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Chuck Brodsky in Concert
North Carolina based singer-songwriter Chuck Brodsky is returning to one of his favorite venues, the Marshall Grange in Garden Valley, for a concert on Saturday January 21 beginning at 7:30 P.M.
Chuck is a storyteller, a songwriter, a troubadour, a modern-day bard. His acoustic guitar and voice draw you in with genuine, down-to-earth warmth and quirky, rootsy, finely crafted songs. Chucks wit and irony, set to haunting melodies delivered over syncopated guitar strumming or sweet fingerpicking, tells stories of oddball and underdog characters. His songs celebrate the goodness in people, the eccentric, the holy, the profound, the courageous, the inspiring, and the beautiful. They poke fun at what needs poking, and sometimes challenge what needs to be challenged. Theyre sworn to tell the truth.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Chuck fell in love with the piano at a very young age and despite taking lessons, still managed to teach himself to play. Years later, on his first day at university orientation, gazing out the window he was inspired by two guys playing guitars. Chuck bought a guitar and enrolled in the school of life. Influenced by Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Lowell George, John Hartford, Jackson Browne, Bruce Springsteen, Greg Brown, The Rolling Stones, and Nic Jones, Chuck began writing songs in a unique style of his own while paying homage to the traditions.
After hitch-hiking to San Francisco and performing weekly at the Tattoo Rose Café open mic, Chuck spent a few years singing for tips on the streets of Europe, and worked as a fruit picker back in the USA. He played in coffeehouses throughout the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1980s. Chuck won the "Emerging Songwriter Award" at the Napa Valley Folk Festival in 1992, and was warmly embraced at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas the following year. Over the past 20 years Chuck has performed at festivals and in concert all across the USA, Canada, Ireland, Denmark, England, Israel, Lithuania, Latvia, Wales, and the Shetland Islands of Scotland.
His eleven albums have received world wide critical acclaim, including his most recent release Tell Tale Heart, that breaks new ground with some fresh sounds combined with clever, non-compromising, authentic to the bone lyrics. The songs cover a range of topics including: facebook, social outrage, gps systems, and of course, baseball. Chucks passion for our National Pastime and its colorful, off-beat cast of characters is evident on most of his albums, and exclusively in two devoted entirely to Baseball tales: the first white man to play in the Negro Leagues; a pitcher who threw a no-hitter while hallucinating on LSD; a catcher who was also a spy during World War II; a baserunner who cost his team the pennant by not touching a base; the Clown Prince of Baseball (Max Patkin); and Chucks favorite player from childhood getting booed by hometown fans.
Chuck has performed three times at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and 18 of his celebrated Baseball story songs have been enshrined in the Halls sound recording library. His beloved Philadelphia Phillies featured the song Whitey & Harry as well as an interview with Chuck in the documentary film about their legendary Hall of Fame player and broadcaster Richie Ashburn. Sony Pictures release, Radio (2003), included a cameo appearance by Chuck as well as his closing title track. Moe Berg: The Song can be heard in the PBS film Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story (2010). Kathy Matteas recording of his We Are Each Others Angels is the closing track for the film Dear Mr. Goodlife (1998). Eleven of Chucks songs appear in the motion picture The Deposition (2011). His song Blow em Away, recorded by David Wilcox and many others, appears on the Christine Lavin produced Laugh Tracks. You can hear a sampling of his songs at www.chuckbrodsky.com along with cuts off his new CD.
The Marshall Grange is located at 4940 Marshall Road, in Garden Valley. Driving directions may be found at www.marshallgrange.org. For further information call 530-642-8671
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LocationMarshall Grange Hall (View)
4940 Marshall Road
Garden Valley, CA 95633
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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