EVENT: Steveston Folk Guild presents Steve Palmer
by Dave McArthur
6.30pm Thursday August 19th Where: Britannia Heritage Shipyard Chinese Bunkhouse 5180 Westwater Drive, Steveston BC. 7.30pm Tickets $8 at the door. With great pleasure we welcome Steve Palmer back to SFG for the 3rd time. Raised on gospel, country and the blues, the old time influences on a young prairie picker with a love of Doc Watson made him a good fit for psychedelic folk-rock bands touring and playing support for most of the big name suspects during the ‘60s UK invasion. And then more steady dues paid as guitarist-for-hire in country bands working the rural Alberta bar scene. He started using his voice only in the ‘80s, when he’d picked some west-coast time to study music a bit more formally. Now based in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan, he travels a troubadour circuit around Western Canada and the Northwestern US. Forty years as a traveling musician is a lot of road, and Steve Palmer is still playing and still touring. His songs are about life’s simple pleasures with all the unhurried authority of a quiet and simple folk-singing road-survivor. Sometimes compared to Hoyt Axton, Leonard Cohen, or John Prine, the echoes of Doc Watson remain clear on his albums, “Roots and Strings” and “Morning Road.” This will be a great concert. Don’t be late Limited seating capacity (be early) Gulf of Georgia Cannery Music Series 6.30pm, Friday August 20th (rain or shine…we will be inside the Cannery if it rains) 6.30pm, Friday August 20th The Sumner Brothers know that "nothing feels better than blood on blood". This honesty is the bloodline of the Sumner Brothers music. It is this commitment to authenticity that first drew the brothers to the songs of country, folk and blues, to roots music. Their music has been described as foot stompin’ rockin’, rustic roots, country-folk and blues. Their show blends brotherly charm, homegrown gospel/roots, country/folk songs and a delivery that calls to mind a young Elvis and Cash. Come hear some country folk, rusty roots, and blues. There is a cap of the number of audience allowed on the Tank Deck venue, so be seated prior to 6.30pm to avoid disappointment. Tel: 604-204-0044/604-272-9294 (Sumner Brothers presented in association with The Beatmerchant cd’s and Records.) Dave McArthur Steveston Folk Guild dave@stevestonfolk.org www.stevestonfolk.org 604-272-9294
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