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FOLK/BLUES TRIO, STINGY BRIMM,
AT LARZ ANDERSON AUTO MUSEUM, DECEMBER 4
Featuring John Walker, Geoff Wadsworth, Dan Bowden and special guests
Stingy Brimm: John Walker (guitar, lead vocals), Geoff Wadsworth (saxophone, harmonica, whistles) and Dan Bowden (guitar, slide guitar, mandolin) brings its engaging brand of American roots and world-influenced originals to the Larz Anderson Auto Museum (15 Newton Street, Brookline) on Sunday, December 4. Joining the band for this special show will be Bob Christopherson (piano), Greg Holt (bass) and Casey Scheuerell (percussion) with special guests Alizon Lissance (accordion) and Andy Solberg (fiddle). Showtime is 7 PM; Admission is $12 dollars in advance, $14 the day of show. For tickets and information, please call the museum between the hours of 10 AM and 5 PM (Tuesday through Sunday) at 617-522-6547.
The concert is timed with the release of the group's second CD entitled; Case You Haven't Heard (available for purchase at www.stingybrimm.com). The group released its first CD "Sixteen Bars" in 2000 and the 14-track collection received local and national airplay. - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Discography
Compact Discs:
'CASE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD... (2005)
SIXTEEN BARS (2000)
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Bio
John Walker - Lead vocals, Guitar
Stingy Brimm is fronted by singer-songwriter and guitarist John Walker. John has been a fixture on the Boston scene for over twenty years with Geoff in popular club acts such as The Walker Band, The Eyes and The Monks Of Funk. John has also performed with The Coasters, Bo Diddley, Ester Satterfield and has opened for Parliament/Funkedelic, B.B. King, Bobby Blue Bland and John Mayall. He also composed the theme music for the local Boston television program Night Shift.
Geoff Wadsworth - Harmonica, Penny Whistle, Saxophones, Vocals
Geoff Wadsworth has been a professional for over twenty years. He has performed with Ben E. King (Stand By Me), The Coasters, Chuck Berry, The Drifters and the Boogaloo Swamis and has opened for B.B. King, Bobby Blue Bland and John Mayall. Geoff is a graduate of Berklee College of Music and the owner, producer/engineer of The Sound Cellar, a multi-track recording and music production facility.
Dan Bowden - Guitar, National Slide Guitars, Mandolin, Vocals
Dan began his performing career at the age of twelve on a local television program in his hometown of Flint, Mi. Since that time, Dan has played before audiences throughout the Eastcoast and Canada. A 1980 graduate of Berklee College of Music, Dan joined the Berklee faculty in 1989 and has developed acoustic blues classes for the guitar department. Dan has authored a series of internationally distributed blues and jazz guitar transcription books for Mel Bay Publications including the best-selling "Wes Montgomery: The Early Years" and has contributed articles to magazines such as Guitar Player.
Stingy Brimm's performance credits include appearances at Brookline, MA Museum Of Transportation Carriage House Concert Series, the Brookline Festival in the Park and First Light Festivals, Sculler's Jazz Club, The Natick Performing Arts Center, The Amazing Things Arts Center, Stone Soup Coffee House, the Plymouth (VT) Blues and Folk Festival and a live broadcast from Cafe Fantastique on radio station WICN (Worcester). The band also has contributed music to the soundtracks of two community-based independent films produced by local fim maker Peter Rhodes: Act Your Age (2003) and An Alien Sneezed On Brook Street (2001).
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