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SUMMARY:Songwriters at Sunset     JRobert & Brent Moyer
DESCRIPTION:FOLKS (Friends of Lovers Key\, Inc.) www.friendsofloverskey.org has joined with The ACMA (Americana Community Music Association)\, www.americanacma.org\, 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.\n\nShow Starts 3:45\, Come early to enjoy a variety of the local food trucks.\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 Songwriters Showcase. The show will finish with a fabulous Lovers Key Sunset.\nPark entry fees are $8.00 for vehicles (2-8 people)\, $4 for single person in vehicle \nJ.Robert – Florida Fiddler and Songwriter\nFor more than 25 years\, J.Robert has been a SW Florida premier “Florida Music” artist – creator of the “Florida Songwriter Showcase” and regular performer at the Florida Folk Festival\, local charity events\, hotels\, and corporate events.\nJRobert has played music with and warmed up for Bonnie Raitt\, Charlie Daniels\, Doug Kershaw\, Clint Black\, Tracy Lawrence\, Willie Nelson\, David Allen Coe…and has recorded with John McEuen from Nitty Gritty Dirt Band\, as well as Nashville fiddler Vassar Clements.\nJ.Robert presently resides in Marco Island\, Florida\, where he plays his “Caribbean Country” style of music to people from all over the world. J.Robert has toured with “Living Legend” Seminole Indian Chief Jim Billie and occasional Swiss\, Great Britain\, or Central Asia excursions with International Recording Artist Brent Moyer.\nJ.Robert has released 6 albums of music over his career\, which includes placements on shows such as “Big Bang Theory” “Madame Secretary” …and has produced all original music scores for 3 PBS films including “The Great Florida Cattle Drive” “Southwest Florida’s Mangrove Coast” “Peter Gerbert – Florida Wildlife Artist”\nwww.JRobertMusic.com\nwww.FloridaFiddlerShow.com\nwww.MangroveMusicStudios.com \nBrent Moyer \, Raised in the mountains of Wyoming\, Brent’s hot\, high-energy guitar style and rich baritone voice wrapped around his original songs invoke classical Heartland sounds\, the intricate melding of American musical genres; Country\, R&B and Americana. Authenticity and soul\, it’s all there.\nKnown as the Global Cowboy\, he has shared the stage with many famous artists from country star Willie Nelson to pop diva Donna Summer and has played lead guitar for the legendary\, Lynn Anderson (Rose Garden). He has also performed on Broadway (NYC) in the hit musical\, Ring of Fire\, the songs of Johnny Cash. As a producer and studio musician\, he appears on numerous CD’s and has also recorded fourteen albums of original material with his songs being covered by artists in Europe and North America.\nBrent Moyer has been deep into the heart of the musical experience all of his life and he knows how to give that experience over to his audience. His live shows are marked by musical honesty and emotional intensity – and for being a fun time for all. Brent is a true craftsman\, songsmith and entertainer.\nThat’s what he does.\nhttps://brent-moyer.com
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/songwriters-sunset-jrobert-brent-moyer/
LOCATION:Lovers Key State Park\, 8700 Estero Blvd.\, Fort Myers Beach\, FL\, 33931\, United States
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SUMMARY:Roy Schnieder & The Reckless Saints. The Pearl Street Band opens
DESCRIPTION:The ACMA is pleased to welcome back Roy Schneider and Kim Mayfield to open our 2020 music season. There’s a special story behind the connection with them and the ACMA. Just ask us! Beyond that they always bring a wonderful vibe and special music to our stage. Here’s a bit about the duo:\nTroubadour and formerly syndicated cartoonist Roy Schneider has developed a devoted fan base for his flavor of Americana music since 2008\, through international radio airplay and consistent touring with life-and-stage partner Kim Mayfield. Known in festival circles as the Reckless Saints\, Schneider and Mayfield have brought their musical blend of the gritty\, fun\, soulful and sweet to delighted audiences across the USA and abroad\, exploring and expanding their musical horizons with every performance. \nSchneider’s songs have earned praise in the Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition (TX)\, Telluride Blues & Brews Acoustic Blues competition (CO)\, and Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist showcase (NY). The duo has performed official showcases at Folk Alliance conferences in New York\, Austin TX and Asheville NC. Other notable venues include Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe\, Northern England’s MAD Fest\, and season 5 of NBC’s The Voice. \nAlso a gifted accompanist\, Schneider has performed with John McEuen (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)\, Joe Craven (Garcia/Grisman)\, folk icon Tom Paxton\, Stevie Coyle (The Waybacks)\, Freebo\, Buddy Mondlock\, Gove Scrivenor and many others. \n“[Schneider’s] gift for blending Southern-influenced folk\, blues\, country\, and rock into a seamless genre with his own signature sound demonstrates his connection to the best in the tradition of fine wake-me-up and kick-me-in-the-ass roots music.” ~ No Depression \nwww.royschneider.com \nOpening for Schneider/Mayfield is a group of musicians who also have a special connection to the ACMA and their own story behind it. Just ask them! Here’s a bit about the band.