[NEohioPAL]Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks, Kingston Trio, Andy Cohen, Josh Ritter, Richie Havens...
The Kent Stage
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Kent Stage
UPDATE
9/13/06
Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks 9/14
Andy Cohen 9/15
The Kingston Trio 9/16 (4 & 8 PM)
Josh Ritter 9/21
JiMiller Band and Water Band 9/22
Richie Havens 9/23
Bill Staines 9/29
(Great seats available for all concerts)
DAN HICKS AND
THE HOT LICKS
Thursday, September 14
8:00 PM
Throughout his decades-long career, Dan Hicks stood as one of contemporary music's true eccentrics. While steeped in folk, his acoustic sound knew few musical boundaries, drawing on country, call-and-response vocals, jazz phrasing, and no small amount of humor to create a distinctive, albeit sporadic, body of work which earned him a devoted cult following.
Hicks was born December 9, 1941, to a military family then living in Arkansas, and grew up in California, where he was a drummer in a number of high-school bands. He attended college in San Francisco, where he switched to guitar and began playing folk music. He returned to the drums, however, when he joined the Charlatans, one of the Bay City's first psychedelic bands. Although the Charlatans were short-lived -- they issued only one single during their existence -- they proved influential throughout the San Francisco musical community and were one of the first acts to play the legendary Family Dog.
Hicks had formed the acoustic group Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks in 1968 as an opener for the Charlatans, but soon the new band became his primary project. After adding a pair of female backing vocalists -- "the Lickettes" -- the group issued its debut LP, Original Recordings, in 1969. After a pair of 1971 records, Where's the Money? and Striking It Rich, they issued 1973's Last Train to Hicksville, which proved to be the Hot Licks' most successful album yet. At the peak of the group's popularity, however, Hicks dissolved the band and did not resurface until 1978, releasing the solo LP It Happened One Bite, the soundtrack to an uncompleted feature by animator Ralph Bakshi. He then phased in and out of the music industry for more than a decade and did not issue another major recording until 1994's Shootin' Straight, a live recording cut with a new band, the Acoustic Warriors. In 2000, over two decades after the group's dissolution, Hicks re-formed the Hot Licks and issued
Beatin' the Heat. Alive and Lickin' arrived a year later. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
On November 9th, Surfdog Records will release 'Selected Shorts,' perhaps the best Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks album since his renowned 1970s work. Hicks, the influential and off-beat, bohemian presence who draws from diverse fields of music, wrote 10 of the 13 songs on the album, which features guest appearances by Willie Nelson, Jimmy Buffett, Beach Boys collaborator Van Dyke Parks, and Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes. 'Selected Shorts' showcases Hicks' unique, jazz-inspired phrasing, his inimitable voice, and a versatile, stellar band.
Official Dan Hicks Website
Advance discount tickets: $20.00
Day of Show: $25.00
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ANDY COHEN
Friday, September 15
8:00 PM
Andy Cohen has adapted the late Piedmont blues/gospel guitarist/singer, Reverend Gary Davis's musical technique to an eclectic range of music. While he paid tribute to Davis's repertoire with his 1997 album, The Sacred Songs Of Rev. Gary Davis, Cohen has incorporated old Southern music, country blues, ragtime, gospel, old timey and field hollers to his Davis-like acoustic guitar finger-picking. Establishing his career in his native Ohio, Cohen took an ethnomusicologist-like approach to the area's musical roots. He spent countless hours visiting and studying with master blues and folk musicians, learning songs that he subsequently performed at folk festivals and coffeehouses throughout the United States. Since relocating to Memphis, to marry multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Larakin Bryant, in September 1996, Cohen has become one of the Tennessee city's busiest musicians. In addition to performing, with his wife, as a duo, Cohen has served as president of the Beale Street
Blues Society and has directed the Kent State Folk Festival. With his wife, he launched an independent record label, Riverlark Mark, to release albums of mostly Southern traditional music. ~ Craig Harris, All Music Guide
Advance discount tickets: $10.00
Day of Show: $13.00
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KINGSTON TRIO
Saturday, September 16
TWO SHOWS
4:00 PM and 8:00 PM
On a purely commercial level, from 1957 until 1963, the Kingston Trio were the most vital and popular folk group in the world. Their record was incontestable, one of the most popular acts in the history of Capitol Records and the American record industry, making them the most popular folk group in history, surpassing the Weavers' earlier success. Equally important, the trio -- Dave Guard, Nick Reynolds, and Bob Shane -- made folk music immensely popular among many millions of listeners who previously had ignored it.
