[NEohioPAL]Blues on Saturday & new concerts
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Kent Stage Blues Festival 2/25
Just added:
Cheryl Wheeler 3/23
Al Stewart 5/11
Roger McGuinn 6/24
This Saturday
4th ANNUAL
BLUES FESTIVAL
Sonny Robertson & the
Howard Street Blues Band,
The Magic Touch Band, and
Reid Project with Ms Butterscotch
Saturday, February 25
8:00 PM
Advance discount tickets: $10.00
Day of Show: $15.00
Coming in March
STEVE FORBERT and
CHRIS SMITHER
Friday, March 3
8:00 PM
Anointed "the new Dylan" upon his recording debut, folk-rock singer/songwriter Steve Forbert was born in Meridian, MS, in 1955. After learning guitar at age 11, he spent his high school years playing in a variety of local bands before quitting his job as a truck driver and moving to New York City at the age of 21. There, he performed for spare change in Grand Central Station before working his way up to the Manhattan club circuit.
After signing to Nemperor, Forbert debuted in 1978 with Alive on Arrival, which earned critical acclaim for its taut, poetic lyrics. The follow-up, 1979's Jackrabbit Slim, was his most successful outing, reaching the Top 20 on the strength of the hit single "Romeo's Tune" (allegedly inspired by the late Supreme Florence Ballard). However, both 1980's Little Stevie Orbit and a self-titled 1982 effort fared poorly, and Forbert was dropped by his label. He spent much of the decade in Nashville, where he continued honing his songwriting skills and performed regularly throughout the South. In 1988, he signed to Geffen, where the E Street Band's Garry Tallent produced his comeback album, Streets of This Town. Pete Anderson took over the production reins for 1992's The American in Me, but Forbert's continued lack of chart success prompted the label to cut him loose. A deal with the Warner Bros.-affiliated Giant label resulted in two more studio albums, 1995's Mission of the Crossroad
Palms and 1996's Rocking Horse Head, but in 1998 Forbert moved into independent territory for his next album, the rollicking live set Here's Your Pizza. Forbert signed with Koch Records for his next studio disc, 2000's Evergreen Boy, where he also released Any Old Time (a tribute to country music legend Jimmie Rodgers) in 2002 and Just Like There's Nothin' To It (a collection of new songs) in 2004. During this period, Forbert also released two compilations of rare and unreleased material, Young, Guitar Days and More Young, Guitar Days, as well as several live recordings. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
While Chris Smither is a great songwriter, the centerpiece of his 11th album, Train Home, is a cover - Bob Dylan's Desolation Row.
Smither always has been willing to reinterpret another artist when it suits his purpose, and he makes Desolation Row and the three other covers on Train Home his own. The subtle arrangement of Desolation Row, with Bonnie Raitt's mournful slide guitar, ghostly horns and almost martial percussion, turns this jaded epic into a masterpiece.
And that's the thing about Smither - he's subtle. He's not an in-your-face singer, he's not a 300-beats-per-minute guitarist. In a weathered voice he sings of acceptance and transcendence with lyrics that would make a Buddhist monk nod in recognition. On his blue guitar, he plays tunes in a style that would make Mississippi John Hurt proud.
Smither is an American original, a product of the musical melting pot, and one of the absolute best singer-songwriters in the world. "Train Home" is well worth taking. ~ Eric Fidler, Associated Press
Advance discount tickets: $15.00
Day of Show: $20.00
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WIZARDS OF THE
ACOUSTIC GUITAR
featuring
Grammy winner Doug Smith,
Brian Henke, and Andy McKee
Friday, March 10
8:00 PM
Doug Smith is a classical guitarist, lutist, composer, and author of the 12 volume series, Doug Smith's Classical Guitar Method [McNally Smith College Press] and the best seller Classical Guitar for Young Children . Doug's music is recorded on the Munificent label. A graduate of Winona State University, Doug served as National Education Chairman of the Guitar Division of the American String Teachers Association. Doug serves on the board of the Saint Paul Conservatory of Music.
Advance discount tickets: $15.00
Day of Show: $18.00
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DARRELL SCOTT
Saturday, March 11
8:00 PM
Darrell Scott is a songwriter, an in-demand instrumentalist and an acclaimed performer and recording artist - all achievements earned while burning his own path instead of playing by the accepted rules of the music industry.
