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Fall 1999 SeriesConcerts are listed with the most recent at the top. Follow the links to visit the web sites of the performers or the organizations their concerts supported.
Growing up in Maine amid dairy farms, Slaid was picking though the family
record collection at the age of three - Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, The Beatles, The
Everly Brothers and Woody Guthrie. He began his career singing on the streets of Cork,
Ireland while attending college there in 1985. Returning to the states, he formed the
roots-rocking Moxie Men in 1989, playing extensively throughout New England and winning a
semi-finalist slot in Musician Magazine's Best Unsigned Band Contest. Living in Austin, he
won the prestigious New Folk competition at the Kerrville Folk Festival in May 92.
February 97 saw the release of Slaid's first nationally distributed CD, No Angel Knows.
Terri's music is as bright and bold as the sun-drenched Texas sky. According to her fans, her warm smile and personality run a close second to her rich vocals, colorful narratives and down-home guitar playing in defining her unique appeal. Terri's second album, Wilory Farm, was released on her own label Tycoon Cowgirl Records on June 16, 1998. "It's true that I sing folk. It's music for folks who love music." With a staggering ear-to-ear smile, Terri Hendrix was only a teenager when she set her mind to making a career of making music. Now in her thirties, Hendrix has aged remarkably well. Terri knows her way around an acoustic guitar, outpicking many of her singer/songwriter counterparts.
George Barton and Mark Sweeney met in the mid 70's. They immediately recognized their musical kinship and began performing together in local bands. After going their separate ways and leading their own bands, the pair teamed up once again. Since their reunion as a duo Barton & Sweeney have gained considerable recognition as performing songwriters, showcasing at Crossroads in Memphis and South by Southwest in Austin. Sweeney was chosen as a Kerrville New Folk finalist in 1994 and 1995. The release of their debut album, River Red, on TinderBox Records in 1996 led directly to a return to the Kerrville Folk Festival as mainstage performers (returning in 1999). Invitations to showcase at the Napa Valley Music Festival, The Falcon Ridge Festival, and Northeast Regional Folk Alliance followed. The result of this attention has been the natural expansion of their touring from a regional to a national scale. Tight and powerful vocals, penetrating lyrics, and exceptional musicianship presented with wit and humor are the hallmarks of Barton & Sweeney's live and recorded performances.
They say there are three ways to be Cajun: by the blood, by the ring, and by the back door. Rue La-La’s recipe is two parts blood and one part back door. Marce Lacouture and Mark Viator both come from transplanted Cajun families. Jane Gillman found the back door as a teenager when she first heard the Balfa Brothers play. A common love for Cajun music brought the band together, but in Rue La-La’s hands Cajun music takes an unexpected turn. Rue La-La filters Cajun music through a wealth of American roots styles and their songwriting sensibilities to create their own “roots with a backbeat” sound. Marce Lacouture’s recordings include “Yellow Rose” and “’Cause Of The Cactus” with Butch Hancock, and she is soon to release a recording of Cajun music which includes both traditional songs and her original compositions. Mark Viator has worked as a bandleader in Bobby Bridger’s Ballad Of the West in Wyoming, written several documentary soundtracks, and made several tours of the Rocky Mountain states in a vocal duo with singer Susan Maxey. Jane Gillman has released two solo albums of original music, a duo album with Darcie Deaville, and has toured extensively throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.
For the last ten years or so Jimmy Landry has been driving around the country sharing his tunes in bars, coffeehouses, colleges and clubs. Along the way he's released three independent projects. His latest, Let Go, he co-produced with John Alagia and Doug Derryberry. It's his finest and most comprehensive work to date and it's already getting airplay at some of the nation's finest folk and acoustic stations. Chris Rosser is an exciting young singer-songwriter emerging from the growing acoustic music community of Asheville, North Carolina. Combining heartfelt lyrics with clear, warm vocals and intricate acoustic guitar work, his music spans the emotional spectrum with songs best described by Dirty Linen as "a lovely homage to the experience of being alive and human.
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