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SUMMARY:Sounds of Discovery\,  At Lovers Key..... Sorry Canceled
DESCRIPTION:Sounds of Discovery\, Acoustic Concerts At Lovers Key State Park\nFriends of Lovers Key\, FOLKS\, has joined with The Americana Community Music Association to offer Acoustic concerts of all original music. The concerts will take place in the new Welcome & Discovery Center at Lovers Key State Park. All shows are an intimate songwriters showcase\, with the artists taking turns performing their own compositions and telling the stories behind the songs.\nThis will be a special evening that you will not soon forget. The musicians will be available at the break and after the show to discuss their music.\nTicket pricing will include two glasses of wine\, as well as park entrance fee. Ticket pricing is $25.00 per person and available with the link below.\nThe Americana Community Music Association is a Fort Myers based not for profit that promotes original Americana Music. www.americanacma.org\nShow at 5:30 pm\, Doors open at 5:00pm\nTicket Link.\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/sounds-of-discovery-songwriters-showcase-at-lovers-key-state-park-tickets-165853033889?aff=esfb&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-source=fb&utm-term=checkoutwidget&fbclid=IwAR2mJW3QXLZCj_f-NitTIYuFzgUprDIW74Egd89KRkbv8nn016MRMlJWACY\n\nJan 6. JRobert\, Ricky Baker Cegelis\, Karen Cohen\nBorn a 4th generation Floridian\, J.Robert especially enjoys sharing his “Florida Fiddler Show” – a musical monologue of Florida History\, Heritage\, and Hope!\nJ.Robert is a multi-instrumentalist who also performs on violin/fiddle\, guitars\, mandolin\, dobro\, banjo\, harmonica\, ukulele\, and has produced several albums with the Trinidadian Steel Pan.\nJ.Robert’s “true heart” is his songwriting and movie scores. J.Robert’s song “Florida Fiddler” won 1st place in the 1994 Will McLean Festival\, thanks to Pete Seeger’s fine judgement!\nJ.Robert is a BMI writer with many film score credits on National TV such as “Big Bang Theory\,” “Madame Secretary\,” as well as the Travel Channel and Hallmark Channel.\n\nJ.Robert’s music is featured in several Florida feature films produced by Elam and Nic Stotzfus\, including the PBS award winning documentary “The Great Florida Cattle Drive\,” the recent PBS film “Southwest Florida’s Mangrove Coast\,” and upcoming story of “Peter Gerbert – Florida Nature Artist.”\nJ.Robert has performed music extensively throughout the United States\, Switzerland\, England\, and has represented the US State Department at the World Nomad Games in Kyrgyzstan\, Asia 2018.\nJ.Robert has appeared on several Folk stages around Florida as a fiddle player with John McEuen\, Chief Jim Billie\, Raiford Starke\, Peter B. Gallagher\, Frank Thomas\, Jon Corneal and Dale Crider. J.Robert has warmed up many shows including Charlie Daniels Band\, Doug Kershaw\, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band\, and Bonnie Raitt.\nwww.jrobertmusic.com\n\n\nRicky Baker Cegelis\, Ricky is Local singer songwriter that has performed solo and with a few different bands throughout the Fort Myers area. He is a excellent songwriter\, guitar player and harmonica player.Ricky picked up a guitar at age 45 for something to do while recovering from foot surgery. His wife decided that if she was going to have to listen to him sing she’d better get him to take some vocal lessons. Having been bitten by the performing bug he started seeking out open mics in the Bar Harbor and Bangor\, Maine area. \nRicky has collaborated with many musicians over the last couple decades. \nPrimarily a rhythm guitar player he’s hooked up with lead players that flesh out his songs.lues\, and folk-rock. He writes primarily from the perspective of experience. He has written song ballads\, b \nHe has opened shows for Fred Eaglesmith\, David Raitt (Bonnie’s brother)\, and Muriel Anderson. He loves being a member of ACMA and is grateful for the many venues and musical styles they promote. \n\n\nKaren Cohen. She began playing guitar as a teenager\, finger picking Traditional Folk songs and Contemporary Acoustic Musicians of the 60’s and 70’s. The Blues Revival at that time was on her radar\, but her interest in Delta Style and Pre-war Blues was not piqued until 2005. Role models for Woman Blues players were far and few between\, but Karen became inspired by 2 modern day trailblazers; Bonnie Raitt and Rory Block.\nMore recently\, Karen’s focus has turned to the Early Women of the Blues\, interpreting their songs and bring their music to light.\nKaren brings an authentic feel to their music\, and like them\, she adds her own authenticity to all the songs she writes and covers
