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| "What started as a one-time event in 2003 has blossomed into one of San Diego's most engaging music programs." ~ Performances Magazine (Dec. 2004) |
| Unless otherwise noted, all concerts are held at: AMSDconcerts (formerly Acoustic Music San Diego) 4650 Mansfield Street San Diego, CA 92116 (619) 303-8176 All shows start at 7:30 pm, unless otherwise noted |
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| February 15 @ 7:30 |
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- "Gorka is widely heralded for the sophisticated intelligence and provocative originality of his
songs." ~ Boston Globe - "The preeminent male singer-songwriter of the New Folk Movement ~ Rolling Stone
- "He weaves wry, slices of life observations..." ~ Associated Press
Rising from a milieu of lovelorn singer-songwriters, John Gorka illuminates, instead, with his
trademark word play, twisting, turning and tying words and phrases in the way a balloon artist creates
complex creatures from simple balloons. Few contemporary songwriters coax language as deftly as
Gorka.
Over the years, other performers have discovered his songwriting. His material is championed by many
— to date more than twenty artists have recorded and/or performed John Gorka songs, including Mary
Chapin Carpenter, Mary Black and Maura O’Connell. He also started sharing tours with many notable
friends — Nanci Griffith and Mary Chapin Carpenter among them. All this has brought his music to an
ever-widening audience. His video for the single “When She Kisses Me” found a long-term rotation on
VH-1’s “Current Country,” as well as on CMT and the Nashville Network. John has graced the stage of
Austin City Limits, appeared on CNN, and has been the subject of other national programming.
With the release of his 11th studio album, So Dark You See John Gorka returns to his roots with his
most compelling and traditional album to date. It has been widely praised as some of John’s finest work
trademark word play, twisting, turning and tying words and phrases in the way a balloon artist creates
complex creatures from simple balloons. Few contemporary songwriters coax language as deftly as
Gorka.
Over the years, other performers have discovered his songwriting. His material is championed by many
— to date more than twenty artists have recorded and/or performed John Gorka songs, including Mary
Chapin Carpenter, Mary Black and Maura O’Connell. He also started sharing tours with many notable
friends — Nanci Griffith and Mary Chapin Carpenter among them. All this has brought his music to an
ever-widening audience. His video for the single “When She Kisses Me” found a long-term rotation on
VH-1’s “Current Country,” as well as on CMT and the Nashville Network. John has graced the stage of
Austin City Limits, appeared on CNN, and has been the subject of other national programming.
With the release of his 11th studio album, So Dark You See John Gorka returns to his roots with his
most compelling and traditional album to date. It has been widely praised as some of John’s finest work
| Guy Davis |
| February 17 @ 7:30 |
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He’s got some Blind Willie McTell and some Fats Waller, some Buddy Guy and some Taj Mahal. He’s got
some Zora Neale Hurston and some Garrison Keillor. He’s a musician, composer, actor, director and
writer. But most importantly—Guy Davis is a bluesman. The blues permeate every corner of Davis’
creativity. Throughout his career, he has dedicated himself to reviving the traditions of acoustic blues and
bringing them to as many ears as possible through the material of the great blues masters, African
American stories, and his own original songs, stories and performance pieces.
Davis’ creative roots run deep. Though raised in New York, he grew up hearing accounts of life in the
rural south from his parents and especially his grandparents, and they made their way into his own stories
and songs. Davis taught himself the guitar (never having the patience to take formal lessons) and learned
by listening to and watching other musicians. One night on a train from Boston to New York he picked up
finger picking from a nine-fingered guitar player.
His influences are wide and varied. Musically, he enjoyed such great blues musicians as Blind Willie
McTell (and his way of telling a story), Skip James, Mance Lipscomb, Mississippi John Hurt, Elizabeth
Cotton, and Buddy Guy, among others. It was through Taj Mahal that he found his way to the old time
blues. He also loved such diverse musicians as Fats Waller and Gustav Holst. Zora Neale Hurston and
Garrison Keillor have influenced his writing and storytelling.
some Zora Neale Hurston and some Garrison Keillor. He’s a musician, composer, actor, director and
writer. But most importantly—Guy Davis is a bluesman. The blues permeate every corner of Davis’
creativity. Throughout his career, he has dedicated himself to reviving the traditions of acoustic blues and
bringing them to as many ears as possible through the material of the great blues masters, African
American stories, and his own original songs, stories and performance pieces.
Davis’ creative roots run deep. Though raised in New York, he grew up hearing accounts of life in the
rural south from his parents and especially his grandparents, and they made their way into his own stories
and songs. Davis taught himself the guitar (never having the patience to take formal lessons) and learned
by listening to and watching other musicians. One night on a train from Boston to New York he picked up
finger picking from a nine-fingered guitar player.
