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SUMMARY:Bob Sima and Shannon Plummer in concert. Bill Frey Opens
DESCRIPTION:It’s been a long time since Bob Sima and Shannon Plummer brought their talents to the ACMA stage. Welcome back!\n“They go from pin drop to foot stomp\, often in the middle of a song.”\nRams Head Annapolis \, MD\nBob is an “untrained” musician who allows his music to roam free of rules. His unbridled desire is to articulate a path of awareness to the heart of humanity through his songs. He is a songwriter not intent on entertainment\, yet he is entertaining. He accomplishes in a four-minute song what a skilled orator creates in an hour-long speech. The songs gently hold your hand\, slowly infiltrating your old ways of thinking – like a guide that you did not invite\, yet you would never ask to leave.  The songs ask nothing of you\, yet you cannot avoid acting on the emotions they create within you.\nBob has won may songwriting awards and across various music communities including Folk; Kerrville Folk Fest (2 Time New Folk Finalist)\, Wildflower Songwriting Contest (Grand Prize Winner)\, Mid-Atlantic (Multiple Awards)\, Mainstream; Positive Music Association (5 Awards and 12 nominations)\, and more. His songs just reach people\, plain and simple.\nBob performs with his wife Shannon Plummer. They travel extensively offering concerts\, workshops\, experiential retreats. They founded “Where the Light Gets In Ministries”\, a 501(c)3 whose mission is to provide personal growth programs arts programs to reach underserved populations and youth.\n“They had the audience from the first lyric. Everyone knew the purpose of the evening and they were happy to be going along for the ride.”\nShort Stories Bookstore Concert Series. NJ\n“Bob is picking up where John Lennon left off.”\nAmericana Community Music Association\, FL\nwww.bobsima.com\nOpening for Bob and Shannon is ACMA member Bill Frey!\nBill started playing guitar/harmonica and song writing in 1960’s. Influenced by Miles Davis\, Billie Holiday\, Chuck Berry\, Harry Leahey\, Jimmy Smith\, Kenny Burrell\, Bob Dylan\, John Pilla\, Paul Butterfield\, and BB King\, his musical style remains eclectic but blues based. He has recorded and played venues in NYC\, Philadelphia\, up and down the Jersey Shore\, the Hamptons\, Boston and Burlington\, Vermont. His career has included stints with The Floyd Morgan Blues Band\, The Bristol Flames and for the past 30 years leading the Deep Freyed Blues collective.\nDoors open at 6:30. Show at 7 PM\nGeneral admission at the door $12 ACMA members/$18 General public.
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LOCATION:ACMA. at All Faiths Unitarian\, 2756 McGregor Blvd.\, Fort Myers\, FL\, 33901
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SUMMARY:ACMA @ Tribby Arts Center presents Brian Smalley!
DESCRIPTION:The ACMA is happy to be invited back to Tribby Center this year to continue our summer Acoustic Americana series\, presenting a smattering of “what is Americana?” to the Shellpoint Community and the general public. The Tribby is a state of the art performance center. Don’t miss the chance to see some of your favorite artists in this superb setting!\nHaving played guitar all his life\, Brian has developed some skill on the git-box\, and possessing a creative (and somewhat disturbed) imagination\, he is a master storyteller. Before ‘CHOSEN\,’ he’d recorded six home-grown projects. His acoustic novel “ChickensPigs” received the Best Florida Folk CD award from The Florida Times Union in 2013. And thousands have enjoyed the tale of Painter Kellet\, a homeless man in Key West\, from the acoustic novel ‘KEY.’ But now the floodgates have been loosed. Brian and friends give us some real ear-candy with ‘CHOSEN.’ Over the top production value\, musicianship to beat the band\, and a riveting storyline makes this a pleasurable and thrilling listening experience.\nwww.brianssmalley.com\nTickets $25.00\nDoors open 6:30\nShow at 7:00\nTickets available now at www.tribbyartscenter.com
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/acma-tribby-arts-center-presents-brian-smalley/
LOCATION:Shell Point Tribby Arts Center\, 17281 On Par Blvd.\, Fort Myers\, Florida\, 33908
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SUMMARY:ACMA Island Hopper Festival Singer-Songwriter Showcase