Pioneering pop/folk group whose influence is still being felt some 45 years after their first big hit, "Tom Dooley", in 1958. Formed at Stanford University two years earlier, the original Kingston Trio consisted of the late Dave Guard, Bob Shane and Nick Reynolds, with John Stewart taking over after Guard left the group to pursue other interests in 1961. Recording primarily for Capitol Records (1958-64) and American Decca (1964-67), their many hits during that period, all well-remembered, also included "The Tijuana Jail", M.T.A.", "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" and "Greenback Dollar". Initially breaking up in 1967, they re-formed in 1971 and have been touring, and recording occasionally, ever since, with Shane the only remaining member from the original group. Even today, they still put on a great show and have many appreciative fans of all ages.
In March 2004, Bob Shane suffered a heart attack which has prevented him from returning to the road fulltime. Enter Bill Zorn, fresh from leaving the Limeliters, to rejoin the Trio and step in for Bob. Then in August 2005, Bobby Haworth left the group once again, and Rick Dougherty, also of the Limeliters, took over the spot. The addition of Rick's beautiful voice has made the current lineup the most vocally complete group since the original days. The Kingston Trio today consists of Bill Zorn, George Grove and Rick Dougherty. They are continuing the Kingston Trio legacy with fantastic reviews, command performances and many standing ovations wherever they peform. As a fan put it, "our generation might not live forever, but I'll bet The Kingston Trio will!"
Official Kingston Trio Website
Advance discount tickets: $25.00
Day of Show: $30.00
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JOSH RITTER
Thursday, September 21
8:00 PM
While his name might not be on the tip of everyone's tongue in his homeland, folk-leaning singer/songwriter Josh Ritter has benefited from numerous positive reviews and a loyal fan base. Born in Idaho, Ritter bought his first guitar after hearing the Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash classic "Girl From the North Country." While attending college in Oberlin, OH, Ritter got his first listen to Leonard Cohen and Gillian Welch. He fell in love with the songs instantly and dropped his neuroscience major in favor of the pursuit of music. With classic folk venues like Club Passim, Boston was the place Ritter chose to follow his dream. He recorded and released self-titled debut in 1999, but it was 2002's Golden Age of Radio that got him noticed. Selling copies on his own funded touring, which funded more albums and so on. Signature Sounds Recordings soon picked the album up, gave it exposure on a national level, and the four- and five-star reviews started rolling in. The HBO series Six
Feet Under grabbed a track from the album for their end credits, while Ritter received an offer to open for the Frames on a tour of Ireland. Soon his single "Me & Jiggs" was in the Irish Top 40, a headlining tour of the country was sold out, and a tribute band named Cork was playing nothing but Ritter material in numerous Irish pubs. Back home the following was growing with sold-out shows in New York City and Boston, while an invitation to the Sundance Film Festival began 2003 on a high note. It took 14 February days in rural France to record his third album, and much of the equipment used for the session was Curtis Mayfield's old gear. The result, Hello Starling, was released in September the same year. Animal Years, his much anticipated follow-up, arrived in March 2006. ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide
Official Josh Ritter Website
Advance discount tickets: $15.00
Day of Show: $18.00
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JIMILLER BAND
and WATERBAND
Friday, September 22
8:00 PM
Jim Miller is a singer, song writer, guitarist and former front man of the band Oroboros,he has opened for Richard Thompson (of Fairport Convention), The Grateful Dead's lyricist Robert Hunter, Phish , Merle Saunders. Steve Miller Band and Gov't Mule. With Oroboros, Jim has opened for Go Ahead (with members of the Grateful Dead and Santana), The Radiators, Black Uhuru, Santana and Rusted Root. He has jammed with the likes of Hot Tuna, John Popper and Blues Traveler, Sheryl Crow, and the Allman Brothers Band. Other headlining acts that Jim has opened for include, the 1994 H.O.R.D.E. Festival, the 1996 Further Festival (with members of the Grateful Dead, Los Lobos and Hot Tuna), the opening of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame's psychedelic exhibit (with Big Brother and the Holding Company and Donovan). Jim was the business manager for Oroboros and orchestrated their 18-year odyssey on the road, visiting Thailand, Canada and all of the U.S. from the rockies to Florida to
Nantucket. You can probably guess the kind of music his band will play. Of course, there will be Jim's originals, which he made popular with Oroboros, as well as covers of the Grateful Dead, Beatles, Phish, Blues, Roots music and Rock 'n' Roll. Enjoy the web site, it's for you, the fans.
During the Summer of 2004, the band played at the 10,000 Lakes Festival in Minnesota which featured bands such as The String Cheese Incident and Galactic. Just recently the band opened for Little Feat at the Cleveland House of Blues! Thanks for all your support!! See Ya Soon! Peace and Happy Trails.
