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BUTCH HANCOCK
Flatlander great BUTCH HANCOCK has been called "one of the finest songwriters of our time" and is acknowledged by his peers as one of the premier Texas singer-songwriters. His lyrics are ingenious, excelling in metaphor and irony and displaying a world-weary trait, just as he is a master of seeing the miracle in the ordinary. In 1972, he formed The Flatlanders together with Jimmy Dale Gilmore and Joe Ely. They are back together and have been more popular than ever. Jimmy, Joe, Emmy Lou Harris and the Texas Tornados have all covered Butch Hancock songs.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
8:00 concert (7:30 doors)
$25
Tickets are available at the Last Record Store in Santa Rosa:
Last Record Store
1899 Mendocino Avenue
Santa Rosa
($1.00 per ticket fee),
Contact:
Laurie Schaeffer
musicfan@sonic.net
STEVE GILLETTE
& CINDY MANGSEN
Saturday, March 6, 2010
8:00 concert (7:30 doors)
$20
Steve Gillette is best known as a songwriter, with songs recorded by artists from Ian & Sylvia to Garth Brooks, from Jiminy Cricket to John Denver. His song Darcy Farrow alone has been recorded by more than one hundred artists since 1966, most recently by Jimmy Dale Gilmore and Nanci Griffith. Quite literally, he wrote the book on songwriting: Songwriting and the Creative Process (Sing Out Press) is a standard text in songwriting classes across the country. Steve sings in a rich baritone and is a virtuoso on guitar, using a unique fingerpicking style with a flat-pick and two fingers. His most recent solo recording is Texas and Tennessee (Redwing Music), named one of the Top Ten Folk Albums of 1998 by Tower Records' Pulse Magazine.
Cindy Mangsen, who married
Gillette in 1989, is also a songwriter, but her focus has been on songkeeping.
Cindy is a master interpreter of traditional ballads, rich in myth and
legend. She plays guitar, concertina, and banjo, and is renowned for her
compelling voice, described by one critic as a voice that can warm a New
England winter. Her newest solo CD is Cat Tales: Songs of the Feline Persuasion
(2005, Compass Rose Music), an album of songs about cats and their people.
As Steve comments, "Cindy has brought me back to my roots, and I
think I've influenced her in terms of ensemble playing, rhythmic development,
arrangement and performing. We're very fortunate to play for people who
really listen and who come to a concert with a certain sense of history.
There's a strong feeling of community about this music."
Tickets are available at the Last Record Store in Santa Rosa:
Last Record Store
1899 Mendocino Avenue
Santa Rosa
($1.00 per ticket fee),
or by mail:
Send a check, payable to Laurie Schaeffer, to:
Laurie Schaeffer
1275 Fourth Street
PMB 653
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Please include a SASE, and indicate which show(s) you'd like tickets for.
Contact:
Laurie Schaeffer
musicfan@sonic.net
707-542-7143
KENNY WHITE
CD Release Party!
comfort in the static
Saturday, March 20, 2010
8:00 concert (7:30 doors)
$23
Kenny White is a singer songwriter from New York City. Originally known mostly as a writer of music for radio and TV commercials and a producer and session keyboard player, in 2002 he released his first album and began touring. White frequently tours with Cheryl Wheeler, performing as her opening act, and then accompanying Cheryl during her set. This is how we (Schaef-Abel) first heard Kenny in 2004. We immediately booked him and subsequently four other times.
We are thrilled to be hosting Kenny in a CD Release Party for his soon-to-be-released "Comfort in the Static," on Judy Collin's music label, Wildflower Records.
Kenny stuns us with his soaring, cinematic melodies and symphonic arrangements, his acidic and mirthful confessions of regret, self-loathing and love, and his colorful, jazzy, oh-so-New York narratives enlivened by vivid characters and enriched with canny, sexy dialogue and a tender worldliness.
And, that's not even to mention his piano playing which is absolutely stunning!
Tickets are available at the Last Record Store in Santa Rosa:
Last Record Store
1899 Mendocino Avenue
Santa Rosa
($1.00 per ticket fee),
or by mail:
Send a check, payable to Laurie Schaeffer, to:
Laurie Schaeffer
1275 Fourth Street
PMB 653
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Please include a SASE, and indicate which show(s) you'd like tickets for.
Contact:
Laurie Schaeffer
musicfan@sonic.net
707-542-7143
AUDREY AULD
Saturday, April 17, 2010
8:00 concert (7:30 doors)
$23
AUDREY AULD is a favorite of Schaef-Abel Productions. We have hosted Audrey Auld many times in many different circumstances and hope to continue to do so. Her music has been such a refreshing blast from Down Under. Her lyrics give voice to the gamut of emotions we feel and experience, conveyed in a beautiful, yet believable voice. Her singing sometimes sounds as though she's from Austin instead of Australia, with a country-type flair, and at times as sweet and tender as a voice can be. Audrey's performances are always entertaining and fresh. She has a wonderful sense of humor and can read an audience and captivate and involve them. We were blown away by Audrey the first time we heard her and it's only gotten better in the ensuing years. We look forward to hosting her again and again.
Devils are not the only thing to come from Tasmania. Singer-songwriter
Audrey Auld's heart is in Country, Folk and Americana music with a presence
as big as The Outback. Her songs are the wry and poignant observations
of a Tassie girl living in California and Nashville for the past five
years. Audrey calls it "Music with the dirt left on."
Audrey is a memorable and uplifting entertainer. She's a spontaneous comedienne and a writer of humorous, provocative and soulful songs.
Audrey will surely perform songs from her new EP, "Billabong Song," a CD of Australian songs, featuring country, folk, roots songs and Australian stories. "A singer-songwriter with smarts and a distinct vision who's capable of heartfelt sorrow or off-kilter humor" ~ Austin Chronicle
Tickets are available at the Last Record Store in Santa Rosa:
Last Record Store
1899 Mendocino Avenue
Santa Rosa
($1.00 per ticket fee),
or by mail:
Send a check, payable to Laurie Schaeffer, to:
Laurie Schaeffer
1275 Fourth Street
PMB 653
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Please include a SASE, and indicate which show(s) you'd like tickets for.
Contact:
Laurie Schaeffer
musicfan@sonic.net
707-542-7143
