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SUMMARY:The 502's in concert!    Paul Elliott  Opens
DESCRIPTION:The 502’s were a smashing success when some of your ACMA buds saw them at Stringbreak Music Fest. This orlando based indie band promptly applied to play the ACMA and received 6 big thumbs up from your music committee. Fresh\, young and energetic the 502’s will bring you to your feet and leave you smiling. But..lest you think they are just a “party band”\, I’m here to tell you that their songs are thoughtful\, well written and have meaning. After all\, our very selective music committee was unanimous about bringing them to the ACMA \nHere’s a bit more! \nThe 502s are a raucous indie folk group formed by three cousins from Central Florida. Since 2015\, The 502s have taken their swaggering blend of Americana across the coast including Okeechobee Music Festival and Communion Records’ NYC showcase. Their album is a heartfelt invitation to good old-fashioned fun\, and they are celebrating with a tour of the US and Europe in 2018.\nRecent Tour Highlights:\n● Florida Music Festival (2017) – Mainstage\n● Okeechobee Music Festival (2016) – “Here” Stage (headliners included Mumford & Sons and Kendrick Lamar)\n● Winter Garden Music Festival (2016) – Mainstage\n● Communion Records Showcase (2016) – Rockwood Music Hall\, NYC\nSocial Media Links:\nFacebook / Instagram\nTwitter / Soundcloud \n  \n  Paul Elliott got a late start\, bought his first guitar when he was 30 something. \nHe grew up listening to Artists like Tom Rush\, Bob Dylan    Ian and Silvia\, Tim Harden and Gordan Lightfoot folk music was his preference. \nBeing a Sailor Paul took an interest in Sea Chantey’s . He started singing and playing with Cliff Haslam in the late 80  at the Famous Griswold Inn in Essex\, Conn. They sang Sea Chantey’s every Monday night. \nPaul started writing songs in the 90’s\, mostly kept them to himself. \nHe moved to Florida about 2004 got involved with the Punta Gorda Guitar Army. With encouragement he wrote more songs and played out at pubs and festivals. \nPaul has written songs about places\, people\, nautical and slightly spiritual (not to be confused with religious).
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SUMMARY:Cliff Eberhardt in concert with special guest Louise Mosrie
DESCRIPTION:Special Donation pricing for this event. ACMA members $15/General public $20 \n“Eberhardt is better than ever\, Steve McQueening his way into your heart at about ninety-eight miles an hour\, kicking ass with fresh insight and new ways to lament old yearnings.”\n—Philly Rock Guide \n“One of the most talented musicians on the solo acoustic circuit… full of well-crafted songs and rich\, emotional vocals.”\n—Seattle Post Intelligencer \n“In a field of sensitive\, new-age guys\, Eberhardt digs deeper into life’s complexities and discovers much more compelling things to celebrate.”\n—The Boston Phoenix \nThese are just a few of the reasons the ACMA is excited to be hosting Cliff Eberhardt! \nHe brings with him his friend and special guest to open the show Louise Mosrie.\nHere’s Cliff’s bio: Cliff Eberhardt knew by age seven that he was going to be a singer and songwriter. Growing up in Berwyn\, Pennsylvania\, he and his brothers sang together and their parents played instruments. His dad introduced him to the guitar and he quickly taught himself to play. Fortunate enough to live close to the Main Point (one of the best folk clubs on the East Coast)\, he cut his teeth listening to the likes of James Taylor\, Joni Mitchell\, Bruce Springsteen\, Howlin’ Wolf\, Muddy Waters\, Bonnie Raitt\, and Mississippi John Hurt — receiving an early and impressive tutorial in acoustic music. At the same time\, he was also listening to great pop songwriters like Cole Porter\, the Gershwins\, and Rodgers and Hart\, which explain his penchant for great melodies and clever lyrical twists. \nAt fifteen\, Cliff and his brother Geoff began touring as an acoustic duo\, playing the Eastern club circuit until Cliff turned twenty-one and moved to Carbondale\, Illinois. There he found space to develop his own voice within a vibrant and supportive music scene that included Shawn Colvin. After a couple of years there and a short stay in Colorado\, Cliff moved to New York in 1978. Because the clubs were great (the Bitter End\, the Speakeasy\, Kenny’s Castaway\, Folk City) and the company amazing (John Gorka\, Suzanne Vega\, Lucy Kaplansky\, Julie Gold\, Steve Forbert\, Christine Lavin\, and Shawn Colvin)\, New York was an ideal