Official JiMiller Band Website
Waterband was founded by David McDougald, inspired by a higher calling and deep desire to send sincere positive vibrations into the universe through both expressive musical improvisation and thoughtful musical and lyrical composition. Waterband's form is ever changing, yet ever flowing...
Waterband's sonic depth and changing forms allow them to perform as a dynamic acoustic ensemble or as a full-blown electric aural assault! With a massive array of influences, drawing from classic rock, blues, funk, folk, and jazz as well as the ability to cover other artist's classic songs, Waterband is sure to please a diverse audience!
Waterband has performed over 500 shows, since forming in 2001, in venues ranging from concert halls,local pubs and coffee shops, to weddings and corporate/political functions as well as radio and television throughout the Midwest and East coast all with the same positive response!
Official Waterband Website
Tickets (door only): $8.00
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RICHIE HAVENS
Saturday, September 23
8:00 PM
Richie Havens is gifted with one of the most recognizable voices in popular music. His fiery, poignant, always soulful singing style has remained unique and ageless since he first emerged from the Greenwich Village folk scene in the early 1960's. It's a voice that has inspired and electrified audiences from the Woodstock Music & Arts Fair in 1969, to the Clinton Presidential Inauguration in 1993—coming full circle with the 30th Woodstock Anniversary celebration, "A Day In The Garden", in 1999.
For over three decades, Richie has used his music to convey messages of brotherhood and personal freedom. With more than twenty-five albums released and a touring schedule that would kill many a younger man, he continues to view his calling as a higher one. As he told The Denver Post, "I really sing songs that move me. I'm not in show business, I'm in the communications business. That's what it's about for me".
Richie's Woodstock appearance proved to be a major turning point in his career. As the festival's first performer, he held the crowd spellbound for nearly three hours, called back for encore after encore. Having run out of tunes, he improvised a song based on the old spiritual "Motherless Child" that became "Freedom", a song now considered to be the anthem of a generation. The subsequent movie release helped Richie reach a worldwide audience of millions.
Meanwhile Richie started his own record label, Stormy Forest, and delivered Stonehenge in 1970. Later that year came Alarm Clock, which yielded the hit single "Here Comes The Sun", and became RichieÕs first album to reach Billboard's Top 30 Chart. This year brings another new, self-produced album, Grace Of The Sun, which finds Richie composing most of the tracks.
Memorable television appearances included performances on two now-legendary programs, The Ed Sullivan Show and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. On the latter program, the audience reacted with such enthusiasm that when the applause continued even after the commercial break, Johnny Carson asked Richie to return the following night. In the show's long history, the only other guest booked back-to-back nights, based on overwhelming audience response, was Barbra Streisand.
For Richie Havens, making music is a continuous journey, and one that advances a step further with each album. "My albums are meant to be a chronological view of the times we've come through, what we've thought about, and what we've done to grow and change. There's a universal point to which we all respond, and where all songs apply to everyone".
Official Richie Havens Website
Advance discount tickets: $20.00
Day of Show: $25.00
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BILL STAINES
Friday, September 29
8:00 PM
Anyone not familiar with the music of Bill Staines is in for a special treat.
For over thirty five years, Bill has traveled back and forth across North America, singing his songs and delighting audiences at festivals, folksong societies, colleges, concerts, clubs and coffeehouses. A New England native, Bill became involved with the Boston- Cambridge folk scene in the early 1960's and, for a time, emceed the Sunday hootenanny at the renowned Club 47 in Cambridge. Bill quickly became a popular performer in the Boston area. In 1971, after one of his performances, a reviewer for The Phoenix stated that Bill was "simply Boston's best performer." A decade later, both in 1980 and 1981, the annual Reader's Poll of The Boston Globe selected him as a favorite performer. In 1991 , Bill entered his forth decade as a folk performer with an international reputation as an artist.
Singing mostly his own songs, he has become one of the most popular singers on the folk music circuit today and averages around 200 concert dates a year.
Bill weaves a magical blend of wit and gentle humor into his performances, and as one reviewer wrote, "he has a sense of timing to match the best stand-up comic." His music is a slice of Americana, reflecting with the same ease, his feelings about the prairie people of the Midwest or the adventurers of the Yukon.
Interspersed between original songs, Bill also includes songs ranging from traditional folk tunes to more contemporary country ballads and delights in having the audience participate in many of the numbers. He may even do a yodeling tune or two- having won the National Yodeling Championship in 1975 at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Kerrville Texas.
