Blue Moon Cafe, Shepherdstown, WV

Blue Moon Sundays - 2008 Concert Series

Blue Moon Sundays - 2008 Fall Season

september 21 | september 28 | oct 5 | oct 26 | nov 9 | nov 23 | dec 14 | dec 21

Greg King, owner of the very cool Blue Moon Cafe, and Cheryl Mansley,
founder of the esteemed RiverHouse Concerts, launched this music series in February of 2007.
The series takes place in the heart of Shepherdstown, a small college town, on select Sunday evenings.

At each show the Blue Moon offers a full menu of dinner selections, light fare, desserts, beer and wine.
So, come join us at the Blue Moon. Hear some great music, eat some delicious food, and make some new friends!

For INFO and BOOKING: Contact Cheryl Mansley at 304-702-0554 or riverhousemusic@frontiernet.net.
For RESERVATIONS: Call the Blue Moon at 304-876-1920.

Blue Moon Sundays are presented in a Smoke-Free, Listening Room Atmosphere

Doors Open 5:30pm
Concert begins: 7:00pm
Admission is @ the Door
Dinner (served from 6pm to 7pm) and Drinks Available for Purchase

Parking:
Parking in town is free on Sundays, and Shepherd University's parking lot,
diagonally across from the Blue Moon Cafe, is open to the public for
free on the weekends as well!

September 21 - Colin Dunbar & Sleepy Creek

Colin Dunbar formed his first band in 1972 under the name of Mountain City Union. He says it was made up of two city slickers and two hillbillies - he, himself, being one of those hillbillies. Then, in 1980 he formed Sleepy Creek with three wonderful musicians. Band members changed over the years, but the band has come full-circle and is back to the early 80's edition with Dunbar on banjo, lead and tenor vocals, Joe Kent on guitar, lead and tenor vocals, Jeff Taulton on bass, as well as baritone and lead vocals and Buck Fisher on mandolin and occasional lead vocals.

Dunbar's musical roots go back to the great Smoky Mountains of western North Carolina where he spent his young life. His dad was a banjo and guitar player, as well as a great singer. His dad, he says, would sing lead and make him sing tenor. At first Dunbar played guitar, but then when his father passed away and his mother gave him his dad's banjo, he picked that up, too.

Dunbar is proud of the guys in the band. And, you can tell he really cares about them. "Joe Kent" he says, "is one of the best flat pickers you will ever hear, and he sings great tenor, too. Joe is a Midwesterner who came to this area by way of California. If Joe couldn't play music, he'd wither up and blow away."

"Jeff Taulton can sing and play bass with the best of'm, but he chooses to play bluegrass with Sleepy Creek. He's one of my best friends," says Dunbar, "and calls me his adopted dad. It's an honor. And, Buck Fisher was winning musical awards before he was 10 years old. He's forgotten more bluegrass than most musicians will ever know. He played guitar in the band for a few years and now handles the mandolin chores just as well."

Colin Dunbar & Sleepy Creek are regulars on stage at the West Virginia Mountain Heritage Arts & Crafts Festival each spring and fall in Harpers Ferry. And, Blue Moon Sundays is proud to open the fall concert season with this harmony singin', banjo, guitar, bass and mando pick'n bluegrass band of old friends.

September 28 - Hot Soup

The trio Hot Soup simmers with intelligent lyrics, zany humor, spirited musicality and scrumptious three-part harmony
The recipe for this delectable concoction are the blended solo talents of Sue Trainor, Christina Muir and Jennie Avila.
Their recordings continue to place this nationally touring trio among the most-played artists on international acoustic radio.

The trio brings a rare blend of spontaneity and intimacy to their performances, often developing hilarious exchanges among themselves and with the audience. Their musical diversity extends to their instrumentation, including a variety of guitar stylings, harp, conga, ubang (a variety of udu), and small percussion such as kokkirico and window shutter. The focus, however, is always the sweet voices, trading lead vocals and capturing harmonies that raise goose bumps/
No surprise, really. All three are talented solo performers with recordings of their own in addition to Hot Soup, Soup Happens, and their latest release The Way You Like It. Sue Trainor is best known for satirical humor in her adult shows and imaginative musical play in her children's performances; her children's music CD Under Tables, Out Back Doors won the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum award.

