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FRI. 12/28 9:00 PM
STEVE KATZ & DANNY KALB
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PAUL GEREMIA
  Steve Katz also
studied guitar with Dave Van Ronk and the Reverend Gary Davis.
There were many other young musicians around Greenwich Village
during this time who were as obsessed with American roots music
as Steve and Stefan. Many would look for a common ground in which
to play music together and they found the common ground in “jug
band” music.Along with John Sebastian, Maria Muldaur, and
David Grisman they formed the Even Dozen Jug Band and recorded
an album for Elektra in 1964. In 1965, Steve joined Danny Kalb
in the Blues Project. They recorded three albums while together
in their first incarnation. Steve then became a founding member
of Blood, Sweat Tears , which won three Grammies and sold millions
of records worldwide. After BS&T, Steve went on to produce
two Lou Reed albums, both of which went into Billboard’s
Top Ten. His last official band membership was with American
Flyer in the mid-seventies. Steve then went on to become a Vice-President
of Mercury Records where he produced the seminal Irish band,
Horslips. Today he is a professional photographer and is partners
with his wife Alison Palmer, a ceramic artist.
Danny Kalb has long been recognized as one of America's foremost
guitarists. Born into a musical family, Danny was raised in Mount
Vernon, NY. He picked up the guitar at age 13 and he hasn't put
it down since. A protege of the great Dave Van Ronk, Danny Kalb
established himself in New York's seminal folk and blues scene
where he was first known as a solo performer and session player
with Phil Ochs, Judy Collins, Pete Seeger and others. He later
became one half of the The New Strangers with Sam Charters and
Dave Van Ronk's Ragtime Jug Stompers. In 1965, Kalb founded the
Verve/Folkways recording group, The Blues Project, with Al Kooper,
Roy Blumenfeld, Andy Kulberg, Tommy Flanders and Steve Katz.
In the early seventies, Danny & Stefan Grossman recorded
an album together called Crosscurrents. Danny still performs
in clubs, teaches guitar and records. His touch on the guitar
is as exciting and as individual as ever.
 "Paul
Geremia is an old friend of the Towne Crier who, since 1966,
has built a reputation as one of the finest bluesmen alive, a
scholar of blues and jazz, and one of the best country blues
fingerpickers ever. With his six-and twelve-string guitars, harmonica
and piano, his husky, soulful voice, and an innate sense of the
humor and drama of the music, he keeps the tradition fresh, with
both standard and obscure tunes as well as his own. His delivery
is natural and relaxed, his guitar work nonchalantly breathtaking.
More about Paul Geremia
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