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Our final event of
the Festival.
From 2:00 PM till 7:30 PM. The “Concert at Grayson Stadium”
features
Karla Bonoff,
Otis
Taylor,
Sam Pacetti and
Carl Jones & Beverly Smith, as well as the winner of the
Youth Songwriting Competition. The concert also includes the
second half of the “Noteworthy Art” silent auction. Each of the
performers will present two sets, one in an early and one in a
later rotation.
Karla
Bonoff Born and raised in
Southern California, Karla Bonoff was a songwriter by the age of
fifteen. She and her sister Lisa were writing songs and playing as a duo
titled "The Daughters of Chester P" named after their father, Dr.
Chester Paul Bonoff. She had already fallen in love with the guitar and
studied with Frank Hamilton of the famous folk group, The Weavers. By
16, Karla and her sister Lisa auditioned for Elektra Records. An 11-song
demo [recorded by Doors' engineer Bruce Botnick] was recorded but no
deal came of this first effort.
Karla's sister became a teacher of history and religion, but Karla's
passion was always music. She became friends with other
singer-songwriters and musicians [in the '60s] who were creating their
own unique sound. She talks about lining up at the legendary Troubadour
at noon on Mondays to get a slot in the famous Monday night Troubadour
"hoot," which was a breaking ground for many artists who went on to
great success. She says, "It was an amazing time. Jackson Browne, James
Taylor and Elton John were around the Troubadour in those days." There
were some other writer-singers who became friends of Karla's, and
eventually, they decided to put a band together. They were Kenny
Edwards, (who had started the Stone Poneys with Linda Ronstadt and Bobby
Kimmel), Wendy Waldman, and Andrew Gold. Something powerful in their
combined sound drew them together. Thus the band Bryndle was born - one
of the early songwriter groups, even before the Eagles.
Otis
Taylor No one ever accused
blues singer/composer/multi-instrumentalist Otis Taylor of overindulging
in the brighter and happier aspects of the human condition. His songs
are often peopled with characters whose emotional landscape – no matter
how raw or dark – is laid bare for all to experience, and the story is
often less than pretty.
But if love – in any or all of its joyous and painful variations – is
somewhere amid that confusing emotional swirl, he’ll go there too. The
result will by no means be syrupy, over-simplistic ballads obsessing
over romantic love. Instead, Taylor’s love songs take a hard, realistic
look at the relative benefits and costs of what is perhaps the most
confusing and unnerving of forces within the human heart.
Sam
Pacetti If Kottke, Fahey,
and Procter are household names where you live, consider getting
familiar with Sam Pacetti's work. This young guitarist is an enormous
talent. Whether playing a reel, covering Martin Simpson or dishing out a
ravishing original, Pacetti is a simply astonishing guitarist..." - Eric
Fidler, AP. Sam Pacetti from St. Augustine, Florida, has achieved a
dazzling command of the steel-string guitar. Sam learned flamenco at the
knee of his Cuban grandfather, pursued classical guitar studies in his
early teens, and became the protégé of Travis-style master Gamble Rogers
for the last year of Gamble's life.
Carl
Jones & Beverly Smith
For Years Carl Jones and Beverly
Smith have appeared on the traditional music scene, at festivals, on
record, at contests and dances, in various bands and formations, playing
just about anything with strings or tossing in vocal harmonies wherever
there was the opportunity. In their recordings they bring those years
of experience to the art of the duet—songs and tunes, old and new, done
simply and with love.
Carl Jones toured with Norman and Nancy Blake as part of the Rising Fawn
String Ensemble, playing mandolin, banjo, and fiddle. He often plays as
a duo with James Bryan, and is sometimes found pickin' as part of a trio
with Bruce Green and Don Pedi. Carl has been an instructor at Pinewoods,
Port Townsend's Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, Mars Hill Old Time
Week, and the Swannanoa Gathering. His songs have been recorded by the
Nashville Bluegrass Band, Rickie Simpkins, and others.
One of the most respected guitar players in old time music today,
Beverly Smith is also in demand as a singer, fiddler, and dance caller.
She has made numerous recordings, backing up fiddlers Bruce Molsky, Rafe
Stefanini, Tara Nevins and Brad Leftwich, vocalizing with Irish
musicians Mick Moloney and John Doyle, and also singing with bluegrass
great Laurie Lewis. She has taught and played at many camps and folk
festivals and, in addition to her collaboration with Carl, also plays
with old time band The Rockinghams. Also, the winner of the Youth Songwriting
Competition will present his or her winning song at the Sunday Concert.
The “Noteworthy Art” silent auction will be going on from 2:00
to 6:00 PM
The Winner of the Youth Songwriting Competition will appear at
4:45 PM
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