Christina Muir, the daughter of Ann Mayo Muir (of Bok, Trickett and Muir), builds on her musical heritage with her elegant vocals and lyrical instrumentation, insightful contemporary songwriting, and engaging repartee. Jennie Avila adds her magnetic stage presence, agile soprano, flavorful original songs, exotic birdcalls and groove-full percussion to create an irresistible blend. "Like no one else in the business....truly unique," said the Boston Folk Festival. "Brimming with energy, intelligence and sweet harmonies, Hot Soup serves up a piping hot stew of original and traditional...tunes like no one else in the business. As they focus on a lively give and take of lead vocals and group harmonizing, the trio keeps it's music fresh and displays its talents with varied instrumentation.... The end result is a dazzling, intimate live performance that has earned praise from audiences across New England."

Website: www.hotsouptrio.com

October 15th - Sons of the Never Wrong

sons of the never wrong

A folk trio from Chicago that has been creating original "turbo-charged folk music" for 14 years to a cult-like national following. Although the band name harkens back to the traditional harmonies of old-time acts, Sons are anything but.
The Son's 5 CD releases have brought them stunning national and international reviews and extensive radio-play.
It is their live performances though that win the audience's hearts.

The group can barely stand still on stage and insty-choreography results in a non-stop show of stories, dancing, and odd-ball humor. Yet it is when the three step up to the mic and give out one of their many stunningly arranged songs, that you know you are in for something special. Some music you've got to hear to enjoy, this you gotta see...
Sue Demel on vocals, guitar, drums, strumstick, Deborah Lader on vocals, guitar, mandolin, banjo, and Bruce Roper on vocals, guitar, and harmonica.

Website: http://www.sons.com/

October 26th - Radio Caroline

Radio Caroline packs a combination of reflective roots rock with flowing musicianship,
performing straight ahead rock, soul, blues, Americana and country with "old school" raw musicianship.
Their sound, reminiscent of Bob Dylan and Van Morrison, is described as Americana Soul.
Harmonically and melodically gifted, this band is smokin'! Kirk Philips on vocals/bass/guitar, Bob Gentilo on guitars/vocals,
Steve Windsor on guitars/vocals and Ted Sadowski on drums.

Website: http://www.myspace.com/radiocarolineband

November 9 - Blues Artist Catfish Hodge

According to Rolling Stone Magazine, "Catfish on stage is like a twelve gauge shot gun of emotion going off!"
He's been a mainstay on the American Blues scene for over three decades and has 22 albums, comprised almost totally of original material, to his credit! He found his calling early on. While growing up in Detroit, he was sneaking into Motown Records Hitsville studio to catch the Four tops and the Supremes and grooving to R&B and Blues while his contemporaries gravitated to the Beatles. In the late 1960’s he formed the Catfish Band and led them out of Detroit into national prominence.

By 1973 Catfish had settled into Washington, DC where he was packing them in at Desperado’s, Childe Harold and the
Cellar Door with what the Washington City Paper describes as "his cheerfully muscular blues & rockin’ boogie." He made a few friends along the way, too. He became a regular opener for Bonnie Raitt and Little Feat, who also started showing up on his recordings. When he formed the Chicken Legs Band in 1981, he was joined by Little Feat’s Paul Barrere, Richie Hayward, Kenny Gradney and Sam Clayton. Their final tour hit twenty one cities and sold out every show.

By 1982 Catfish had headed west to California where he lived for the next 17 years. Along with Paul Barrere he formed the Bluesbusters in 1984. They recorded two albums for Landslide Records and toured for many years, until Little Feat was reformed in the late 1980’s. They still get together from time to time when their schedules permit and tour today.

In 1999 he was performing solo acoustic, as well as with his electric band.
He also founded the Hillbilly Funk Allstars with T Lavitz, Richie Hayward, Kenny Gradney, and Vassar Clements.

Today Catfish Hodge lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, where he says
"the air is fresh and the mountains are good for the healing of the soul."
After thirty years on the road and twenty two albums having been released,
he is still electrifying music fans with his powerful and spiritual style of original music!