He has recently launched Full Light Records (distributed by Ryko Distribution) so he can fully own and control his recordings. The first release on Full Light, the pointedly titled THEATRE OF THE UNHEARD, rescues material lost when a major label decided not to release Scott’s first solo album 12 years ago. Re-recording the songs in his Nashville studio with a carefully selected band, Scott resurrects work that had been entombed but not forgotten. “Part of me couldn’t let these songs go,” says the burly Scott. “I always felt they deserved to be heard. Your first record always features the best songs you’ve written up to that point in your life. Because the album got shelved and never came out, I had to move on and act like those songs didn’t exist. But I never forgot them.” In starting his own label, he seized the opportunity to give his old songs new life. Working with a core group that featured drummer Kenny Malone, bassist Danny Thompson and steel guitarist Dan Dugmore,
Scott re-made the songs, filling them with the maturity and confidence he’s gained since initially recording them in 1991. In January 2005, THEATRE OF THE UNHEARD won the 4th Annual Independent Music Award’s Album of the Year honor.
Scott’s long since proven that his songs deserve recognition. As a songwriter, he’s contributed a string of hits that reads like a list of the best modern country music has to offer. There’s the Grammy Award winning “Long Time Gone” and “Heartbreak Town,” both top hits for the Dixie Chicks. “Great Day to be Alive” helped Travis Tritt complete his comeback; “Born to Fly” was a No. 1 hit for Sara Evans, while “Family Tree” was successful for Darryl Worley and “When No One’s Around” extended Garth Brooks’ run. “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” was cut in the same year by both Patty Loveless and Brad Paisley. In 2004, Scott had songs recorded by Tim McGraw, Keb Mo, Mountain Heart, Julie Roberts, Kathy Mattea, Andy Griggs, Faith Hill, and others. In all, Scott has had more than 50 cuts by other artists.
His success led to ASCAP naming him Songwriter of the Year in 2002. The National Songwriters Association International awarding him its Songwriter of the Year honor the previous year. Stars like Garth Brooks and the Dixie Chicks -- who describe Darrell as “one of the great writers of our time” -- aren’t his only champions. His albums have been heralded by artists as diverse as Maura O’Connell, Pat Green, John Cowan, Bill Miller and Jon Pousette-Dart, all of who recorded his songs. “The songs that have been successful for others were the last ones I thought other artists would record,” he says. “They were such inside songs for me. They’re songs I like a lot. I put them on my records -- that’s how other artists knew about them.”
Scott also plays a plethora of instruments -- “most anything that can be plucked, beat or blown,” as the Musichound Folk Essential Album Guide put it. But he’s perhaps best known for his distinctive ability on guitar, dobro and mandolin, which put him in great demand among discerning fellow artists. In recent years, he’s toured extensively with Guy Clark, Sam Bush and Tim O’Brien and recorded with Patty Loveless, Randy Travis, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Trisha Yearwood and Kate Rusby, among scores of others. Darrell is an active member of Steve Earle’s Bluegrass Dukes. “He’s got one of the most soulful voices in Nashville (think Little Feat’s Lowell George meets James Taylor),” wrote Craig Havighurst of The Tennessean. “And he attracts the finest sidemen.”
