Event

Tony Furtado Trio - (Blues)

Tony Furtado (Vocal, slide guitar. Banjo), Sam Howard (bass) & Anders Bergstrom (drums)

Tony Furtado - Acoustic bluesman, slide guitarist, banjo wizard songwriter with a emotionally riveting voice. Tony Furtado is an indie record labels dream artist. An enthralling live performer, he has lived primarily on the road for the last two decades. Tony is gregarious, insanely talented, engaging and entertaining, on and off stage. Granted, hes had places to live, but theyve been temporary spaces (to paraphrase George Carlin) they were places to put his stuff. That is, until he moved to Portland, OR. Now, Tony Furtado, the trouveur, has found aplace to call home.Golden is the album Tony has been moving towards making his whole career. Having received international attentionat a young age for his banjo work, he began his recording career with a 10-year stint with Rounder Recordsworking with the likes of Allison Krauss, Kelly Joe Phelps and Jerry Douglas. During that time, he was drawn to the slide guitar by artists such as Ry Cooder and David Linley. Over the years,Tony continued to broaden his musical palette and began singing and songwriting as well. He co-wrote with Jules Sheer, Al Anderson and Jim Lauderdale.