SUN. 1/158:00 PM
DANNY KALB of the Blues Project
also special guest
HOPE MACHINE featuring Steve Kirkman and Fred Gillen Jr.

Danny Kalb is celebrating the release of his new CD, Live In Brooklyn, containing Blues Project favorites and liner notes by sean Willentz. Danny has long been recognized as one of America's foremost guitarists. He is best known as the founding member of the legendary Blues Project, which along with other famous member, Al Kooper, became on of the best-loved bands of the mid-60s, developing a strong national following and influencing untold numbers of aspiring young blues guitar players. Born into a musical family, Danny was raised in Mount Vernon, NY. He spent his childhood surrounded by his parent's folk, blues, jazz and classical records. He picked up the guitar at age 13 and he hasn't put it down since. He attended the University of Wisconsin but couldn't resist the pull of Greenwich Village, which was in the midst of a musical explosion, with musicians like Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Richie, Eric Andersen and Odetta. A protégé of the great Dave Van Ronk, Danny established himself on the seminal folk and blues scene in the 60's where he was first known as a solo performer and session player with Phil Ochs, Pete Seeger and others. In addition to playing all dimensions of the blues guitar, both electric and traditional, he explored other genres of guitar composition - modern atonal and open tunings. Danny is also a teacher and has taught seminars and clinics. The musical world is ready to listen to Danny Kalb again. Not a footnote to musical history or a nostalgia act, Danny is a special artist in his own right - truly creative and ever-growing.

By revisiting the lives and songs of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, Hope Machine humbly embraces the influence these troubadours have had on their own lives and songs. Woody and Pete were the keepers of a rich tradition of singing songs which inspired hope in the face of despair. The songs they wrote and sung told the stories of the triumphs and tragedies of common folks striving to stand tall and live with dignity. Hope Machine respectfully draws from this tradition for their own songs, and sings the songs of the elders with no pretense or affectation, but with sincere passion and the humility of gratitude. This is a very special stripped-down duo performance for the band, which will consist of Steve Kirkman and Fred Gillen Jr.

$17.50 / Members $15