Big Weekend Events – Looking Ahead, Acoustic Americana Music Guide, June 16, 2009

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Weekend heads-up… with details in a separate (nearly simultaneous) edition…
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LIVE OAK and HUCK FINN -- BIG and beloved festivals are this weekend, and they begin Friday (lineups and web links near the end of this edition, in the “Look Ahead” section). Plus, “MAKE MUSIC PASADENA” returns Sunday, on numerous stages, all FREE, as part of the global “FETE DE LA MUSIQUE” that originated in France. Sorta like a stay-close-to-home one-day festival for the budget-conscious and irreconcilably broke. Of course, some folks are crazy enough to catch a day or two at one big festival, then a day or two at another. If you don’t feel like that well-worth-it road trip to the hills north of Santa Barbara or the Mojave River near Victorville, there are daytime and evening shows all around the L.A. area, including the all-day Pasadena event.
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And remember what ELSE is coming: there’s the wonderful “THREE GIRLS AND THEIR BUDDY” concert with EMMYLOU HARRIS, PATTY GRIFFIN, SHAWN COLVIN, & BUDDY MILLER at the Greek Theatre, Wed, Jun 24 (and you can still WIN FREE TICKETS from the Acoustic Americana Music Guide, through this Friday, Jun 1;; details at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2009/06/win-free-tix-to-see-emmylou-harris.html or at http://community.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/win-free-tix-to-see-emmylou
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And, the annual “Long Beach Bayou Festival” is the following weekend!
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BIG WEEKEND EVENTS – LOOKING AHEAD
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Updated June 16, 2009; full edition with all the weekend events is posted separately.
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Yes, it’s true -
There are more ACOUSTIC AMERICANA / ACOUSTIC RENAISSANCE music performances EVERY week in the Los Angeles area than the COMBINED TOTAL of ALL OTHER KINDS OF MUSIC!
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(And that doesn’t even take the dozens of electric Americana shows into account!)
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WELCOME!
Without question, the Los Angeles region now has the greatest number of live acoustic performances of anyplace in America, and possibly in the world. Much of it is simply WONDERFUL, including club and coffeehouse gigs, performing arts center and theater concerts, indoor and outdoor shows, and a steady parade of festivals that include a healthy acoustic music presence. In addition, for those planning travel and our readers elsewhere, the Guide always includes a vast variety of acoustic music festivals all over the planet. And unique to the Guide, descriptions are included in our extensive listings, rather than simple calendar listings where you need to recognize a performer’s name to know the genre of acoustic music. (Lots of places tell you who, where, and when. We tell you that, plus the all-important “what.”) Yep, we “Guide” you through the live acoustic music scene.
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Entire contents copyright (c) © 2009, Larry Wines. All rights reserved.
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SPECIAL edition: A “LOOK AHEAD” at the BIG WEEKEND EVENTS and a great midweek show, all coming your way!
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A BUNCH happens this coming weekend, as two of best LOCAL acoustic music festivals start Friday, and the Telluride Bluegrass Festival starts Thursday in Colorado. AND, Sunday-only, France’s “Fete de la Musique” returns to the US close to home, as “Make Music Pasadena” on several stages, all free:
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Here’s your heads-up…
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Fri-Sun, Jun 19-21:
The annual “HUCK FINN JUBILEE COUNTRY & BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL” brings headliners RICKY SKAGGS, DAILEY & VINCENT, THE GRASCALS, THE LONESOME RIVER BAND and many more, at Mojave Narrows Regional Park, Victorville.
