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FOLK CLUB of SOUTH FLORIDA FO L K N O T E S March, 2004 ______ F O L K C L U B O F S O U T H F L O R I D A Visit us at: www . souflafolk . com for information and events March, 2004 FO LK NOTES ______________________________________________________________________ FOLK MUSIC IN THE GARDENS ACOUSTIC UNDERGROUND PRESENTS: CONCERT SERIES PRESENTS: Anni Clark - Fleet Starbuck Bob Ingram Saturday, March 6th, 8:00pm The 18 Wheelers We are blessed with Roger Sprung - Paul Roub a plethora of seasoned, talented st Sunday, March 21 , 2004 - Noon to 5:00 PM and wizened Folk Music in the Gardens is held on the third musicians in South Sunday of each month. This event is sponsored by the Florida and, once Village of Pinecrest and is located in the beautiful and again, one of them historic Pinecrest Gardens on the site of the former will share their Parrot Jungle: Southwest 112th Street and Southwest evening with us. 57th Avenue (Red Road). You can enjoy five hours of Bob Ingram has some of South Florida’s and the nation’s finest folk and been playing his acoustic performers, on the Main Stage and the wonderful music in, Imagination Stage. In addition there will be workshops and around South on songwriting, guitar and other instruments. All in a Florida for years spectacular, natural Florida hammock with tours by the and years, and park guides. All for just the park admission fee of $5.00 MORE years. And for adults and $3.00 for children three to twelve. during that time, he Grounds will be open from 8:00 A.M. to Sundown with has shared the bill with Joni Mitchell, Spanky and Our food and soft drinks available from 11:00 A.M. to 6:00 Gang, Vince Martin, Steve Goodman, Gamble Rogers P.M. Pinecrest Gardens telephone: 305-669-6942. and many others. Anni Clark: Not many of us remember our early coffee houses, The Coffee House on Douglas Road just south of Anni Clark won both “Female Coral Way and Pegasus in Fort Lauderdale in the early Artist of the Year” and “Folk sixties and, later, The Flick near the University of Artist of the Year” in Jam Music Miami. Bob and his friends, the late Fred Neil Magazine’s 2003 Readers’ Pix (Everybody’s Talking, The Candy Man) and George Awards. A Maine native, she is Carlin all called them home. known for her folksy, bluesy, Later years found him on tour with Cass Elliott with and witty style. Dirty Linen Lex Baxter’s Balladeers. Jimmy Buffet, Paul Harris and Magazine says “ in her latest Monty Trainer were part of his life in the seventies. CD,Big Water, “Anni Clark takes You would have found him at The Catacombs with major steps with her fifth solo album… she leads way David and Ethan Crosby, Vince Martin and Buffie St. to a metaphorical exploration of the natural world and Marie. reflects (her ) at her very finest. The Kennebec Journal writes “…she can have you laughing one moment and More recently, he is a regular at John Brown’s open close to tears the next with the honest emotions in her mike, formerly of The Tauraus and now at John material”. A two-time finalist in the New Folk Martin’s Pub. If there’s a song from the last forty Songwriters’ Competition at Kerrville, Anni has years he doesn’t know it probably isn’t worth performed at The Boston Folk Festival, The Falcon knowing. What a lovely evening we have in store with Ridge Folk Festival , and the Kerrville TX Wine and this fine man, his guitar, his music and his stories. Music Festival. Northeast Performer Magazine wrote Luna Star Café, 775 NE 125th Street, N. Miami, FL “Joni, Rickie, and Bonnie move over… make room for tel: 305-892-8522. Requested Contribution: $7.00 Anni!”. www.anniclark.com. Continued on PAGE 3 … ($6.00 Members) Page 1 FOLK CLUB OF SOUTH FLORIDA FO L K N O T E S March, 2004 _____________________________________________________________________________ THE PREZ SEZ… Our own cover girl. us the opportunity and now, that she is moving on to become the City Manager for the new city of Doral, Thanks Yocie. My thanks. we wish her ever success and know very well that By Barry J. White they are getting a heads up, solid person they will We don’t have many enjoy and come to love and respect as we have. legendary folks around us Felicidades, Buena suerta y gracias, Yocie. down here, unless they My personal thanks for the chance to help bring our wind up on the police music to the public for another year. We had some blotter. But we do have innovative programs last year but things change and Valerie C. Wisecracker. gears must be shifted and wheels re-invented so we