Exciting double bill coming to In Your Ear.

John Cephas — of Cephas & Wiggins, Piedmont blues greats - Received the coveted National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1989. These fellowships recognize those who preserve cultural legacies in music, dance, and crafts.

Eliza Lynn — Voted best Singer/Songwriter in the 2006 Asheville (N.C.) Mountain XPress Reader's Poll . . . sings with a voice that is "soulful to the point of tasting collards."

Thursday, May 1, 2008

$20.00 Advance / Door
Space limited to first 80 people

Door opens at 6:30 p.m.
Music at 7:30 p.m.

Show recordings and artist interviews will air on Page Wilson's Out of the Blue Radio Review on WCVE 88.9 FM.

House Concert Format.
Attendees are encouraged to bring food and drink to share.

In Your Ear Music and Recording, Studio A
1813 East Broad St. (19th and south side of E. Broad), Richmond, VA

Dennis brings his Little Walter Tribute CD release show to the Bleu Bistro 8982 Quioccasin Rd., Richmond, VA 23229 804 750-1120

Wed. March 19, 2008, 7:00 PM show.
Tickets are $10 . . . an awesome deal!
Cost at most of Dennis' shows is $15 - $20.
Local NY show was sold out at $25!

A River City Blues Society/JAMinc presentation

"Best Modern Blues Harmonica Player" - 3 Years in a Row - Real Blues Magazine
"Best Blues Harmonica CD" - Real Blues Magazine

Tickets are available, in advance, through a member of the Society board or by calling 804-304-7077. You may also purchase tickets by mailing a check to RCBS, PO Box 216, Gum Spring, VA, 23065. Please include your mailing address, phone # and email if possible.

This is a Little Walter tribute CD-RELEASE show. Little Walter is being inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in March The new CD - a Tribute to Little Walter - features Kim Wilson, Steve Guyger, Rick Estrin along with Dennis Greunling's band. Steve Guyger who is featured on the CD-is touring with the band as well.

Scott Dirks, blues writer/historian, in his liner notes for the new project says:
"This is deep blues played by some of the best practitioners active today, period."

www.dennisgruenling.com
www.myspace.com/gruenling
www.steveguyger.com
www.myspace.com/steveguyger

The Country Gentlemen Reunion Band
www.randywaller.com

Eddie Adcock, Jimmy Gaudreau, Randy Waller & Tom Gray

Thursday, March 20, 2008

A Virginia Historical Society/JAMinc presentation
428 North Boulevard
Richmond, VA 23220
804.358.4901

6:00 p.m.

Tickets at www.vahistorical.org or at the VHS Gift Shop

$20 (VHS Members - $15)

From the "hot bed" of bluegrass music that had developed around Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. in the late 1950s, there emerged one band that would have more impact on the expanding appeal of bluegrass music than any other - The Country Gentlemen. Bringing a new energy and approach to a music that was being overshadowed by the growing popularity of rock and roll, The Country Gentlemen reached beyond traditional bluegrass standards, performing works of new songwriters such as Bob Dylan and Ian Tyson and British rockers Manfred Mann. They introduced bluegrass audiences to songs such as "Bringing Mary Home," "Legend of the Rebel Soldier," and "Fox on the Run," to name only a few. Humorous antics added spice and interest to their live performances, and the superb musicianship of the band members inspired thousands of young musicians.

Come join us in the Virginia Historical Society's Robins Family Forum, 428 North Boulevard, Richmond, on the evening of Thursday, March 20, 2008 when JAMinc. and the Virginia Historical Society will present The Country Gentlemen Reunion Band, with Scottsville, Virginia native Eddie Adcock, Tom Gray, Jimmy Gaudreau, and Randy Waller, along with band historian Martha Adcock, as we explore through story and song the evolution of The Country Gentlemen and the band's influence on bluegrass music over the past 50 years.