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Here’s the full lineup for each day:
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Friday:
Noon - Danny Paisley & Southern Grass
12:50 pm - Lonesome Otis
1:40 pm - Hey Boyz
2:30 pm - Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa
3:20 pm - Dailey & Vincent
4:10 pm - Silverado Bluegrass Band
5 pm - Sawmill Road
5:50 pm - Break
6:30 pm - Danny Paisley & Southern Grass
7:20 pm - Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa
8:10 pm - Dailey & Vincent
9 pm - Mark Twain Live
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Saturday:
9:30 am Nathan McEuen & Scott Gates
10:20 am - Lonesome River Band
11:10 am - Sawmill Road
12 Noon -
The National Bluegrass Playoffs presents Deering Banjo Championship
1:30 pm - Break
2 pm - Kids on Bluegrass
2:30 pm - Nathan McEuen & Scott Gates
3:20 pm - Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa
4:10 pm - Claire Lynch Band
5 pm - The Grascals
5:50 pm - Break
6:30 pm - Sawmill Road
7:20 pm - Claire Lynch Band
8:10 pm - Lonesome River Band
9 pm The Grascals
9:50 pm - Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa
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Sunday:
9:30 am - Julie Wingfield
10:20 am - Hey Boyz
11:10 am - Lonesome River Band
12 Noon -
Great Western Cow Chip Throwing Championship
1:10 pm - Don Edwards
2 pm - Julie Wingfield
2:50 pm - Sawmill Road
3:40 pm - Lonesome River Band
4:20 pm - Don Edwards
5 pm - Break
6:00 p.m. - Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
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Complete festival info at www.huckfinn.com
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Fri-Sun, Jun 19-21;
The 21st annual “LIVE OAK MUSIC FESTIVAL” in the hills above Santa Barbara, brings a lineup with RODNEY CROWELL, ANONYMOUS 4 with DAROL ANGER & SCOTT LAW, THE SUBDUDES, DAVE ALVIN & THE GUILTY WOMEN, JIM LAUDERDALE BLUEGRASS BAND, OLD BLIND DOGS, MAMADOU DIABATE, TROMBONE SHORTY AND ORLEANS AVENUE, PO' GIRL, LOS PINGUOS, TERRY EVANS, AMANDA SHAW AND THE CUTE GUYS, GIRLYMAN, MASANGA MARIMBA ENSEMBLE, RANCHO DELUXE, DAWN LAMBETH with the REYNOLDS BROTHERS, RHYTHM RASCALS, REDSKUNK JIPZEE SWING BAND, THE CACHE VALLEY DRIFTERS, ANDREW JACKSON AND DUENDE, & THE BASICALLY BLUEGRASS BOYS. It’s a benefit for a wonderful public radio station, KCBX FM (www.kcbx.org) and that station’s principal annual fund-raiser.
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Here’s the full lineup for each day:
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Friday:
Joe Dickerson, Scottish Highland bagpipes, 3:45-4 pm
Rancho Deluxe, alternative country, 4-5 pm
Terry Evans, soulful blues, 5:30-6:30 pm
Old Blind Dogs, Traditional Scottish, 7-8:15 pm
Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women, Grammy-winning alt country/folk rock, 8:45-10:15 pm
Teen Concert (Stage Too)
Still Time with special guest Chase McBride, 8-10 pm
Hot Licks Dance: Old Blind Dogs, Traditional Scottish, 10:30 pm-midnight
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Saturday:
Sunrise Hotlicks: Redskunk Jipzee Swing Band, 8-8:45 am
Joe-Jam (workshop with Joe Craven) Workshop (Stage Too), 8-9:30 am
Sunrise Hotlicks: The Basically Bluegrass Boys, 9-9:45 am
Dawn Lambeth w/ Reynolds Brothers Rhythm Rascals, Early Jazz/Swing, 10-11 am
Mamadou Diabate, Malian kora master, 11:20 am-12:20 pm
Amanda Shaw & the Cute Guys, Cajun, 1-2:15 pm
Stage Too: Los Pinguos, 2:45-3:30 pm
Hotlicks Kids' Show: Storyteller Kirk Henning, 3-4 pm
Stage Too: Mamadou Diabate, 3:45-4:30 pm
Los Pinguos, hot Argentine folk groove, 5-6:15 pm
Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, funked New Orleans jazz, 6:45-8:15 pm
The Subdudes, New Orleans rockin' R&B, blues and funk, 8:45-10:15 pm
Teen Concert (Stage Too) Tropo with special guest DJ Payne, 8-10 pm
Hot Licks Dance, Amanda Shaw and the Cute Guys, 10:30 pm-midnight
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Sunday:
Sunrise Hotlicks: Andrew Jackson and Duende, fingerstyle guitar, 8-8:45 am
