Americana Community Music Association

Annie Wenz and Rod MacDonald in Concert
2022-04-02 19:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | ACMA. at All Faiths Unitarian, 2756 McGregor Blvd., Fort Myers, FL, 33901
Please join ACMA member Annie Wenz in concert with Rod MacDonald on our ACMA All Faiths Stage. We are lucky to have two talented musicians almost in our backyard!
More about Annie…
As a songwriter… Annie Wenz’s music has been heard…
On ESPN, as Independent Film scores, and from major league ballparks & Harley dealerships around the US, to TV/theater productions around the world!
As a touring performer… Annie has been described as…
”a Poet & Human Rights Activist on the road, blending in with the people of different lands from South America to Ireland. Annie has stayed a spell, embraced the people, understood their plight, shared songs and enriched herself as much as her new found friends”…
After many years of loving a career as Nursing Supervisor at a Psychiatric Crisis Shelter in Massachusetts, (while doing music for her patients and on the side!), Annie’s music career called her to the road… (though she is still an RN)
Now Annie’s muse-a rama leads her from brilliantly poetic watercolor story songs about life & love & backpacking through jungles & villages around the globe… to vivid gritty & tattered hard ridden road songs penned during long distant blue highway trips on the 2 wheels of her motorcycle & 4 wheels of her camper as settles & travels & shares her music…
www.anniewenz.com
And Rod:
Rod MacDonald (born August 17, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, novelist, and educator.[1] He was a “big part of the 1980s folk revival in Greenwich Village clubs”,[2] performing at the Speakeasy, The Bottom Line, Folk City, and the “Songwriter’s Exchange” at the Cornelia Street Cafe. He co-founded the Greenwich Village Folk Festival, now a non-profit, and is still the President and co-producer of its events. He is perhaps best known for his songs “American Jerusalem”, about the “contrast between the rich and the poor in Manhattan” (Sing Out!), “A Sailor’s Prayer”, “Coming of the Snow”, “Every Living Thing”, and “My Neighbors in Delray”, a description of the September 11 hijackers’ last days in Delray Beach, Florida, where MacDonald has lived since 1995. His songs have been covered by Dave Van Ronk, Shawn Colvin, Four Bitchin’ Babes, Jonathan Edwards, Garnet Rogers, Joe Jencks, and others. His 1985 recording “White Buffalo” is dedicated to Lakota Sioux ceremonial chief and healer Frank Fools Crow, whom he visited in 1981 and 1985, and who appears with MacDonald in the cover photograph. Since 1995 MacDonald has lived in south Florida, where his cd, “Later that Night” was named “Best Local Cd of 2014” by The Palm Beach Post[3] and reached the top ten in national roots music charts. His first novel, The Open Mike, about a young man in the open mike scene of Greenwich Village, was published on December 5, 2014, by Archway Publishing.[4] On December 10, 2020, MacDonald released his 13th solo recording, Boulevard, on Blue Flute Music.
www.rodmacdonald.net
Door donation ACMA members $12/General public $18.
Covid protocols of our host venue will be followed.

ACMA Songwriters at the Plaza
2022-04-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Fort Myers Regional Library, 1651 Lee St, Fort Myers , FL, 33901, United States
ACMA Songwriters at the Plaza
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.
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.

Music : The Obstructionists featuring. David Hintz & Ross Jordan. David is a guitar playing singer -songwriter currently residing in N. Ft. Myers Florida. David has three CDs of his original music. He is a founding member of the Americana Community Music Association, in Fort Myers, and he has performed as the headliner or the opening act many times at venues nationwide.
David’s music is thought-provoking and comes straight from the heart. David also enjoys performing obscure covers and also songs by local songwriters.
Ross has been writing songs since he picked up a guitar at age 10. He went on to study music and classical guitar at Rutgers University. His songs reflect the regional influences from all of the parts of the country that he has lived from New Jersey to the West Coast to the Mid-West and now Southwest Florida, His songs feature catchy tunes and lyrics and audience members can often be seen dancing and swaying and singing along while he performs. www.reverbnation.com/rossjordan

George Worthmore and the Dive-bombers in Concert! Pete Bensen & Glen Sabatka Open
2022-04-16 19:00 - 21:30 | ACMA. at All Faiths Unitarian, 2756 McGregor Blvd., Fort Myers, FL, 33901
The ACMA is thrilled to welcome George Worthmore and the Dive-bombers to our stage. The sound this trio puts out is toe tapping, foot stomping, good old American music. Front man, George Worthmore has played backup guitar for Bo Diddley, Ben E. King, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Lou Christy, and The Platters. He is also a Blues Hall of Fame inductee.
Rounding out this trio is Nat Langston, Sarasota’s Fingerpickin’ Whiz-Kid and Chad Clifford,Veteran Rock and Roll Bassist.The show is interlaced with humorous comments and amusing stories about the songs. They have been called “the cool side of the pillow!”
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Opening the show are ACMA members and singer/songwriters Pete Bensen and Glen Sabatka. Save the date for this show folks!
Door donations: $12 Members/$18
Public
The ACMA follows the COVID guidelines of our host venue. Masks are required and full vaccines are requested

2PM Band in Concert! Bill Nedela Opens
2022-04-23 19:00 - 21:30 | ACMA. at All Faiths Unitarian, 2756 McGregor Blvd., Fort Myers, FL, 33901
2PM” is Pete Price, Pete Hennings, and Mike Jurgensen, a trio of talented musicians who blend their varied musical talents into an eclectic mix of material, from original songs, to obscure covers, to well-known standards.
With Price on guitar and bass, Hennings on guitar, bass, mandolin, and violin, and Jurgensen on guitar and harmonica, these three performers combine tight instrumentation with pristine vocal harmonies to delight audiences of all musical tastes.
All three are talented songwriters and have performed solo as well as with other bands. The combination of Pete, Pete, and Mike as “2PM”, however, is a unique trio that has delighted audiences at acoustic venues and folk festivals around the state of Florida.
2PMBand.com
ACMA member and singer/songwriter Bill Nedela will open the show! He is a consistent participant at the ACMA SInger Songwriter Circle. Showing up to share, get feedback and raise the bar of his already fabulous musicianship even higher.
Door Donations: $12 Member/$18 Public
The ACAM follows the COVID guidelines of our host venue. Masks are required and full vaccines are requested