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/sounds-of-discovery-acoustic-concerts-at-lovers-key-state-park/
LOCATION:Lovers Key State Park\, 8700 Estero Blvd.\, Fort Myers Beach\, FL\, 33931\, United States
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SUMMARY:Reckless Saints! Pearl Street Band opening
DESCRIPTION:If it’s the New Year at the ACMA….The Reckless Saints are in the house! This husband and wife team runs the gamut from engaging acoustic folk to driving bluesy tunes\, with hints of twang sprinkled in. Yes\, they call their style Blue- Twangled Folk “n” Roll. The ringing impression from their music is the seamless blending of so many forms of roots music combined with meaningful and often insightful lyrics. It works beautifully.\n“Roy Schneider\, and Kim Mayfield his wife and full-time performing partner\, dance with elements of authentic folk\, country\, blues and rock as if they’ve been in love with them all their lives. All who cry out for salvation from Reckless Saints might experience the same effect”.\nPeter Lindblad ~ Elmore Magazine\nrecklesssaints.com\nThe Pearl Street Band will be the perfect opener! The Pearl Street Band is comprised of ACMA member musicians Bob Williams\, Mike McMillan\, Bill Veach and Clark Johnson. You will enjoy listening to them as much as they will be enjoying performing for you.\nDoor Donations:\n$12 Members/$18 Public
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/reckless-saints-pearl-street-band-opening-2/
LOCATION:ACMA. at All Faiths Unitarian\, 2756 McGregor Blvd.\, Fort Myers\, FL\, 33901
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SUMMARY:ACMA Songwriters at the Plaza
DESCRIPTION:ACMA Songwriters at the Plaza\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.\n\nBill Metts started playing guitar during the country blues revival of the late 60s and fell in love with the music of Taj Mahall\, Mississippi John Hurt\, Doc Watson and others of that ilk. In 2011 he had the honor of being asked to perform at the annual Mississippi John Hurt Blues Festival in Avalon Mississippi. Upon moving to SW Florida in 2004 Bill found a welcoming music community and was encouraged by friends to try his hand at song writing. He’s been writing ever since. Bill hosted the Americana Community Music Association’s weekly singer/songwriter circle for four years and co-founded\, with Nita Flores\, a wonderful not for profit organization called Hope by Song Inc. which is where his love for music and writing found a true home.\n\nHouseboat Jim\, played neighborhood bars and restaurants starting in 1957 and ’58 and then started playing in the Village\nHe moved to Texas in ’65. Then on to Las Vegas.where he\nMet some good pickers there and played for about seven years. Jim retired and moved to Florida and started\nplaying and hosting open mics about eight years ago. He cut a CD two years ago and is always playing around town\nWith No plans of stopping.\n\nBruce Gallant has been writing songs for over 30 years. His songs reflect the different times in his life\, And he considers them his journal. Bruce played in several original music bands And performed at many events. Bruce\, along with his wife Cecile have 2 CD’s “Her and ME” and “Living in Paradise”. Currently Bruce dedicates himself to Hope By Song And has written over 50 songs for HBS
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/acma-songwriters-at-the-plaza-4/
LOCATION:Fort Myers Regional Library\, 1651 Lee St\, Fort Myers \, FL\, 33901\, United States
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SUMMARY:Jesse Terry in Concert!   Ken Crosby opens
DESCRIPTION:Help us welcome to the ACMA stage for the first time\, Jesse Terry!\nThe stage has been Jesse’s home for a decade. He plays around 150 shows a year\, from Bonnaroo to the Philadelphia Folk Festival\, the 30A Songwriters Festival to AmericanaFest. When the pandemic canceled concerts and delayed the album’s release\, he pivoted to performing online and found a strong new connection to his fans\, who had helped fund his albums all along. “My musical tribe has always been there for me\,” he says with gratitude.\nIn spite of tough teenage years\, he emerged to earn a degree from Berklee College of Music\, net a five-year staff writer gig on Nashville’s Music Row penning material for major TV networks\, and win prestigious songwriting awards. And then to become the singer-songwriter his countless fans know today\, who (in the words of Music News Nashville) “bring[s] to mind iconic artist/poets like Paul Simon and Jackson Browne… [with] a performance that touches the heart like only a whisper can.”\njesseterrymusic.com\nACMA member  Ken Crosby Opens\nDoor donations: $12 Members/$18 Public\nThe ACMA will be following the Covid guidelines of our venue.