Joe-Jam (workshop with Joe Craven) Stage Too, 8-9:30 am
Sunrise Hotlicks: Cache Valley Drifters, Americana, 9-9:45 am
Po' Girl, soulful and harmonious urban, 10-11 am
Masanga Marimba Ensemble, Zimbabwe and Latin America, 11:30 am-12:30 pm
Jim Lauderdale Bluegrass Band, Grammy-winning bluegrass, 1-2:15 pm
Stage Too: Girlyman, 2:45-3:30 pm
Hotlicks Stage: Kids Talent Show, 2:45-4:30 pm
Stage Too: Masanga Marimba Ensemble, 3:45-4:30 pm
Girlyman, three-part harmony folk pop, 5-6:15 pm
Anonymous 4 with Darol Anger & Scott Law, Grammy-winning early Americana, 6:45-8 pm
Rodney Crowell, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, 8:30-10 pm
Joe Dickerson, Scottish Highland bagpipes, 10 pm
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Complete info on the festival at www.liveoakfest.org/pp/index.shtml
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Sun, Jun 21”
All-day “MAKE MUSIC PASADENA” returns for a second year, after being one of the US centers of last year’s import from France of their annual “FETE DE LA MUSIQUE.” Multiple stages throughout downtown Pasadena are being planned, some indoors, some outdoors. One established early is the beautiful theater-like auditorium stage in the Pasadena Central Library, 285 E Walnut St, Pasadena 91101; 626-744-4066; www.cityofpasadena.net/library/events. In addition to all the other stages around town, The library has a fine lineup, through the afternoon (and it’s air-conditioned). JAMES HURLEY and MARINA V, two of the artists named in FolkWorks among the “Best of 2008 / Top Ten,” are performing there:
WILLOW BEND BAND, including their dulcimers, at 1:30 pm
DEBBIE BERRY at 2 pm
DALE LaDUKE at 2:30 pm
JAMES HURLEY, multiple award-winning singer-songwriter at 3 pm
LISA TURNER at 3:30 pm
MARINA V at 4 pm
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Nick Smith, one of the well-known bookers of the Caltech Folk Music Series, tells us about his role in this event: “On absurdly short notice, some of us are putting on a show -- technically, a bunch of shows, all at the same time. Last year, with more planning time, we managed to create 80 music stages. This year, since we didn't get the go-ahead until 3 weeks ago, it's smaller, but still really great. The event includes all kinds of music, but there will be a strong presence of folk and acoustic music.”
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There’s a show including folk and world music at the Levitt Pavilion in Memorial Park, where RED MOLLY looks like a fine bet, and QUETZAL and TETE are both scheduled there, as well.
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Armory Center for the Arts (across the street from Memorial Park) returns with an Americana stage (indoors), like they had last year. Their lineup includes MARY COPPIN, DAVID VIDAL, and JOHN STOWERS.
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The One Colorado stage is very eclectic, but includes at least one artist who is heading up to the “Winnepeg Folk Festival” in a couple of weeks, an indy artist from the Northwest named MIRAH.
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The central website is www.makemusicpasadena.org. Things are being posted daily, as acts and venues confirm. All events are free.
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“Out-of-Town” Events:
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Thu-Sun, Jun 18-21; in Colorado:
36th annual “TELLURIDE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL” in Telluride, Colorado, is one of the best music festivals in America. If you’re not already there, plan to go next year. Check it out at www.bluegrass.com/telluride
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Thu, Jun 18; in Kansas:
5:30 pm annual “ART WALK MUSIC FESTIVAL” at The Gazebo in Ave A, the park at Ave A & Main St, Hutchinson, KS 67502; info, 620-662-1280. Colorado-based
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Wed, Jun 24:
There is a GREAT concert in L.A.
