April 28, 2018
2018-04-28T20:00:00
Fairfield Community Arts Center
411 Wessel Dr.
Fairfield, OH 45014
$30 Orchestra
$25 Stadium
John McEuen and the String Wizards
Saturday, April 28, 2018
McEuen brings his banjo, guitar, fiddle, and mandolin to share music and memories of his 55-year life in music, covering the landmark "Will the Circle Be Unbroken*" platinum album (initiated by John), and his career with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
With narrative and music of early years, this co-founding member and multi-instrumentalist takes us on his incredible journey together with his unique cast of Americana string wizards. Interwoven with favorites from his legacy, hot bluegrass, rarely heard NGDB early classics, and Carter Family music all in a multi-media presentation that features archival footage and some new classics from his recent album on Chesky Records, "Made in Brooklyn," which was Stereophile Magazine's Record of the Month, and winner of the Independent Music Award’s Best Americana album.
John McEuen - banjo, guitar, mandolin, fiddle, vocals
Les Thompson (also an original NGDB member) - bass, vocals
Matt Cartsonis - guitar, mandola, vocals
John Cable (a previous NGDB member) - guitar, vocals
Songs may include:
Mr. Bojangles, Some of Shelly’s Blues, Keep on the Sunny Side, Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Dance Little Jean, Long Hard Road, House at Pooh Corner, Wreck on the Hiway, Earl’s Breakdown Way Downtown, Cannonball Rag, Dismal Swamp, I Saw the Light, Acoustic Traveller, Fingerbuster, Buy for Me the Rain, She Darked the Sun, The Grand Ole Opry Song, Blue Ridge Cabin Home, Wildwood Flower, Okie Boogie
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“One of the most important records to come out of Nashville...” Chet Flippo Rolling Stone
John was recently inducted in to the American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame
Check out
www.johnmceuen.com or on John's
Facebook page
John's first book, The Life I’ve Picked is #1 on Amazon’s new releases country books category.
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