Website: http://catfishpond.com/catfish

November 23 - Arvel Bird
Southern Paiute / Me'tis Violinist/Flutist - World Tribal Fusion

In the world of music, everyone’s heard of the Grammys,
but do you know what the Nammys or Izzys are?
The Nammys are the Native American Music Awards, and the Izzys are the
Indian Summer Music Awards. When the Nammys were handed out in 2007, one artist,
nominated in four categories, took top honors when he got Artist of the Year.
Arvel Bird, the musician in question, is a unique recording artist with a flawless talent and
passion to inspire his audiences. He uses his mixed heritage – his mother is Southern Paiute and
his dad’s family came from Scotland – to full advantage to create a repertoire like none before.
His music is so universally appealing that no matter what style of music you enjoy listening to,
from classical, New Age, folk, country, and Celtic, to Native American, bluegrass, fusion, jazz, or blues,
you’ll find it all, and more, in Arvel’s work. He’s a charismatic performer, expressive storyteller, and is
considered to be one of the hottest Native American artists on tour today.

In addition to winning the Nammy in 2007, he also won Best Instrumental Album
at the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards in Toronto. These distinguished accolades were the crowning glory to a
career that began when he was a nine-year-old boy just learning to play the violin. Later, as a young adult,
Arvel studied with world-renowned Hungarian violinist Paul Roland. In addition to the violin, Bird is also an accomplished
mandolin, guitar and Native flute player. In 1986, Arvel met Glen Campbell, and toured with him,
both at home and abroad, for almost six years. He toured with Loretta Lynn, Ray Price,
Louise Mandrell, Clay Walker, Tom T. Hall, Ray Price, and others, as well.

But, despite all the fun and excitement,
Arvel knew that what he really wanted to do play his own music.
So in 2001 he put everything on the line, sold his home and recording studio, bought a motor coach,
and took to the road as a solo artist. And now, he is coming to Shepherdstown!

2007 Artist of the Year – Native American Music Awards
2007 Best Instrumental CD – Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards
2007 Best Native American Male Performing Artist – PowWows.com
2007 Best Native American Performing Group – PowWows.com
2006 Best Contemporary Instrumental CD – Indian Summer Music Awards
2006 Best Instrumental CD – Native American Music Awards

Website: www.arvelbird.com

December 14th - Don White

White is one of the country’s most enjoyable acoustic/folk entertainers.
His shows are lively, engaging and filled with laughter, and his fans turn out in droves nationwide whenever he visits.
“I Know What Love Is” is White’s signature song, and in the mid-90s this cut was requested so often that
one radio show program director made a rule that it could only be played every third day, while another purchased 50 copies
and offered them as a special gift for listeners who donated $75.00 or more to his station’s fund drive.
In addition, White’s song “Rascal” – the tale of his “dumb as mud” mutt – became the
most requested song on WCSX (a commercial station in Detroit).
White can count among his admirers the likes of: Livingston Taylor who proclaimed,
"Clear eyes, sharp wit, perfect timing. Don White is a major talent" and none other than folk/earth mother
Christine Lavin (White’s “Adolescent Rant” was included on Lavin's Stealth Project compilation CD and “Rascal”
was on Lavin’s Laugh Track compilation CD) who said that "The audience went crazy for him -
he's by far the best new performer I've seen in a long, long time - believe me, he's got it!"
All in all, not too shabby for a regular working guy from Lynn, Massachusetts who can take an audience from
convulsive laughter to heartfelt tears on his humorous, touching and relevant musical journey about life,
family, friends and the “backhoe thing”. (You’ll have to ask him about that yourself.)
White looks forward to meeting new faces around the country and visiting with his
long time fans who continue to flock to his always memorable concerts.

Website: http://www.donwhite.net/

December 21 World Famous Guitarist ADRIAN LEGG
Fingerstyle Guitar

Voted "Guitarist of the Decade" by Guitarist Magazine
Guitar Player's Reader's Poll Winner for Best Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitarist 4 years in a row: 1993-1996

"To say Legg plays a good guitar is like saying Menuhin saws a fine fiddle. This man is ridiculously talented." - Music Week
"...Legg is, above all, a guitarist of great power, invention and versatility... Through fast-fingered picking, spontaneously layering parts and occasional ringing harmonics, he sounds like an orchestra." - St. Petersberg Times

"Unlike Richard Thompson or Robert Fripp, in whose league he belongs, Legg seems never to have been seduced by rock.
But unlike Leo Kottke or Ry Cooder, whom he also occasionally resembles, Legg is an adventurer, not an archivist. - Newsday