WIN a FREE pair of tickets --
each day for a WEEK – from Sat, Jun 13 through Fri, Jun 19 --
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to see EMMYLOU HARRIS, PATTY GRIFFIN, SHAWN COLVIN, & BUDDY MILLER in their “THREE GIRLS AND THEIR BUDDY” concert at the Greek Theatre on Wednesday, June 24, 2009!
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“Tied to the Tracks” and the “Acoustic Americana Music Guide,” in association with Nederlander Concerts, is thrilled to offer (drum roll, maestro…)
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EVERY DAY for a week –
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a FREE PAIR OF TICKETS
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that’s SEVEN PAIRS OF TICKETS in all, one pair each day,
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from Sat, June 13 through Friday, June 19
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to see “Three Girls and Their Buddy” at the Greek Theatre on Wednesday, June 24!
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Here’s the description of the concert from the “Acoustic Americana Music Guide,”
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ALL THE INFO on how the TICKET GIVEAWAY works:
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Wed, Jun 24; a “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” pick:
7:30 pm EMMYLOU HARRIS, PATTY GRIFFIN, SHAWN COLVIN, & BUDDY MILLER are “THREE GIRLS AND THEIR BUDDY,” at the Greek Theatre, 2700 N Vermont Av, in Griffith Park, L.A.; Greek Theatre hotline, 323-665-1927; http://greektheatrela.com.
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The performance of “Three Girls and Their Buddy” is a powerful evening of melodies and harmonies by megastars of roots-Americana, all four of them multiple-award-winning and accomplished singer-songwriters. The group is certain to present originals from their latest albums: Emmylou Harris’ “All I Intended to Be,” Patty Griffin’s “Children Running Through,” Shawn Colvin’s “These Four Walls,” and Buddy Miller’s recent offering, with his wife Judy, “Written in Chalk.” The set list will be a delightful mix of their originals and their favorite folk, country, and rock covers. All will share the stage, taking turns singing lead while the others do back up on vocals, guitar and hand percussion.
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EMMYLOU HARRIS, PATTY GRIFFIN, SHAWN COLVIN, & BUDDY MILLER have variously played in each other's bands, sang each other's songs, done guest appearances or produced each other's albums, or done all of the above. The scope and artistry of such broad collaborative interaction is evident in their undeniable chemistry on stage. This is one of our favorite “SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK” picks of the summer, and an exciting ensemble performance by four beloved, venerable and esteemed all-stars of Americana, as “Three Girls and Their Buddy” perform at the Greek Theatre on June 24.
Tix, $55 / $45 / $35 / $25.
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Or, win a FREE pair of tickets in the “Tied to the Tracks” / “Acoustic Americana Music Guide” daily giveaway, every day for a week – Sat, June 13 through Friday, June 19, by watching for details at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com or http://community.nodepression.com/profile/TiedtotheTracks
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HERE’S HOW IT WORKS / RULES for the ticket giveaway:
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1) “Tied to the Tracks” and the “Acoustic Americana Music Guide,” in association with Nederlander Concerts, is offering a FREE PAIR OF TICKETS each day for a week, Sat, June 13 through Friday, June 19, to see “Three Girls and Their Buddy” at the Greek Theatre on June 24.
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2) On each of those seven days, just after 12 Noon, a daily question will be posted at both http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com and http://community.nodepression.com/profile/TiedtotheTracks
(The same question will be posted, as close as possible to the same time each day, on both websites.)
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3) Each day, a different question will ask something about the music careers of one of the four artists performing in “Three Girls and Their Buddy” at the Greek Theatre on June 24.
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4) The questions may be easy or difficult. Some may require digging, but the answer to each can be found by doing research on the web. Of course, big fans of the artist whose career is the subject of any given day’s question may already know the answer, and have a key advantage based on knowledge they already possess. Each question will be written by Larry Wines, and he shall be the sole judge of each question’s correct answer and of the winner of each of the seven pairs of tickets. NO ONE will be given hints, clues, answers or other information prior to the public release of each day’s question.
