhumbas. The group's increasing stature is rooted in two
distinctive traditions that are as old as the rock era itself: the journeyman
roadwork ethic that produced the Beatles and the freeform dance party
lifestyle that produced the Grateful Dead. Mumbo Gumbo have developed
their musical craft the way few new bands are doing these days, through hard
musical work, gig by gig, year by year. And they have developed a connection
with their audience that comes from their over-arching desire to make sure that
they leave their audiences dancing and smiling. With their 8th, and latest,
album Wishbones plus a host of festival and concert gigs all around the
Western U.S., the members of Mumbo Gumbo are realizing just how big their
Americana musical stew has become in the melting pot of the new millenium.
www.mumbogumbo.com
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Elana James & The
Continental Two featuring Whit Smith
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Elana Jameshas been on tour with Bob Dylan, Junior Brown & Jimmie Vaughan—now she is coming to our town with her own hot swingin' ensemble. Elana James, lead singer and fiddler extraordinaire, will be reunited with her longtime cohort in Hot Club Of Cowtown, western swing and country jazz guitar wizard, Whit Smith. Formerly the driving force behind the hot jazz/Western swing trio Hot Club of Cowtown, violinist and singer Elana James is an internationally acclaimed performer who has been featured at countless major concerts and music festivals worldwide. After teaming up with Bob Dylan in 2005 as part of his touring band--the first female instrumentalist to do so in thirty years--she and her new trioElana James & The Continental Two are honored to be the opening act for Bob Dylan's 2006 summer US tour. Elana is a regular guest on NPR's A Prairie Home Companion and has been a featured performer on numerous television and radio shows including WSM's Grand Ole Opry. www.elanamusic.com |
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Ledward Kaapana &
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Led Kaapana is nearing his 40th year as a professional musician. His mastery of stringed instruments, particularly slack key guitar, and extraordinary baritone and leo ki`eki`e (falsetto) voice have made him a musical legend. Chet Atkins and Bob Dylan have both stated that 2006 Grammy Award winner Led Kaapana is simply the best musician alive in Hawaii. Led has recorded with Ricky Skaggs, Alison Krause, Jim Messina, Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, and George Winston. Led continues to stretch the boundaries of Slack Key guitar, dazzling audiences worldwide with his freeboard improvisations, wide-ranging vocals, and kolohe (rascally) sense of humor. www.ledkaapana.com |
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Bill Evans String Summit
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High Octane Americana Mission City Coffee Roasting Company, 2221 The Alameda, Santa Clara, Ca 95050 Saturday, April 28th, 8pm, $15/$17 Houston Jones, a quartet expandable to a sextet, feature the stunning, left handed, upside down, acoustic and electric guitar playing of Glen Houston and the golden tenor of Travis Jones (guitar), plus the double bass and harmony vocals of Chris Kee and the percussion and harmony vocals of Peter Tucker. When the eclectic fiddle and mandolin of Chojo Jacques joins them they have 3 of the 4 original Waybacks on stage. In some shows keyboards and accordion are also added. Though all the band members are resident in the Bay Area, they originate from all over the US and have about 180 years of collective professional music experience! Describing their music as 'high energy Americana', they usually sizzle through a mix of blues, folk, country, bluegrass, Celtic, gospel and jazz, mixing original material with the best from others. They have 3 CDs out (two studio and one live) and two years ago stormed the main stage at the Strawberry Music Festival, where they were voted the best new band and Travis the best new vocalist. Last year they toured extensively, appearing at several major US and Canadian festivals. They are surpassingly good, great fun to see live, and Fiddling Cricket favorites! |
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