A number of Bill's songs have been recorded by other artists including, Peter, Paul, & Mary, Makem and Clancy, Nanci Griffith, Mason Williams, The Highwaymen, Glen Yarborough, Jerry Jeff Walker, Grandpa Jones, Priscilla Herdman and others. Bill has recorded twenty-two of his own albums, fifteen of which are still in print. Additionally, Bill's songs have been published in four songbooks, If I Were A Word, Then I'd Be A Song, River, Music To Me, The Songs of Bill Staines, and All God's Critters Got A Place In The Choir. Two of the books contain nearly one hundred of Bill's songs.
Radio and TV appearances have included A Prairie Home Companion, Mountain Stage, The Good Evening Show and a host of local programs on PBS and network TV. Bill continues to drive over 65,000 miles a year, doing what he loves, bringing music to people.
Official Bill Staines Website
Advance discount tickets: $10.00
Day of Show: $13.00
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, 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 email us at information at kentstage.org or call 330-677-5005.
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<DIV> <DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT color=#6000bf size=6>Kent Stage</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT size=5><FONT color=#6000bf>UPDATE</FONT><BR></FONT><FONT size=3>9/13/06</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV align=center> </DIV> <DIV align=center> <DIV align=center><BR><FONT size=5><STRONG>Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks 9/14</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=center><FONT size=5><STRONG>Andy Cohen 9/15</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=center><FONT size=5><STRONG>The Kingston Trio 9/16 </STRONG><FONT size=4>(4 & 8 PM)</FONT><BR><STRONG>Josh Ritter 9/21</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=center><FONT size=5><STRONG>JiMiller Band and Water Band 9/22</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=center><FONT size=5><STRONG>Richie Havens 9/23<BR>Bill Staines 9/29<BR><FONT color=#0000ff size=4>(Great seats available for all concerts)</FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <TABLE cellSpacing=5 width="100%" bgColor=#ffffff> <TBODY> <TR>
<TD class=dataLbl vAlign=top align=left> <DIV align=left><B><FONT size=+3>DAN HICKS AND <BR>THE HOT LICKS</FONT></B></DIV> <DIV align=left><B><FONT size=+3></FONT></B><B>Thursday, September 14<BR>8:00 PM</B></DIV> <DIV align=left>Throughout his decades-long career, Dan Hicks stood as one of contemporary music's true eccentrics. While steeped in folk, his acoustic sound knew few musical boundaries, drawing on country, call-and-response vocals, jazz phrasing, and no small amount of humor to create a distinctive, albeit sporadic, body of work which earned him a devoted cult following.</DIV> <DIV align=left>Hicks was born December 9, 1941, to a military family then living in Arkansas, and grew up in California, where he was a drummer in a number of high-school bands. He attended college in San Francisco, where he switched to guitar and began playing folk music. He returned to the drums, however, when he joined the Charlatans, one of the Bay City's first psychedelic bands.
Although the Charlatans were short-lived -- they issued only one single during their existence -- they proved influential throughout the San Francisco musical community and were one of the first acts to play the legendary Family Dog.</DIV> <DIV align=left>Hicks had formed the acoustic group Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks in 1968 as an opener for the Charlatans, but soon the new band became his primary project. After adding a pair of female backing vocalists -- "the Lickettes" -- the group issued its debut LP, Original Recordings, in 1969. After a pair of 1971 records, Where's the Money? and Striking It Rich, they issued 1973's Last Train to Hicksville, which proved to be the Hot Licks' most successful album yet. At the peak of the group's popularity, however, Hicks dissolved the band and did not resurface until 1978, releasing the solo LP It Happened One Bite, the soundtrack to an uncompleted feature by animator Ralph Bakshi. He then phased in and out of the music industry
for more than a decade and did not issue another major recording until 1994's Shootin' Straight, a live recording cut with a new band, the Acoustic Warriors. In 2000, over two decades after the group's dissolution, Hicks re-formed the Hot Licks and issued Beatin' the Heat. Alive and Lickin' arrived a year later. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide</DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT color=#990000>On November 9th, Surfdog Records will release 'Selected Shorts,' perhaps the best Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks album since his renowned 1970s work. Hicks, the influential and off-beat, bohemian presence who draws from diverse fields of music, wrote 10 of the 13 songs on the album, which features guest appearances by Willie Nelson, Jimmy Buffett, Beach Boys collaborator Van Dyke Parks, and Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes. 'Selected Shorts' showcases Hicks' unique, jazz-inspired phrasing, his inimitable voice, and a versatile, stellar band.</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=right><A
