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Latest Events for AEBHF
- Pickin' Practice - every Saturday at 12:30pm
- Book Signing with author Bonni "BarrelhouseBonni"McKeown on "Stepson of the Blues" Saturday July 31, 2:00pm at the Barbershop
- Open Mic Thursday August 5th at the Barbershop 7:30pm
Latest Events for our "Friends of the Barbershop"
- Snakehead Run is got gigs all over the month of July
- Mike Dowling, House Concert and Guitar Workshop Saturday July 17th
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Latest Events for AEBHF:
Piedmont Guitar Practice Sessions:
Saturdays from Noon to 1 pm.
$5 charge per session – free for kids & college students.
Gina DeSimone will be running the Barbershop’s one room schoolhouse of Piedmont Blues. These weekly practice sessions are geared for beginners through intermediate players.
Piedmont Blues – a.k.a. east coast style – is a style where the thumb alternates with the fingers. Among the local masters of the style were John Jackson and John Cephas, as well as Archie himself. The thumb picks out a rhythmic bass pattern and the fingers play a syncopated melody on the treble strings. Done right, it sounds like two guitars playing together. Strum a chord and, well, you have a chord. Work that chord with your thumb and fingers and you have the whole band playing.
The weekly sessions are for people who want to practice in a relaxed, friendly environment. These sessions will be great for people who need the structure of a weekly class to get them playing. Having experienced
teachers at these sessions will help you avoid bad habits and will provide you some inspiration. This is an opportunity to learn new techniques through learning songs.
The sessions will emphasize creating a solid bass rhythm with the thumb. That is the heart of this music. Over the coming months, the sessions will touch on rhythms, alternate tunings, hammer-ons & pull-offs, right hand technique, more right hand technique, song structure, using humor, stories about the music and the musicians, and the music’s links to rags, swing, and old-time folk tunes.
Ideally, students will come to class able to make basic chord shapes with the left hand. Prior fingerstyle experience is not necessary. Gina DeSimone has been playing guitar since she was 9 and has studied with master guitarists like Al Petteway, Del Rey, Steve James and Mary Flower. As a professional leading her own band, playing solo sets and backing other musicians, she is fluent in a whole range of guitar styles, from finger-slapping funk to jazzy blues. She underlies all of her music with her signature “acoustic groove”. She has a long history of teaching guitar in this area. From time to time, expect to see Eleanor Ellis, Rick Franklin, Miles Spicer and others leading sessions, as well.
No need to make reservations and by all means, stay for the Saturday jam.
http://www.acousticblues.com/Jams/Jamlocation.html
And of course, check out the main page at www.acousticblues.com
Saturday July 31st at 2:00pm at the Archie's Blues Barbershop, a Book signing:
"Stepson of the Blues"
By Larry Hill Taylor, co-authored by (Barrelhouse) Bonni McKeown
Larry Hill Taylor, Chicago West Side singer and drummer, has survived blues in his life: gangs, prison, drugs, racism, family hardship and conflict--and the music business. He's got ideas that could change things for the better. Read his book Stepson of the Blues: A Chicago Song of Survival, co-authored by Bonni McKeown and published by Peaceful Patriot Press.
Bonni McKeown, lifelong writer, activist, and blues piano player, is Larry’s as-told-to co-author. A West Virginian who came to the Windy City to learn the blues, she is the author of one previous biography of a West Virginia conscientious objector who served in Vietnam as a medic: Peaceful Patriot: The Story of Tom Bennett (Mountain State Press 1980). She profiled southern West Virginia’s under-promoted African American musicians in 2007 for Metro Valley magazine in Charleston, the state’s capital. She wrote a cover story about Chicago’s West Side blues men and women in 2006 for Detroit’s Big City Rhythm & Blues Magazine.
Bonni's first CD features Mike Baytop, NJ Warren and maybe some other barbershop regulars. Bonni, loaned a piano to the Archie Edwards Blues Barbershop for the better part of its useful life. She spent a lot of the last several years playing with bands in Chicago and, as you might imagine, has gotten pretty good. She produced a CD with Larry Taylor a couple years ago. It is very good and was highly regarded by critics. Meet Bonni and get a signed copy of her book on Larry Hill Taylor.
Open Mic Night at the Barbershop
The Archie Edwards Barbershop will be hosting an acoustic open mic hosted by Willie Leebel starting in December.
The event will be held monthly on the first Thursday from 7:30 to 10:00 pm.