His influences are wide and varied. Musically, he enjoyed such great blues musicians as Blind Willie
McTell (and his way of telling a story), Skip James, Mance Lipscomb, Mississippi John Hurt, Elizabeth
Cotton, and Buddy Guy, among others. It was through Taj Mahal that he found his way to the old time
blues. He also loved such diverse musicians as Fats Waller and Gustav Holst. Zora Neale Hurston and
Garrison Keillor have influenced his writing and storytelling.
Throughout his life Davis has had overlapping interests in music and acting. Early acting roles included a part in the film Beat Street and on
television in One Life to Live. Eventually Davis had the opportunity to combine music and acting on the stage. He made his Broadway debut in
1991 in the Zora Neale Hurston/Langston Hughes collaboration Mulebone, which featured the music of Taj Mahal. In 1993 he performed Off-
Broadway as legendary blues player Robert Johnson in Robert Johnson: Trick the Devil. He received rave reviews and became the 1993 winner of
the Blues Foundation’s W.C. Handy “Keeping the Blues Alive” Award.
television in One Life to Live. Eventually Davis had the opportunity to combine music and acting on the stage. He made his Broadway debut in
1991 in the Zora Neale Hurston/Langston Hughes collaboration Mulebone, which featured the music of Taj Mahal. In 1993 he performed Off-
Broadway as legendary blues player Robert Johnson in Robert Johnson: Trick the Devil. He received rave reviews and became the 1993 winner of
the Blues Foundation’s W.C. Handy “Keeping the Blues Alive” Award.
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| February 1 @7:30 |
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Ray Wylie Hubbard writes the kind of songs that make you want to ride along no matter where he’
s going, because you know it’s gonna get strange somewhere along the way. Anyone who’s followed
him over the long and winding path he has traveled already knows he possesses the kind of
exceptional gift for observation that any songwriter yearns for.
In the 1970s, Ray Wylie Hubbard joined country music "outlaws" Waylon Jennings and Willie
Nelson as part of the progressive country vanguard on the Texas music scene. Unlike the clean-cut
crooners from Nashville, these Austin and Dallas cowboys grew their hair long and added a healthy
dose of rock 'n' roll to their music. A leading figure of the progressive country movement, Hubbard
is also well-known for authoring the perennial anthem "Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother"
recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker in 1973.
"And while that song certainly helped launch his career," noted David Goodman in Modern Twang,
"its immense popularity has tended to obscure the depth and complexity of Hubbard as a songwriter
and musician." "Hubbard's writing became deeply spiritual, dense with allegory and allusion, his
musical landscape stalked by preachers with a pistol in one hand and a Bible in the other."
s going, because you know it’s gonna get strange somewhere along the way. Anyone who’s followed
him over the long and winding path he has traveled already knows he possesses the kind of
exceptional gift for observation that any songwriter yearns for.
In the 1970s, Ray Wylie Hubbard joined country music "outlaws" Waylon Jennings and Willie
Nelson as part of the progressive country vanguard on the Texas music scene. Unlike the clean-cut
crooners from Nashville, these Austin and Dallas cowboys grew their hair long and added a healthy
dose of rock 'n' roll to their music. A leading figure of the progressive country movement, Hubbard
is also well-known for authoring the perennial anthem "Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother"
recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker in 1973.
"And while that song certainly helped launch his career," noted David Goodman in Modern Twang,
"its immense popularity has tended to obscure the depth and complexity of Hubbard as a songwriter
and musician." "Hubbard's writing became deeply spiritual, dense with allegory and allusion, his
musical landscape stalked by preachers with a pistol in one hand and a Bible in the other."
Ten albums later, Hubbard has continued to solidify himself as an elder statesman of Texas Music and a songwriter's songwriter. In recent
years, his music has found a comfortable place atop the Americana Music Charts where he continues to contribute to one of the most
flourishing genres of the century. Jim Caligiuri noted in the Austin Chronicle that "Hubbard has become one of the best singer-songwriters of
our time. Since 1992, he's released a series of albums, each more impressive than the last." Ray’s latest album The Grifter’s Hymnal was
released in March 2012 to rave reviews and he continues to tour worldwide.
years, his music has found a comfortable place atop the Americana Music Charts where he continues to contribute to one of the most
flourishing genres of the century. Jim Caligiuri noted in the Austin Chronicle that "Hubbard has become one of the best singer-songwriters of
our time. Since 1992, he's released a series of albums, each more impressive than the last." Ray’s latest album The Grifter’s Hymnal was
released in March 2012 to rave reviews and he continues to tour worldwide.
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Ellis Paul is a critically-acclaimed singer, songwriter, poet, and troubadour originally hailing
from a potato farming family in northern Maine. He is the recipient of thirteen Boston
Music Awards, second only to multi-platinum act, Aerosmith. Over the course of fifteen
years, Ellis Paul has built a vast catalog of music which weds striking poetic imagery and
philosophical introspection with hook-laden melodies.
