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SUMMARY:Bill Bynum and Company\, Joyce Knake Opens
DESCRIPTION:You asked for them back and here they are! I had many requests to bring these folks back…after their concert many people asked “Can we have them back tomorrow?” Well that didn’t happen but they ARE coming back May 5th. So come on out!\nWith songs both traditional and original\, and a sound that’s at once as comfortable as old jeans and as fresh as a new blade of grass\, Bill Bynum & Co. is a band that’s easy to love and hard to quit. The band’s core of rhythm guitar\, fiddle\, Dobro\, bass and harmony vocals can lean into country\, veer toward bluegrass\, or take listeners on a unique journey through Bill’s original songs. \nDownriver Wayne County resident Bill Bynum writes country and rock-flavored songs with a hint of the bluegrass music he grew up with. He comes with a strong recommendation from one of the most influential behind-the-scenes figures in bluegrass\, songwriter Pete Goble\, who says that Bynum could get a recording contract with his voice alone\, and he’s a recent Metro Detroit Songwriting Contest winner and Ark Open Stage Showcase performer. “My music is kind of a Southern roots-based acoustic music\, but I feel like I am very hard to box into a category\,” Bynum told the Ann Arbor News. “There’s more emotional content to my music than probably most people’s.”\nhttp://www.billbynum.com/ \nACMA Member Joyce Knake opens
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SUMMARY:Tim McGeary in concert. Carlene Thissen opens
DESCRIPTION:If music is a springboard for emotion\, then Tim McGeary knows all too well how to mine it to the max. “I have to write songs\,” the accomplished songwriter insists. “Yet\, it’s both a blessing and a curse. The blessing is that you are able to write and sing songs that can connect to people and bring them to an emotional state. The curse is that I can never turn it off. If I get something in my head at 3 am\, I have to get up and get to my guitar or piano so I quickly record something. Otherwise\, I won’t be able to get back to sleep.”\n​\nMcGeary’s dedication to his muse has never faltered\, and now\, even after a couple of decades of plying his craft\, that passion is as intense as ever. It’s the spiritual essence of making music that elicits his enthusiasm…that drives him to connect with his listeners…and that makes it so essential for him to express his emotions and desires.\n“It allows me to let go of those temporal distractions that often bog us down\, and to share those things that bond us all together as human beings\,” he explains. “I’m grateful to have a gift that allows me to do something I to do\, and to translate my life experiences into songs that hopefully can touch people in some personal and hopefully profound way.”\n​\nGiven that dedication\, it’s no surprise to find that McGeary’s songs have been tapped for such hit television shows as “Smallville\,” “One Tree Hill” and “Glory Days\,” as well as the made-for- HBO film “Girl Got Moe.” McGeary’s songs are not only a perfect soundtrack for the Hollywood hit-makers\, but for those everyday individuals who can relate to those intimate feelings and connect them with their own.\nIndeed\, McGeary’s music is filled with insights that are borne from the insights he’s gained from living in a some exotic locales and working at a variety of occupations. His trajectory was somewhat extraordinary from the very beginning; the son of an FBI agent\, he was the oldest of ten children. Time spent in the Merchant Marine traveling throughout South America\, India and Pakistan provided a rich cache of memories and melodies. Even after relocating to the West Coast of Florida and settling down in an idyllic retreat with his wife of 35 years\, he still finds continuing sources of inspiration. For the past two decades he’s been a firefighter and paramedic with the Collier County Fire Department\, further evidence of his fervent desire to provide help and support in any way he’s able. Not surprisingly\, he was among the emergency personnel who went to New York to help out at Ground Zero in the wake of 9/11. The American flag he had tattooed over his heart\, accompanied by the words “Never Forget\,” testify to the strength of his conscience and conviction.