Fiddlers Dream
Performance Schedule
May and June 2009
Saturday, May 16, 2009 - Woody Guthrie Tribute and Benefit Night
8pm ~ Anne James, Robbie Roberson, Larry Hill and Trahern Jordan
share the stage in this third annual concert event.
The third annual Woody Guthrie Tribute concert night features Anne James,
Trahern Jordan, Larry Hill, and Robby Roberson. This year's event will
showcase a variety of Woody's work and influences, featuring Woody tunes from
the Dust Bowl era, wartime, the Great Northwest, Mermaid Avenue era and other
ramblings. You'll hear Hard Travelin', The Car Song, Pastures of Plenty,
Deportees, Talkin' Dust Bowl Blues, and more, to include a song perhaps from
Arlo and Billy Bragg too! Donations tonight will once again benefit The
Fisher House Foundation program, a unique private-public partnership that
supports America's military in their time of need. There is at least one
Fisher House at every major military medical center to assist families in need
and to ensure that they are provided with the comforts of home in a supportive
environment. Annually, the Fisher House program serves more than 10,000
families, and have made available nearly 2.5 million days of lodging to family
members since the program originated in 1990. 8pm - Admission by donation
(suggested $5 to $10, more if you can spare). All door proceeds go to
benefit Fisher House. Doors open at 7:15pm, music starts at 8pm. No open
stage tonight.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009- Michael G. Ronstadt and Joe Pollock
Michael and his cello and Joe with guitar make for another
special midweek concert night!
Michael Gilbert Ronstadt is always moving forward at a rapid pace,
successfully bridging the gap between classical and non-classical genres on
cello, guitar, and voice through song-writing and composition. Dan Buckley
from the Tucson Citizen writes that he is "...a performer with an amazing
command of the typical and exotic sounds of the cello, a true virtuoso and a man of instinctive musicality." Ronstadt's comfort with a wide range of
musical styles, including bluegrass, classical, Andean, acoustic, southwestern
folk, mariachi, jazz and rock, takes him to both ends of the United States.
Joe Pollock comes from Charlottesville, Virginia, where great music seeps
through the city's pores. Guitarist and songwriter Paul Curreri says
Pollock's music is, "Genuine, honest stuff…substantially emotive..." and
another Charlottesville guitarist/songwriter (Morwenna Lasko & Jay Pun Duo)
notices that, "In an overpopulated music scene of 'Folkies'
and 'Bluegrassers,' Joe Pollock brings a freshness to Charlottesville and
beyond. Reminiscent of Bruce Cockburn and sounds of ambient groove mixed with
rock and blues, this new and upcoming musician is certainly one to watch."
Admission is $5 at the door. Doors open at 6:20 and the music
starts at 7pm.
Thursday, May 21 - Open Stage Night
Arrive well before 7:30pm - we have time for only twenty performance slots -
and get your name in the hat. This is a good night to try that new song or
perhaps to polish something a little more familiar. And the night is
set up to encourage everyone to listen to others and their music. Doors
open at approximately 6:15pm, music from 7:30 to 10pm. $3 donation or
3 cans of food for local nonprofit organizations and food pantries.
Most-needed items include dried foods, beans, pasta, soups, cereal and
any type of canned food.
Friday, May 22, 2009 -
8pm ~ e. china c is Lars Samson solo tonight, pushing on to that
next horizon of understanding
8:50 - Anthony Ciarleglio, guitarist and talented vocalist, and
violinist Lindsay Lombard, have formed the exciting new duo
Star Unknown
9:45pm - TBA
Admission is $3, doors open at 7:15pm, music starts at 8pm.
Open stage tonight at 10:30pm.
Saturday, May 23, 2009 - Two Set Night - $5
8pm ~ Two Set Night opens with Blackwood, playing a mix of jigs and
reels, traditional and contemporary, as well as a number of
ballads sung by Scotsman Ian Walinck.
9:20pm - Joe Bethancourt has been playing stringed instruments ever
since he was born, most likely, and now that he is grown up
he has an amazing array of stringed instruments and an even
more amazing talent to play them all.
Admission is $5, doors open at 7:15pm, music starts at 8pm.
No open stage tonight at 10:30pm.
Thursday, May 28 - Open Stage Night
Arrive well before 7:30pm - we have time for only twenty performance slots -
and get your name in the hat. This is a good night to try that new song or
perhaps to polish something a little more familiar. And the night is
set up to encourage everyone to listen to others and their music. Doors
open at approximately 6:15pm, music from 7:30 to 10pm. $3 donation or
3 cans of food for local nonprofit organizations and food pantries.
