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THE QUITTERS
The Quitters are a guitar duo consisting of Stevie Coyle, a right-side up finger picker, and Glenn Houston, an upside-down flat picker. Having each quit some of the best bands in the business, both are late founding members of the virtuoso string band, The Waybacks, while Glenn was also the long-time lead guitarist and co-founder of the Americana powerhouse, Houston Jones. Stevie has played for the Oaksong Music Society with The Waybacks, while Glenn has appeared several times with Houston Jones. As individuals, both are renowned players in music circles. Now they have joined forces, to the delight of California audiences, delivering a mostly acoustic celebration of flatpick and fingerstyle mastery, plus vocals, spiced with humor and serendipity.
Glenn Houston (nee Pomianek) has been voted Best Guitarist by the Northern California Bluegrass Society and is a past judge of the National Flatpicking Guitar Championship Competition in Winfield, Kansas. Originally from New Jersey, Glenns guitarist influences range from Albert King and Michael Bloomfield to Doc Watson and James Burton. These influences show in his well-balanced mastery of both acoustic and electric guitar.
Over the years, Glenn has shared billing with such luminaries as Emmylou Harris, Merle Haggard, the Tubes, the David Grisman Quintet, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Bela Fleck, Tim OBrien, Hank Williams Jr., Steve Earle, John Hartford, Earl Scruggs, Doc and Merle Watson, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Delbert McClinton. Glenn has been the lead guitarist for country great Johnny Paycheck, and has performed and recorded with Grammy winner Ramblin Jack Elliott. With his strong background in electric blues, Glenn has performed with blues legends Mark Naftalin (Paul Butterfield Blues band) and Nick Gravenites (Electric Flag) in tribute to Mark and Nicks late band mate, blues great Michael Bloomfield.
Glenns classical music background includes choral vocal performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic (Zubin Mehta conducting, Beethovens Ninth Symphony, at Carnegie Hall and the United Nations General Assembly [the U.N.s 25th anniversary celebration]), and the Boston Symphony (Erich Leinsdorf conducting, Brahms Requiem, at Carnegie Hall).
Stevie Coyle was inspired to take up finger-picking guitar by the first Hot Tuna album. When he was young, string-meister David Lindley played in a bluegrass band that rehearsed right next door and gave Stevie his very first lessons. Hailig from a musical family, his father ran a radio station in southern California, his mother was a whiz in mandolin orchestras of the 1930s, and his grandmother was a pianist in the heyday of vaudeville. After securing degrees in Theatre and Theology at Santa Clara University, he hit the road for three years with The Royal Lichtenstein Circus, doing comedy, magic, wire-walking, sword-swallowing, and juggling. He collaborated with Roy Zimmerman for 25 years, including the folk tribute/parody band, The Foremen, and comedy duo, The Reagan Brothers. Coyle and Zimmerman were regulars at The Comedy Store and The Improv. Stevie also appeared on Cheers, in many television commercials and had a recurring role on The Young And The Restless. He co-founded The Waybacks in 1999 and fronted that band through 2007. They released 4 albums in that time, played major festivals like Merlefest, Grey Fox, Floydfest and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, toured Australia and collaborated with Lloyd Maines, Michelle Shocked and Bob Weir of The Grateful Dead. Since then he has released a solo CD, Ten-In-One, and opened his own high-end acoustic guitar shop, Mighty Fine Guitars, in Lafayette, CA.
https://www.quittersduo.com/
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LocationPilgrim Congregational Church (View)
2850 Foothill Blvd
Redding, CA 96001
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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Theodore P.
Redding, CA United States
Feb 01, 2019 12:22 PM |
Theodore P.
Redding, CA United States
Feb 01, 2019 12:22 PM |
Penney S.
Dunsmuir, CA United States
Jan 31, 2019 11:38 AM |
Penney S.
Dunsmuir, CA United States
Jan 31, 2019 11:38 AM |
Name Withheld
Douglas City, CA United States
Jan 31, 2019 8:34 AM |
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