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5) The winner of the pair of tickets each day will be determined by the first correct answer to the day’s question, as received at tiedtothetracks@hotmail.com
(Exception: after winning a pair of tickets in this giveaway, a winner is ineligible to win a second pair in this giveaway.)
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6) Each winner, upon notification he or she has won, must provide their first and last name and complete address as it appears on the government-issued photo i.d. that they will use to claim their tickets.
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7) Winners agree to allow their name and the name of the town where they live (not their complete address) to be used publicly in connection with any and all publicity and promotion deriving from the ticket giveaway, and each winner agrees to send a post-performance comment about the show, by email, for use by “Tied to the Tracks,” the “Acoustic Americana Music Guide,” Nederlander Concerts, and/or the Greek Theatre.
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8) Upon receiving confirmation of the required i.d. information and the winner’s statement of acceptance of each of these terms, and intention to attend the concert, that pair of tickets (of the seven pairs) will be placed for pickup at Will-Call at the Greek Theatre, for pick-up on the evening of the performance, June 24, 2009; receiving the pair of tickets requires showing a government-issued photo i.d. with information matching that sent by the winner (see Rule #6).
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9) Should a winner be unable or be deemed unable, for any reason, to accept the pair of tickets, the first correct answer received at tiedtothetracks@hotmail.com after their correct answer was received will win that pair of tickets.
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GOOD LUCK, and start learning about the music careers of each of these four stellar artists!
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[Updated editions with more (always more -- as we have time to organize all of it), and all the many, many, acoustic music events to come in JUNE and beyond - in and around Los Angeles, plus the many, many, many upcoming acoustic music FESTIVALS, near and far, here, there and everywhere! It’ll all be here, soon.]
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The MOST RECENT EDITIONS - both the GUIDE’s event calendars with descriptive write-ups, AND the Acoustic Americana Music News Features – are available at
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http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com
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News of the “Tied to the Tracks” radio show is at www.myspace.com/laacoustic and on No Depression, at http://community.nodepression.com/profile/TiedtotheTracks
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Questions? Comments? Contact us at tiedtothetracks@hotmail.com
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As always, more to come, as we (believe it or not) continue to make updates to all the months of 2009 in the “long look ahead” posts.
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…So many truly fine shows, so few evenings and weekends to see them. With a new spirit of HOPE in America, why not celebrate by going out for a tunefully good time?
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copyright (c) © 2009, Larry Wines. All rights reserved.
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“There’s nothing as quiet as night without music, as dark as a night without stars...” - from “THE FIDDLER,” learned from Guy Carawan
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CAJUN PROVERB OF THE MONTH “The sign of a true friend: when he can forgive your success!” -- from www.bluefiddle.com, which supplies us and the Gator Gazette.
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Yes, it’s true -
There are more ACOUSTIC AMERICANA / ACOUSTIC RENAISSANCE music performances EVERY week in the Los Angeles area than the COMBINED TOTAL of ALL OTHER KINDS OF MUSIC!
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(And that doesn’t even take the dozens of electric Americana shows into account!)
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If you have trouble believing that assertion, then print this out and see how many pages you’ll need just for the events for the days covered in this edition!
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Check it yourself: take any edition of the L.A. Times Calendar Section and any edition of the LA Weekly, count-up all the live music shows (you won’t even need to subtract-out the acoustic shows in those two publications, since they hardly list any, anyway) and add them up. THEN, count the number of live acoustic music performances for the same days in the Acoustic Americana Music Guide. We have yet to find a week when the TOTAL of all those other genres of music performances equals the number of live performances of acoustic music in the L.A. area! (Even though you can’t hear the music on the radio here, or read about it in the biggest newspapers, it seems people DO want acoustic music and they will find and support it anyway!
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