Most-needed items include dried foods, beans, pasta, soups, cereal and
any type of canned food.
Friday, May 29, 2009 -
8pm ~ Steve Rogers
8:50 - David McKay with a strong set of Blues and Americana
9:45pm - Fred Pinch has been a songwriter for others for 40 years,
and is now writing songs for himself and his own personal
style
Admission is $3, doors open at 7:15pm, music starts at 8pm.
Open stage tonight at 10:30pm.
Saturday, May 30, 2009 -
8pm ~ Paul Lee Kupfer and acoustic folk and blues originals
8:50 - Chris Hansen from San Francisco with alternative originals
9:45pm - Alesa (vocals and guitar) and Patty (harmony vocals &
flute), doing a darn good job with funky folk, classic
country, "lived through it" originals, and some harmonic
light rock....come give a listen and smile with them!
Admission is $3, doors open at 7:15pm, music starts at 8pm.
Open stage tonight at 10:30pm.
Thursday, June 4 - Open Stage Night
Arrive well before 7:30pm - we have time for only twenty performance slots -
and get your name in the hat. This is a good night to try that new song or
perhaps to polish something a little more familiar. And the night is
set up to encourage everyone to listen to others and their music. Doors
open at approximately 6:15pm, music from 7:30 to 10pm. $3 donation or
3 cans of food for local nonprofit organizations and food pantries.
Most-needed items include dried foods, beans, pasta, soups, cereal and
any type of canned food.
Friday, June 5, 2009 -
8pm ~ Strictly Business
8:50pm ~ Bent Roots String Band perform traditional and contemporary
songs in a nice collaborative effort
9:45pm - Tom Whitlock - amazing originals and great cover tunes
Admission is $3, doors open at 7:15pm, music starts at 8pm.
Open stage tonight at 10:30pm.
Saturday, June 6, 2009 - Concert Night with John Fiddler~
The legendary British Folk-Blues-Rocker John Fiddler will be
appearing at Fiddler's Dream Saturday evening, June 6, 2009.
Fiddler, a very well-respected man in British Rock and Blues circles, first
came to prominence as the singer-songwriter-guitarist, or other half of the
famed Medicine Head, which had a string of British Top 10 hits in the early
and mid-1970s including "One and One is One" and "Rising Sun". When Medicine
Head folded in 1975, Fiddler received an urgent call from the rhythm section
of famed Brit Rockers Mott the Hoople. Ian Hunter had left the band, and a new
vocalist wasn't working out. Fiddler cut off his hippy locks and moustache,
and became a bonafide Rock frontman in the re-created Mott newly christened as
British Lions. The Lions had three top 40 American and UK hits including a top
ten cover of Kim Fowley's "International Heroes", Garland Jeffries' cult
classic "Wild in the Streets", and Fiddler's own composition "One More Chance
to Run".
With the advent of punk, British Lions sadly folded and Fiddler found himself
in mid-air free falling, that is, until another rhythm section of another
prestigious British Blues-Rock band, the classic Yardbirds, came-a-calling.
Fiddler was a natural for the band, as one of his best friends was the late
Yardbirds' vocalist Keith Relf, who had actually played bass for Medicine Head
some years back. Another band, and another name change, this time to Box of
Frogs. Fiddler's return to music came with another Top 10 American hit, "Back
Where I Started From" on the band's first self-titled album, Fiddler being
joined by guitar greats and Yardbird alumni Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page.
Since the early 1990s Fiddler moved to the Arizona he had always loved,
especially after visiting the state during his British Lions tenure. Since
arriving here he has run a Blues Club in Mesa, and has developed a solo
career, culminating in the release of his "Big Buffalo" album - first recorded
in the mid- 1990s then revisited with new tracks in 2002. Fiddler is again
jump-starting a great career of British Folk-Blues Rock with a hefty dose of
Americana Roots music as a heady influence. His website is www.johnfiddler.com,
check it out and then make the trip to see him in concert!
Admission to the concert is $5.
Thursday, June 11 - Open Stage Night
Arrive well before 7:30pm - we have time for only twenty performance slots -
and get your name in the hat. This is a good night to try that new song or
perhaps to polish something a little more familiar. And the night is
set up to encourage everyone to listen to others and their music. Doors
open at approximately 6:15pm, music from 7:30 to 10pm. $3 donation or
3 cans of food for local nonprofit organizations and food pantries.
Most-needed items include dried foods, beans, pasta, soups, cereal and
any type of canned food.
