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SUMMARY:Grant Maloy Smith in concert with Bob Williams opening.
DESCRIPTION:Grant Maloy Smith is a singer/songwriter of COUNTRY/ROOTS music – an artful blend of country\, bluegrass\, folk\, and pop music. His most recent album Dust Bowl – American Stories rode the Billboard charts for 17 weeks\, including 11 weeks in the top 10 on the Americana/Folk Album Sales chart and #12 on the Country Album Sales Chart. The Bible of American Roots music\, NO DEPRESSION magazine\, raved: “Grant’s ability to capture the heartland in his music is amazing … he has written A heartland masterpiece … lyrics and music as potent as Woody Guthrie … sent chills down my spine … bound to become a classic … A reminder of the darker period of Bob Dylan\, and it’s that good\, that memorable…” Learn more about the album here. In 2018 he released two singles – first Fly Possum Fly with featured vocalist EmiSunshine\, geared toward the young at heart around Christmas time. Then\, in honor of our veterans he released Man Of Steel\, produced by Grammy® winning producer Chuck Ebert\, which has been made the official theme song of the National Veterans Foundation. Click the links to learn more\, or go to the Music page to see all of Grant’s music. \nhttps://www.grant-maloy-smith.com \nThe ACMA is happy to welcome Grant back to our stage! \nWe are just as happy that ACMA VP\, Board Member\, driving force behind the Lovers Keys\, and Library shows as well as all around super supporter of the ACMA and independent musicians\, Bob Williams will open the show for Grant.\nreverbnation.com/bobwilliams2
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/grant-maloy-smith-concert-bob-williams-opening/
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SUMMARY:Songwriters at Sunset 4:30\,  Baker\, McMillan\, Boz
DESCRIPTION:FOLKS (Friends of Lovers Key\, Inc.) has joined with The ACMA (Americana Community Music Association)\, to offer free Acoustic concerts of all original music. The concerts will take place in the large gazebo located right on the beach. Seating is available for the first 80 people. Additional seating is also available on the sand. The Folks group will offer a Beach BBQ fundraiser at the show. www.friendsofloverskey.org\n\n\nThe ACMA is a Fort Myers based organization that promotes local artists who write and sing their own original songs. Come hear great original music and the stories behind the songs in an intimate “Bluebird Café” style. The show will finish with a fabulous Lovers Key Sunset. www.americanacma.org\n\n\nPark entry fees are $8.00 for vehicles (2-8 people)\, $4 for single person in vehicle\n\n\n \n\n\nRicky Baker Cegelis started playing guitar when he was 45. Musical influences include Bob Dylan\, Neil Young\, John Prine\, Steve Earle\, Mississippi John Hurt and Rolling Stones. Ricky plays locally with 4 Man Trio\, and RPM. His songs emerge from personal experience and whimsy.\n\n\n \n\n\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). After his first Doc Watson concert in the 1970’s\, he was inspired to learn finger picking and then later\, many blues songs. Mike can be found performing regularly on Fort Myers Beach with The Pearl Street Band.\n\n\n\n\n\nBoz is a local singer songwriter who performs regularly in the Naples area.
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/songwriters-sunset-430-baker-mcmillan-boz/
LOCATION:Lovers Key State Park\, 8700 Estero Blvd.\, Fort Myers Beach\, FL\, 33931\, United States
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SUMMARY:Songwriters at the Library. Estero
DESCRIPTION:The ACMA is a Fort Myers based organization that promotes local artists who write and sing their own original songs. Come hear great original acoustic music and the stories behind the songs in an intimate Songwriters Showcase. \n\n\n \n\n\nMarch 9th \, Pete Benson Houseboat Jim\, Doug Chaiet\n\n\n \n\n\nPete Bensen\, Americana music and playing guitar has been his love\, muse\, and best friend since childhood.\, Peter has performed for over 15\,000 listeners of his regular StreetJelly.com/PeteBensen. online e-concerts. \n\n\n \n\n\nHouseboat Jim\, started picking and singing back in the late 50’s in Greenwich Village. Got married\, worked\, and got back to music about fifteen years ago in Las Vegas. He’s been playing around the Ft. Myers area for the last six years\, and he lives on a houseboat. \n\n\n \n\n\nDoug Chaiet is a local singer songwriter who is known for his fingerpicking style guitar playing.
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/songwriters-library-estero-2/
LOCATION:Fort Myers Regional Library\, 1651 Lee St\, Fort Myers \, FL\, 33901\, United States
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SUMMARY:Songwriters at the Plaza\,    Stanley\, Popravak\, Dahl
DESCRIPTION:The Lee County Library has joined with The ACMA (Americana Community Music Association)\, to offer free Acoustic concerts of all original music. Concerts will take place in the Amphitheater\, which is located on South Cornog Plaza. Bring a chair or a blanket\, shows will be moved indoors depending on weather.\n\n\n \n\n\nThe ACMA is a Fort Myers based not for profit that promotes local artists who perform their own original songs. Come 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 music a coming together of blues\, roots\, folk and country.\n\n\n \n\n\nCarolyn & David Stanley\, \n\n\nDavid and Carolyn Stanley have been playing various genres of music solo and in several different groups since they were teenagers. As a duo in Fort Myers their performances feature David’s original music with David on vocals\, finger style or rhythm guitar and harmonica. Carolyn adds vocal harmonies and accompaniment on guitar\, banjo\, or charango. David’s original songs vary from a tribute to the late Pete Seeger to an amusing love song called “If You Give Me the Finger”. He has recorded a CD and has had a couple of his songs recorded by other artists.\n\n\n \n\n\nMary Dahl\,\n\n\nFor over 20 years Mary Dahl performed throughout MD\, PA and DC with a quartet known as “The Lite Side”\, playing a five string banjo\, acoustic guitar\, mandolin\, dobro\, ukulele\, and charango. \n\n\nThey performed six times at the White House for two different administrations and opened for a sold out performance concert by the Kingston Trio at the Carlisle Theatre in PA. \n\n\nAfter moving to Ft Myers in 2007\, she joined ACMA and found a welcoming venue for her original songs\, all of which are upbeat and inspiring.\n\n\n \n\n\n Pete & Silvia Popravak\n\n\n Silvia and Pete have been playing music together for the past twelve years\, originally as members of Skeeterland Band and Banyan Bluegrass\, then gradually developing into a guitar and mandolin duo that incorporates a variety of musical genres\, including folk\, country\, Cuban/Latin\, and \, yes\, bluegrass. Always experimenting\, adapting\, and progressing from their roots in rock and traditional Cuban music\, Silvia and Pete have created a style that is uniquely theirs\, while remaining faithful to the many sources of their music.
