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Gram
Fest 2006
"The 11th Year"
Cosmic American
Music Festival, Tribute to Gram Parsons Festival & Sneaky Pete
Kleinow Benefit
at the Hi-Desert Playhouse & Culture Center in Joshua Tree California
on September 29th, September 30th and October 1st, 2006
Friday,
Saturday and Sunday Schedule:
Playhouse,
Guild
Hall
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Jon McKinney,
you are an angel. You gave your time, energy,
money and many sleepless nights, I'm sure, to help your
friend, Sneaky Pete and our family during these sad
times. You just don't know what this means to me
especially. Thank you.
I also want to
thank John Boyd and his family for being so wonderful to
me. And to every single person that gave their all
for the Sneaky Pete Benefit, thank you. I do not know
your names, but I know your hearts.
God bless you,
Anita Kleinow |
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Three days of "Cosmic American Music"; eclectic experiences; dancing;
yummy foods; fine wine and spirits - in the magical
Hi-Desert Playhouse and Guild Hall with live performances on two great sound stages with too many guest
musicians to even count! A
notable and outrageous array of performers for music loving
souls of all ages - surrounded by the infamous beauty of
the Joshua Tree National Park.
With
over 40 acts performing, this event is considered to be one of
the biggest "little concerts" in Southern California.
It will take place on September 29th, September 30th &
October 1st 2006 as "The Cosmic American Music Festival" and
"The 11th Annual Gram Fest" return to Joshua Tree, California.
What started as a Gram Parsons Tribute concert has become an
annual Mecca for fans of Americana roots style music and the
musicians who come from around the state and the country to
perform.
The event will take place at The Hi-Desert Playhouse Theatre & Guild
Hall in Joshua Tree, CA.
Doors will open at 4:00 pm on
Friday and Saturday
and run until the last bands have played.
Then again, a full day of events for the
Sneaky Pete Benefit
on
Sunday October 1st, 2006.
Doors open at Hi-noon
with performances ‘till 7:00pm. All three days of the concert will feature live
performances on two stages simultaneously.
The shows will feature tunes written by Gram Parsons as well as influential songs and musical styles from other
artists that were part of that era. Performers are also
encouraged to showcase their own material. The
underlying theme of the event is to inspire the performers to
take these musical styles to the next level of the creative
process.
Past concerts have featured such notable artists as Sneaky Pete
Kleinow, Chris Ethridge, Spooner Oldham, John Molo, Gib Guilbeau,
Bob Warford, Rosie Flores, David Lowery, Barry & Holly Tashian,
George Tomsco, Jann Browne, Lucinda WiIliams, PoIly Parsons, The
Counting Crows, The "Road Mangler"- Phil Kaufman, Ben
Fong-Torres, Victoria Williams & Mark Olson, and Sid Griffin.
The Hi-Desert Playhouse is located at 61231 29 Palms Hwy,
Joshua Tree, CA 92252.
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The New Poster will
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Special
Workshops: |
Michael O'Dorn:
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Inspired by his father's recordings and the gift of an early
'50s Gibson acoustic, Michael O'Dorn began playing guitar when
he was about six years old. He learned to play fingerstyle
listening to records repeatedly until he was able to figure out
progressions and licks. Michael's early influences
included Merle Travis and Chet Atkins, and later Marcel Dadi; he
would eventually meet all three of his guitar heroes. When he
was in his 20's, Travis encouraged Michael to "keep pickin'" and
even showed him some of his original licks. Michael recalls, "I
went home and practiced 'til my fingers fell off."
Michael's diligence paid off in the form of an endorsement
relationship with D'Aquisto Strings which lead to meeting Marcel
Dadi at a NAMM Show. Marcel and Teddy Krause of D'Aquisto
Strings arranged for Michael to perform at the 1994 Atkins Dadi
guitar festival in Issoudun, France. There, Mark Pritcher, the
president of the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society invited
Michael to perform a concert set and teach a workshop on the
music and style of Merle Travis at the annual CAAS convention in
Nashville. Michael has been invited back every year since.
You
will have the opportunity to participate in Michael O’Dorn's
Fingerstyle Guitar Workshop
Sat. Sept. 30th
at 10:30am - 11:30am.
Sign up early, spots will fill fast!
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William Zeitler:
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Your journey into the world of William Zeitler and his music for
the Glass Armonica has begun! This premier composer and
performer's calling to re-introduce the instrument invented by
Benjamin Franklin to the world is matched by no other.
William is the only musician devoted to the Glass Armonica full
time. He has the incredible gift to translate the
search for truth and our journey toward self-discovery into his
music. Reveling in the wonders of the Cosmos,
his compositions take us from the grandeur of the mythical land
of Atlantis to the trials and tribulations of the search for the
grail and the wisdom we are all seeking. This is a concert
experience you will not soon forget. Hear William Zeitler
and his devotion to the instrument invented by Benjamin Franklin
as he performs his music composed for the Glass Armonica in history lecture & performances
- 2
shows on Sat. Sept. 30th at: 2:00pm - 3:00pm
and
3:30pm - 4:30pm.
Sign up early, spots will fill fast!
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ARTISTS
page for this year's gigs.
Look at some Great
PHOTOS
from past performances
Click on
LINKS
for places to stay and things to do.
TICKETS are
on sale now!
We can be reached via the
CONTACT
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