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Michael Eck
7 p.m. Sunday, March 7, 2010
Caffe Lena
47 Phila Street
Saratoga Springs NY
518.583.0022
www.caffelena.org
This is Michael’s first solo Capital Region club date in three years.
Two sets of songs and stories. Please mark your calendar now –
I’d love to see you there.
More news on this date to follow.
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Check out Michael’s feature on Pete Seeger’s iconic banjo and 12-string guitar in the Fall 2009 issue of Fretboard Journal magazine.
www.fretboardjournal.com
In addition to his occasional solo dates, Michael is busy, busy, busy playing old-time, good-time stuff with Ramblin Jug Stompers and Lost Radio Rounders. He plays mandolin, jug, dobro, ukulele, tenor guitar, resonator guitar, jaw harp and the kitchen sink.
Find both bands on the web at:
www.jugstompers.com
www.lostradiorounders.com
Find Michael on Youtube by searching for Michael Eck and Ramblin Jug Stompers.
Click here to check out Michael’s paintings of classic American blues, folk and jazz musicians.
Michael endorses instruments by The Loar.
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| July
1978. Newly 14, wet behind the ears,
"Because the Night'' roaring out of summer
radios. "Horses" in the house, spinning
black, "the boy looked at Johnny...,"
and so on. The 27th finally came, the holy hour,
Patti Smith at the Palace Theatre. Rock as church.
Patti once said, "my belief in rock'n'roll
gave me a kind of strength that other religions
couldn't come close to." I knew what she
meant that night. She changed my life, I became
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| April
2005. Just days before my 41st year.
The 16th, in a church, Emanuel Baptist. St. Patti
and I spend the afternoon rehearsing, laughing,
performing. Every moment spent alone in my room,
guitar in hand -- redeemed. I am high on rebellion..."i've
broken through and I'm free and could dig into
eternity riding the wave and the realm of the
E." We play, we sing. We offer "People
Have the Power" as a prayer. It is one of
the rawest, purest moments of my life. Forever.
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"In
art and dream may you proceed with abandon.
In life may you proceed with balance and
stealth."
~Patti
Smith
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