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Hatrack Gallagher & Friends

Everything that Hatrack Gallagher plays, the feeling and heart of every performance he gives, is shaped and informed by the blues. He learned his craft at the knees of Peg Leg Sam Jackson, Sonny Terry, Hammie Nixon, Furry Lewis , Bukka White, Roosevelt Sykes, Robert Pete Williams and others. He knows how it's supposed to be done, and he brings it all with him when he plays. The it is blues harmonica, blues harp to be precise, and we havent heard anyone better since Paul Butterfield was around to pound out Chicago-style blues. For this show, Hatrack brings along jazz pianist Ric Maur, who wowed the Homegrown crowd with his blues chops last time around, Berklee and New England Conservatory grad Mel Graham on upright bass, and percussionist/drummer Jos Duque, another boundary-stretching Berklee grad. HATRACK GALLAGHER & FRIENDS at the Homegrown Coffeehouse, Saturday, February 20, at 8:00 P.M.
The Homegrown Coffeehouse is located at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, at the corner of Great Plain and Dedham Avenue in Needham center. There is free parking and wheelchair access. Admission is $16.00 / $12.00 students and seniors to benefit the Church. For more information, call (781) 444-7478,or visit us at www.uuneedham.org/Coffeehouse for directions, performer links, and advance tickets.