Advance discount tickets: $15.00
Day of Show: $20.00
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CHERYL WHEELER
Thursday, March 23
8:00 PM
Known for her comic as well as her emotionally intense songs, folk singer/songwriter Cheryl Wheeler was raised in Timonium, Maryland, and began playing the guitar and ukulele as a child. She first performed professionally at a local restaurant, but soon graduated to clubs in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., areas. In 1976, she moved to Rhode Island, where she became a protégé of country-folk singer/songwriter Jonathan Edwards, for whom she initially served as bass player. Her first recording, a four-song EP called Newport Songs, was released in 1983. Edwards produced her first full-length album, Cheryl Wheeler, released on North Star Records in 1986. One of the songs on the album, "Addicted," was covered by Dan Seals and became a #1 country hit in September 1988. North Star licensed her second album, Half a Book (1988), to the short-lived Cypress imprint of A&M Records. She then signed to the Nashville division of Capitol Records and released Circles and Arrows in 1990; Suzy
Bogguss's cover of "Aces" from that album was a Top Ten Country hit in 1992. (Subsequently, her songs were covered by Bette Midler, Juice Newton, Maura O'Connell, Linda Thompson, and others.) In 1993, Wheeler moved to the Philo imprint of the independent Rounder label for her fourth album, Driving Home (Rounder reissued Circles and Arrows in 1994). She followed it with Mrs. Pinocci's Guitar (1995) and Sylvia Hotel (1999). ~ William Ruhlmann & Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
Advance discount tickets: $15.00
Day of Show: $20.00
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RALPH STANLEY and
The Clinch Mountain Boys
Saturday, March 25
8:00 PM
Born in Stratton, Virginia in 1927, Ralph Stanley and his older brother Carter formed the Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys. In 1946 Ralph and Carter were being broadcast from radio station WCYB in Bristol, Virginia. The music, which was inspired by their Virginia mountain home, was encouraged by their mother, who taught Ralph the claw-hammer style of banjo picking that he and Carter became famous for. They recorded for such companies as the small Rich-R-Tone label and later Columbia, a relationship that lasted from 1949 until 1952. These classic sessions defined the Stanleys' own approach to bluegrass and made them as important as Bill Monroe. After leaving Columbia, the Stanleys were with Mercury, Starday and King. Leaning towards more gospel at times, Carter and Ralph made a place for themselves in the music industry. In December of 1966, Carter Stanley died in a Virginia hospital after a steady decline in health. He was just 41 years old. After much consideration
and grief, Ralph carried on without Carter. Already their haunting mountain melodies made them stand apart from other bluegrass bands, but Ralph expanded upon this foundation and took his own "high lonesome" vocals to a new plane.
Popular at bluegrass festivals, Ralph and each edition of the Clinch Mountain Boys grew to be one of the most respected outfits in bluegrass. As far as west as California and even up in the hollars of Kentucky, people were drawn to the poignant, mournful sound of Ralph Stanley's style. Different from all the rest, Ralph's ability to hit the right notes and chords made him a singer of trailblazing proportions. Ralph continued to record for a wide variety of labels, including Jalyn, Rebel, King Bluegrass, Blue Jay, Jessup, Stanleytone, his own label, and Freeland. A devoted family man, his constant touring took its toll on his first marriage, a union that produced daughters Lisa Joy and Tonya and oldest son Timothy. His second wife Jimmie, also a singer, gave him another son late in life; Ralph II followed in both his father's and uncle's footsteps and played in the Clinch Mountain Boys with his dad. A Bluegrass Hall of Fame member along with Carter, Ralph Stanley was an inspiration
to Dwight Yoakam, Emmylou Harris, the late Keith Whitley and even Monroe acolyte Ricky Skaggs. With his raw emotions and Mother Stanley's three-fingered banjo technique, he helped bring the mountain style of bluegrass music to mainstream audiences. ~ Jana Pendragon, All Music Guide
Advance discount tickets: $25.00
Day of Show: $30.00
4th
Anniversary
Celebration
Coming soon:
Live, Loud & Local 4/1, Tim O'Brien 4/8, Bill Haley's Comets & the Dell-Vikings 4/9, Melissa Ferrick 4/20, Jesse Colin Young 4/21, James Keelaghan Trio 4/22, Al Stewart 5/11, Darol Anger and Sara Watkins 5/13, Peter Rowan and Tony Rice Quartet 5/20, David Grisman Quartet 6/2, The Drifters 6/3, Druha Trava 6/10, Roger McGuinn 6/24, Big Leg Emma 7/13... more to come!
The Kent Stage is located at 175 East Main Street in downtown Kent, Ohio. There is FREE parking behind the theater and on all city streets. Advance tickets are available at Woodsy's Music and Spin-More Records in Kent, Little Mountain Music in Middlefield, at www.kentstage.org or at 330-677-5005. Tickets will also be available at the door. Doors open one hour before event time. If you have any questions, please call 330-677-5005.
