Sep 7
Stringdusters to be in Chicago area
The Infamous StringdustersThe Infamous Stringdusters are next up on the playbill of Bluegrass Legends Concerts in Evanston, Ill., which bills itself as “the only running bluegrass and acoustic music concert series in the Chicago area that features national headline bluegrass talent.
Tickets are now on sale for the Stringdusters’ show, scheduled for 8 p.m. Sept. 22 at the American Legion Music Hall, home of the series concerts.
Schooled in tradition yet able to stretch out in jam band style improvisation, endowed with razor-sharp vocals, fiery instrumental abilities and a rapidly growing repertoire of well-crafted original songs and tunes, the Infamous Stringdusters* are as fresh an addition to the bluegrass - make that, the music - scene as has come along in many a year.”They’re young, bright, articulate, immensely talented, and they can sing in the old style or in their own style,” says award-winning Blue Highway guitarist, singer and songwriter Tim Stafford, who produced “Fork In The Road,” the sextet’s February 2007 debut for Sugar Hill.
According to the band’s publicist, “Untangling the threads of the *Infamous Stringdusters*’ origin is nearly impossible, thanks to the breadth of professional associations and friendships that brought its members together in various combinations. Still, a few highlights are worth noting. From the joint tenure that Andy Hall, Jeremy Garrett and Jesse Cobb shared in three-time IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year Ronnie Bowman’s band, The Committee; to the initial encounter between Hall, Chris Eldridge and Chris Pandolfi in Boston, where Hall had graduated from the Berklee School of Music not long before Pandolfi became the first student there admitted with the banjo as his principal instrument; to the lengthy search that resulted in Colorado jamgrass mainstay Travis Book’s joining the band.
“As deep as their individual experience runs, the Infamous Stringdusters are quick to assert that the band is more than the sum of its parts. After a furiously busy year and a half on the road, they’re attuned enough to one another that they complete each others’ sentences. Their closeness of mind and prodigious talents make for tight, quick-moving live shows that sparkle with an infectious energy.”
Tickets for their Sept. 22 show are available by calling 847-573-0443.
Other upcoming shows for the Chicago area concert series are the James King Band and Dan Paisley and The Southern Grass on Oct. 19; the annual Christmas Party with David Davis and the Warrior River Boys on Dec. 15; and The Larry Stephenson Band on Jan. 18.
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