They've championed American folk and blues for half a century and inspired countless guitarists around the world with their impeccable technique. Once best known as a singer and bandleader (Jim Kweskin Jug Band), Kweskin also created one of the bedrock guitar styles of the folk revival, adapting ragtime-blues fingerpicking to the complex chords of pop and jazz. His lifelong devotion to American folk styles continues to produce stellar recordings and live shows, both solo and in collaboration with various artists. Tonight he teams with folklorist, performer, writer, and teacher Happy Traum. Traum learned directly from the master bluesmen as youngster, and has played and recorded with Bob Dylan, Chris Smither, Maria Muldaur, Eric Andersen, Rory Block, Jerry Jeff Walker, Allen Ginsberg, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel and innumerable others. As founder of Homespun Tapes he is the author of more than a dozen best-selling guitar instruction books, has written for numerous national publications, and continues to add to his vast repertoire of traditional folk, blues and country songs.
Location
Caffe Lena (View)
47 Phila Street
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
United States