If you have a song or three to share with others, original or otherwise, stop in and show your stuff.
Latest events for our Friends of the Barbershop
Ahhhh. Its Hot. Its Summer! and Snakehead Run is Playing out! We are doing two great evening shows in July along with some great Farmers and Crafts Markets.
First, We are back at the New Deal Café Friday July 16th with the Fantastic Sheryl Sears and Friends. Sheryl will start off accompanied by David Oziel and Howard Moss. Be prepared for her great voice and some very nice acoustic Jazz and Blues with David on guitars and Howard on blues Harp. Then the Snakeheads are up sans Bro Mark but never fear Ron Goad will be helping us out on wahsboard for some very nice acoustic blues and jug band music. .
Snakehead Run and a Surprise !!!
Friday July 16th Music from 8:00 to 11:00 PM
New Deal Café
113 Centerway
Roosevelt Center
Greenbelt, MD 20770
(301) 474-5642
http://www.newdealcafe.com/
Silver Spring doesn't just have a Farmer's Market, it has a new Craft and Arts Market on the Corner of Fenton and Silver Spring Avenue. Great stuff and nice people. We are there starting at Noon on July 17th. One of the things that I really like about the Market is its for and about the Silver Spring Community and Neighborhood. So, come browse the great vendors and listen to some good music while you are doing it!.
Snakehead Run
July 17th Noon to 2:00 Pm
Fenton Street Market
Corner of Fenton Street and Silver Spring Avenue.
http://www.fentonstreetmarket.com/
We love playing at the Silver Spring Farmer's Market! Come out for your Black Bottom Muffins with Sweet Cream Cheese inside!
Snakehead Run
July 24th 9:30 Am to 12:30 Pm
Silver Spring Farmers Market
Ellsworth Drive in Downtown Silver Spring 20910
http://www.freshfarmmarkets.org
Did you read in last weekend's Weekend Section about the great new BierGarten Haus on H Street in downtown DC. Well it got a great review and it has a fantastic BierGarten and amazing beer and food. Guess what we will be bringing some of our Snakehead sound to their Biergarten on Thursday July 29th. Come check us out and help show that great music will go great with their new outside patio!.
Snakehead Run
Thursday July 29th Music from 8:30 to ??? PM
BierGarten Haus
1355 H Street NE (Next to the Rock N Roll Hotel)
Washington DC 20002
301-775-4710
http://biergartenhaus.com/
Come join Snakehead Run on Saturday July 31st at the Lake Anne Village Center in Reston, Va. Visit the best Used Book Store in NOVA (Reston Used Book Shop), the Farmer’s Market, and the Reston antique and Craft Market while you are there!
Snakehead Run
July 31st, 12:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Lake Anne Plaza
Lake Anne Village Center
Reston, VA 20190
Free, Tips Appreciated
http://www.lakeanneplaza.com/
That's All for July. We will be back in August !!!!!
MIKE DOWLING, RENOWNED GUITARIST HOUSE CONCERT AND WORKSHOP
Saturday,
July 17, 2010
"'When the late, great Vassar Clements heard Mike Dowling play guitar back in 1975 he did the sensible thing. He hired him. Mike was the guitarist in Vassar's first touring band and can be heard on his Grammy-nominated "Nashville Jam". Clements called him simply, "One of the finest guitarists there is, anywhere." Before embarking on a solo career Mike also worked and recorded with mandolin legend Jethro Burns, jazz violinist Joe Venuti, and Nashville session great Buddy Spicher. Grammy-winning Mike draws inspiration from deep in the musical bag of American roots guitar, capturing the hearts of acoustic music fans throughout the world with his engaging voice, self-deprecating wit, and elegant interpretations of an arsenal of old blues, swing, ragtime and original compositions."
Where: Kathy & Marv’s Place in Derwood, MD reitz@verizon.net or 240-463-0044 to reserve and get directions.
When: Saturday, July 17, 2010
Workshop: 5-6:30 pm. Acoustic guitar workshop with Mike Dowling, suitable for both fingerpickers and plectrum players of intermediate or above playing level. It will include discussion and demonstration, handouts with tab and chord diagrams, and lots of playing in class. Students should bring guitars, questions, enthusiasm and audio recorders. No videotaping please.
Potluck Dinner: If you are attending both workshop and concert, please bring something to share. Light refreshments and beer and wine served for concert.
Concert: 8:00pm to 10pm (doors open 7:30)
Donation: Workshop $20, Concert $15 or both for $30.00 (all donations go to performer)
