TBD DATE - Cahalen Morrison, Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons, Orville Johnson
Ballard Homestead Seattle, WA
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Saturday Nov 19, 2016 7:30 PM - Saturday Nov 19, 2016 10:00 PM | $8.00 - $10.00
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TBD DATE - Cahalen Morrison, Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons, Orville Johnson
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Performance by Cahalen Morrison, Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons, Orville Johnson @ Ballard Homestead All ages, seated 7:00pm doors, 7:30pm show
Tickets: $8 early discount / $10 adv / $13 door
About The Artists:
Cahalen Morrison - Some dust just wont wash off. Ask roots country songwriter Cahalen Morrison. His new album, The Flower of Muscle Shoals (out Aug 19 on Free Dirt Records), with his full band Country Hammer, is caked with the dust of the American Southwest. Its the dust of a childhood growing up in Northern New Mexico; days spent exploring lost canyons, hiking hillsides covered in cottonwoods, and discovering old ghost towns. Its also the dust of nostalgia, the kind of reflection of a just-married man looking back towards the inspirations of his youth. http://www.cahalen.com/
Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons - Ben and Joe have been playing together for almost 5 years, the last 3 of which sent them to the Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival, learning at the feet of the elders of the acoustic blues tradition. They found an affinity in the many branches that tied into the blues and created this duo as a way to explore these branches. Their musical kinship and sense of joy in interpreting this music is evident and was the basis of an invitation Dom Flemons (formerly of the Carolina Chocolate Drops) to tour and record for his album Prospect Hill. Last year, they launched an ongoing documentary film project to explore modern day music along the Mississippi River. Rather than thinking of their music as blues, its best to situate Ben and Joe as American songsters. A songster traditionally refers to an artist whose repertoire is much broader than the old blues, and spans many of the genres that Ben and Joe Inhabit. Uncle Dave Macon and Robert Johnson are classic examples of songsters. Whatever you want to call it, Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons make American music. They make music that hews to the rough-and-tumble collisions of musical inspirations from the early 20th century; music that paved the way for everything we enjoy today.
Orville Johnson - Johnson, known for his dobro and slide guitar stylings and soulful vocal acrobatics has guested on over 400 albums, appeared on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion, Jay Leno's Tonight Show and was featured in the 1997 film Georgia with Mare Winningham and Jennifer Jason-Leigh. He is also in demand as a teacher and author, writing for Acoustic Guitar and Fretboard Journal and teaching at prestigious workshops worldwide, including Euro Blues Week, International Guitar Seminar, Puget Sound Guitar Workshop and Guitar Intensives.
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MORE INFO:
Seating is not reserved.
We have a mix of normal chairs, some tall chairs, and standing room in back if the show sells out
Fremont Abbey is ADA accessible on either level
We are an all ages venue.
Please refrain from talking or texting during the show
We encourage you to use your own "retina screens" as well and limit your photos and videos as they distract other attendees. Thank you
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Location
Ballard Homestead (View)
6541 Jones Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98117
United States