The Boston Globe hailed him as a "songwriter's songwriter," saying "no emerging
songwriter in recent memory has been more highly touted and respected by songwriters."
USA Today's national feature on Ellis was titled "Best Bet For Stardom" which has come
true after years of non-stop touring. He opened for such notable musicians as Bill
Morrissey, Shawn Colvin, and John Gorka early on and quickly progressed to headlining
concerts and festivals.
from a potato farming family in northern Maine. He is the recipient of thirteen Boston
Music Awards, second only to multi-platinum act, Aerosmith. Over the course of fifteen
years, Ellis Paul has built a vast catalog of music which weds striking poetic imagery and
philosophical introspection with hook-laden melodies.
The Boston Globe hailed him as a "songwriter's songwriter," saying "no emerging
songwriter in recent memory has been more highly touted and respected by songwriters."
USA Today's national feature on Ellis was titled "Best Bet For Stardom" which has come
true after years of non-stop touring. He opened for such notable musicians as Bill
Morrissey, Shawn Colvin, and John Gorka early on and quickly progressed to headlining
concerts and festivals.
Ellis has averaged 150 shows a year and travels across America and Europe, playing everyplace from church basements to Carnegie Hall. The
Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame invited Ellis to pay tribute to his hero Woody Guthrie, who has influenced and inspired Ellis in a profound way.
Woody's daughter, Nora, requested that Ellis compose the music for the lyrics of Woody's song "God's Promise" which was released and has
been covered by numerous artists.
Ellis' songs have appeared in the soundtracks for several movies, including "Me, Myself & Irene" with Jim Carey, and "Shallow Hal" with Jack
Black. Movie director, Peter Farrelly, has praised Ellis' music as "a national treasure". Ellis' songs have also appeared on numerous television
shows, including "Ed" and MTV's "The Real World".
Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame invited Ellis to pay tribute to his hero Woody Guthrie, who has influenced and inspired Ellis in a profound way.
Woody's daughter, Nora, requested that Ellis compose the music for the lyrics of Woody's song "God's Promise" which was released and has
been covered by numerous artists.
Ellis' songs have appeared in the soundtracks for several movies, including "Me, Myself & Irene" with Jim Carey, and "Shallow Hal" with Jack
Black. Movie director, Peter Farrelly, has praised Ellis' music as "a national treasure". Ellis' songs have also appeared on numerous television
shows, including "Ed" and MTV's "The Real World".
- "Ellis Paul is a master storyteller. He combines the sensibilities of Bob Dylan and Bill
Morrissey and delivers it with a passion that sets him apart in the company of a new
breed of songwriters." ~ Performing Songwriter Magazine
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| February 9 @ 7:30 |
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- "Koerner’s art is like Chaplin’s, as great and lasting as it is entertaining… the most
innovatively brilliant acoustic blues musician of his generation." ~ Paul Nelson Sing Out - "They just don’t make anybody like John anymore… They broke the mold." ~ Bonnie Raitt
Spider John Koerner is a bona fide legend, having been one of the first rank of folk/blues revivalists at the very
beginning of the 1960s. Based in Minneapolis, he was a habitué of the coffee house scene there, and famously
mentored a very young Robert Zimmerman while he was in the early stages of inventing the entity known as Bob
Dylan. With like-minded eclectic souls, Spider John formed the influential trio Koerner, Ray and Glover, whose
Rags, Blues & Hollers records of the mid-60s had a major impact at the time, stirring a generation to follow their
path of preserving and revitalizing American musical tradition.
Spider John is one of the finest practitioners you could hope to see. Live, he is utterly off the cuff, shouting age-old
lyrics, stomping out an infectious rhythm with a combination of dazzling chops and unreserved passion. Koerner
retains the idiosyncrasies of a true original and time hasn’t diminished his inimitable sound. His repertoire
combines Americana roots classics with observant originals in the same raucous spirit. He gets right inside each
song, and makes it his own. Each performance has an invested spontaneity. His voice remains forceful and
effective delivering each song with compelling urgency. His rollicking 12-string picking, with its dynamic driving
bass, single string hook lines and sly signature flourishes have an outward simplicity that masks complex
arrangements and a consummate sleight of hand style.
beginning of the 1960s. Based in Minneapolis, he was a habitué of the coffee house scene there, and famously
mentored a very young Robert Zimmerman while he was in the early stages of inventing the entity known as Bob
Dylan. With like-minded eclectic souls, Spider John formed the influential trio Koerner, Ray and Glover, whose
Rags, Blues & Hollers records of the mid-60s had a major impact at the time, stirring a generation to follow their
path of preserving and revitalizing American musical tradition.