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/jesse-terry-in-concert-joe-virga-opens/
LOCATION:ACMA. at All Faiths Unitarian\, 2756 McGregor Blvd.\, Fort Myers\, FL\, 33901
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SUMMARY:ACMA@Alliance: The Rough & Tumble /Carlene Thissen opens!
DESCRIPTION:ACMA member Carlene Thissen will open for The Rough And Tumble @ The Alliance for the Arts as part of the ACMA’s collaboration with the Alliance to present outstanding Americana music to the public.\nHow reservations work for outdoor concerts: The Alliance will be accepting the first 132 people for concert reservations. IF weather threatens the outdoor concert it will be moved to our indoor theatre for general admission seats. If there is no weather threat we will sell additional tickets at the door the day of the concert. Members $15/Public $16.  Tickets. www.artinlee.org\n\nThe Rough & Tumble aren’t casual road dogs\, but they’re not letting on either. From their earworm melodies to their heartstring lyrics\, this dumpster-folk/thriftstore Americana duo refuses to bring the haggard\, road-worn stereotype to their audience– even though they’ve earned it. Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler formed The Rough & Tumble in 2011 and a few years later sold everything they could\, bought a 16’ camper and hit the road with their two rescue dogs\, playing roughly 150 shows a year to audiences across the USA and Canada. Equally at home in festival settings\, listening rooms and house concerts\, their commanding stage presence\, sharp banter and engaging performances won them The Listening Room Network’s Artist of the Year award in 2019. Songwriters and storytellers\, the duo will have you in stitches one minute and falling apart at the seams the next.\nIn February 2021 The Rough & Tumble dug into the severed branch of their family tree\, releasing their newest album\, We’re Only Family If You Say So\, a full length record about what it takes to be family– and what it means to lose it. With a single debuting on The Bluegrass Situation and Grateful Web referring to the album as “a must listen\,” it has been embraced by fans for its stark honesty\, unique storytelling and well-crafted melodies\, especially at a time when families are deeply divided. The new record follows 2019’s Howling Back at the Wounded Dog\, an album to which the response was audible\, with audiences literally howling back at performances coast-to-coast\, and whose opening track “The Hardest Part” won the Independent Music Awards’ Best Americana Song of 2019.\nDuring COVID hiatus the Rough and Tumble continued to make music\, produce CDS and maintain relationships through live streams\, zooms and various other projects.\nwww.theroughandtumble.com\nACMA musician Carlene Thissen opens.\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. Until recently\, she also served 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.
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/acmaalliance-the-rough-tumble-carlene-thissen-opens/
LOCATION:Alliance for the Arts\, 10091 McGregor Blvd\, Fort Myers\, FL\, 33919\, United States
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SUMMARY:Dave Mayfield in Concert! Carolyn Stanley Opens
DESCRIPTION:You are in for a treat with this show!\nOhio-based Americana singer/songwriter David Mayfield has deep roots in the bluegrass and folk scenes. The Kent native grew up playing bass and touring with his family’s bluegrass band\, later embracing guitar and mandolin as a teenager and earning national awards for his deft flatpicking style. Before going solo David joined progressive bluegrass outfit Cadillac Sky. The group’s fiery\, aggressive sound infuriated many traditionalists\, but won them a hardcore following of younger fans and landed them gigs alongside acts like Mumford & Sons and the Avett Brothers. Mayfield is truly a wordsmith\, forging the mundane into the evocative.\n“…his songs are sturdy enough to work in any format\, because his tunes are that lovely and his words that understated.”\n—Washington Post\nCarolyn Stanley is the perfect opener for this show! She is an ACMA member musician.Carolyn began playing guitar as a teenager learning to finger pick country blues from her older brother. Since then she has played solo\, and joined several duos and an eclectic string band.\nDoor Donations:\n$12 Members/$18 Public\nThe ACMA will be following the Covid guidelines of our host venue.
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/dave-mayfield-in-concert-carolyn-stanley-opens/
LOCATION:ACMA. at All Faiths Unitarian\, 2756 McGregor Blvd.\, Fort Myers\, FL\, 33901
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