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SUMMARY:Jefferson Ross in Concert! Matt Hannam Opens
DESCRIPTION:Welcome back to our favorite Baptizer of the Gumbo\, with a rich whiskey voice\, Jefferson Ross! Other words of praise for this talented Southern folk artist:\n\n“Beneath Ross’ melodic\, singable\, easy flowing songs lies lyrical depth. To an amazing degree\, he’s captured not just imagery but has managed to outline over a century and a half of Southern history in just a few masterful strokes of well-chosen words.”\n– Jim Hynes\, Glide Magazine\nSouthern folk artist\, Jefferson Ross\, is a songwriter\, singer\, guitar slinger and painter weaving stories for the ears and the eyes. Based in The Peach State\, Jefferson travels throughout the U.S. and Europe performing his original music and displays his art at festivals and galleries across the South.\nFor years\, Jefferson lived in Nashville playing for a number recording artists including\, Canada’s Entertainer of the Decade\, Terri Clark\, and sharing the stage with Country Music greats such as George Strait\, Toby Keith\, Reba and Vince Gill.\nHe worked as a staff writer for a number of publishers on Music Row including Curb Music\, one of the top music publishers in the world.\nIn 2010 he returned to live in Georgia with his wife and daughter and maintains a home and office in Nashville as well.\nAn evening with Jefferson Ross is a homespun southern experience that you’re unlikely to forget.\n“Jefferson Ross is a modern day mystic\, a folk artist\, a man driven by the power of the written word\, the beauty of melody\, the poetry of images and the ever ambient allure of the South.\nListen to him…” Thomm Jutz\, Nashville\, TN\nYes\, listen to him and read more cool stuff at:\njeffersonross.com\nMatt Hannam opens this show. Matt is a covers artist and singer/songwriter who performs as a solo artist\, and with his six piece band The Collective. He has been a member of the ACMA since the founding year\, and is a former board member.\nSince The Collective’s formation in 2015 his band has shared the stage with such notable national artists as Fuel\, Buckcherry\, Cracker\, Filter\, 10 Years\, Cinder\, and Smile Empty Soul. The Collective has also performed at various local festivals/events. Be sure to find out where he is playing and go listen.\nTickets for the show are available at the door.\nDoor donations:\n$12/Members\n$18/General Public\nDoors open at 6:30 pm and show begins at 7:00 pm
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/jefferson-ross-in-concert-matt-hannam-opens/
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SUMMARY:Songwriters on the Plaza - Fred Ball\,  J.D. Lashley\, &  Gareth Rockliffe
DESCRIPTION:Songwriters on the Plaza                 \nThe Lee County Library has partnered with the ACMA (Americana Community Music Association) to offer FREE concerts featuring all original music by local artists. These concerts will be held in the Amphitheater on South Cornog Plaza. Attendees are encouraged to bring a chair or blanket\, and in case of bad weather\, shows will be moved to the nearby meeting rooms. \nThe ACMA\, a Fort Myers-based nonprofit\, promotes local artists who perform original songs. At these events\, expect to hear singer-songwriters sharing a lifetime of experiences and the stories behind their songs. Prepare for an evening of professional-quality acoustic Americana music\, which blends blues\, roots\, folk\, bluegrass\, and country. There’s plenty of space\, so bring a friend and enjoy the music! \nFred Ball. Local singer/songwriter originally out of the Greenwich Village scene in the 60s.  Fred’s music  shares “Tall tales and verities” in the tradition of the 60’s. \nJ.D. Lashley If Folk Singer Todd Snider dropped his kid brother on his head\, he’d have probably wound up a lot like JD Lashley. JD works hard and writes harder\, trying to pluck jokes and rhymes out of the grind. His style is heavily influenced by Americana and Roots music\, and he’s not afraid to sneak in a little Hip Hop… Something for everyone. \nGareth Rockliffe\, a native of the UK\, is a professional photographer who has enjoyed writing songs for the past thirty years. His songs are often deeply personal\, but with a universal heartfelt appeal.
