Special Consensus having hometown CD bash
Category: Events
By Dan Tackett
May 20, 2009
Special Consensus "Signs" (Pinecastle)
Special Consensus will perform a special hometown release concert celebrating their new Pinecastle Records CD, Signs, at Fitzgeralds in Berwyn, Ill, a Chicago suburb, on May 30. The band will perform from 7 to 9 p.m.
Advance ticket sales are available through www.ticketweb.com.
Pinecastle Records is offering a free download of “Gone to Carolina,” one of the CD’s singles, on its Web site. To obtain a copy, go to www.pinecastle.com and click “Giveaway.”
Meanwhile, Chicago-based Special C is enjoying some early success with the new album. It’s at No. 6 on the Bluegrass Music Profiles chart and No. 28 on the Roots Music Report.
Band members include leader Greg Cahill on banjo; Ashby Frank on mandolin; Justin Carbone on guitar and bass player David Thomas.
• Ashby Frank • David Thomas • Fitzgerald's • Greg Cahill • Illinois • Justin Carbone • Pinecastle Records • Special Consensus