href="http://www.danhicks.net/" target=new_window>Official Dan Hicks Website</A></DIV> <DIV align=left><B><FONT color=#990000>Advance discount tickets: $20.00<BR></FONT></B><B>Day of Show: $25.00</B></DIV> <DIV align=left><IMG height=21 alt="Richie Havens, Live in downtown Kent, Ohio" src="http://www.kentstage.org/ticketWeb.jpg" width=100 border=0></DIV> <DIV align=left><B><A href="http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=oh&query=schedule&venue=kentstage" target=new_window></A> <DIV> </DIV></B></DIV></TD> <TD class=dataLbl vAlign=top align=left> <DIV align=center> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataLbl vAlign=top align=left colSpan=2><A name=cohen></A> <HR> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataLbl vAlign=top align=left> <DIV align=left><B><FONT size=+3>ANDY COHEN</FONT></B></DIV> <DIV align=left><B><FONT
size=+3></FONT></B><B>Friday, September 15<BR>8:00 PM</B></DIV> <DIV align=left>Andy Cohen has adapted the late Piedmont blues/gospel guitarist/singer, Reverend Gary Davis's musical technique to an eclectic range of music. While he paid tribute to Davis's repertoire with his 1997 album, The Sacred Songs Of Rev. Gary Davis, Cohen has incorporated old Southern music, country blues, ragtime, gospel, old timey and field hollers to his Davis-like acoustic guitar finger-picking. Establishing his career in his native Ohio, Cohen took an ethnomusicologist-like approach to the area's musical roots. He spent countless hours visiting and studying with master blues and folk musicians, learning songs that he subsequently performed at folk festivals and coffeehouses throughout the United States. Since relocating to Memphis, to marry multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Larakin Bryant, in September 1996, Cohen has become one of the Tennessee city's busiest musicians. In addition to
performing, with his wife, as a duo, Cohen has served as president of the Beale Street Blues Society and has directed the Kent State Folk Festival. With his wife, he launched an independent record label, Riverlark Mark, to release albums of mostly Southern traditional music. ~ Craig Harris, All Music Guide </DIV> <DIV align=left><B><FONT color=#990000>Advance discount tickets: $10.00<BR></FONT></B><B>Day of Show: $13.00</B></DIV> <DIV align=left><B><A href="http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=oh&query=schedule&venue=kentstage" target=new_window><IMG height=21 alt="Andy Cohen, Live in downtown Kent, Ohio" src="http://www.kentstage.org/ticketWeb.jpg" width=100 border=0></A><BR></B></DIV></TD> <TD class=dataLbl vAlign=top align=left> <DIV align=center> <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=kingston></A> <HR> </TD></TR> <TR>
<TD class=dataLbl vAlign=top align=left> <DIV align=left><B><FONT size=+3>KINGSTON TRIO</FONT></B></DIV> <DIV align=left><B><FONT size=+3></FONT></B><B>Saturday, September 16<BR><FONT color=#cc0033>TWO SHOWS</FONT><BR>4:00 PM and 8:00 PM</B></DIV> <DIV align=left>On a purely commercial level, from 1957 until 1963, the Kingston Trio were the most vital and popular folk group in the world. Their record was incontestable, one of the most popular acts in the history of Capitol Records and the American record industry, making them the most popular folk group in history, surpassing the Weavers' earlier success. Equally important, the trio -- Dave Guard, Nick Reynolds, and Bob Shane -- made folk music immensely popular among many millions of listeners who previously had ignored it.</DIV> <DIV align=left>Pioneering pop/folk group whose influence is still being felt some 45 years after their first big hit, "Tom Dooley", in 1958. Formed at Stanford University two years earlier,
the original Kingston Trio consisted of the late Dave Guard, Bob Shane and Nick Reynolds, with John Stewart taking over after Guard left the group to pursue other interests in 1961. Recording primarily for Capitol Records (1958-64) and American Decca (1964-67), their many hits during that period, all well-remembered, also included "The Tijuana Jail", M.T.A.", "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" and "Greenback Dollar". Initially breaking up in 1967, they re-formed in 1971 and have been touring, and recording occasionally, ever since, with Shane the only remaining member from the original group. Even today, they still put on a great show and have many appreciative fans of all ages.</DIV> <DIV align=left>In March 2004, Bob Shane suffered a heart attack which has prevented him from returning to the road fulltime. Enter Bill Zorn, fresh from leaving the Limeliters, to rejoin the Trio and step in for Bob. Then in August 2005, Bobby Haworth left the group once again, and Rick