musician’s boot camp. Though he put in long hours as a taxi driver\, Cliff worked steadily on his music throughout the 80’s\, doing solo gigs and studio work\, and playing guitar on the road with Richie Havens\, Melanie and others. Singing advertising jingles for products like Coke\, Miller Beer and Chevrolet (“The Heartbeat of America” campaign) allowed him to devote more time to his songwriting. \nIn 1990 Cliff’s song “My Father’s Shoes\,” appeared on Windham Hill’s Legacy collection\, leading to a deal with the label. They released Cliff’s first album\, The Long Road (1990)\, a work featuring a duet with Richie Havens. The critical response to this debut was outstanding (The Philadelphia Inquirer called the album a “repeatedly astounding collection”). He followed with two more records on Windham Hill before releasing 12 Songs of Good and Evil (1997) on Red House Records\, which stemmed from a chance meeting with Red House founder Bob Feldman at John Gorka’s wedding. Cliff recorded two more albums before his critically acclaimed The High Above and the Down Below\, named the #5 album of 2007 by USA Today. Produced by legendary musician and Red House Records president Eric Peltoniemi\, it was recorded in Minneapolis with noted jazz players Gordy Johnson\, J. T. Bates and Rich Dworsky and was his first album after spending several years recovering from a car accident. \nWith a new lease on life and a fresh batch of songs\, Cliff embarked on what has turned out to be an artistic renaissance. Recorded in the Texas Hill Country\, Cliff’s 2009 album 500 Miles: The Blue Rock Sessions may be his finest to date. An intimate album of powerful originals and unique covers\, it features a reworking of his hit “The Long Road\,” a song made more poignant after nearly two decades of touring and recording. Long one of the most respected songwriters on the club scene\, his peers often mine his catalog for themselves. Cliff’s song “Memphis” was included on Cry Cry Cry\, an album of collaborative covers by the “folk supergroup” of the same name (comprised of Dar Williams\, Lucy Kaplansky and Richard Shindell). Other performers who have recorded his songs include Richie Havens\, Shawn Colvin\, Russ Taff and Buffy Sainte Marie. A collection of his songs has been published in The Cliff Eberhardt Songbook (Cherry Lane Publishing). \nIn 2011\, Cliff got a phone call from the Folger Theatre and Shakespeare Library in Washington DC. They had been listening to his song\, “That Kind of Love” along with director Aaron Posner and got the brilliant idea to hire Cliff to write original songs for the Shakespeare classic “The Taming of the Shrew”. It would be set in the old West – Deadwood style – and Cliff would be cast as the blind but wise old saloon singer bookending scenes with his poignant songs and guitar phrases. The play was a huge success and won much critical acclaim across town and 7 weeks of solid sold-out shows in the Spring of 2012. In 2013\, Cliff was awarded a coveted Helen Hayes Award for Sound Design and the cast won for Best Ensemble. Some of the songs on Shrew Songs are from Cliff’s past work and some are brand new. The stripped down production enhances the immediate intimacy of Cliff’s songwriting. You don’t have to have seen the play to love this record! It’s available for sale now only through this website or at Cliff’s shows. \nwww.cliffeberhardt.com \nLouise Mosrie   grew up in the small town just outside of Nashville\, TN on a farm with British parents and several siblings – riding horses\, writing poetry and singing with the radio. After college in Knoxville\, she “borrowed” her brother’s Sears guitar\, bought a simple chord book and started writing songs. The early material was mostly acoustic pop as she tried to channel her English roots while listening to Everything But the Girl and The Sundays. \nFast forward a few years\, a move back to Nashville and some deep soul searching\, Louise began writing songs about the South – what she knew and where she grew up. In 2008\, she began working on a new album eventually to be called “Home” because she’d come full circle in her “voice” as a writer. The album was a mix of bluegrass\, country and folk and as she weaved in lush stories and songs about southern life\, she was even introduced once as “…William Faulkner with a guitar”. With those songs\, she entered some song contests connected to festivals and ended up winning top awards at Kerrville Folk Festival\, Wildflower! Festival\, Telluride Bluegrass Festival and Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. “Home” debuted