She may have a rap sheet still, and always will, have a hard sell in this market. somewhere, we won’t go Not impossible and, if we continue to be creative, there, but she certainly is we’ll establish new venues and expand present ones. becoming a legend. With If it was easy anybody could do it. But we have some long and deep roots in sharp folks around, thanks to the new and to the re- South Florida, her musical upped board members and members at large, and life covers most of the we’ll figure the angles and build audience and genres including string quartets and, possibly, appreciation. Thanks again for the shot. excluding only mazurka dancing. So when Charles Flowers had the good taste to tap Val for a Miami Herald Tropical Life cover story for the February 16th NEWS issue, he only documented what we all know and he Grant Livingston shared our good fortune with the rest of South Florida. It was Val, along with Jane Mathews, Linda Graham For information on Grants gigs this month please call: and Betsy Graber who held the Folk Club Of South 305-444-1230 - http://www.grantlivington.com Florida together for a long time. And still, it is her knowledge and contacts that enable us to present Rod MacDonald some of the best music around. It all takes time and Call 561-278-2653 for Rod’s gigs this month or see his dedication; Val is short on the former, long on the website: http://www.rodmacdonald.net latter and we benefit from it. Truth is, Charles just scratched the surface on the fabulous stories and Adrian Peever and Mark Kane histories that Val lived and could tell. She is very Celtic music fans: Adrian Peever and Mark Kane begin judicious and discreet. She has known every performer, a regular Friday night gig at Molly Bloom’s: 166 Sunny played every venue and been a part of the growth and Isles Blvd, where 826 meets A1A - 305-948-3512. development of almost every type of music down here. And she has created and presents some of the best of Open Mikes it. Val is South Florida. Maybe she’s afraid to complete that CD thinking we’ll be satisfied with the music in the Sunday nights at John Martin's Pub and Tuesday box and won’t want to see the Real McCoy. Not a Nights at Sax Music Bar. Both events will start at 8pm. chance. Come to Pinecrest Gardens on May 16th and Contact: John Brown, [email protected] hear our own legend perform. And bring thirty or forty of your close friends. Internet Event Listing Almost a year ago when Jim Fishman and I sat down For a very comprehensive listing of upcoming South with the Assistant Village Manager of Pinecrest, Yocelyn Florida events see the GotFolk Calendar of Events, Galiano Gomez, a/k/a “Yocie”, we could not have asked http://gotfolk.cus.com/calendar/calendar.pl for a more cooperative, understanding and trusting partner for our ambitious undertaking, i.e., a year of monthly folk music concerts at Pinecrest Gardens. OPEN HOUSE & SONG SWAP Yocie understood the latitude we needed and gave us The Folk Club of South Florida monthly Open House an agreement that we both could live with. Together, and Song Swap will be on Sunday, March 14 from along with Domino Ireland, and the rest of the fine 5:30 – 9:00 PM at the home of Dorothy Parker. staff at Pinecrest Gardens, we have weathered Dorothy’s home is close to Bird Rd. and Red Rd. torrential rains and sweltering heat but still every show Please RSVP to Dorothy for directions at 305-663- went on, on time and with style and class. Yocie gave 9296. Bring food, music, and a happy heart. Page 2 FOLK CLUB OF SOUTH FLORIDA FO L K N O T E S March, 2004 _____________________________________________________________________________ FOLK MUSIC IN THE GARDENS PERFORMANCES ….continued from page 1 Fleet Starbuck CONCERTS AT THE LUNA STAR CAFÉ Besides having one of the coolest Luna Star Café presents regular acoustic concerts in names in blues, The Fleet North Miami, with an excellent program for this Starbuck Blues Band has had a month. 777 N.W, 125 Court, North Miami, FL. Call major influence on the Florida Alexis at 305-892-8522 for details regarding the blues scene since 1982. We will program of concerts, or see the concert schedule on hear Fleet solo with his Sigma the web at: http://www.geocities.com/purdyville/lunastar.htm DR28 Acoustic guitar. A 1967 Concerts start at 8:00PM and cover charge is $7.00 Palmetto high graduate, he has for some performers. played with Koko Taylor, Stevie Space Hippie - Wednesday, March 3 Ray Vaughn, Kim Wilson, Willy Nelson and Carolyn Hester at Kerrville.
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