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PocoNotes Newsletter 2013-2: November, 2013

PocoNotes is painting the town Blue…and, before the few REMAINING tickets are sold, we wanted to remind you about two artists who are sharing the best part of themselves…and The Blues…for two days…at one stunning venue!

 
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This awesome poster was designed for us by Matthew Hiller…of Revival Letter Press and The Coal Town Rounders!

FACES:  JIM GAVENUS

 

Jim is an acclaimed documentary photographer whose work is exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide…and, most recently, seen by an estimated 40 Million viewers on The 55th Annual Grammy Awards.  His intimate and poignant images and storytelling cover a wide range of subjects and have earned him the Gordon Parks Documentary Photographer of the Year Award, as well as a place in the North Carolina Bluegrass Hall of Fame. With an emphasis on the music industry, Jim has photographed more than 30 Hall of Fame musicians on – and behind – some of the most famous stages in the world, and his images appear for Sony Music, Columbia Records, Lost Highway Records, Merlefest and FarmAid.  He travels extensively to lecture, exhibit and expand his portfolio…and is passing his passion for photography along to his students at Luzerne County Community College as well as through innovative photography workshops.  For more information, please visit www.GavenusPhoto.com.

 

FACES:  Roy Bookbinder

 

After 50 years of touring the world with countless Blues legends, Roy is now a legend himself…and he’s still going strong. In fact, it’s been said that, in his travels, he has seen millions of faces…and he has rocked them all. “The Book” learned his craft from Reverend Gary Davis, the blind Harlem street preacher and musical mentor to numerous Blues lovers. He has shared the stage with notables such as Bonnie Raitt, B.B. King, John Jackson, Sonny Terry, Doc Watson, Ray Charles, Brownie McGhee and Hot Tuna. He has appeared on TNN’s “Nashville Now” over 30 times with the best that the world of country music has to offer and has performed at hundreds of festivals over the years, including The National Storytelling Festival, The Chicago Blues Festival, The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, The King Biscuit Blues Festival, The 50th Annual Philadelphia Folk Festival and, for nearly two decades, at Merlefest as the host of the Acoustic Blues Stage. Roy is listed in the “Book of Blues Who’s Who” and is a master storyteller with an eclectic body of work that covers not only the Blues but also country, bluegrass, ragtime, folk and popular songs that originated in Tin Pan Alley. For more information, please visit www.RoyBookBinder.com.


Separately and together, Jim and Roy are the more than just “Faces” and “Voices”…
and more than just The Blues!


INFORMATION

 

Photo Exhibit:

- Saturday: 12:00 Noon - 6:00 PM

- Sunday: 12:00 Noon - 4:00 PM

 

Workshops:

- Photography: Saturday 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

- Guitar: Sunday 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

 

Porch Time:

- Saturday: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

 

Concert: 

- Saturday: 8:00 PM

 

In light of the recent passing of several well-known – and lesser known, but equally impactful – artists in recent months…with Northeastern Pennsylvania's own R.J. Minichello among them, we will seize this opportunity to pay tribute to the good men and women who have “done their full go round.”

 

“Sing a song of freedom, sing a song for me….”

 

TICKETS

 

The Photo Exhibit, Workshops and Porch Time are FREE and Open to the Public with Advance Reservation Requested.

 

Concert Tickets:

- Adults: $25 Advance/$30 Door

- Seniors/Students: 2/$25

- Children (12 & Under) with Adult: Freeto KEEP The Blues Alive

- Military Members & Family: Free...with Gratitude

 

Advance tickets - while they last - are available from PocoNotes at www.PocoNotes.com or (888) 800-POCO or in Downtown Scranton at Duffy Accessories at 218 Linden Street or Nada & Co. at 137 Wyoming Avenue.

 

We hope to see you at the show…but, either way, thank you for all of the support you shown over the years – both to us and to all of the artists we’ve hosted.  Some of them are the legends who have given us the soundtrack to our lives…others are hard-working, like-minded troubadours who play to live and live to play…and still others are local musicians and thrive on the love of their hometown crowd.  So, whether they travel by tour bus, church bus or Greybound bus, they deserve - and have - all of our respect.

 

That's it for now!  Be good to each other.  The alternative shouldn’t be an option.

 

Peace…really!

 

 

Dolores & Pat

It’s About the Music!




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