Fiddling Cricket Concerts 
August 2010
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Houston
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Houston Jones are
consistently the most popular group playing for Fiddling Cricket, and our
association with them goes back a long way. Band members are Glen
Houston (lead acoustic and electric guitar), Travis Jones (lead
vocals and acoustic guitar), Chris Kee , (double bass, cello and harmony
vocals), Peter Tucker (percussion and harmony vocals) and Henry
Salvia (piano, accordion, and vocals). |
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Acoustic Music Series At The Ugly Mug in
Soquel |
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Celtic and British traditions As founding members of Celtic band Molly's Revenge, David Brewer and Pete Haworth have toured all over the USA, Scotland, Australia, and China. David Brewer has been a featured soloist at Barra Feis Piping Recital in Scotland and featured highland piper with both the North State and Napa Valley Symphonies. He has been a special guest of the six-time Grammy winning group The Chieftains, and recently toured with winners of the Scottish Traditional Music Award winners, Old Blind Dogs. Pete Haworth, a veteran singer and guitar player in the folk music scene in his native England, has added Irish bouzouki to his playing repertoire. Pete brings many influences, both folk and otherwise, to the Celtic tradition. Playing as a duo, David and Pete feature rearranged versions of Molly's Revenge sets plus new material. l and ever since he's been re-bitten by the writing and performing bug. He currently lives, loves, writes and records in Carmel, California. |
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Ramblin' Jack Elliott
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Nobody I know—and I mean nobody—has covered more
ground and made more friends and sung more songs than the fellow you're about
to meet right now. He's got a song and a friend for every mile behind him. Say
hello to my good buddy, Ramblin' Jack Elliott . Johnny Cash , The Johnny
Cash Television Show, 1969. |
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Michael Stadler (with
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Michael Stadler, from Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on the
shores of Lake Superior, has lived in the Bay Area since the 80's. He is a
multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, performing a broad mix of country, folk,
bluegrass, swing and old-time. His guitar arrangements have considerable
complexity, involving fingerstyle, flatpicking and clawhammer styles. As well
as playing solo, he is cofounder of the Mike Stadler and Mary Gibbons
Band. Mike's debut solo CD, North Country, was released a few years
ago, and his clawhammer guitar playing is featured on Clawhammer Guitar: The
Collection on Solid Air Records. He's a regular in our series.http://www.angelfire.com/folk/stadler/index.html |
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The Lucky Stars plus Patti
Maxine & The Saddle Pals |
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The Lucky Stars are
Hollywood's full-bore, rompin, stompin honky-tonk outfit . Stay Out Late
is the new CD and it features 13 blistering swingin' tunes. Sage Guyton
sings and has a wayward way with word play, Jeremy Wakefeld plays a
Bigsby steel guitar and how, Dave Stucky, formerly of Dave & Deke
Combo sings and beats the drums, the bass fiddle man is Wally Hersom
formerly of Big Sandy's band and contributes the twin guitar retorts.
http://www.theluckystars.com |
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Acoustic Music Series At The Ugly Mug in
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Michael Gaither takes the "write what you know" idea to heart, wrapping acoustic guitar, harmonica, ukulele, and mandolin around stories of small town life, and humor. His love of animals and involvement with local animal rescue also work their way into his songs. Michael produces and hosts the Songs and Stories podcast, featuring interviews with other independent songwriters. Steve Kritzer divides his time between Northern California and Nashville, honing his writing and performing skills and producing recordings for others. He is a founding member of Blah Blah Woof Woof and several other groups in the past. Steve is equally at home on guitar, mandolin, or banjo, and though his solo style is rooted in the West Coast coffeehouse scene of the 60's, he is equally assured with bluegrass and Celtic. He tours regularly in Ireland and has 4 CDs to his name. Mike Simpson blends modern and traditional folk styles. He writes about love and loss, profound victories and aching sorrows, sending his songs out wrapped in a velvet voice and shining fingerstyle guitar lines. Other songwriter's material, and traditional old favorites, are placed in new settings, familiar but renewed. |
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Last Updated: 08/02/10