The Reckless Saints in Concert, Dhruva Opens
This is more than just a concert. This is the kickoff to the ACMA’s 15th year, featuring one of our favorite local bands, The Reckless Saints. This year, we’ll also have a special guest, Dhruva, opening the show for them.
Roy Schneider and Kim Mayfield are the core duo and songwriters of Reckless Saints. Partners in music and love since 2003, they began recording and touring five years later. “Blue Twangled Folk ‘n’ Roll’ is the answer Roy provided to the question “What kind of music do you play?” The Fort Myers based duo decided to use his answer as the album title for their new release, while also adopting the title of their 2018 release ‘Reckless Saints’ as their new band moniker.
Their new record, and the first official Reckless Saints release, has been years in the making and was greatly influenced by the stress of lockdown. ”’Quarantine Lockdown Blues” was written to the beat of a dripping roof leak in the couple’s back shed/studio. In the song, Roy lyricized his fantasy of riding motorcycles with Jorma Kaukonen near his Fur Peace Ranch in Ohio.
Kim’s “Til the Medicine Takes” could have been a song about addiction, but is actually a cry of despair written before vaccines were on the horizon. Similarly, “Can’t Stay Here” is a desperate wish to be somewhere or someone else.
”Welcome back to the World” kicks off the record with joy and wonder, Roy recounting his wildly-stimulating bus trip through NYC after escaping the crushing dullness ofhis childhood incarceration, though it could also read as a triumphant return to normal life after lockdown. Adding to the song’s Grateful Dead flavor is a guitar solo from David Gans, longtime host of the syndicated ‘Grateful Dead Hour’ and a friend of the band.
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Opening the Show is ACMA member dhruva’. Singer-songwriter dhruva’s folksy, homestyle renditions will touch your heart and make you smile and hum along. A seasonal resident of Fort Myers hailing from the hills of Appalachia, she is a lifelong educator-musician who loves to make music with others. Over the years, she has performed with folk, bluegrass, Celtic, acoustic rock and Southern rock groups and sung in choirs with which she toured China and Italy. She has released nine solo albums including her latest, “Romping in the Swamplands,” as well as providing flute, percussion and harmony vocals in studio sessions for other musicians. Her YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@sallydhruva features many videos of nature songs written for children of all ages. For more information, visit https://dhruasongs.wixsite.com/music.
Tickets for the show are available at the door. Door donations:
ACMA Members/$15
General Admission/$20
The Listening Room doors open at 6:30 pm and the concert begins at 7:00 pm