Dougherty, also of the Limeliters, took over the spot. The addition of Rick's beautiful voice has made the current lineup the most vocally complete group since the original days. The Kingston Trio today consists of Bill Zorn, George Grove and Rick Dougherty. They are continuing the Kingston Trio legacy with fantastic reviews, command performances and many standing ovations wherever they peform. As a fan put it, "our generation might not live forever, but I'll bet The Kingston Trio will!"</DIV> <DIV align=right><A href="http://www.kingstontrio.com/" target=new_window>Official Kingston Trio Website</A></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><IMG height=21 alt="The Kingston Trio, Live in downtown Kent, Ohio" src="http://www.kentstage.org/ticketWeb.jpg" width=100
border=0></A></B></DIV></TD> <TD class=dataLbl vAlign=top align=left> <DIV align=center> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR> </DIV></DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataLbl vAlign=top align=left colSpan=2><A name=ritter></A> <HR> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataLbl vAlign=top align=left> <DIV align=left><B><FONT size=+3>JOSH RITTER</FONT></B></DIV> <DIV align=left><B><FONT size=+3></FONT></B><B>Thursday, September 21 <BR>8:00 PM</B></DIV> <DIV align=left>While his name might not be on the tip of everyone's tongue in his homeland, folk-leaning singer/songwriter Josh Ritter has benefited from numerous positive reviews and a loyal fan base. Born in Idaho, Ritter bought his first guitar after hearing the Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash classic "Girl From the North Country." While attending college in Oberlin, OH, Ritter got his first listen to Leonard Cohen and Gillian Welch. He fell in love with the songs instantly and dropped his neuroscience major in favor of the pursuit of
music. With classic folk venues like Club Passim, Boston was the place Ritter chose to follow his dream. He recorded and released self-titled debut in 1999, but it was 2002's Golden Age of Radio that got him noticed. Selling copies on his own funded touring, which funded more albums and so on. Signature Sounds Recordings soon picked the album up, gave it exposure on a national level, and the four- and five-star reviews started rolling in. The HBO series Six Feet Under grabbed a track from the album for their end credits, while Ritter received an offer to open for the Frames on a tour of Ireland. Soon his single "Me & Jiggs" was in the Irish Top 40, a headlining tour of the country was sold out, and a tribute band named Cork was playing nothing but Ritter material in numerous Irish pubs. Back home the following was growing with sold-out shows in New York City and Boston, while an invitation to the Sundance Film Festival began 2003 on a high note. It took 14 February
days in rural France to record his third album, and much of the equipment used for the session was Curtis Mayfield's old gear. The result, Hello Starling, was released in September the same year. Animal Years, his much anticipated follow-up, arrived in March 2006. ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide</DIV> <DIV align=right><A href="http://www.joshritter.com/" target=new_window>Official Josh Ritter Website</A></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><IMG height=21 alt="Josh Ritter, Live in downtown Kent, Ohio" src="http://www.kentstage.org/ticketWeb.jpg" width=100 border=0></A></B></DIV></TD> <TD class=dataLbl vAlign=top align=left> <DIV align=center> <DIV><BR> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataLbl vAlign=top align=left
colSpan=2><A name=jimiller></A> <HR> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataLbl vAlign=top align=left> <DIV align=left><B><FONT size=+3>JIMILLER BAND<BR>and WATERBAND</FONT></B></DIV> <DIV align=left><B><FONT size=+3></FONT></B><B>Friday, September 22<BR>8:00 PM</B></DIV> <DIV align=left><B>Jim Miller</B> is a singer, song writer, guitarist and former front man of the band Oroboros,he has opened for Richard Thompson (of Fairport Convention), The Grateful Dead's lyricist Robert Hunter, Phish , Merle Saunders. Steve Miller Band and Gov't Mule. With Oroboros, Jim has opened for Go Ahead (with members of the Grateful Dead and Santana), The Radiators, Black Uhuru, Santana and Rusted Root. He has jammed with the likes of Hot Tuna, John Popper and Blues Traveler, Sheryl Crow, and the Allman Brothers Band. Other headlining acts that Jim has opened for include, the 1994 H.O.R.D.E. Festival, the 1996 Further Festival (with members of the Grateful Dead, Los Lobos and Hot Tuna), the
opening of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame's psychedelic exhibit (with Big Brother and the Holding Company and Donovan). Jim was the business manager for Oroboros and orchestrated their 18-year odyssey on the road, visiting Thailand, Canada and all of the U.S. from the rockies to Florida to Nantucket. You can probably guess the kind of music his band will play. Of course, there will be Jim's originals, which he made popular with Oroboros, as well as covers of the Grateful Dead, Beatles, Phish, Blues, Roots music and Rock 'n' Roll. Enjoy the web site, it's for you, the fans.</DIV> <DIV align=left>During the Summer of 2004, the band played at the 10,000 Lakes Festival in Minnesota which featured bands such as The String Cheese Incident and Galactic. Just recently the band opened for Little Feat at the Cleveland House of Blues! Thanks for all your support!! See Ya Soon! Peace and Happy Trails. </DIV> <DIV align=right><A href="http://www.jimiller.com/"