"Technical brilliance paired with a troubadour's tale-weaving skill:
these are the things that keep Adrian Legg in lofty company among the world's best guitarists." - Boston Globe

"A brilliant acoustic guitarist and composer, Legg has become a leading authority on all matters pertaining to the guitar,
contributing articles and books as well as instructional videos." - Ovation / Adamos Magazine

Impossible to categorize as a player, Adrian Legg incorporates virtually every genre on his guitar in a
virtuosic instrumental style with effects. He brought electric approaches to acoustic playing,
creating a modern cross-over amalgamation in the tradition of eclectic folk
playing that goes back to the 1960s." - Guitar by Richard Chapman, 2000

"There are guitarists, there are axe-wielding maniacs, and then there are wizards. Adrian Legg is one of the wizards. He has enough technique to do just about anything he wants, but also the sensitivity to honour the contours of a melody." - Philadelphia Enquirer, Aug. 5, 2000

Since the 1990 release of his first U.S. recording Guitars and Other Cathedrals, Adrian Legg has more than lived up to the expectations stirred by an ongoing avalanche of praise from critics, fans, top guitar mags and peers alike. Joe Satriani once said, “He’s simply the best acoustic guitar player I’ve ever heard…he plays like he has hammers for fingers.”
The genius that the Boston Globe has called “technical brilliance paired with a troubadour’s tale-weaving skill” led him from 1993-96 to be voted Best Fingerstyle Guitarist four years straight by the readers of Guitar Player magazine.

On Inheritance, his second release for Favored Nations and ninth overall, Legg blends his extraordinary virtuosity on the acoustic with a lush sonic arena that harkens back to the musical textures of his childhood life before the guitar - gentle contemplative ballads, snappy percussive jams, rock-edged electricity, hints of folk music, Irish jigs, raw swampy blues, and high energy modern rock-fusion improv.

The accolades have come nonstop since Guitars and Other Cathedrals, the first of five releases on Relativity Records, tweaked the ears of guitar fans everywhere in 1990. 1993’s Wine, Women and Waltz was selected by the readers of Guitar Player magazine as Best Overall Guitar Album in the 1994 Reader’s Poll. He earned Best Acoustic Album in this same poll in 1992 and 1993, respectively, for Guitar For Mortals (1992) and Mrs. Crowe’s Blue Waltz (1993). Readers of England’s Guitarist magazine voted Legg Acoustic Guitarist of the Decade in the magazine’s 10th anniversary poll.
Over the years, he’s played at the Montreux Jazz Festival and toured with Richard Thompson, David Lindley,Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson and as part of the G3 Tour featuring Satriani, Johnson and Favored Nations founder Steve Vai.

He’s also shared the wealth of his talent and experience with three teaching videos (Beyond Acoustic Guitar, Fingerpicking & Open Tunings, How To Cheat At Guitar) and two books—the technical Customizing Your Electric Guitar and the musical “Pickin’ and Squintin" - a collection of Legg’s guitar compositions in tablature and standard notation. In recent years, he has also been a commentator at large for National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, and more recently, regular listeners have heard his guitar versions of the show’s theme music.

Born in the Salvation Army Hospital in Hackney, London, Legg is a classic mongrel Londoner, with the long mixed East End blood of entrepreneurial Hugenot and Jewish refugees topped up from a sturdy line of East Anglian farmers; a fertile genetic stew mixed further with Welsh, West Indian and Philippino in his grandchildren. While studying oboe under parental pressure (his own words), he began fashioning his own guitars, “or rather odd stringed instruments that at least could execute an acceptable twang” from pictures in newspapers, scraps from the school woodwork scrap bin, fret wire and with strings held on by head rest cover containers taken from the local bus station. While working at the airport in Liverpool, he met a young man who invited him to join a band and introduced him to country music.

After two years of working in Liverpool working men’s social clubs, he hitch-hiked back to London where he played electric guitar in clubs and joined up with bands that eventually traveled outside the U.K. A demand from a band leader that he use an acoustic to play loud chords up against a mic for one number nudged him towards the acoustic as a separate instrument.

As popular as his catalog of recordings is, Legg’s true home is onstage. “Playing live is the whole point,” he says. “Everyone makes a journey, an effort; we all come together – me, the audience, the people who run the venue – to share this wonderful, universal, human emotional interaction. This is where music lives.”