at #1 on the Folk DJ charts in January 2010 and went on to be one of the most played albums that year for that chart. \nBuoyed by a couple thousand earnest fans\, she began touring all over the Eastern seaboard\, the South and Texas. Audience members would tell her that they enjoyed the stories between the songs as much as the songs and her strong expressive voice was described as “…like listening to Patty Griffin and Susan Tedeschi at the same time.” She’s played at The Bluebird Café in Nashville\, Club Passim in Boston\, Caffé Lena in NY and was just recently invited to play at The Birchmere in Washington DC. \nIn 2012\, her 15-year marriage ended and her mother was diagnosed with brain cancer and died 6 months later. Out of those dark days came some new songs that would eventually be recorded on her newest release “Lay It Down”: 10 songs of love\, loss and surrender. On “Lay It Down”\, she collaborated with folk-rock songwriter/producer\, Cliff Eberhardt\, who envisioned that minimalist arrangements and restrained production would allow the emotional songs and Louise’s voice a stark relief to rest and shine in. \nhttp://www.louisemosrie.com
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SUMMARY:ACMA Island Hopper Festival Show\, Captiva Library
DESCRIPTION:Come and enjoy a FREE show with some of the Best Local Songwriters! \nThese special shows are hosted by the Lee County Library System and The Americana Community Music Association. \nThe ACMA is a Fort Myers based not for profit that promotes local artists who write and sing their own original songs. Come and hear great original music and the stories behind the songs in an intimate Songwriters Showcase.  Be prepared to enjoy an evening of professional quality acoustic Americana music. Americana\, is a coming together of blues\, roots\, folk and country.   www.americanacma.org \nIsland Hopper is presented by: The Beaches of Fort Myers & Sanibel\, iHeart Media\, Cat Country 107.1\, BMI and Hertz. \nACMA Island Hopper Festival Show\, Captiva Library \nFriday\, Sept. 21\, 2018   2 -3:30 pm   Captiva Memorial Library \n11560 Chapin Lane\, Captiva Island 33924 \nBill Metts was influenced by the music of Taj Mahal\, Mississippi John Hurt\, Doc Watson and others.  Bill’s original songs are down home finger-picking style. \nBruce Gallant has been writing songs for over 30 years. His songs are a reflection of different times in his life and he considers his songs his journal. \nDavid Hintz writes from his heart. His songs and performance is sure to be a direct line to yours.
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/acma-island-hopper-festival-show-captiva-library/
LOCATION:Captiva Memorial Libaray  11560 Chapin La. Captiva FL 33924\, 11560 Chapin La\, Captiva\, FL\, 33924\, United States
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SUMMARY:ACMA Island Hopper Festival Show\,  Fort Myers Regional Library
DESCRIPTION:ACMA Island Hopper Festival Show\, Downtown Fort Myers Regional Library \nCome and enjoy a FREE show with some of the Best Local Songwriters! \nThese special shows are hosted by the Lee County Library System and The Americana Community Music Association. \nThe ACMA is a Fort Myers based not for profit that promotes local artists who write and sing their own original songs. Come and hear great original music and the stories behind the songs in an intimate Songwriters Showcase.  Be prepared to enjoy an evening of professional quality acoustic Americana music. Americana\, is a coming together of blues\, roots\, folk and country.   www.americanacma.org \nIsland Hopper is presented by: The Beaches of Fort Myers & Sanibel\, iHeart Media\, Cat Country 107.1\, BMI and Hertz. \nRobert Bidney is a strong\, new voice on the indie album scene that’s been a long-time coming.”  His messages are as strong as his melodies with an appealing pop / soul sensibility\, leaving listeners wanting more. \nCarlene Thissen performed early on as a folk singer and then branched out into country.  She is heavily involved with Immokalee\, a farming community that inspired many of her original songs. \nMike McMillan got his first guitar as a teenager and has been pursuing his musical dreams ever since (in between jobs\, 4 kids and several dogs).
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/acma-island-hopper-festival-show-fort-myers-regional-library/
LOCATION:Fort Myers Regional Library\, 1651 Lee St\, Fort Myers \, FL\, 33901\, United States
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