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/songwriters-on-the-plaza-fred-ball-jd-lansing-gareth-rockliffe/
LOCATION:Fort Myers Regional Library\, 1651 Lee St\, Fort Myers \, FL\, 33901\, United States
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SUMMARY:David G Smith in Concert! Ray Boone Opens
DESCRIPTION:“Like John Prine and Guy Clark\, David G Smith draws inspiration from his life and those around him. His songs capture the drama and good times\, the laughter and loss that are the components of the modern world.” -Tom Wilks\, ICON Magazine \nInternationally acclaimed Artist-Songwriter David G Smith is an acoustic roots solo performer with a lyric-intensive style featuring guitars\, resonator\, music and a voice that range from dirt-funk to intimate. His music is a blend of Folk\, Americana\, Country & Blues. \nDavid was recently accepted as a Juried Artist by Noel Paul Stookey (Peter\, Paul & Mary) Music-To-Life org. He is a 2008 International Song Competition 1st Place Winner\, a Robert Oermann DISCovery award recipient\, and two-time ISC Semifinalist. \nHe performs at the prestigious Bluebird Cafe/Nashville where his shows are regularly sold out. David has released 11 albums and Mary Gauthier and Keb Mo make appearances on 4 of them to include a duet with Mary called “Shine”. He has three nationwide #1 singles and four nationwide #1 albums to include his latest release\, Witness Trees\, on the Roots Music Report (RMR) Folk & Alt-Folk Charts. His single “River Gonna Talk”\,was a nationwide 2023 #1 add on the NACC chart and reached #1 in the nation on Radio Guitar One’s Top 30 Americana Chart. David has been featured in American Songwriter and his songs have appeared on TNT\, Lifetime Network\, Travel Channel \, several PBS affiliates shows and he has a string of indie & major-indie song-cuts. \nHis last 4 albums have been accepted for Grammy consideration. His Give-Back Series donates time and raises money and awareness for a variety of charitable causes. David\, his voice and his songs are authentic. \n“I have walked beside David G Smith for many\, many years\, and I am in awe of his body of work. David’s brand new record\, ‘Witness Trees’\, produced by Neilson Hubbard\, contains groove\, story\, great singing and great songs. Bravo!” —Mary Gauthier/Artist \nFind out more at:\ndavidgsmith.com \nOpening the show is ACMA member and singer/songwriter\, Ray Boone. Ray first arrived in Nashville in the early 80’s. He did not come to play music\, he came as a music fan and to provide support for his songwriter cousin. His cousin\, Larry Boone\, was making his mark in country music\, as an award winning songwriter and an artist with Mercury Polygram. \nFast forward to 2007\, Ray returned to Nashville as an award winning outdoor television producer.He produced RFDTV’s “Music and Motors”\, featuring Mike Curb’s NASCAR team and young country music stars in the making. During the making of the TV show Ray was surrounded by songwriters and music makers who encouraged him to write. As a writer he signed with BMI. When a song he penned himself\, “Totch Brown”\, about a character from the Florida Everglades was being demoed\, independent artist Rickie Lee Tanner decided to cut it on his album “This Here.” \nA year later country artist\, Jake Clayton cut two of his compositions\, “Down with That” and “Old Red Barn.”\,”How’s that working for you” and “Means Everything”. The “High South” band had it’s first hit with his Co-write “All We Need”. The ACMA is lucky that Ray Boone and his wife decided to call Cape Coral\, FL home! \nTickets are available at the door. \nDoor Donations:\n$12/Members\n$18/General Public \nDoors open at 6:30 pm and the show starts at 7:00 pm.
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/david-g-smith-in-concert-ray-boone-opens/
LOCATION:ACMA. at All Faiths Unitarian\, 2756 McGregor Blvd.\, Fort Myers\, FL\, 33901
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SUMMARY:Blue Cactus in Concert! Pete Bensen Opens
DESCRIPTION:With an Americana/classic country vibe alongside rockin’ guitar work\, welcome these two to our ACMA stage for their debut. You are in for something special! \nBlue Cactus\, the North Carolina duo of Steph Stewart and Mario Arnez\, make Dream Country: a blend of grit\, glitz\, groove\, and twang that evokes a celestial soundscape of mid-century heartbreak and harkens comparisons eclectic and iconic as Bobbie Gentry\, Fleetwood Mac\, and David Bowie. \nTheir sophomore album\, Stranger Again\, released in 2021 on Sleepy Cat Records\, nabbed enthusiastic attention from tastemakers including No Depression\, American Songwriter\, FLOOD Magazine\, Talkhouse\, and INDY Week among others. Following their critically-acclaimed 2017 debut and a string of singles in 2020\, Stranger Again saw the band taking their sound to an ambitious new plane\, where country-rock and light psychedelia mingle\, vocals soaring over twangy slide guitars and propulsive basslines. \nThe North Carolina duo have performed at several beloved festivals including Nelsonville\, Red Wing Roots\, Muddy Roots and Hopscotch and shared the stage as support for an array of artists from The War & Treaty\, Sarah Shook & the Disarmers\, and Lilly Hiatt to Town Mountain and Junior Brown among others. \nBetween the comfort of classic country and the glamour of 70s rock\, Blue Cactus resuscitates a fleeting style of honest-to-goodness country music considered valueless to a “new” country music where songwriting is officiated by financial analysts and teams of marketing plutocrats instead of woebegone troubadours. With a high lonesome twang\, an Emmylou-like southern drawl\, and blistering guitar techniques\, Blue Cactus exercises the honky-tonk muscles to firmly bear the flag for a new generation of country music. \n“If country music is often about familiarity and comfort\, this is more like having the rug artfully pulled out from under you without even noticing it.”\n—–CREATIVE LOAFING \nTake a look at this:\nbluecactusmusic.com \nACMA member and singer/songwriter\, Pete Bensen opens the show. An old hand at garage bands and rehearsal studios\, born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island\, New York. Pete now makes his home\, and home music studio\, in Estero\, Florida. He is a multi-instrumentalist\, playing acoustic and electric guitars\, bass and electric and acoustic percussion. \nTickets available at the door.\nDoor donations:\n$12 – Members\n$18 – General Public \nDoors open at 6:30 pm and show starts at 7:00 pm.
URL:https://www.americanacma.org/event/blue-cactus-in-concert-pete-bensen-opens/
LOCATION:ACMA. at All Faiths Unitarian\, 2756 McGregor Blvd.\, Fort Myers\, FL\, 33901
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