Dirk Hamilton
www.dirkhamilton.com

Thursday, March 27, 2008

In Your Ear Music and Recording, Studio A
1813 East Broad St. (19th and south side of E. Broad), Richmond, VA

Door at 6:30 PM, Concert at 7:30 PM
$15 per reserved space

"Pot Luck" House Concert Format (bring food and drink to share)

So you've never heard of Dirk Hamilton? Me either, until Robbin Thompson brought up his name. Now, after hearing his CD and reading his bio, I am eager to see him perform.

Check out the lyrics in these samples:

Tell Me What It Is (that keeps us tryin') — mp3

The Relative Health of Your Soul Inside — mp3

"… one of the few legitimate poets on the scene."
-New York Press

"One of the most brilliant lyricists and musicians as well as one of the most shamefully overlookled."
--San Antonio Light

"Lucid, intelligent and distinctive songs, with a throaty howl that resembles Van Morrison and John Hiatt; he's also an emotive, evocative singer as well as a winning presence onstage."
--Austin Chronicle

"Untamed and thoroughly unpredictable energy that makes both his live shows and his records gleam with special delight."
--Bam Magazine

"…a gripping live performer."
--L. A. Times

Dirk Hamilton's extensive music career began in the early 1970s in and around Stockton, CA. Encouraged by his local popularity, he soon ventured to Los Angeles, and quickly caught the attention of influential producer Gary Katz--at the time working with Steely Dan. Katz arranged a deal with ABC Records and produced Dirk's first album, You Can Sing on the Left or Bark on the Right using elite session musicians that included Elliott Randall, Jeff Porcaro, Victor Feldman, and Larry Carlton. Katz wanted to continue producing Dirk and Steely Dan almost exclusively, but after co-producing his second album, Dirk had his own vision about the way he wanted to make his music. He put together his own band, left ABC for Elektra/Asylum, and made 1978's Meet Me at the Crux, which was called hilarious and chilling by Ken Tucker in the Rolling Stone Record Guide. Years later (1990), respected music journalist Steve Pond named it as one of the essential albums of the 1970s in an article also published in Rolling Stone. Dirk toured with Warren Zevon and produced one other album for Elektra, but his adamant stance on making music for those who wanted to hear it--not for the money it would make, ended his affiliation with the company. After leaving the business for a number of years, Dirk realized that his life was one of making music, and he embarked on a career of his own design that continues to this day. In the late-1980s he was surprised to discover that he had a large following in Italy. These loyal fans became friends, and Dirk released several albums on Italian labels. Dirk has been called "A true American master" by well-known producer Dusty Wakeman (who produced his 1996 album Sufferupachuckle), and he has been compared over the years to Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen. Music reviewers have also been quoted as saying that Dirk's music is one of the few legitimate poets on the scene (Los Angeles Times), and lucid, intelligent, and distinctive (New York Press). Dirk Hamilton is all that and more, and he continues to hold true to his stance that his career be conducted without compromise.

Charge reservation below (no tickets, we use a reservation list to check you in) or mail a check with contact info (E-mail address or phone no.) to JAMinc, PO Box 8462, Richmond, VA 23226. We will confirm your space.

Sorry, no reservations can be charged the day of the show.

Thursday, Feb 22, 2007
Eddie & Martha Adcock

A Scottsville, VA, native with a professional career dating from 1953 when he joined Smokey Graves & His Blue Star Boys, for their Crewe, VA radio show, Eddie has performed in some great bands including The Country Gentleman, II Generation, Talk of The Town, Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys and The Masters; and with other fine musicians such as Mac Wiseman, Bill Harrell and Buzz Busby.

Saturday, Jan 6, 2007
Dolye Lawson &
Quicksilver
Bluegrass Gospel Concert
West End Assembly of God
www.doylelawson.com

Friday, Nov 17, 2006
Peter Ostroushko
In Your Ear Music and Recording

Thursday, Sep 14 , 2006
Ellen McIlwaine
In Your Ear Music and Recording
Don't know Ellen? Take a look
Biography of Ellen McIlwaine
What music! What stories!