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<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=3>November 118, 2008</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center> </DIV></FONT></STRONG></FONT><FONT size=6><STRONG><FONT color=#0000cc>Melanie returns to Ohio</FONT></STRONG></FONT><FONT color=#000099><FONT size=5><FONT color=#ff0000><STRONG> </STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000099><FONT size=4>pre-Thanksgiving Holiday Concert on Nov. 20th</FONT> </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#cc0000 size=5><STRONG>15, 60, 75 - The Numbers Band, The Twistoffs and Hillbilly IDOL </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT color=#cc0000 size=5><STRONG> join forces to raise funds for the Northeast Ohio Red Cross</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#006699>Upcoming Concerts @ The Kent Stage
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<DIV><STRONG>GTB Music Festival 11/22</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>(11 Kent bands)</DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>The Know-Nothings 11/28
<DIV> Rob McNurlin 11/29<BR> Carrie Rodriguez & KaiserCartel 12/4<BR>Glen Phillips & Jonatha Brooke 12/5<BR></DIV></STRONG><FONT color=#cc0000><STRONG>The Diamonds </STRONG>"Christmas Concert"<STRONG> 12/6</STRONG></FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Woodchopper's Ball 12/13<BR>Tim O'Brien 1/16</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG> Kathleen Edwards 1/30<BR> Claire Lynch Band 2/28</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>John Gorka & Susan Werner 4/17
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<DIV align=left><BR><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=4><STRONG>MELANIE</STRONG><BR>Thursday, November 20 -- 8:00 PM</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000>Concert to include Melanie's famous Christmas presentation!</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><BR><FONT size=3>With guitar in hand and a talent that combined amazing vocal equipment, disarming humor, and a vibrant engagement with life, she was booked as the first solo pop/rock artist ever to appear at Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Opera House, the Sydney Opera House, and in the General Assembly of the United Nations, where delegates greeted her performances with standing ovations. The top television hosts of the time - Ed Sullivan, Johnny Carson, Dick Cavett - battled to book her. (After her stunning performance on his show, Sullivan goggled that he had not seen such a "dedicated and responsive audience since Elvis Presley.") Accolades rolled in, from critics ("Melanie's cult has long been famous, but it's a cult that's responding to something genuine and powerful - which is maybe another way of saying that this writer counts himself as part of the cult too," wrote John Rockwell in The New York Times) as well as peers ("Melanie," insisted
jazz piano virtuoso Roger Kellaway, "is extraordinary to the point that she could be sitting in front of us in this room and sing something like 'Momma Momma' right to us, and it would just go right through your entire being.")<BR>In the years that followed Melanie continued to record, continued to tour. UNICEF made her its spokesperson; Jimi Hendrix's father introduced her to the multitude assembled for the twentieth anniversary of Woodstock. Her records continued to sell - more than eighty million to date. She's had her songs covered by singers as diverse as Cher, Dolly Parton, and Macy Gray. She's raised a family, won an Emmy, opened a restaurant, written a musical about Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane...<BR>She has, in short, lived a rare life. But all of it was just a prelude to what's about to come.<BR><BR>Reserved tickets: $25.00</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR><FONT color=#cc0000 size=3><STRONG>The American Red Cross & The Number's Band proudly presents</STRONG></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3><STRONG><FONT color=#000099 size=4>Music For Disaster Relief</FONT><BR></STRONG></FONT><FONT size=2>Friday, November 21st<BR>Doors open @ 7pm. Concert starts @ 8PM<BR><BR>In order of appearance:<BR>Joe LaRose and Steve Downey<BR>Rachel Wearsch and her Beatnik Playboys<BR>Hillbilly IDOL<BR>15 60 75 the numbers<BR>The TwistOffs<BR>$15 admission. <BR>This is an opportunity to truly help those in your community who need it most. <BR>All proceeds go to your local American Red Cross.<BR>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR><BR><FONT size=3><STRONG><FONT color=#993300 size=3><STRONG>ROB McNURLIN<BR></STRONG></FONT>also featuring<BR>SASHA COLETTE & LUNA <BR>Opening Act ARTY HILL <BR>Saturday, November 29 -- 7:00 PM</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Singing songs by Johnny Cash</DIV>
<DIV>Rob McNurlin was raised in Eastern Kentucky, the hymns in church, the Johnny Cash Show on TV, a harmonica from his grandmother, his parents records and a guitar on his ninth Christmas set him on a very musical path.<BR>He began studying traditional music learning hundreds of folk, hillbilly-blues and Gospel tunes. Inspired by Cash, Dylan, Woody Guthrie and Hank Williams he started writing songs and mixing these originals with the traditional .<BR>Rob has released five cds including "Cowboy Boot Heel", recorded at Johnny Cash's Cabin Studio, produced by his son John Carter Cash and a duet with guest Ramblin' Jack Elliott. "Lonesome Valley Again" reached #26 on the FAR charts and #55 on the Americana chart, remaining in the top 100 over two months. The cd "River, Road or Rail" was a collaboration with Nancy Apple and reached #1 on the FAR chart, top 40 on the Americana Europe chart. His latest cd "Sacred Numbers" is a collection of Gospel
songs.<BR>McNurlin has toured with Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Hot Tuna, his songs have been covered by Ronnie Elliott among others and used in two award winning documentaries. He is currently touring and working on a new cd.<BR><BR>Behind the guitar of Sasha Colette lies the purity of an Eastern Kentucky voice rich in heritage, soul and emotion. The delicate blend of her skills on the fretboard and her vocal stylings can only be described as: Honest.<BR>Sasha embraces her Carter County roots while embracing various artists. The result is a style that is Sasha Colette. Appalachian, Bluesy, Folk. Sasha's music and lyrics are real, for real people, about real life, and evoking real emotion.<BR><BR><BR>Luna is a singer/songwriter that combines traditional, rock, and folk music. Through her brother's association with The Beatnik Cowboys, she met Rob McNurlin. Rob introduced her to folk music such as Bob Dylan and Johnny and June Carter Cash. They later
collaborated many times sharing the stage and vocals in Europe as well as the states. This partnership caught the attention of Mickey Fisher and Ritchie Collins who co-wrote the stage production "Something in the Water" which features old time music of Kentucky artists. Luna was asked to sing songs such as "Pretty Saro", "Blue Moon of Kentucky", and "Coal Miner's Daughter." Her vocal support has been recorded with Rob McNurlin and Jeff Walburn.<BR><BR>Like Dale Watson, Redd Volkaert, and others carrying the cross for traditional country, Arty Hill remains faithful to country's roots while forging his own distinct songs that blend the old and new. Jackson Shake, I Left Highlandtownâ and Driftin' In, are "SONGS SALTED WITH TEARS AND STEEPED IN THE RICH BREW OF CLASSIC COUNTRY AND WESTERN THAT, IN THE RIGHT HANDS, NEVER LOSES IT POWER." (John Lewis, Baltimore Magazine). Arty's songs have been covered by Austin's TEXAS SAPPHIRES, and one of his bluegrass
tunes was recently recorded by the Grammy-nominated KENNY AND AMANDA SMITH BAND.<BR>Tickets Available at Spin-More Records -- 330-678-3495<BR>$20.00 General Admission</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></A></TD></TR>
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