Fiddling Cricket Concerts 
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Sharon Allen with Her Dusty Boots
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Sharon Allen loves to sing. And people love to hear her songs. Having previously played with The Firebirds from 1979-2002 she was known as the "Little Lady with the Big Voice" and graced many a stage singing blues and working with the likes of B.B. King, Boz Scaggs, Robben Ford, Johnny Winter and Elvin Bishop. In 2002, Sharon found her writer's voice and an ongoing collaboration with Sherry Austin, known as Sherry Austin with Henhouse. Working on songwriting and harmonies with Sherry gave her a renewed appreciation of acoustic music from her early years back east. She found her natural home in the folk music family of California's central coast. In 2010, Sharon formed The Dusty Boots playing country and folk music with Charlie Joe Wallace; guitar, Jerry Bradley; bass and Jimmy Norris; drums. Bringing together musicians from her past and present for an evening of country and blues she brings to the stage a talented group of players. Joining The Dusty Boots for the evening, Mike Mongielo; guitar, Jim Hannibal; saxophone and Kenny Karst; trombone will add their flavor to the mix and get you dancing and your toes tapping. http://sharon-allen.com |
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Michael Gaither and Steve Kritzer are veteran
Bay Area singer/songwriters who joined forces as a duo after they first
played The Ugly Mug back on a split bill back in 2009. Their show, which
they refer to as a "songwriter ping pong match," is a fun mix of
original and cover songs, backed by guitars, ukuleles, banjo, and mandolin,
with lots of jokes, stories, and audience participation. This is Michael and
Steve's fourth appearance as a duo at The Ugly Mug and in this show they'll be
joined by Jeff Baker on percussion.
http://www.michaelgaither.com
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Jeffrey Foucault plus Laurie
Sargent |
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“I first saw Foucault play in a little Missoula
theatre years ago, when many of us who grew up spinning our elders'
albums—Townes and Dylan, John Prine and Greg Brown—wandered around
dolorously wondering when the next real songwriter would come along. Stetson
sweaty, that little vagabond spark in his eye, he spun out a long Beam-fueled
set and when it was over I walked out into the warm rain and thought, Damn. So
that's where he's been. Since then Foucault has given American poetry some of
its most vital lines and his musical searchings have become touchstones of
density and durability. On this new record—his most poignant, honest, even
scathing—his cry is a belt of pure blue Wisconsin lake ice with a back of
December sunlight angling through bare limbed birches. Not so much penned as
lived, these songs—about a show played perfectly to an empty bar, the real
ones who die with nothing half the time—offer listeners that rare artistic
combination of a voice and a world. And while there's nothing not lonely about
these songs, you can't hear them and feel remotely alone. Here is our hurricane
lamp, the heart whose flame won't go out, whatever the wind. Hold it
close.” - Chris Dombrowski (from the liner notes to SALT AS
WOLVES). http://www.jeffreyfoucault.com |
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The SkiffleBeats asks "What if the Beatles never plugged in and never got famous, but kept playing and writing music anyway?" The result could be, and is here, acoustic versions of well-loved Beatles songs (and some you forgot about or never knew), which include all of the core elements from George Martin's amazing arrangements. Stellar vocal harmonies and surprising instrumentation add up to an evening of pure fun. We know you can't help singing along and that's okay! The SkiffleBeats roster is World Famous Ukulele Dick (actually mostly on guitar here), the lovely and talented Jayme Kelly Curtis, vocals and numerous stringed things, harmonica whiz George Galt, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist Rob Vickers, and The Bass Doctor, Matt Bohn (yes, that's five, not four…but then they aren't quite as talented as The Beatles were). www.purrgirl.com |
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Last Updated: 05/01/16