Websites: www.adrianlegg.com and music at www.dynamicartists.com/mp3s/multimediaAL.html

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	Blue Moon Sundays - 2008 Concert Series
	Blue Moon Sundays - 2008 Fall Season september 21 \| september 28 \| oct 5 \| oct 26 \| nov 9 \| nov 23 \| dec 14 \| dec 21
	Greg King, owner of the very cool Blue Moon Cafe, and Cheryl Mansley, founder of the esteemed RiverHouse Concerts, launched this music series in February of 2007. The series takes place in the heart of Shepherdstown, a small college town, on select Sunday evenings. At each show the Blue Moon offers a full menu of dinner selections, light fare, desserts, beer and wine. So, come join us at the Blue Moon. Hear some great music, eat some delicious food, and make some new friends! For INFO and BOOKING: Contact Cheryl Mansley at 304-702-0554 or riverhousemusic@frontiernet.net. For RESERVATIONS: Call the Blue Moon at 304-876-1920. Blue Moon Sundays are presented in a Smoke-Free, Listening Room Atmosphere Doors Open 5:30pm Concert begins: 7:00pm Admission is @ the Door Dinner (served from 6pm to 7pm) and Drinks Available for Purchase Parking: Parking in town is free on Sundays, and Shepherd University's parking lot, diagonally across from the Blue Moon Cafe, is open to the public for free on the weekends as well!

	September 21 - Colin Dunbar & Sleepy Creek Colin Dunbar formed his first band in 1972 under the name of Mountain City Union. He says it was made up of two city slickers and two hillbillies - he, himself, being one of those hillbillies. Then, in 1980 he formed Sleepy Creek with three wonderful musicians. Band members changed over the years, but the band has come full-circle and is back to the early 80's edition with Dunbar on banjo, lead and tenor vocals, Joe Kent on guitar, lead and tenor vocals, Jeff Taulton on bass, as well as baritone and lead vocals and Buck Fisher on mandolin and occasional lead vocals. Dunbar's musical roots go back to the great Smoky Mountains of western North Carolina where he spent his young life. His dad was a banjo and guitar player, as well as a great singer. His dad, he says, would sing lead and make him sing tenor. At first Dunbar played guitar, but then when his father passed away and his mother gave him his dad's banjo, he picked that up, too. Dunbar is proud of the guys in the band. And, you can tell he really cares about them. "Joe Kent" he says, "is one of the best flat pickers you will ever hear, and he sings great tenor, too. Joe is a Midwesterner who came to this area by way of California. If Joe couldn't play music, he'd wither up and blow away." "Jeff Taulton can sing and play bass with the best of'm, but he chooses to play bluegrass with Sleepy Creek. He's one of my best friends," says Dunbar, "and calls me his adopted dad. It's an honor. And, Buck Fisher was winning musical awards before he was 10 years old. He's forgotten more bluegrass than most musicians will ever know. He played guitar in the band for a few years and now handles the mandolin chores just as well." Colin Dunbar & Sleepy Creek are regulars on stage at the West Virginia Mountain Heritage Arts & Crafts Festival each spring and fall in Harpers Ferry. And, Blue Moon Sundays is proud to open the fall concert season with this harmony singin', banjo, guitar, bass and mando pick'n bluegrass band of old friends.

	September 28 - Hot Soup The trio Hot Soup simmers with intelligent lyrics, zany humor, spirited musicality and scrumptious three-part harmony The recipe for this delectable concoction are the blended solo talents of Sue Trainor, Christina Muir and Jennie Avila. Their recordings continue to place this nationally touring trio among the most-played artists on international acoustic radio. The trio brings a rare blend of spontaneity and intimacy to their performances, often developing hilarious exchanges among themselves and with the audience. Their musical diversity extends to their instrumentation, including a variety of guitar stylings, harp, conga, ubang (a variety of udu), and small percussion such as kokkirico and window shutter. The focus, however, is always the sweet voices, trading lead vocals and capturing harmonies that raise goose bumps/ No surprise, really. All three are talented solo performers with recordings of their own in addition to Hot Soup, Soup Happens, and their latest release The Way You Like It. Sue Trainor is best known for satirical humor in her adult shows and imaginative musical play in her children's performances; her children's music CD Under Tables, Out Back Doors won the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum award. Christina Muir, the daughter of Ann Mayo Muir (of Bok, Trickett and Muir), builds on her musical heritage with her elegant vocals and lyrical instrumentation, insightful contemporary songwriting, and engaging repartee. Jennie Avila adds her magnetic stage presence, agile soprano, flavorful original songs, exotic birdcalls and groove-full percussion to create an irresistible blend. "Like no one else in the business....truly unique," said the Boston Folk Festival. "Brimming with energy, intelligence and sweet harmonies, Hot Soup serves up a piping hot stew of original and traditional...tunes like no one else in the business. As they focus on a lively give and take of lead vocals and group harmonizing, the trio keeps it's music fresh and displays its talents with varied instrumentation.... The end result is a dazzling, intimate live performance that has earned praise from audiences across New England." Website: www.hotsouptrio.com