target=new_window>Official JiMiller Band Website</A></DIV> <DIV align=right> </DIV> <DIV align=left><B>Waterband</B> was founded by David McDougald, inspired by a higher calling and deep desire to send sincere positive vibrations into the universe through both expressive musical improvisation and thoughtful musical and lyrical composition. Waterband's form is ever changing, yet ever flowing... </DIV> <DIV align=left>Waterband's sonic depth and changing forms allow them to perform as a dynamic acoustic ensemble or as a full-blown electric aural assault! With a massive array of influences, drawing from classic rock, blues, funk, folk, and jazz as well as the ability to cover other artist's classic songs, Waterband is sure to please a diverse audience! </DIV> <DIV align=left>Waterband has performed over 500 shows, since forming in 2001, in venues ranging from concert halls,local pubs and coffee shops, to weddings and corporate/political functions as well as radio and
television throughout the Midwest and East coast all with the same positive response!</DIV> <DIV align=right><A href="http://www.waterband.com/" target=new_window>Official Waterband Website</A> </DIV> <DIV align=left><B><FONT color=#990000>Tickets (door only): $8.00</FONT></B></DIV> <DIV align=left><B><A href="http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=oh&query=schedule&venue=kentstage" target=new_window><IMG height=21 alt="JiMiller Band and Waterband, Live in downtown Kent, Ohio" src="http://www.kentstage.org/ticketWeb.jpg" width=100 border=0></A></B></DIV></TD> <TD class=dataLbl vAlign=top align=left> <DIV align=center> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <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=havens></A> <HR> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataLbl vAlign=top align=left> <DIV align=left><B><FONT size=+3>RICHIE HAVENS </FONT></B></DIV> <DIV align=left><B><FONT size=+3></FONT></B><B>Saturday, September 23<BR>8:00 PM</B></DIV> <DIV align=left>Richie Havens is gifted with one of the most recognizable voices in popular music. His fiery, poignant, always soulful singing style has remained unique and ageless since he first emerged from the Greenwich Village folk scene in the early 1960's. It's a voice that has inspired and electrified audiences from the Woodstock Music & Arts Fair in 1969, to the Clinton Presidential Inauguration in 1993—coming full circle with the 30th Woodstock Anniversary celebration, "A Day In The Garden", in 1999.</DIV> <DIV align=left>For over three decades, Richie has used his music to convey messages of brotherhood and personal freedom. With more than twenty-five albums released and a touring schedule that would kill
many a younger man, he continues to view his calling as a higher one. As he told The Denver Post, "I really sing songs that move me. I'm not in show business, I'm in the communications business. That's what it's about for me". </DIV> <DIV align=left>Richie's Woodstock appearance proved to be a major turning point in his career. As the festival's first performer, he held the crowd spellbound for nearly three hours, called back for encore after encore. Having run out of tunes, he improvised a song based on the old spiritual "Motherless Child" that became "Freedom", a song now considered to be the anthem of a generation. The subsequent movie release helped Richie reach a worldwide audience of millions. </DIV> <DIV align=left>Meanwhile Richie started his own record label, Stormy Forest, and delivered Stonehenge in 1970. Later that year came Alarm Clock, which yielded the hit single "Here Comes The Sun", and became RichieÕs first album to reach Billboard's Top 30 Chart. This
year brings another new, self-produced album, Grace Of The Sun, which finds Richie composing most of the tracks.</DIV> <DIV align=left>Memorable television appearances included performances on two now-legendary programs, The Ed Sullivan Show and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. On the latter program, the audience reacted with such enthusiasm that when the applause continued even after the commercial break, Johnny Carson asked Richie to return the following night. In the show's long history, the only other guest booked back-to-back nights, based on overwhelming audience response, was Barbra Streisand. </DIV> <DIV align=left>For Richie Havens, making music is a continuous journey, and one that advances a step further with each album. "My albums are meant to be a chronological view of the times we've come through, what we've thought about, and what we've done to grow and change. There's a universal point to which we all respond, and where all songs apply to