Spider John is one of the finest practitioners you could hope to see. Live, he is utterly off the cuff, shouting age-old
lyrics, stomping out an infectious rhythm with a combination of dazzling chops and unreserved passion. Koerner
retains the idiosyncrasies of a true original and time hasn’t diminished his inimitable sound. His repertoire
combines Americana roots classics with observant originals in the same raucous spirit. He gets right inside each
song, and makes it his own. Each performance has an invested spontaneity. His voice remains forceful and
effective delivering each song with compelling urgency. His rollicking 12-string picking, with its dynamic driving
bass, single string hook lines and sly signature flourishes have an outward simplicity that masks complex
arrangements and a consummate sleight of hand style.
His whole presence is that of a man at ease with himself and the world, who isn’t desperate to impress, who's observed life, thought hard about some
of it and greets the rest of it with a shrug. The older you get, the less you know. Spider John skipped stardom on his way to becoming a hero.
Watching the eternal hipster play his philosophical and witty originals and wild turns on classic songs, he will beguile you with his delightfully laconic
personality, sense of humor, bouncing rags, insightful phrasings and wry wisdom.
of it and greets the rest of it with a shrug. The older you get, the less you know. Spider John skipped stardom on his way to becoming a hero.
Watching the eternal hipster play his philosophical and witty originals and wild turns on classic songs, he will beguile you with his delightfully laconic
personality, sense of humor, bouncing rags, insightful phrasings and wry wisdom.
Venice is a band from Venice Beach, California.
Their distinctive vocal sound and harmonies have allowed the band and its members to tour
and/or record with some of the biggest names in the music industry: Elton John, Phil
Collins, Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Ozzy Osborne, Don Henley, Brian Wilson, Billy Idol,
Michael McDonald, Colby Caillat, Jackson Browne, David Crosby, Stevie Nicks, Cher, The
Beach Boys, Linda Rondstadt, the list goes on. Throughout 2010 and 2011, three members of
Venice are working as featured background singers on Roger Waters’ “Pink Floyd’s The
Wall” world tour.
Born and raised in Venice, California, Venice consists of brothers Michael and Mark
Lennon, and brothers Kipp and Pat Lennon. The pairs are cousins to each other.
The music of Venice is a melting pot of all their influences while growing up in the small,
eclectic and culturally diverse beach town that is their namesake, which is known for its
boardwalk and artistic community.
Their distinctive vocal sound and harmonies have allowed the band and its members to tour
and/or record with some of the biggest names in the music industry: Elton John, Phil
Collins, Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Ozzy Osborne, Don Henley, Brian Wilson, Billy Idol,
Michael McDonald, Colby Caillat, Jackson Browne, David Crosby, Stevie Nicks, Cher, The
Beach Boys, Linda Rondstadt, the list goes on. Throughout 2010 and 2011, three members of
Venice are working as featured background singers on Roger Waters’ “Pink Floyd’s The
Wall” world tour.
Born and raised in Venice, California, Venice consists of brothers Michael and Mark
Lennon, and brothers Kipp and Pat Lennon. The pairs are cousins to each other.
The music of Venice is a melting pot of all their influences while growing up in the small,
eclectic and culturally diverse beach town that is their namesake, which is known for its
boardwalk and artistic community.
Through Venice’s history, they’ve recorded for many major record labels. In 1990, their self titled debut album was released on Atlantic Records.
Vanguard Records distributed their next two albums, “Born and Raised” (1997) and “Spin Art” (1999). 2002’s “Welcome to the Rest of Your
Life” was put out on Sony’s Columbia Records. And 2006’s “Amsterdam” was released on Universal Records.
With Venice, seeing is believing. The band is equally compelling performing a 4 piece acoustic set as they are rocking the house with the full
band: Drums, keyboards, bass and electric guitars. Venice’s “Home Grown” defines the newest edition of the “California Sound” tradition.
Vanguard Records distributed their next two albums, “Born and Raised” (1997) and “Spin Art” (1999). 2002’s “Welcome to the Rest of Your
Life” was put out on Sony’s Columbia Records. And 2006’s “Amsterdam” was released on Universal Records.
With Venice, seeing is believing. The band is equally compelling performing a 4 piece acoustic set as they are rocking the house with the full
band: Drums, keyboards, bass and electric guitars. Venice’s “Home Grown” defines the newest edition of the “California Sound” tradition.
- “Venice is the best vocal group in America right now. This is my favorite band in the world.” ~ David Crosby
- "I've been listening to Venice for Years! Their vocals and harmonies are so beautiful, something that I really
learned from as a singer!” ~ Colbie Caillat - "Venice, one of my favorite bands, is quintessentially Californian, with soaring harmonies. What they do is
sing amazingly. They sing and play their asses off. It's such a pleasure to play with these guys, because they
have that power." ~ Jackson Browne - “Venice is a California institution.” ~ Michael McDonald
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| February 23 @ 7:30 |
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