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SUMMARY:ACMA Songwriters at the Plaza\, David Hintz\, Robert Bidney\, Bob Williams
DESCRIPTION:ACMA Songwriters at the Plaza\nDavid Hintz \, Robert Bidney\, Bob Williams\nThe Lee County Library has joined with The ACMA (Americana Community Music Association)\, to offer FREE concerts of all original music by local Artists. Concerts will take place in the Amphitheater\, which is located on South Cornog Plaza. Bring a chair or a blanket\, shows will be moved to the meeting rooms located next to the amphitheater if needed depending on weather.\nThe ACMA is a Fort Myers based not for profit promoting local artists who perform original songs. What to expect\, you will hear singer-songwriters sharing a lifetime of experiences in song and the inspiration behind the songs. Be prepared to enjoy an evening of professional quality acoustic Americana music. Americana music is a coming together of blues\, roots\, folk \, bluegrass\, and country. Lots of room to spread out so bring a friend.\nDavid Hintz\, 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.\nDavid’s music is thought-provoking and comes straight from the heart. David also enjoys performing obscure covers and also songs by local songwriters.\nRobert Bidney has been connecting with audiences for years\, performing his original songs with infectious energy and emotion. His songs have been recorded by artists in the U.S.\, Canada\, France and the U.K.\, and aired in commercials on radio and national TV. He currently has several songs signed to Nashville publishers and has two albums\, RUSH OF HOPE and IT’S ALL ABOUT THE LOVE\, both produced in L.A. His latest single\, THEIR MEMORY SURVIVES\, celebrates and commemorates those we’ve lost to Covid\, and has been enjoying airplay in the U.S.\, Canada\, the U.K. and Australia.\nBidney’s music is available on all major digital sites including: AMAZON\, APPLE MUSIC\, iTUNES\, SPOTIFY\, BANDCAMP and more.\nBob Williams\, in the late 60s a young guitar player from Long Island\, NY\, began writing his own music as soon as he could play three chords. Pulling elements from Folk-Rock and Country-Rock\, Bob created what he thought was a sound all of his own. He was strongly influenced by the folk singers of the 60’s. Later it was the singer songwriters of the 70’s. Bobs musical taste in writing continued along to what developed into what is now called Americana Music. Americana Music is a mix of Roots music\, Folk\, Country\, Bluegrass\, Blues and all the good stuff in-between.\nWith encouragement from family and friends\, he produced and released his first CD\, No Apologies\, in 2015. With his first CD well received\, Bob released his second CD in 2018\, Ain’t Sorry Yet. In 2020\, he released his first CD with The Pearl Street Band\, Rocky Road. In 2021 he released Its Good To Be Back\, his third solo album. Bob is currently in the process of recording an unnamed EP in Black Mountain NC\, with a January 2023 release date.
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/acma-songwriters-at-the-plaza-david-hintz-robert-bidney-bob-williams-2/
LOCATION:Fort Myers Regional Library\, 1651 Lee St\, Fort Myers \, FL\, 33901\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Rough and Tumble in Concert! David Hintz Opens
DESCRIPTION:f its a teeny tiny traveling folk band coming to SW Florida then that means The Rough and Tumble are in town! With delight\, we announce their return to our ACMA stage. It doesn’t get any better than this. Welcome back!\nThe Rough and Tumble:\nWriting and performing together since 2007\, Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler inevitably formed The Rough & Tumble in 2011 as the friends turned into bandmates. In 2015\, after a bad Nashville landlord left them without heat for 12 days during an ice storm\, the bandmates turning spouses decided to hit the road. They sold everything they could\, bought a 16’ camper (despite the warning of their families and the lot salesman)\, packed up their instruments\, their dog\, and a couple of small trinkets shaped like elephants and mice that they couldn’t part with\, and hit the road. They’ve been touring relentlessly since with their two 100lb rescue dogs\, Mud Puddle and Magpie Mae\, in spite of multiple burnt up axles\, busted tires\, and consistent water leaks.\nOn February 19\, 2021 The Rough & Tumble dug into the severed branch of their family tree\, bringing their newest work\, 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. As with their previous two albums\, it was recorded in East Nashville\, TN with producer/engineer Dave Coleman. With its release\, fans are Saying So. The raw\, emotive nature intersects with the sweet\, nearly upbeat tone that touches a nerve unfortunately familiar to listeners\, particularly in the aftermath of division in both nation and families alike.\nWe’re Only Family If You Say So follows on the 2019 release Howling Back at the Wounded Dog\, a 10-song album wherein response was audible\, with audiences literally howling back at performances coast-to-coast. The opening track “The Hardest Part” won the Independent Music Award’s Best Americana Song of 2019.\nIn 2022\, the duo is tackling less defined matters of the heart– love. When the 2020 pandemic hit\, The Rough & Tumble were dependent on the loyalty of fans to keep them afloat through song commissions. The latest EP\, Love is Gross (but it looks good on you) is a compilation of the sweeter songs Graham & Tyler were asked to write\, with a couple of nearly-love songs the couple wrote for themselves. The February 11th release was welcomed levity on the heels of the harder matters of their previous release– the balance feeling not unlike their live performances. They aren’t afraid to take an audience from the lighthearted to the gut wrenching\, and they do it seamlessly\, with care for their listeners and integrity to their craft.\nwww.theroughandtumble.com\nOpening the show is ACMA singer-songwriter\, David Hintz. David has been performing and writing songs since the mid 1960’s. For reasons he will never quite understand\, he put away pen and guitar for many years until the early 21st century. So after a 25 year hiatus David was coerced into going to an open mic in Fort Myers\, FL. Scared to death and being extremely shy he performed a few of his original songs and the world hasn’t been the same since.\nHis songs are about love found and lost\, divorce\, peace\, politics\, religion\, equality and rebirth. David writes and performs straight from the heart. Whatever the song topic the message is never sugar coated.\nhttps://www.davidhintzmusic.com\nDoor donations:\n$12 – Members\n$18 – General Public\nAdditionally\, tickets are available at the door.