	October 15th - Sons of the Never Wrong A folk trio from Chicago that has been creating original "turbo-charged folk music" for 14 years to a cult-like national following. Although the band name harkens back to the traditional harmonies of old-time acts, Sons are anything but. The Son's 5 CD releases have brought them stunning national and international reviews and extensive radio-play. It is their live performances though that win the audience's hearts. The group can barely stand still on stage and insty-choreography results in a non-stop show of stories, dancing, and odd-ball humor. Yet it is when the three step up to the mic and give out one of their many stunningly arranged songs, that you know you are in for something special. Some music you've got to hear to enjoy, this you gotta see... Sue Demel on vocals, guitar, drums, strumstick, Deborah Lader on vocals, guitar, mandolin, banjo, and Bruce Roper on vocals, guitar, and harmonica. Website: http://www.sons.com/

	October 26th - Radio Caroline Radio Caroline packs a combination of reflective roots rock with flowing musicianship, performing straight ahead rock, soul, blues, Americana and country with "old school" raw musicianship. Their sound, reminiscent of Bob Dylan and Van Morrison, is described as Americana Soul. Harmonically and melodically gifted, this band is smokin'! Kirk Philips on vocals/bass/guitar, Bob Gentilo on guitars/vocals, Steve Windsor on guitars/vocals and Ted Sadowski on drums. Website: http://www.myspace.com/radiocarolineband

	November 9 - Blues Artist Catfish Hodge According to Rolling Stone Magazine, "Catfish on stage is like a twelve gauge shot gun of emotion going off!" He's been a mainstay on the American Blues scene for over three decades and has 22 albums, comprised almost totally of original material, to his credit! He found his calling early on. While growing up in Detroit, he was sneaking into Motown Records Hitsville studio to catch the Four tops and the Supremes and grooving to R&B and Blues while his contemporaries gravitated to the Beatles. In the late 1960’s he formed the Catfish Band and led them out of Detroit into national prominence. By 1973 Catfish had settled into Washington, DC where he was packing them in at Desperado’s, Childe Harold and the Cellar Door with what the Washington City Paper describes as "his cheerfully muscular blues & rockin’ boogie." He made a few friends along the way, too. He became a regular opener for Bonnie Raitt and Little Feat, who also started showing up on his recordings. When he formed the Chicken Legs Band in 1981, he was joined by Little Feat’s Paul Barrere, Richie Hayward, Kenny Gradney and Sam Clayton. Their final tour hit twenty one cities and sold out every show. By 1982 Catfish had headed west to California where he lived for the next 17 years. Along with Paul Barrere he formed the Bluesbusters in 1984. They recorded two albums for Landslide Records and toured for many years, until Little Feat was reformed in the late 1980’s. They still get together from time to time when their schedules permit and tour today. In 1999 he was performing solo acoustic, as well as with his electric band. He also founded the Hillbilly Funk Allstars with T Lavitz, Richie Hayward, Kenny Gradney, and Vassar Clements. Today Catfish Hodge lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, where he says "the air is fresh and the mountains are good for the healing of the soul." After thirty years on the road and twenty two albums having been released, he is still electrifying music fans with his powerful and spiritual style of original music! Website: http://catfishpond.com/catfish

