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Mary Flower in Concert

Mary Flower is an internationally known and award-winning picker, singer/songwriter and teacher. The Midwest native relocated from Denver to the vibrant Portland, Oregon music scene in in 2004. She continues to please crowds and critics at folk festivals, teaching seminars and concert stages domestically and abroad that include Merlefest, Kerrville, King Biscuit, Prairie Home Companion and the Vancouver Folk Festival, among many.

A finalist in 2000 and 2002 at the National Finger Picking Guitar Championship, a nominee in 2008, 2012 and 2016 for a Blues Foundation Blues Music Award, and many times a Cascade Blues Assn. Muddy Award winner, Flower embodies a luscious and lusty mix of rootsy, acoustic-blues guitar and vocal styles that span a number of idioms from Piedmont to the Mississippi Delta, with stops in ragtime, swing, folk and hot jazz.

Flowers 11 recordings, including her four for Memphis famed Yellow Dog Records Bywater Dance, Instrumental Breakdown, Bridges and Misery Loves Company show a deep command of and love for folk and blues string music. For Flower, its never about re-creation. Her dedication to the art form is a vital contribution to Americas music.

Doc Stein, Hawaiian Steel Guitar, grew up on the east coast playing country and western swing, ragtime and blues on guitar, banjo and dobro. In 1985 he moved to the Portland area where he played in various bands including Retta and the Smart Fellas, Cactus Set-Up with Rebecca Kilgore and Fritz Richmonds Barbeque Orchestra. He has also toured with various bands while sailing the southern Caribbean and was a part of the Voice of Asia Festival in Kazakhstan, representing the USA in a swing trio.

Multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter Spud Siegel, mostly on his mandolin, provides musical entertainment of a variety of genres, including Bluegrass, Latin, Celtic, and a crowd-pleasing melange he likes to call Beachgrass. Based in Portland, Oregon, Spud is a member of the Floating Glass Balls, The BBQ Orchestra, and back in the day the Bond Street Blues Band on the coast.

Thursday, Aug 25, 7:30pm, Full Bar. $20. Doors open 7pm. Limited 40 attendees. www.brownpapertickets.com