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/the-rough-and-tumble-in-concert-david-hintz-opens/
LOCATION:ACMA. at All Faiths Unitarian\, 2756 McGregor Blvd.\, Fort Myers\, FL\, 33901
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SUMMARY:Charlie McCoy/Reckless Saints in Concert
DESCRIPTION:This is an outdoor show that will be moved inside if necessary\n\nOur final ACMA Alliance show of the season will feature Charlie McCoy sharing the stage in the Round with The Reckless Saints. Any musician in Nashville has heard of Charlie McCoy. A mainstay in Music City since the ’60s\, Charlie has played on dozens of hit records\, including work with such legends as Elvis Presley\, Johnny Cash\, Dolly Parton\, Simon and Garfunkel\, George Jones\, Bob Dylan\, Roy Orbison and many more. The solo work of this Country Music Hall Of Fame member is contained on more than three dozen albums that Charlie has released over the past four decades.\nHow reservations work for outdoor concerts: We 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.\n\n  Public  Tickets.  $16.00.  \n\nAdvance Tickets.         www.artsinlee.org\n\n\nCharlie has performed all over America\, Japan twenty times and in over two hundred cities and towns in Europe.\nA member of the Country Music Hall Of Fame\nThere are numerous super-session musicians in Nashville\, but very few with the longevity of Charlie McCoy. In addition to being a fixture in Nashville studios for 48 years\, he also has his own recording career going full tilt. (He has recorded 35 solo albums.) He served as the music director for eightteen years for the syndicated television series\, “Hee Haw”.\n\nCharlie McCoy began working sessions in the early 60s\, one of the first being “Candy Man” by Roy Orbison. “Forty nine dollars”\, says Charlie. That’s how much I was paid for that session back in 1961. “It got Roy another hit and me a career. For a twenty year old to make $49 for three hours work back then\, it was a dream.\nShortly after the release of “Candy Man”\, Charlie became one of the in-demand session players in Nashville. His session credits are literally a who’s who of country music. For a fifteen year stretch\, he did more than 400 sessions a year. A grand total would number more than 12\,000. (and he’s still going) In the last twenty years\, he has been touring more with many appearances in Europe and Japan.\nIn addition to country sessions\, Charlie was a mainstay on Elvis Presley recordings both in Nashville and Los Angeles. When Bob Dylan recorded “Highway 61”\, “Blond On Blond”\, “John Wesley Harding”\, and “Nashville Skyline”\, Charlie was there\, playing on these land-mark recordings. He was also heard on Simon and Garfunkle’s “The Boxer” in addition to many hits from genres other than country music.\nCharlie McCoy began recording for Monument Records in the late 60s and recorded 14 albums for the label\, beginning with “The World Of Charlie McCoy”. He won the Grammy in 1972 for his album\, “The Real McCoy”. He won CMA’s “Instrumentalist Of The Year” two times and the Academy Of Country Music’s “Specialty Instrument Award” seven times. He is a member of the “International Musician’s Hall Of Fame” and the “West Virginia Music Hall Of Fame”.\n\nIn addition to making his own recordings\, Charlie was a member of a legendary recording band\, “Area Code 615”. The band featured many of the top session players in Nashville.\nWhile Charlie predominately known as a harmonica player\, his musical prowess encompasses other instruments including guitar\, bass\, mallet percussion\, (vibes\, marimba\, bells\, Etc.)\, keyboards\, and various wind instruments.\nCharlie has toured in Europe and Japan regularly since 1989 and has released albums in France\, Denmark\, Germany and the Czech Republic.\nIn addition to “Hee Haw”\, Charlie served a music director for other television shows including “The Colgate Country Showdown” and “The Arthritus Telethon”. He was in the house band for the TNN show “Music City Tonight” with Crook and Chase.\nCharlie was given the “Musician” award from the Reunion Of Professional Entertainers” in 1994\, elected to the German-American Country Music Hall Of Fame in 1998\, The Hall Of Fame of the North American Country Music Association International in 2000\, the International Musicians’ Hall Of Fame and the Old Time Country Music Hall of fame in 2007\, and the West Virginia Music Hall Of fame in 2008.\nOn Feb. 4\, 2009\, it was announced that Charlie would be inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame along with Roy Clark and Barbara Mandrell.