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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#8000ff size=6><STRONG><FONT color=#0000bf>Kent Stage Blues Festival</FONT></STRONG><FONT color=#0000bf> <STRONG>2/25</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT color=#8000ff size=3>Just added:</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT color=#8000ff size=6>Cheryl Wheeler 3/23</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT color=#8000ff size=6>Al Stewart 5/11</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT color=#8000ff size=6>Roger McGuinn 6/24</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT color=#8000ff size=5></FONT></STRONG> </DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#990000> <DIV align=left><B><FONT color=#c00000 size=+3>This Saturday</FONT></B></DIV> <DIV align=left><B><FONT size=+3><FONT color=#111111>4th ANNUAL <BR>BLUES FESTIVAL<BR></FONT><FONT color=#111111><FONT size=+2>Sonny Robertson & the <BR>Howard Street Blues Band, <BR>The Magic Touch Band, and<BR>Reid Project with Ms
Butterscotch</FONT> </FONT></FONT></B></DIV> <DIV align=left><B><FONT color=#111111 size=4>Saturday, February 25<BR>8:00 PM</FONT></B></DIV> <DIV align=left></FONT><FONT color=#111111>Advance discount tickets: $10.00<BR>Day of Show: $15.00</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT color=#111111></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT color=#0000ff>Coming in March</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT color=#111111> <TABLE cellSpacing=5 width="100%" bgColor=#ffffff> <TBODY> <TR> <TD class=dataLbl vAlign=top align=left width="68%"> <DIV align=left><B><FONT size=+3>STEVE FORBERT and<BR>CHRIS SMITHER</FONT></B></DIV> <DIV align=left><B>Friday, March 3<BR>8:00 PM</B></DIV> <DIV align=left>Anointed "the new Dylan" upon his recording debut, folk-rock singer/songwriter Steve Forbert was born in Meridian, MS, in 1955. After learning guitar at age 11, he spent his high school years playing in a variety of local bands before quitting his job as a truck driver
and moving to New York City at the age of 21. There, he performed for spare change in Grand Central Station before working his way up to the Manhattan club circuit. </DIV> <DIV align=left>After signing to Nemperor, Forbert debuted in 1978 with Alive on Arrival, which earned critical acclaim for its taut, poetic lyrics. The follow-up, 1979's Jackrabbit Slim, was his most successful outing, reaching the Top 20 on the strength of the hit single "Romeo's Tune" (allegedly inspired by the late Supreme Florence Ballard). However, both 1980's Little Stevie Orbit and a self-titled 1982 effort fared poorly, and Forbert was dropped by his label. He spent much of the decade in Nashville, where he continued honing his songwriting skills and performed regularly throughout the South. In 1988, he signed to Geffen, where the E Street Band's Garry Tallent produced his comeback album, Streets of This Town. Pete Anderson took over the production reins for 1992's The American in Me, but Forbert's
continued lack of chart success prompted the label to cut him loose. A deal with the Warner Bros.-affiliated Giant label resulted in two more studio albums, 1995's Mission of the Crossroad Palms and 1996's Rocking Horse Head, but in 1998 Forbert moved into independent territory for his next album, the rollicking live set Here's Your Pizza. Forbert signed with Koch Records for his next studio disc, 2000's Evergreen Boy, where he also released Any Old Time (a tribute to country music legend Jimmie Rodgers) in 2002 and Just Like There's Nothin' To It (a collection of new songs) in 2004. During this period, Forbert also released two compilations of rare and unreleased material, Young, Guitar Days and More Young, Guitar Days, as well as several live recordings. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide</DIV> <DIV align=left>While <B>Chris Smither</B> is a great songwriter, the centerpiece of his 11th album, Train Home, is a cover - Bob Dylan's Desolation Row. </DIV> <DIV align=left>Smither
always has been willing to reinterpret another artist when it suits his purpose, and he makes Desolation Row and the three other covers on Train Home his own. The subtle arrangement of Desolation Row, with Bonnie Raitt's mournful slide guitar, ghostly horns and almost martial percussion, turns this jaded epic into a masterpiece. </DIV> <DIV align=left>And that's the thing about Smither - he's subtle. He's not an in-your-face singer, he's not a 300-beats-per-minute guitarist. In a weathered voice he sings of acceptance and transcendence with lyrics that would make a Buddhist monk nod in recognition. On his blue guitar, he plays tunes in a style that would make Mississippi John Hurt proud. </DIV> <DIV align=left>Smither is an American original, a product of the musical melting pot, and one of the absolute best singer-songwriters in the world. "Train Home" is well worth taking. ~ Eric Fidler, Associated Press</DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left><B><FONT