	November 23 - Arvel Bird Southern Paiute / Me'tis Violinist/Flutist - World Tribal Fusion In the world of music, everyone’s heard of the Grammys, but do you know what the Nammys or Izzys are? The Nammys are the Native American Music Awards, and the Izzys are the Indian Summer Music Awards. When the Nammys were handed out in 2007, one artist, nominated in four categories, took top honors when he got Artist of the Year. Arvel Bird, the musician in question, is a unique recording artist with a flawless talent and passion to inspire his audiences. He uses his mixed heritage – his mother is Southern Paiute and his dad’s family came from Scotland – to full advantage to create a repertoire like none before. His music is so universally appealing that no matter what style of music you enjoy listening to, from classical, New Age, folk, country, and Celtic, to Native American, bluegrass, fusion, jazz, or blues, you’ll find it all, and more, in Arvel’s work. He’s a charismatic performer, expressive storyteller, and is considered to be one of the hottest Native American artists on tour today. In addition to winning the Nammy in 2007, he also won Best Instrumental Album at the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards in Toronto. These distinguished accolades were the crowning glory to a career that began when he was a nine-year-old boy just learning to play the violin. Later, as a young adult, Arvel studied with world-renowned Hungarian violinist Paul Roland. In addition to the violin, Bird is also an accomplished mandolin, guitar and Native flute player. In 1986, Arvel met Glen Campbell, and toured with him, both at home and abroad, for almost six years. He toured with Loretta Lynn, Ray Price, Louise Mandrell, Clay Walker, Tom T. Hall, Ray Price, and others, as well. But, despite all the fun and excitement, Arvel knew that what he really wanted to do play his own music. So in 2001 he put everything on the line, sold his home and recording studio, bought a motor coach, and took to the road as a solo artist. And now, he is coming to Shepherdstown! 2007 Artist of the Year – Native American Music Awards 2007 Best Instrumental CD – Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards 2007 Best Native American Male Performing Artist – PowWows.com 2007 Best Native American Performing Group – PowWows.com 2006 Best Contemporary Instrumental CD – Indian Summer Music Awards 2006 Best Instrumental CD – Native American Music Awards Website: www.arvelbird.com

	December 14th - Don White White is one of the country’s most enjoyable acoustic/folk entertainers. His shows are lively, engaging and filled with laughter, and his fans turn out in droves nationwide whenever he visits. “I Know What Love Is” is White’s signature song, and in the mid-90s this cut was requested so often that one radio show program director made a rule that it could only be played every third day, while another purchased 50 copies and offered them as a special gift for listeners who donated $75.00 or more to his station’s fund drive. In addition, White’s song “Rascal” – the tale of his “dumb as mud” mutt – became the most requested song on WCSX (a commercial station in Detroit). White can count among his admirers the likes of: Livingston Taylor who proclaimed, "Clear eyes, sharp wit, perfect timing. Don White is a major talent" and none other than folk/earth mother Christine Lavin (White’s “Adolescent Rant” was included on Lavin's Stealth Project compilation CD and “Rascal” was on Lavin’s Laugh Track compilation CD) who said that "The audience went crazy for him - he's by far the best new performer I've seen in a long, long time - believe me, he's got it!" All in all, not too shabby for a regular working guy from Lynn, Massachusetts who can take an audience from convulsive laughter to heartfelt tears on his humorous, touching and relevant musical journey about life, family, friends and the “backhoe thing”. (You’ll have to ask him about that yourself.) White looks forward to meeting new faces around the country and visiting with his long time fans who continue to flock to his always memorable concerts. Website: http://www.donwhite.net/