\nIf you need a harp on your record\, Charlie is “Still Harpin’”\nCHARLIE JOINS THE GRAND OLE OPRY\nCharlie was shocked and pleased on stage at the Grand Ole Opry on June 11\, 2022\, with the question many musicians dream of hearing but only few ever do: Will you become the next member of the Grand Ole Opry?\nHe accepted without missing a beat. He was invited to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry at the Saturday performance\, the first time in decades that two artists received an invitation during the same Opry broadcast\, per the show.\n“I’ve had so many amazing things happen but I wanna tell you what: This is the icing on my cake\,” he said on stage as he soaked in the moment.\nwww.charliemccoy.com\n\nSharing the stage with Charlie is ACMA’s own The Reckless Saints…Roy Schneider and Kim Mayfield.\nReckless Saints founder Roy Schneider was 16 and in hiding when a friend loaned him a guitar. He had just broken out of a Straight\, Inc. facility after a horrific year-long incarceration\, where he had been denied the right to play an instrument or even listen to music. Having access to a guitar again – as well as the support of good friends – helped him survive while he waited to turn 18\, and begin his lifelong love affair with making music. Schneider went on to pursue visual arts\, learning how to design toys in 3D\, and writing and drawing syndicated comic strip “The Humble Stumble” through United Media. Ultimately\, his passion for the many flavors of music that define the Americana genre\, combined with his innate ability to play most anything with strings\, led him to give up the ‘day jobs’ for a career in music.\nHe was making a living performing in local bars when Roy met Kim Mayfield. She added keyboard\, mandolin\, rhythm guitar\, harmony vocals\, and the idea to take the music on the road. The duo spent over a decade touring and recording 5 CDs of original music.\nReckless Saints\, the CD\, has hovered in the top 50 on Roots Music Reports Americana Country chart since shortly after its release\, and was included in their ‘Best of 2019’ and ‘Best of 2020’ lists. The album features production ‘Guidance Counselor’ Gurf Morlix on the lone cover- Blaze Foley’s Election Day. Other guest artists include Freebo (Bonnie Raitt) on bass and Country Music Hall of Famer Charlie McCoy on harmonica.\nRoy\, and/or the duo\, have shared stages/bills or opened for the likes of John McEuen (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)\, Joe Craven\, Malcolm Holcombe\, Eilen Jewell Band\, Chuck Prophet\, Brothers Comatose\, and Charlie McCoy among others. Schneider accompanied folk icon Tom Paxton on his last solo tour in Florida after which Paxton pronounced him ‘one of those horrible people who seemingly can play anything they pick up and play it beautifully.”\nwww.therecklesssaints.com
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/charlie-mccoy-reckless-saints-in-concert/
LOCATION:Alliance for the Arts\, 10091 McGregor Blvd\, Fort Myers\, FL\, 33919\, United States
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SUMMARY:Richard Smith in Concert! Karen Cohen opens
DESCRIPTION:The ACMA is excited to welcome Richard Smith to our stage.\nBorn in 1971 in Beckenham\, England\, Richard started early and first picked up the guiar at the age of 5 with his father teaching him his first chords and songs.\nAfter some early solo performances and six years of working as a trio with two of his brothers\, Rob and Sam in the 90’s\, Richard moved to Nashville\, TN. in January 2000\,\nIn 2001 he won the national fingerpicking championship and has since forged a career as a solo artist\, performing all over the USA\, Canada\, UK\, Europe\, Australia and Brazil\, releasing solo records\, duet and ensemble records.\nConstantly touring with a repertoire of fingerpicking classics\, originals\, fiddle tunes\, blues\, Joplin rags\, jazz standards\, classical repertoire and everything from pop to Sousa marches.\nRichard has also performed or recorded along the way with Chet Atkins\, Les Paul\, Tommy Emmanuel\, Suzy Bogguss\, and a host of others.\nrichardsmithmusic.com\nOpening the show is ACMA member and singer/songwriter Karen Cohen. She began playing guitar as a teenager\, finger picking Traditional Folk songs and Contemporary Acoustic Musicians of the 60’s and 70’s. Karen can be found playing her original music around SW Florida and beyond. Her focus is to connect with her audience through her soulful eclectic mix of Americana music
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/richard-smith-in-concert-karen-cohen-opens/
LOCATION:ACMA. at All Faiths Unitarian\, 2756 McGregor Blvd.\, Fort Myers\, FL\, 33901
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