color=#990000>Advance discount tickets: $15.00<BR></FONT></B><B>Day of Show: $20.00</B></DIV> <DIV align=left><B><A href="http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=oh&query=schedule&venue=kentstage" target=new_window></A></B></DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV></TD> <TD class=normal vAlign=top width="32%"> <DIV align=center> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR><BR><BR> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataLbl vAlign=top align=left colSpan=2><A name=wizards></A> <HR> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataLbl vAlign=top align=left width="68%"> <DIV align=left><B><FONT size=+3>WIZARDS OF THE<BR>ACOUSTIC GUITAR<BR><FONT size=+2>featuring <BR>Grammy winner Doug Smith,<BR>Brian Henke, and Andy McKee</FONT></FONT></B></DIV> <DIV align=left><B>Friday, March 10<BR>8:00 PM</B></DIV> <DIV align=left><B>Doug Smith</B> is a classical guitarist, lutist, composer, and author of the 12 volume series, Doug Smith's
Classical Guitar Method [McNally Smith College Press] and the best seller Classical Guitar for Young Children . Doug's music is recorded on the Munificent label. A graduate of Winona State University, Doug served as National Education Chairman of the Guitar Division of the American String Teachers Association. Doug serves on the board of the Saint Paul Conservatory of Music. </DIV> <DIV align=left><B><FONT color=#990000>Advance discount tickets: $15.00<BR></FONT></B><B>Day of Show: $18.00</B></DIV> <DIV align=left><B><A href="http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=oh&query=schedule&venue=kentstage" target=new_window></A></B></DIV></TD> <TD class=normal vAlign=top width="32%"> <DIV align=center><BR><BR> </DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataLbl vAlign=top align=left colSpan=2><A name=scott></A> <HR> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataLbl vAlign=top align=left width="68%"> <DIV align=left><B><FONT size=+3>DARRELL SCOTT</FONT></B></DIV> <DIV align=left><B>Saturday,
March 11<BR>8:00 PM</B></DIV> <DIV align=left>Darrell Scott is a songwriter, an in-demand instrumentalist and an acclaimed performer and recording artist - all achievements earned while burning his own path instead of playing by the accepted rules of the music industry.<BR> <BR>He has recently launched Full Light Records (distributed by Ryko Distribution) so he can fully own and control his recordings. The first release on Full Light, the pointedly titled THEATRE OF THE UNHEARD, rescues material lost when a major label decided not to release Scott’s first solo album 12 years ago. Re-recording the songs in his Nashville studio with a carefully selected band, Scott resurrects work that had been entombed but not forgotten. “Part of me couldn’t let these songs go,” says the burly Scott. “I always felt they deserved to be heard. Your first record always features the best songs you’ve written up to that point in your life. Because the album got
shelved and never came out, I had to move on and act like those songs didn’t exist. But I never forgot them.” In starting his own label, he seized the opportunity to give his old songs new life. Working with a core group that featured drummer Kenny Malone, bassist Danny Thompson and steel guitarist Dan Dugmore, Scott re-made the songs, filling them with the maturity and confidence he’s gained since initially recording them in 1991. In January 2005, THEATRE OF THE UNHEARD won the 4th Annual Independent Music Award’s Album of the Year honor.<BR> <BR>Scott’s long since proven that his songs deserve recognition. As a songwriter, he’s contributed a string of hits that reads like a list of the best modern country music has to offer. There’s the Grammy Award winning “Long Time Gone” and “Heartbreak Town,” both top hits for the Dixie Chicks. “Great Day to be Alive” helped Travis Tritt complete his comeback; “Born to Fly” was a No. 1 hit for Sara
Evans, while “Family Tree” was successful for Darryl Worley and “When No One’s Around” extended Garth Brooks’ run. “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” was cut in the same year by both Patty Loveless and Brad Paisley. In 2004, Scott had songs recorded by Tim McGraw, Keb Mo, Mountain Heart, Julie Roberts, Kathy Mattea, Andy Griggs, Faith Hill, and others. In all, Scott has had more than 50 cuts by other artists. <BR> <BR>His success led to ASCAP naming him Songwriter of the Year in 2002. The National Songwriters Association International awarding him its Songwriter of the Year honor the previous year. Stars like Garth Brooks and the Dixie Chicks -- who describe Darrell as “one of the great writers of our time” -- aren’t his only champions. His albums have been heralded by artists as diverse as Maura O’Connell, Pat Green, John Cowan, Bill Miller and Jon Pousette-Dart, all of who recorded his songs. “The songs that have been