\nThe band is comprised of Bob Williams\, Mike McMllan\, Bill Veach and Clark Johnson. This band is made up of all ACMA members. They perform regularly on Fort Myers Beach.\nBob Williams: In the late sixties\, Bob Williams\, a young guitar player from Long Island\, NY\, began writing his own music. Pulling elements from Folk-Rock and Country-Rock\, Bob created a sound all of his own. Always eager to share amusing stories behind the lyrics\, Bob’s songs are personal. Irreverent. Funny. Sad. And most importantly\, true to his heart. With encouragement from family and friends\, he produced and released his first CD No Apologies in 2015. In 2018 he released his second Album\, Ain’t Sorry Yet.\nMike McMillan: Started playing guitar at age 13. He enjoys many different genres which has also influenced his original compositions. Keith has been both a band leader and a sideman and enjoys backing others on guitar and vocals when the opportunity presents itself. Keith also has a passion for writing\, co-writing\, arranging\, recording and performing original music.\nBill Veach was a drummer in a rock band in college\, but guitars are easier to move and make for better neighbors so he spent $100 of his precious college beer money on a flame red acoustic guitar. Moving was a part of his life for years\, with a love of travel that is expressed in many of his songs. His songs are often autobiographical\, about his experiences\, travel\, love\, loss and some characters he has met on his journey. Bill is a Western boy\, raised in Colorado and lived in Utah and Wyoming before becoming a full time resident of Fort Myers Beach. He became active writing songs as part of the Cheyenne Guitar Society in Wyoming and finds inspiration in the camaraderie of the ACMA Singer Songwriter Circle on Sundays. Bill has never met a genre he didn’t like\nClark Johnson\nBorn in NYC at a very early age. Picked up bass in 7th grade (Beatles\, etc.). Blues bands all through college. Rock/Folk most of the rest of the time. Since moving to FL\, play in bluegrass and country bands. \nIt will be an awesome time so please join us as we sail into 2020 with a full year of great music ahead!
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/roy-schneider-kim-mayfield-concert-pearl-street-band-open/
LOCATION:FL
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SUMMARY:Songwriters at the South County Estero Library
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 inside at the South County Regional Library 21100 Three Oaks Parkway Estero 33928\, Saturday 2:00 Pm – 3:30 Pm \n The 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 Glen Sabatka\, David Stanley  Christine Scholtus \nGlen Sabatka\, has been playing guitar and harmonica since the 1960-s.  He has been the harmonica player for many bands and has been a side-man on several artists recordings..His music is a bit quirky with many terrible puns and word plays.  He likes when his audience laughs! \n David Stanley Re DR Stanley\, esteemed poet lariat and legend in his own mind\, will offer insights\, outsights and hindsight’s of a life well spent; mostly.  Some of his songs have to be heard to be believed; such as “If You Give Me the Finger\, I’ll Give You the Ring” (a lovely little wedding ditty sure to melt the wax in your ears). “Stuck in a Rut” is a tribute to Ernest Tubb; “A Song and an Old Banjo” to Pete Seeger: and “The Red Tide Blues” to Rick Scott. \nDR Stanley\, and his wife\, Carolyn\, have recently moved to Fort Myers from southeastern Ohio where he performed with Peach’s Little Band\, Big Bill Dup and the Letdowns and The Blue Ohiyins. \nChristine Scholtus.  Has been performing as a singer/songwriter for over 30yrs. She has worked as a music therapist for 19yrs. She is a new  member of the ACMA from Sebring. She performs regularly in\nSarasota / Bradenton area while working on her new CD
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/songwriters-south-county-estero-library/
LOCATION:South County Regional Library\, 21100 Three Oaks Parkway\, Estero\, FL\, 33928\, United States
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SUMMARY:Malcolm Holcombe in concert. Roy Schneider opens.
