From: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org (jangle-poets-digest) To: jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Subject: jangle-poets-digest V3 #120 Reply-To: jangle-poets@smoe.org Sender: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jangle-poets-digest Wednesday, July 18 2001 Volume 03 : Number 120 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [jangle-poets] guitar needs new home [Fantine729@aol.com] [jangle-poets] DC region festival with TKs ["jvotel" Subject: [jangle-poets] DC region festival with TKs Hey j-ps: I normally wouldn't do this, but I was asked to send this around. It's a nice one-day festival run by one of the region's up-and-coming folk promoters. Only in its second year, it has a pretty strong lineup as you can see. I'm looking forward to it as a warm up for FRFF. - -- Jay Country Roads Folk Festival, Saturday, July 21 12 Noon - 10 PM Contact: Maureen Harrigan 304-267-7963 / maureen@workings.com www.MoFolk.com Folk Legend Tom Paxton, Recording Artists Lowen & Navarro, top bluegrass group The Lynn Morris Band and the well known songwriter Bill Danoff will be the featured performers at the 2nd Annual Country Roads Folk Festival on Saturday, July 21st. The festival is from 12 noon to 10 pm at the beautiful 10 acre historic Almost Heaven farm in Kearneysville, WV; located only 10 minutes from Shepherdstown, Charles Town & Martinsburg, WV. (About 70 miles from downtown D.C.) Tom Paxton is a living legend who has been performing hits for over forty years now. Lynn Morris' Band is one of the best bluegrass bands in the country, getting airplay on radio stations throughout the U.S. Lowen & Navarro are nationally-known contemporary folk performers with a long list of hits recorded by themselves and other artists. Bill Danoff (co-writer of "Take Me Home Country Roads") will host a special tribute to John Denver. Bill will be joined by perfect pitch tenor Mack Bailey and harmonious duo Side By Side. These are just a few of the many highlights during this day of fun for the whole family. Also performing at the festival will be celtic string wizard Robin Bullock, retro folk-pop artists The Kennedys, dynamic songwriting duo Mustard's Retreat, energetic sibling harmonies of Lena & Sanford Markley, folk-pop-rock trio Groovelily, popular troubadour Kevin James, rib-busting women trio Hot Soup, Gen X songwriting leader Eliot Bronson, insightful singer Suzanne Michele, soulful baritone Dave Alberding and WV local favorites Steve Warner, Mary Dailey and the new exciting group Treehouse that is taking WV by storm. Steve Hickman and John Devine will provide music for an old-fashioned barn dance called by DeLaura Padovan. The entire community will enjoy this folk festival which also features: children's activities, hay rides, a juggler, arts & crafts, a nearby creek for cooling off, and camping for the diehards. Great food will be available on site, or folks can bring their own cooler. An informal campfire song swap will begin when the festival ends at 10PM, with anyone welcome to participate. People are encouraged to bring low-back lawn chairs and blankets, and make a day of it with friends and family. For more information, tickets and directions please call 304-267-7963 or visit www.mofolk.com This event is rain or shine! "Life may not be exactly pleasant, but it is at least not dull." - --H.L. Mencken (1880-1956) Check out the Kennedys' Official Home Page: http://www.KennedysMusic.com/ Fab photos, the Official tour diary, dashboard Buddha haiku, groovy merchandise...what more could you ask for? ------------------------------ End of jangle-poets-digest V3 #120 **********************************