	December 21 World Famous Guitarist ADRIAN LEGG Fingerstyle Guitar Voted "Guitarist of the Decade" by Guitarist Magazine Guitar Player's Reader's Poll Winner for Best Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitarist 4 years in a row: 1993-1996 "To say Legg plays a good guitar is like saying Menuhin saws a fine fiddle. This man is ridiculously talented." - Music Week "...Legg is, above all, a guitarist of great power, invention and versatility... Through fast-fingered picking, spontaneously layering parts and occasional ringing harmonics, he sounds like an orchestra." - St. Petersberg Times "Unlike Richard Thompson or Robert Fripp, in whose league he belongs, Legg seems never to have been seduced by rock. But unlike Leo Kottke or Ry Cooder, whom he also occasionally resembles, Legg is an adventurer, not an archivist. - Newsday "Technical brilliance paired with a troubadour's tale-weaving skill: these are the things that keep Adrian Legg in lofty company among the world's best guitarists." - Boston Globe "A brilliant acoustic guitarist and composer, Legg has become a leading authority on all matters pertaining to the guitar, contributing articles and books as well as instructional videos." - Ovation / Adamos Magazine Impossible to categorize as a player, Adrian Legg incorporates virtually every genre on his guitar in a virtuosic instrumental style with effects. He brought electric approaches to acoustic playing, creating a modern cross-over amalgamation in the tradition of eclectic folk playing that goes back to the 1960s." - Guitar by Richard Chapman, 2000 "There are guitarists, there are axe-wielding maniacs, and then there are wizards. Adrian Legg is one of the wizards. He has enough technique to do just about anything he wants, but also the sensitivity to honour the contours of a melody." - Philadelphia Enquirer, Aug. 5, 2000 Since the 1990 release of his first U.S. recording Guitars and Other Cathedrals, Adrian Legg has more than lived up to the expectations stirred by an ongoing avalanche of praise from critics, fans, top guitar mags and peers alike. Joe Satriani once said, “He’s simply the best acoustic guitar player I’ve ever heard…he plays like he has hammers for fingers.” The genius that the Boston Globe has called “technical brilliance paired with a troubadour’s tale-weaving skill” led him from 1993-96 to be voted Best Fingerstyle Guitarist four years straight by the readers of Guitar Player magazine. On Inheritance, his second release for Favored Nations and ninth overall, Legg blends his extraordinary virtuosity on the acoustic with a lush sonic arena that harkens back to the musical textures of his childhood life before the guitar - gentle contemplative ballads, snappy percussive jams, rock-edged electricity, hints of folk music, Irish jigs, raw swampy blues, and high energy modern rock-fusion improv. The accolades have come nonstop since Guitars and Other Cathedrals, the first of five releases on Relativity Records, tweaked the ears of guitar fans everywhere in 1990. 1993’s Wine, Women and Waltz was selected by the readers of Guitar Player magazine as Best Overall Guitar Album in the 1994 Reader’s Poll. He earned Best Acoustic Album in this same poll in 1992 and 1993, respectively, for Guitar For Mortals (1992) and Mrs. Crowe’s Blue Waltz (1993). Readers of England’s Guitarist magazine voted Legg Acoustic Guitarist of the Decade in the magazine’s 10th anniversary poll. Over the years, he’s played at the Montreux Jazz Festival and toured with Richard Thompson, David Lindley,Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson and as part of the G3 Tour featuring Satriani, Johnson and Favored Nations founder Steve Vai. He’s also shared the wealth of his talent and experience with three teaching videos (Beyond Acoustic Guitar, Fingerpicking & Open Tunings, How To Cheat At Guitar) and two books—the technical Customizing Your Electric Guitar and the musical “Pickin’ and Squintin" - a collection of Legg’s guitar compositions in tablature and standard notation. In recent years, he has also been a commentator at large for National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, and more recently, regular listeners have heard his guitar versions of the show’s theme music. Born in the Salvation Army Hospital in Hackney, London, Legg is a classic mongrel Londoner, with the long mixed East End blood of entrepreneurial Hugenot and Jewish refugees topped up from a sturdy line of East Anglian farmers; a fertile genetic stew mixed further with Welsh, West Indian and Philippino in his grandchildren. While studying oboe under parental pressure (his own words), he began fashioning his own guitars, “or rather odd stringed instruments that at least could execute an acceptable twang” from pictures in newspapers, scraps from the school woodwork scrap bin, fret wire and with strings held on by head rest cover containers taken from the local bus station. While working at the airport in Liverpool, he met a young man who invited him to join a band and introduced him to country music. After two years of working in Liverpool working men’s social clubs, he hitch-hiked back to London where he played electric guitar in clubs and joined up with bands that eventually traveled outside the U.K. A demand from a band leader that he use an acoustic to play loud chords up against a mic for one number nudged him towards the acoustic as a separate instrument. As popular as his catalog of recordings is, Legg’s true home is onstage. “Playing live is the whole point,” he says. “Everyone makes a journey, an effort; we all come together – me, the audience, the people who run the venue – to share this wonderful, universal, human emotional interaction. This is where music lives.” Websites: www.adrianlegg.com and music at www.dynamicartists.com/mp3s/multimediaAL.html