DESCRIPTION:On the North Carolina side of the Southern Appalachians\, the land still retains its secrets.\nIt’s a place of paradoxes\, where poverty is handed down from one hardscrabble generation to the next in towns passed over by the New South progress that gives a city like Asheville its bourgeois charm. It’s a resilient pocket of wilderness where a small band of Cherokee once disappeared into the misty hollers to wait out the white man’s ire\, back in the deep woods where old growth timber blocks out the sunlight and compass needles sometimes spin crazily and the trappings of civilization give way to things beyond human understanding.\nOn the cusp of releasing his 13th studio album — “Come Hell or High Water\,” out XXX on Singular Recordings — singer-songwriter Malcolm Holcombe is a both a part of and apart from those Blue Ridge hills\, a Southern folk golem brought to life by the deeper mysteries that give these hills so much of their folklore.\nHis songs belong in the same Western North Carolina echelon of mysteries like the Brown Mountain Lights or the ghostly apparitions along Helen’s Bridge or the phantom choir of Roan Mountain — things that surpass conventional explanation but summon forth a combination of awe and primal longing\, an ache to understand the great questions of the human condition.\n“Malcolm Holcombe is an artist of deep mystery and high art; he is who I listen to\, and have for over 20 years\,” says Darrell Scott\, one of Nashville’s premier sessions instrumentalists and a nationally respected singer-songwriter. “All the goods that I value in songs and artistry are in Malcolm.”\n“I think for most songwriters\, songs are like clothing. Malcolm’s songs are his skin\,” writes fellow Nashville tunesmith David Olney. “They are a direct expression of who is as a man.”\n“People like to say Malcolm Holcombe is a national treasure\, and they got that right\,” adds R.B. Morris\, an East Tennessee singer-songwriter\, playwright and the former poet laureate of the City of Knoxville. “He stands on all the old American music traditions and takes them his own way into a very individual music expression.”\nwww.malcolmbholcolmbe.com \nSPECIAL EVENT PRICING 15/20 \nOpening for Malcolm is another true Americana original\, Roy Schneider. Troubadour and formerly syndicated cartoonist Roy Schneider has developed a devoted fan base for his flavor of Americana music since 2008\, through international radio airplay and consistent touring with life-and-stage partner Kim Mayfield. Known in festival circles as the Reckless Saints\, Schneider and Mayfield have brought their musical blend of the gritty\, fun\, soulful and sweet to delighted audiences across the USA and abroad\, exploring and expanding their musical horizons with every performance. \nSchneider’s songs have earned praise in the Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition (TX)\, Telluride Blues & Brews Acoustic Blues competition (CO)\, and Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist showcase (NY). The duo has performed official showcases at Folk Alliance conferences in New York\, Austin TX and Asheville NC. Other notable venues include Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe\, Northern England’s MAD Fest\, and season 5 of NBC’s The Voice. \nAlso a gifted accompanist\, Schneider has performed with John McEuen (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)\, Joe Craven (Garcia/Grisman)\, folk icon Tom Paxton\, Stevie Coyle (The Waybacks)\, Freebo\, Buddy Mondlock\, Gove Scrivenor and many others. \n“[Schneider’s] gift for blending Southern-influenced folk\, blues\, country\, and rock into a seamless genre with his own signature sound demonstrates his connection to the best in the tradition of fine wake-me-up and kick-me-in-the-ass roots music.” ~ No Depression \nwww.royschneider.com
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/malcolm-holcombe-concert-roy-schneider-opens/
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SUMMARY:ACMA Songwriters on The Plaza
DESCRIPTION:Rain or Shine\, moved inside if needed.\nRobert Bidney\, Annie Wenz\, Mary Dahl\n \nThe 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. \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.\nRobert Bidney\, Annie Wenz\, Bill Veach \nRobert Bidney is a singer / songwriter whose messages are as strong as his melodies. His music is relatable and has a strong commercial sensibility.\nHis songs have been covered by an eclectic group of recording artists around the world\, plus his work has been on several national radio and TV commercials. \nBidney’s second album “Rush of Hope”\, released in May 2019\, addresses universal themes through a lens of optimism. With its message of love instead of hate\, the music resonates in today’s social climate. \n“Rush of Hope”\, in its first few months after release\, has received positive album reviews\, airplay in the U.S.