successful for others were the last ones I thought other artists would record,” he says. “They were such inside songs for me. They’re songs I like a lot. I put them on my records -- that’s how other artists knew about them.”<BR> <BR>Scott also plays a plethora of instruments -- “most anything that can be plucked, beat or blown,” as the Musichound Folk Essential Album Guide put it. But he’s perhaps best known for his distinctive ability on guitar, dobro and mandolin, which put him in great demand among discerning fellow artists. In recent years, he’s toured extensively with Guy Clark, Sam Bush and Tim O’Brien and recorded with Patty Loveless, Randy Travis, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Trisha Yearwood and Kate Rusby, among scores of others. Darrell is an active member of Steve Earle’s Bluegrass Dukes. “He’s got one of the most soulful voices in Nashville (think Little Feat’s Lowell George meets James Taylor),” wrote Craig Havighurst of The
Tennessean. “And he attracts the finest sidemen.”</DIV> <DIV align=left><B><FONT color=#990000>Advance discount tickets: $15.00<BR></FONT></B><B>Day of Show: $20.00</B></DIV> <DIV align=left><B><A href="http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=oh&query=schedule&venue=kentstage" target=new_window></A></B></DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV></TD> <TD class=normal vAlign=top width="32%"> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV align=center> </DIV> <DIV align=center> </DIV> <DIV align=center> </DIV> <DIV align=center> </DIV> <DIV align=center> </DIV> <DIV align=center> </DIV> <DIV></DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataLbl vAlign=top align=left colSpan=2> <DIV align=center><A name=robinella></A> </DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataLbl vAlign=top align=left colSpan=2><A name=wheeler></A> <HR> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataLbl vAlign=top align=left width="68%"> <DIV align=left><B><FONT size=+3>CHERYL WHEELER</FONT></B><B><FONT size=+2>
</FONT></B></DIV> <DIV align=left><B>Thursday, March 23<BR>8:00 PM</B></DIV> <DIV align=left>Known for her comic as well as her emotionally intense songs, folk singer/songwriter <B>Cheryl Wheeler</B> was raised in Timonium, Maryland, and began playing the guitar and ukulele as a child. She first performed professionally at a local restaurant, but soon graduated to clubs in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., areas. In 1976, she moved to Rhode Island, where she became a protégé of country-folk singer/songwriter Jonathan Edwards, for whom she initially served as bass player. Her first recording, a four-song EP called Newport Songs, was released in 1983. Edwards produced her first full-length album, Cheryl Wheeler, released on North Star Records in 1986. One of the songs on the album, "Addicted," was covered by Dan Seals and became a #1 country hit in September 1988. North Star licensed her second album, Half a Book (1988), to the short-lived Cypress imprint of A&M Records. She
then signed to the Nashville division of Capitol Records and released Circles and Arrows in 1990; Suzy Bogguss's cover of "Aces" from that album was a Top Ten Country hit in 1992. (Subsequently, her songs were covered by Bette Midler, Juice Newton, Maura O'Connell, Linda Thompson, and others.) In 1993, Wheeler moved to the Philo imprint of the independent Rounder label for her fourth album, Driving Home (Rounder reissued Circles and Arrows in 1994). She followed it with Mrs. Pinocci's Guitar (1995) and Sylvia Hotel (1999). ~ William Ruhlmann & Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide</DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left><B><FONT color=#990000>Advance discount tickets: $15.00<BR></FONT></B><B>Day of Show: $20.00</B></DIV> <DIV align=left><B><A href="http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=oh&query=schedule&venue=kentstage" target=new_window></A></B></DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV></TD> <TD class=normal vAlign=top width="32%"> <DIV align=center>
<DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataLbl vAlign=top align=left colSpan=2><A name=stanley></A> <HR> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataLbl vAlign=top align=left width="68%"> <DIV align=left><B><FONT size=+3>RALPH STANLEY and <BR>The Clinch Mountain Boys</FONT></B></DIV> <DIV align=left><B>Saturday, March 25<BR>8:00 PM</B></DIV> <DIV align=left>Born in Stratton, Virginia in 1927, Ralph Stanley and his older brother Carter formed the Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys. In 1946 Ralph and Carter were being broadcast from radio station WCYB in Bristol, Virginia. The music, which was inspired by their Virginia mountain home, was encouraged by their mother, who taught Ralph the claw-hammer style of banjo picking that he and Carter became famous for. They recorded for such companies as the small Rich-R-Tone label and later Columbia, a relationship
that lasted from 1949 until 1952. These classic sessions defined the Stanleys' own approach to bluegrass and made them as important as Bill Monroe. After leaving Columbia, the Stanleys were with Mercury, Starday and King. Leaning towards more gospel at times, Carter and Ralph made a place for themselves in the music industry. In December of 1966, Carter Stanley died in a Virginia hospital after a steady decline in health. He was just 41 years old. After much consideration and grief, Ralph carried on without Carter. Already their haunting mountain melodies made them stand apart from other bluegrass bands, but Ralph expanded upon this foundation and took his own "high lonesome" vocals to a new plane.</DIV> <DIV align=left>Popular at bluegrass festivals, Ralph and each edition of the Clinch Mountain Boys grew to be one of the most respected outfits in bluegrass. As far as west as California and even up in the hollars of Kentucky, people were drawn to the poignant, mournful sound of
Ralph Stanley's style. Different from all the rest, Ralph's ability to hit the right notes and chords made him a singer of trailblazing proportions. Ralph continued to record for a wide variety of labels, including Jalyn, Rebel, King Bluegrass, Blue Jay, Jessup, Stanleytone, his own label, and Freeland. A devoted family man, his constant touring took its toll on his first marriage, a union that produced daughters Lisa Joy and Tonya and oldest son Timothy. His second wife Jimmie, also a singer, gave him another son late in life; Ralph II followed in both his father's and uncle's footsteps and played in the Clinch Mountain Boys with his dad. A Bluegrass Hall of Fame member along with Carter, Ralph Stanley was an inspiration to Dwight Yoakam, Emmylou Harris, the late Keith Whitley and even Monroe acolyte Ricky Skaggs. With his raw emotions and Mother Stanley's three-fingered banjo technique, he helped bring the mountain style of bluegrass music to mainstream audiences. ~ <I>Jana
Pendragon, All Music Guide</I></DIV> <DIV align=left><B><FONT color=#990000>Advance discount tickets: $25.00<BR></FONT></B><B>Day of Show: $30.00</B></DIV> <DIV align=left><B><A href="http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=oh&query=schedule&venue=kentstage" target=new_window></A></B></DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV></TD> <TD class=normal vAlign=top width="32%"> <DIV align=center> <DIV><B><FONT face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" color=#ff0000 size=+5>4th</FONT><FONT face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" color=#ff0000 size=+3><BR>Anniversary<BR>Celebration</FONT></B></DIV> <DIV><BR><BR> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></STRONG></DIV><STRONG></STRONG> <DIV align=left><FONT color=#111111></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT color=#111111> <DIV align=left> <DIV>Coming soon: </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT size=3><STRONG>Live, Loud & Local 4/1, Tim O'Brien 4/8, Bill Haley's
Comets & the Dell-Vikings 4/9, Melissa Ferrick 4/20, Jesse Colin Young 4/21, James Keelaghan Trio 4/22, Al Stewart 5/11, Darol Anger and Sara Watkins 5/13, Peter Rowan and Tony Rice Quartet 5/20, David Grisman Quartet 6/2, The Drifters 6/3, Druha Trava 6/10, Roger McGuinn 6/24, Big Leg Emma 7/13... more to come!</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT size=3></FONT></STRONG> </DIV></DIV>The Kent Stage is located at 175 East Main Street in downtown Kent, Ohio. There is FREE parking behind the theater and on all city streets. Advance tickets are available at Woodsy's Music and Spin-More Records in Kent, Little Mountain Music in Middlefield, at </FONT><A href="http://www.kentstage.org/" target=_blank><FONT color=#111111>www.kentstage.org</FONT></A><FONT color=#0000bf><FONT color=#111111> or at 330-677-5005. Tickets will also be available at the door. Doors open one hour before event time. If you have any questions, please call
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