Friday, June 12, 2009 -
8pm ~ Hannes Kvaran composes sagas and stories, and plays a powerful
guitar
8:50 - Jay Taylor with covers of blues, folk and Americana
9:45pm - Laura Joy is a guitar-wielding woman of the folk persuasion,
whose style has been compared to Jewel and Dar Williams
Admission is $3, doors open at 7:15pm, music starts at 8pm.
Open stage tonight at 10:30pm.
Saturday, June 13, 2009 - Two Set Concert Night!
8pm ~ Two Set Night opens with Hans York, who breaks down the walls
between world, pop, folk, jazz and acoustic music, by blending these styles
with elegance and grace, resulting in a refreshingly original and intriguing
style that shines with imagery and a joyful celebration of life and love. He
is a world musician in the true sense of the term.
9:20pm - The Tractor Pull Divas ~ With band members who have shared
the stage with everyone from Bo Diddley and Ricky Skaggs to modern rockers
such as Switchfoot and Third Eye Blind, you’d expect Tractor Pull Divas to be
anything but ordinary. You’d be right. Mixing the musical and instrumental
elements of bluegrass and americana into the accessibility and energy of the
best of modern rock anthems, Tractor Pull Divas has landed upon a sound which
is truly their own. A sound they have affectionately titled "new school
americana".
Admission is $5, doors open at 7:15pm, music starts at 8pm.
No open stage tonight.
Thursday, June 18 - Open Stage Night
Arrive well before 7:30pm - we have time for only twenty performance slots -
and get your name in the hat. This is a good night to try that new song or
perhaps to polish something a little more familiar. And the night is
set up to encourage everyone to listen to others and their music. Doors
open at approximately 6:15pm, music from 7:30 to 10pm. $3 donation or
3 cans of food for local nonprofit organizations and food pantries.
Most-needed items include dried foods, beans, pasta, soups, cereal and
any type of canned food.
Friday, June 19, 2009 -
8pm ~ Daniel Park
8:50 - Speisman Family Singers
9:45pm - Anjanette Indelicato, singer/songwriter, will be performing
acoustic pop/rock originals from her debut CD in the style of
Sarah McLachlan and Tori Amos
Admission is $3, doors open at 7:15pm, music starts at 8pm.
Open stage tonight at 10:30pm.
Saturday, June 20, 2009 -
8pm ~ Shane Hunt performs original music with an acoustic rock feel
8:50 - The Gunrunners from Tucson and indie acoustic rock punk
9:45pm - Annette Wilson and Pablo finish the evening at 9:45pm to
10:45pm. No open stage tonight ~
Admission is $3, doors open at 7:15pm, music starts at 8pm.
No open stage tonight.
Friday, June 26, 2009- Lonesome Traveler Bluegrass Band In Concert
Lonesome Traveler is an acoustic band from Colorado’s front range with
a bluegrass driver’s license, a certificate of songwriting, and a sheriff’s
badge of cool. They possess the cracklin’ firepower of a six-piece band, yet
the grace of a dancer as they weave in and around the stage, singing, picking,
and testifying to the gospel of Americana music. The sisters, to whom Neal
and Fisher are married, are cousins with the father/son guitar tandem of the
band, Rick and Dustin Scott. Although both are accomplished flat-pickers from
the Doc/Tony/Norman school, it is Rick’s Travis-style finger-picking coupled
with Dustin’s cleanly flat-picked runs that anchor Lonesome Traveler’s unique
sound. Jodi Boyce on mandolin and Ansel Foxley on resonator guitar could be
considered the history and future of Lonesome Traveler. As the undisputed
leader of the band and original visionary, Jodi’s songs, lead and harmony
singing, fluid and articulate instrumental work are the engine and framework
of the band’s vehicle. Ansel Foxley is the newest member; contributing an
edgy, warm baritone voice on lead and harmony, original songs, and a bluesy
Dobro style (he’s the ’07 Rockygrass Dobro champion), Ansel adds just a dash
of modernity to the band’s traditional sensibilities.
Admission is $5 at the door. Doors open at 7:15 and the music
starts at 8pm.
Saturday, June 27, 2009 -
8pm ~ Eddie West uses his laid back voice to tell stories that are
both fun and comforting for the listener. Backed by an acoustic
guitar and harmonica, West fills the musical landscape of each
song with a palette of natural, earthy colors
8:50 - Eddie Detroit and Carl Gregory with interesting as always songs
and well played guitar
9:45pm - Daryl Shawn is based in Mexico and performs Flamenco/folk
influenced guitar instrumentals and vocals
Admission is $3, doors open at 7:15pm, music starts at 8pm.
Open stage tonight at 10:30pm.