\, Scotland\, Amsterdam and London. \nA seasoned performer\, Bidney connects with his audiences through his infectious energy and emotional performances. \nHe is an active member of the Americana Community Music Association and lives in Southwest Florida. \nAnnie Wenz has shared her songs & stomped her dusty musical ankle shakers through 25 countries around the world… from some of the most known festivals in the US\, to rallys\, street corners\, schools & arts centers\, refugee camps in Pakistan\, spas in Malaysia\, ESPN videos\, Independent Film & theater scores\, & blaring speakers at Major League Ballparks\, Sirius XM & radio stations internationally. \nShe has collaborated musically with Dr. Jerri Nielsen of the “Icebound” book\, Author Robert Macomber \, baseball legend Bill Spaceman Lee\, & Roy “Futureman” Wooten of Bela Fleck & the Flecktones! \nAnnie is known for her Kerouac-ish magnifying glass-ified lyrical portrait story songs & her unique way of blending roots\, multi-cultural influences & funky rhythms… \nShe has 8 recordings on her own indie label “Island Gypsy” including her all instrumental CD “Rain on Bare Skin” used by yoga & wellness practitioners around the world\, & her buzzed about\, played on SiriusXM radio CD\, “Ride The Sky” penned at stoplights while twirling about dusty back Americana roads on her Harley. \nShe lives in her natty boots. “it’s a muddy road out there\, but somebody’s gotta ride thru it!” \nMary Dahl\, singer/song writer with Carolyn Stanley \nMary performed throughout MD\, PA\, and DC for 20 years with a quartet known as “The Lite Side”. \nBragging rights include performing at the White House on six separate occasions\, for two different administrations. Her favorite experience\, was a Christmas candlelight reception for visiting dignitaries which included a private tour of the White House. \nThey performed for 10 years at Hershey Park Chocolate World opening the Christmas season festivities. \nHowever\, she is particularly proud to boast that they opened for a sold out concert by the Kingston Trio and were permitted to accompany the Trio in their performance . \nCarolyn Stanley will be accompanying Mary with her sharp harmonies and proficient playing style on guitar. \nCarolyn often performs with her husband\, David Stanley and her brother\, Larry Tuttle at various venues in SW Florida.  For many years\, she and her husband performed with Peach’s Little Band in the Ohio/West Virginia area. \nMary and Carolyn are neighbors and have enjoyed sharing and exploring their common interest in music as well as enjoying each other’s company. \n  \n  \n  \n  \npany.
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/acma-songwriters-plaza-3/
LOCATION:Fort Myers Regional Library\, 1651 Lee St\, Fort Myers \, FL\, 33901\, United States
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SUMMARY:Kyshona in concert. Special guest Shannon Labrie opens.  Friday Show
DESCRIPTION:Kyshona Armstrong has been called upon to represent for soul and gospel in roots\, rock and folk lineups and to bring singer-songwriter sensibilities to R&B bills. But wherever she plants her feet\, she does so with righteous conviction and a strong sense of her own voice.”- NPR Music \nWith a rousing and unanimous YES…the ACMA music committee ensured Kyshona a place on our stage! Read on for more about Kyshona. \nFor a singer-songwriter\, there’s no more basic function than getting onstage and getting something personal off your chest. The therapeutic qualities of the experience have seduced countless confessional composers\, some of whom make known that they hold unfiltered expression as their highest artistic aim. \nKyshona Armstrong started out enabling others to enjoy the healing properties of songwriting\, and keeping her thoughts to herself. When you’re a music therapist to incarcerated and institutionalized adults and school children with emotional behavior disorders\, artistic considerations aren’t even on the table. \n“I definitely had to accept the fact that when I’m writing with a patient\, whatever they want to do is what they want to do\,” Armstrong tells the Scene as she nurses a latte in East Nashville. “It’s their song: ‘Even if it might not fit in a form\, if that’s what you want to say\, say it. We’re not writing a big hit. This is for you.’ ” \nWhen Armstrong worked first in the state mental hospital\, then the public school system in Georgia\, she found that her co-writers often clung to chant-like\, circular song ideas. “They would find this melody they liked and they would stick to it\,” she explains. “It was theirs to keep. It wasn’t hard to hold onto.” \nArmstrong had focused on oboe at the University of Georgia — that and steel drums\, which she played in the college’s Hawaiian-shirt-sporting ensemble\, Tropical Breeze. But since neither instrument was all that well suited to coaxing patients into musical self-expression\, she got into singing\, playing acoustic guitar and songwriting. \nWhen describing the positions she held during her decade or so in the mental health field\, she punctuates each chapter with the same phrase: “That got kinda heavy.” The weight of it was what eventually moved her to begin penning her own tunes. \n“A lot of my first songs were dealing with what I saw my patients struggling with\,” she recalls. “A lot of my songs were about the stories that I would hear from them. Because I can only take on so much of people dumping. So I had to get rid of it and shed it somehow. I think telling their stories was one way for me to go out in the world and be like\, ‘There’s so much more happening out there.’ For me\, that was therapeutic. I don’t like to talk about myself\, but I’ll talk about everybody else if you want me to share a story.” \nAt a certain point\, her emotional investment in her patients’ pain became too much to purge at coffeehouse open mics. “You’ve gotta know when to tap out\,” she says. “I was like\, ‘I’m not of any use to these kids if I can’t give myself as fully as I used to.’ ” \nSo Armstrong got on the college singer-songwriter circuit\, blending skills of empathizing and entertaining. Her set lists might put a strummy version of Britney Spears’ “Toxic” next to “Confined\,” a song she’d written with a couple of 20-somethings in the mental hospital. They were the hip-hop heads in the patients’ band — otherwise made up of Elvis-obsessed middle-aged men — and they’d wanted a song in the group repertoire that spoke to their own experience. \nBesides teaching institutionalized adults and emotionally troubled school kids how to have healthy interactions with instruments in hand\, Armstrong served a similar mission on the board of the Southern Girls Rock Camp in Athens\, Ga. And that made her a shoo-in to volunteer at last summer’s Tennessee Teens Rock Camp\, where she met a bunch of the women with whom she’ll perform at the girl group tribute She’s a Rebel a few days after playing her own show at 12th & Porter. \nArmstrong moved to Nashville in January 2014\, spending the first couple months commuting back to Athens to record her album Go\, but easily made friends and landed bookings in local folk singer-songwriter\, pop and soul scenes once she was around more. Smack-dab in the middle ofGo is a song that distills the insights of her therapeutic work and the artistic aspirations she’s developed since. Called “Cornelius Dupree\,” it’s the turbulent channeling of a black man’s real-life experience serving 30 years in Texas for rape and robbery before being exonerated. Rather than narrate the external details of Dupree’s story\, Armstrong gives voice to the searing physical and emotional strain he must’ve felt having to defend his innocence for so long. \n“That one took me a long time\,” she says of the song\, “because I wanted to do it right. I tried it from the outside looking in. But in the end I was like\, ‘I have to put myself in those shoes.’ ” \nShe adds\, “The injustice that Cornelius suffered\, on a much smaller level I have experienced that myself\, just being a black woman living in the South. I’ve been held by the police before for nothing\, and it’s frustrating. I’ve never been imprisoned\, but I’ve been held aside. I remember the injustice I felt and the anger I felt. But I’ve always been taught I have to be extra kind\, extra polite to compensate. …With his story\, I think I just got fed up.” \nAt college shows\, Armstrong urges students to look up Dupree’s story on their phones — and hopefully expand their awareness of human suffering — even as she’s singing her song. “Cornelius Dupree” had a similarly awakening effect when she performed it at a house concert 20 minutes outside of Ferguson\, Mo. She’d driven up strictly to join the protests after Michael Brown’s shooting\, but accepted a friend’s invitation to a combination concert and cookout in the suburbs one evening. Folks there seemed downright oblivious to the neighboring turmoil. At the end of the night\, the host thanked her for getting their attention. \nArmstrong has reached the point where she embraces repetitive internal rhythms that emerge in some of her songwriting — likening them to both gospel spirituals and the viscerally simplistic utterances of her former patients — and she’s delivering her roots-soul originals with articulate warmth and newly claimed authority. \nwww.kyshona.com \nKyshona has been touring with Shannon Labrie who acts as her opening musician. www. shannonlabriee.com