DESCRIPTION:ACMA Island Hopper Festival Singer-Songwriter Showcase\nWednesday\, September 27\, 2023\nDoors open & Cocktails. 6:30 pm • Concert 7:30pm\nThe Americana Community Music Association\nThe Americana Community Music Association sland Hopper Festival Singer-Songwriter Showcase\nhe Sidney Berne Davis Art Center\nThe Island Hopper\, is excited to once again present some of the best local songwriters at The Sidney Berne Davis Art Center. All artists are members of the Americana Community Music Association\, a Fort Myers based not for profit\, that promotes year-round original music.\nRoy Schneider\, Kim Mayfield\, Ray Cerbone \, Robert Bidney\, and Bill Metts will be performing in the round sharing original music and the stories behind the songs. This will be a wonderful evening of great music in a beautiful location.\nAdvanced tickets $10.00. week of concert $15.00\nBox Office Link https://www.sbdac.com/acma-showcase/\n\n\nACMA Performers biographies\nRay Cerbone\, One of the founding members of the Fort Myers ACMA (Americana Community Music Association)\, Ray began playing guitar during the late 60’s folk scene. With the support and inspiration of fellow local and touring musicians\, he began writing and playing in earnest in 2010. Traveling a long road in a short time\, his music encompasses many genres\, including Americana\, Folk\, Blues\, Ballads\, and a little bit of Country. His storyteller style takes the listener to another place in time\, his music and lyrics bringing evocative insights into the many sides of life. Ray is also a singer-songwriter’s song-singer. That is\, he does interpretive covers of great originals by other very talented singer/songwriters using his own creative touch. His inventive fingerstyle guitar is uniquely diverse and easy-on-the-ears. Ray’s recently released CD\, “How Much Time”\, has received glowing reviews stateside and oversea\nhttps://steelonwood.com\nKim Mayfield is better known as half of the Americana duo Reckless Saints. Her music has been described as “haunted by Patsy Cline.” Mayfield’s song ‘Ring Around the Moon’ made her a semi-finalist in the 2019 International Songwriting Competition. In April Kim and her Reckless Saints partner\, Roy Schneider\, released a new album titled ‘Blue Twangled Folk ‘n’ Roll.’\nhttps://www.recklesssaints.com\nBill Metts. started singing playing guitar during the Country Blues revival of the 1960s and fell in love with the art of finger-style guitar. Shortly after moving to Southwest Florida\, he was asked to serve on the board of the nationally known Americana Community Music Association. He began writing songs as a result of being asked to host their weekly Songwriter Circle and for four years did so. He also volunteered for “Hope by Song Inc”\, a not-for-profit organization\, creating 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\, at the Will McLean Festival in Brooksville Florida and in the BMI sponsored Island Hopper Songwriter Festival.\nwww.mettsmusic.com\nwww.reverbnation.com/billmetts\nRobert Bidney is a Southwest Florida-based singer-songwriter whose messages are as strong as his melodies. His songs are both relatable and have a strong commercial sensibility. A seasoned performer\, who connects with his audiences through his infectious energy and emotional performances\, he has been writing songs for most of his life. Bidney has recorded three studio albums\, while an eclectic array of artists around the world have also covered his songs with meaning – songs that define him and reveal his soul. His creativity and commercial awareness merged while Bidney was employed by advertising agencies for which he wrote and produced a number of national radio and TV jingles for clients and worked closely with many top musicians\,\nWebsite: http://www.robertbidney.com/\nRoy Schneider\, Founding member of the Americana duo Reckless Saints\, Roy Schneider has been performing his original music throughout the United States and abroad for the past two decades. His songs have thrice made him a NewFolk Finalist at the Kerrville Folk Festival (TX)\, a contestant on NBC’s The Voice – Season 5 and placed him in the Telluride Acoustic Blues competition (CO). No Depression called him “A songwriter in the grandest tradition of Steve Earle\, Lucinda Williams\, Guy Clark and Lyle Lovett\, but with a voice\, songwriting skill\, stagecraft and instrumental talent all his own.” In April Roy and Reckless Saints partner\, Kim Mayfield\, released a new album titled ‘Blue Twangled Folk’n’ Roll.’\nhttps://www.recklesssaints.com\n\n 
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/acma-island-hopper-festival-singer-songwriter-showcase/
LOCATION:The Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center\, 2301 First ST\, Fort Myers\, FL\, 33901\, United States
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