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/songwriters-plaza-stanley-popravak-dahl/
LOCATION:Fort Myers Regional Library\, 1651 Lee St\, Fort Myers \, FL\, 33901\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tim Farrell in concert. Bill Metts opens
DESCRIPTION:Wow! When we first invited Tim Ferrell to play the ACMA around six years ago\, we wondered how an almost totally instrumentalist would fare at the ACMA. Would we miss word? Little did we know that Tim would return again and again and also open the door for other instrumental musicians at the ACMA\, proving that musicians can paint pictures with music alone. Tim’s Bio:\nAs a performer Tim has entertains audiences internationally. He maintains an active performing schedule\, appearing in a variety of concert venues such as the Kimmel Center\, Montreal Jazz Festival\, Carnegie Center\, Hard Rock Live\, Metropolitan Museum of Art\, Memphis Acoustic Guitar Festival\, Healdsburg Guitar Festival\, Woodstock Invitational Luthiers Showcase and many more…\nTim performs on benefit concerts\, festivals\, workshops\, corporate events and television programs. Tim has performed live on many radio programs as a featured artist including Echoes and Kid’s Corner\, both popular syndicated shows heard on hundreds of Public Radio stations nationwide.\nTim performs as a solo artist and also has shared the stage with such notable artists as Les Paul\, George Benson\, Jean Luc Ponty\, Rick Wakeman\, Alex DeGrassi\, Jake Shimabukuru\, California Guitar Trio\, John Sebastian and many more … In addition to his solo performances Tim offers several different concert programs such as StringSongs\, a trio which includes Bass Player Magazine’s Player of the Year Michael Manring and Grammy Award winner Pat Robinson on keyboards.\nwww.timfarrellmusic.com\nOpening for Tim is our own musical magician\, Bill Metts\, who paints stories with both words and fantastic fingerpicking.\nAccording to Bill “I started playing guitar when I was 19 during the country blues revival of the late 60s. I fell in love with the music of Taj Mahall\, Mississippi John Hurt\, Doc Watson and others of that ilk. Just about everything that I have done since then has been in that down home finger-picking style. I had the honor of being asked to perform at the annual Mississippi John Hurt Blues Festival in Avalon Ms. in 2011. All types of music move me I but prefer to play and sing traditional Americana roots music.” \nhttps://www.mettsmusic.com
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/tim-farrell-concert-bill-metts-opens/
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SUMMARY:Squirrel Hillbillies! ACMA member Ralph Leesburg opens.
DESCRIPTION:From deep within the urban forest of Pittsburgh’s East End\, the Squirrel Hillbillies often emerge to share their eclectic mix of acoustic roots music\, spanning folk\, country and blues. \nRabidly social and clawingly curious\, they relish opportunities to interact with diverse audiences. They perform regularly at festivals and folk clubs as well as non-traditional venues across the US and the UK. \nThrough a collaborative\, nonlinear songwriting process\, duo partners Jenny Wolsk and Gary Crouth draw from personal experiences\, third-hand stories\, and vivid imaginations to craft songs that are unpredictable and quirky yet widely accessible. Their CDs have gotten radio play on stations around the world. \nThe Squirrell Hllbillies had so much fun at their last ACMA show they were willing to book WAAYYYY out to schedule another gig and we were happy to oblige. don’t miss them!\nwww.squirrellhillbillies.com \nWe don’t get too see/hear enough of Ralph Leesburg on our ACMA stage. Don’t miss a rare performance when he opens the show for the Squirrels! About Ralph: Ralph has been making music for more than 50 years but it has only been the last 20 that he has set intentions on positive music. A little folksy\, a little rootsy\, a little bluesy\, a little bit of rock’n’roll. And something he likes to call Metaphysical Country. He really likes sharing the vibe and hopes to leave you smiling.
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/squirrel-hillbillies-acma-member-ralph-leesburg-opens/
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SUMMARY:Shawna Caspi with Keith Parker opening!
DESCRIPTION:Shawna Caspi performs solo\, but there’s a whole band under her fingertips. A mighty singer\, a story sculptor\, and a truth teller\, she has toured across Canada and the USA and believes in poetry and the power of one person and one instrument\, accompanying herself with a remarkable lyrical fingerpicking guitar style. Shawna loves the landscapes of her travels and while weaving them into her songs\, she has also been portraying them on canvases\, painting one-of-a-kind works of art inspired by the rich scenery she sees on tour.\nhttp://www.shawnacaspi.com \n 
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/shawna-caspi-joe-virga-opening/
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