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/kyshona-concert-special-guest-shannon-labrie-opens-friday-show/
LOCATION:FL
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SUMMARY:Lara Herscovitch in concert. The Dunn Deal opens
DESCRIPTION:The ACMA welcomes Lara to our stage for the first time! Lara Herscovitch is a modern American songwriter-poet-performer gem\, creating masterful contemporary folk with blues\, pop and jazz influences. Former Connecticut State Troubadour\, she writes\, sings and leads with authenticity\, integrity\, humor and heart\, delivering performances that inspire\, inform\, uplift and entertain. Sound Waves Magazine described her music as “expertly written prose… songwriting at its best… good for your ears AND your soul.” Delivered with a voice Performer Magazine called “clear and smooth like expensive liquor\,” Acoustic Live in New York City added\, “She possesses not only a huge reservoir of musical talent and a voice with a bell-like clarity\, but a keen sense of global concern and a fierce intellect… It might seem too good to be true\, but true it is.” \nwww.LaraHerscovitch.com \nACMA members Carolyn and Jim Dunn\, The Dunn Deal are also first timers to our stage\, however\, you may have seen them at any number of Florida Festivals sharing the stage with Brian Smalley\, Larry Mangum and other ACMA favorites. Carolyn and Jim Dunn met in a rock band in 1975 and have been playing music together since. They moved to Florida in 2005 and joined the wonderful and inspiring Florida folk community. As a duo\, The Dunn Deal performs at Florida folk festivals\, concerts\, fund raisers and coffee houses. They write songs about love and family – so you know they’ll be zany!
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/lara-herscovitch-concert-dunn-deal-opens/
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SUMMARY:ACMA Songwriters\, Captiva Memorial Library
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 inside at the Captiva Memorial Library\, 11560 Chapin Ln\, Captiva\, FL 33924 \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. \nBill Metts and David Hintz \nBill started playing guitar during the Country Blues revival of the 60s and fell in love with the art of finger-style guitar. He began his writing career after moving to South West Florida and regularly attending open mics in Fort Myers\, notably the (sadly) no longer operating “Nita’s Sweet Bean Café” where many local singer songwriters cut their teeth. Shortly after\, he was asked to served on the board of the nationally known Americana Community Music Association and hosted their weekly Songwriter Circle for four years. He has also\, for seven years through a not for profit organization called Hope by Song\, been composing songs from the writings of people dealing with great emotional trauma in order to help them heal through the power inherent in music. He has performed at the prestigious Mississippi John Hurt Blues Festival\, the world famous “Ground Zero” in Clarksdale Mississippi and twice at the Island Hopper Festival Songwriter Fest. He has also opened for such greats as award winners Doug MacCleod and Jon Shain\, and is scheduled to open for the legendary Roy Bookbinder.\nwww.mettsmusic.com \nDavid Hintz is a SW Florida based singer/songwriter. David has been actively writing and performing his music and select covers since high school. David began writing in his late teens and still performs the songs he wrote while on the road in the early 70’s. David’s lyrics are a reflection of real life experiences with everything from love\, won and lost\, online dating\, satire\, religion\, and politics. David loves to cover songs by his favorite writers and performers such as\, Jerry Jeff Walker\, John Prine\, Randy Newman\, Michael Nesmith\, Steve Goodman\, Dolly Parton\, and many more. \nDavid has 2 CDs in print 2013’s Rode Hard and Put Away Wet\, and 2015’s Out With A Bang. David is a founding member of the Ft Myers\, FL based Americana Community Music Association. He has performed solo shows in Florida and up and down the east coast and across the US\, and opened for some of the best touring talent\, such as Gurf Morlix\, Grant Peeples\, Eric Bettencourt\, Jon Shain\, and John Eddy and 8 Ball Aitken. David is available for solo bookings at festivals\, house concerts and listening room venues. \nYou can listen to some of David’s music on: https://Reverbnation.com/davidhintzartist or like my David Hintz Musician page on Facebook.
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/acma-songwriters-captiva-memorial-library/
LOCATION:Captiva Memorial Libaray  11560 Chapin La. Captiva FL 33924\, 11560 Chapin La\, Captiva\, FL\, 33924\, United States
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