Okay, folks we’re getting into the summer season, and The VT Bluegrass Pioneers and The Sky Blue Boys (Banjo Dan and Willy Lindner) have some pretty good gigs lined up over the next couple months. Check ’em out:
May 23: Montpelier, VT : Alumni Hall, 45 College Street, 2-5 PM. Join The VT Bluegrass Pioneers, Patti Casey and other top Vermont musicians for a concert celebrating the life and legacy of the late Jon Gailmor. Jon’s wonderful songs touched Vermonters everywhere, and he enriched countless young lives through his school workshops helping children sing and write songs. This program will include anecdotes and remembrances of Jon shared by family and collaborators, and one and all are invited to enjoy refreshments and socializing after the music. All free and open to the public. If you share our love for Jon Gailmor please come celebrate his life and music with us.
May 29: Jericho, VT, Jericho Café and Tavern, 30 Route 15, 6-9 PM. Fine food and drink along with music by the Pioneers.
June 5: Jericho Café and Tavern again, 6-9 PM. Due to a booking anomaly the Pioneers are at the JCaT two weeks in a row! That’s okay, we love playing there. And you’ve got a choice of Fridays.
June 20: Maple Corner, VT: The Sky Blue Boys at the ever-lovin’ Whammy Bar, 7-9 PM, with a batch of new songs added to the repertoire. Come party with us!
July 4: Greensboro, VT, village center. The Sky Blue Boys will be entertaining between 11 AM and 2 PM. Or something like that. Who cares, it’s the Fourth of July celebration, with a great parade, games and booths and eats and more. Greensboro knows how to do it up right.
July 7: Essex Jct, VT, Black Flannel Brewery, 21 Essex Way #201, 6 PM. It’s the Pioneers out on the patio. Join us for excellent brews, fine food and good Vermont bluegrass.
July 11: Fayston, VT, Knoll Farm, 700 Bragg Hill Road, 6:30 PM, The Sky Blue Boys in concert, with The Miller Brothers opening the show. Knoll Farm is beautiful organic farm in a lovely setting. Admission is by donation and we hope folks will be generous as this is a great concert series that deserves your support. You can donate at the gate or get advance tickets at www.knoll farm.org, kids under 5 free. Bring a picnic or order one of their tasty/healthy picnic baskets. A fine way to spend a beautiful Vermont summer evening.
July 18: Greensboro, VT, Highland Art Center, 2875 Hardwick Street, 7 PM. The Sky Blue Boys are proud to be joining Patti Casey and a wonderful cast of top Vermont musicians in a unique benefit concert with all proceeds going to support Migrant Justice and the Vermont Asylum Assistance Project. The show is being promoted as “Voices of Resistance, Solidarity and Hope / Celebrating Woody Guthrie & the American Folk Tradition.” The show will feature memorable songs from Woody, Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan, spirituals, anthems of the labor movement and other inspirational music, and we can’t imagine a more worthy cause in these troubled times. Please join us. And bring your voice!
July 25: Maple Corner, VT, The Whammy Bar, 7-9 PM, The VT Bluegrass Pioneers.
That’s it for now. See you soon.
–Banjo Dan