\n​\nwww.timmcgeary.com \nAbout Carlene: \nCarlene Thissen is a singer\, songwriter and author in Naples\, Florida\, where she dedicates herself to performing\, speaking and songwriting\, singing and playing piano and guitar at house concerts\, clubs\, restaurants\, festivals and charity events. She also serves the community as Coordinator of a Farm Labor Supervisor Training program at the University of Florida’s Research & Education Center in Immokalee. \nCarlene performed in the 1960s and 70s as a young guitar-playing folk singer in northwest New Jersey\, doing songs by Bob Dylan\, Joan Baez\, Judy Collins\, Joni Mitchell and Melanie. She says the best three days of her life were spent at the Woodstock Music & Art Fair in 1969 and she presents a multi-media program today about that experience. \nAs she explains in her autobiographical song\, Back There Again\, this Woodstock hippie girl\, “…cut her hair and got a career\, and lost herself for 30 odd years.” Forgetting her dreams of being a doctor working in ghettos\, she became a successful business woman\, well known for speeches\, articles and books about marketing technology. She ended her corporate career as Vice President for a large market research company in Chicago\, became an independent international consultant and then moved to Naples\, Florida. \nCarlene is a member of Nashville’s Global Songwriter’s Connection\, Women of Substance’ Female Musician Academy and the Americana Community Member Association. She visits Nashville several times a year to network\, perform and write.\nwww.carlenethissen.com
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SUMMARY:ACMA Benefit Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Come and enjoy local artists who write and sing their own original songs. Great original acoustic music and the stories behind the songs in an intimate Songwriters Showcase. This is a benefit show for The ACMA which is a not for profit. \nWhether you’re a musician or a listener this is a wonderful way to check out liked minded people that enjoy original acoustic music. \nACMA Sign up sheet will post on member only F B page early May.
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SUMMARY:Cottondale Swamp with Robert Lloyd opening
DESCRIPTION:Cottondale Swamp is a Florida Swamp Rock\, Southern Americana\, Outlaw Country Band from the swamps of Florida. Weeki Wachee\, FL is our ground zero. Mermaid Shows and the Gulf of Mexico\, it doesn’t get anymore “Old Florida” than that. Original Florida swamp rock with authentic country sensibilities and a heart of rock ‘n roll. \nCottondale Swamp celebrates the back roads\, small towns and the seedy underbelly of Florida. We write songs that celebrate the people\, places and uniqueness of our southern most state. \nCottondale Swamp is fronted by Kenny Grube who has been an Elvis Tribute artist for the last 10 years. Kenny is the real deal! His voice has an authentic southern drawl that expresses the years he has endured paying his dues on the B\, C\, and D circuits of the southern United States. He is backed by an equally experienced band of road warriors. All of whom have been plying their trade in the trenches and (at times) the pinnacles that come your way when you’re a musician relentless in pursuing the dream. \nwww.cottondaleswamp.com \nOpening for Cottondale Swamp is ACMA member Robert Lloyd. \nWHO IS HE? – Robert is foremost a songwriter – composer/lyricist\, producer\, playwright\, singer\, guitarist\, and former professional musician. He is a writer of almost all genres of music. He has been writing since he was 13-14 years old after he learned a few chords on a guitar he bought with money earned delivering newspapers. Never considered a prodigy\, his classmates considered him most likely never to succeed… he has at least fulfilled that one promise. But Robert never quits and there’s still hope. \nPERSONAL – Robert is married to wife (Janis) and has one daughter (Kimberly). Originally from Nebraska\, he has languished in Florida (mostly) for 35 years. Rumors circulate that he is grumpy (according to his wife)\, irritable (per his daughter)\, and getting worse the older he gets (so sayeth his neighbors). Surprisingly\, he considers himself an affable man when around friends. His mother believes he is the best. \nASSOCIATIONS/AWARDS – Robert is a former member of the Nashville Songwriters Association International (why\, he does not know)\, ASCAP (why\, he does not know)\, and has been associated at times with Southern heritage and Christian music. Publishers hate him\, musicians laugh at him\, and professionals scoff at his lack of success. He has\, however\, received some music awards in his life\, along with recognitions and acclaims (probably fictitious). His goal is to move to East Nashville and live among other writers\, whine along with them\, and continue to enjoy life.
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