Twisted Oak winery, in Vallecito, California, announces its 2013
Twisted Folk Summer Concert Series.
Looking for something that pairs perfectly with a
2009 Tempranillo, and is more fun than a barrel of rubber chickens? May we
suggest a stunning vista overlooking Calaveras County vineyards, a hearty
dinner, and a concert under the stars?
The venue at Twisted Oak Winery in Vallecito offers a combination of
idyllic setting, award-winning wines, and plenty of space to spread out your
blanket to enjoy an evening of folk/bluegrass/Americana music, with the iconic
Twisted Oak Tree serving as the stage backdrop.
Season passes are now available, as well as tickets
for each individual show. Visit www.twistedoak.com/concerts for information and prices.
Kicking off the 2013 Twisted Folk Summer Concert Series
is Grammy Award-winning bluegrass legend, Peter Rowan. Peter was eager to
return to Twisted Oak this summer, and wanted to bring along his bluegrass band
(Keith Little, banjo; Mike Witcher dobro; Paul Knight, bass). Their May 4th
performance will come just a few days after the release of their brand new CD,
"Old School" (Compass Records).
The complete schedule:
May 4 – Peter Rowan Bl
uegrass Band
June 8 – David Lindley, with
special guest, Joe Craven
June 29 – Mumbo Gumbo
July 5 – Uncle Bonsai
July 13 – Dan Hicks and The Hot
Licks
July 27 – Jeffery Broussard and The
Creole Cowboys
Aug 2 – The Deadly Gentlemen
Aug 16 – Mollie O’Brien & Rich
Moore
All concerts begin at 7:30pm, gates open at 6:30pm. Hot
food and Twisted Oak wines will be available for purchase. Concertgoers are
encouraged to bring a blanket and/or low-back chair for seating. All shows will
be held rain or shine. No outside alcoholic beverages permitted.
Some of their songs started out as miniature epic poems
based on folk songs. That’s where the term “epic folk” comes from. The
grasscore songs are the ones where everybody in the band throws caution
to the wind and goes completely berserk. Kind of the punk or hardcore mentality, but applied to bluegrass. And please... don’t call it a boy band.
The Bee Eaters trace their roots back to musical traditions as diverse as bluegrass, Celtic, jazz and old-time.
While today’s new breed often produces an amalgamation of sounds and
styles based on a distant view, the Bee Eaters were raised embedded in
these traditions… raised to mold, meld, shape them and carry them
forward, leaving their own indelible marks in the
process. Brother-sister duo Tristan and Tashina Clarridge, long known
and lauded by those steeped in the American fiddle tradition, are joined
by hammer dulcimer wizard Simon Chrisman.