everyone". </DIV> <DIV align=right><A href="http://www.richiehavens.com/" target=new_window>Official Richie Havens Website</A></DIV> <DIV align=left><B><FONT color=#990000>Advance discount tickets: $20.00<BR></FONT></B><B>Day of Show: $25.00</B></DIV> <DIV align=left><B><A href="http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=oh&query=schedule&venue=kentstage" target=new_window><IMG height=21 alt="Richie Havens, Live in downtown Kent, Ohio" src="http://www.kentstage.org/ticketWeb.jpg" width=100 border=0></A><BR></B></DIV></TD> <TD class=dataLbl vAlign=top align=left> <DIV align=center> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataLbl vAlign=top align=left colSpan=2><A name=staines></A> <HR> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=dataLbl vAlign=top align=left> <DIV align=left><B><FONT size=+3>BILL STAINES</FONT></B></DIV> <DIV align=left><B><FONT
size=+3></FONT></B><B>Friday, September 29<BR>8:00 PM</B></DIV> <DIV align=left>Anyone not familiar with the music of Bill Staines is in for a special treat.</DIV> <DIV align=left>For over thirty five years, Bill has traveled back and forth across North America, singing his songs and delighting audiences at festivals, folksong societies, colleges, concerts, clubs and coffeehouses. A New England native, Bill became involved with the Boston- Cambridge folk scene in the early 1960's and, for a time, emceed the Sunday hootenanny at the renowned Club 47 in Cambridge. Bill quickly became a popular performer in the Boston area. In 1971, after one of his performances, a reviewer for The Phoenix stated that Bill was "simply Boston's best performer." A decade later, both in 1980 and 1981, the annual Reader's Poll of The Boston Globe selected him as a favorite performer. In 1991 , Bill entered his forth decade as a folk performer with an international reputation as an artist.</DIV>
<DIV align=left>Singing mostly his own songs, he has become one of the most popular singers on the folk music circuit today and averages around 200 concert dates a year. </DIV> <DIV align=left>Bill weaves a magical blend of wit and gentle humor into his performances, and as one reviewer wrote, "he has a sense of timing to match the best stand-up comic." His music is a slice of Americana, reflecting with the same ease, his feelings about the prairie people of the Midwest or the adventurers of the Yukon.</DIV> <DIV align=left>Interspersed between original songs, Bill also includes songs ranging from traditional folk tunes to more contemporary country ballads and delights in having the audience participate in many of the numbers. He may even do a yodeling tune or two- having won the National Yodeling Championship in 1975 at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Kerrville Texas.</DIV> <DIV align=left>A number of Bill's songs have been recorded by other artists including, Peter,
Paul, & Mary, Makem and Clancy, Nanci Griffith, Mason Williams, The Highwaymen, Glen Yarborough, Jerry Jeff Walker, Grandpa Jones, Priscilla Herdman and others. Bill has recorded twenty-two of his own albums, fifteen of which are still in print. Additionally, Bill's songs have been published in four songbooks, If I Were A Word, Then I'd Be A Song, River, Music To Me, The Songs of Bill Staines, and All God's Critters Got A Place In The Choir. Two of the books contain nearly one hundred of Bill's songs.</DIV> <DIV align=left>Radio and TV appearances have included A Prairie Home Companion, Mountain Stage, The Good Evening Show and a host of local programs on PBS and network TV. Bill continues to drive over 65,000 miles a year, doing what he loves, bringing music to people.</DIV> <DIV align=right><A href="http://www.acousticmusic.com/staines" target=new_window>Official Bill Staines Website</A></DIV> <DIV align=left><B><FONT color=#990000>Advance discount tickets:
$10.00<BR></FONT></B><B>Day of Show: $13.00</B></DIV> <DIV align=left><B><A href="http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=oh&query=schedule&venue=kentstage" target=new_window><IMG height=21 alt="Bill Staines, Live in downtown Kent, Ohio" src="http://www.kentstage.org/ticketWeb.jpg" width=100 border=0></A><BR></B></DIV></TD> <TD class=dataLbl vAlign=top align=left> <DIV align=center> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=left><STRONG><FONT size=3>The <FONT color=#0000bf>Ke</FONT><FONT color=#0000bf>nt Stage</FONT> 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, at </FONT></STRONG><A
href="http://www.kentstage.org/" target=_blank><FONT color=#111111 size=3><STRONG>www.kentstage.org</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT color=#0000bf><FONT color=#111111><STRONG><FONT size=3> 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 email us at </FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:information at kentstage.org"><STRONG><FONT size=3>information at kentstage.org</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT size=3> or call 330-677-5005.</FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT size=3> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=5><STRONG>For further info: </STRONG></FONT><A href="http://www.kentstage.org/"><FONT size=5><STRONG>www.kentstage.org</STRONG></FONT></A></DIV></DIV><p>
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