Traditional Folk Song Circle to celebrate SEVEN YEARS at Dublin Roasters, February 9. YOU are invited to the party! February 2019 Inside this issue: Notes From the President 2 Open Mics 3 STEP UP! Song Contest 4 Ken Glasser Brewer’s Alley Songwriters 8 Open Stage 9 Kindred Crow/Helltown Riffraff 9 Traditional Folk Song Circle 10 Gear of the Month 12 Pull up a Chair 14 Kingston Trio, What I forgot 15 MD Benefit Concert 16 Open Mic Photos 17 Member Ads 21 Event Calendar 23 Board of Directors 24 FAME Goals 24 Membership Renewal/App 24 splits his time between guitar, resonator, Weissenborn, and dobro. He plays with an assortment of picks and slides, which Todd discusses in “Gear of the Month” on page 10. Page 2 Notes from the President Greetings, I hope everyone is having a wonderful start to the New year. Katherine and I attended the Broward Folk Festival this year held at the Hugh Birch Taylor State Park in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The weather was foreboding most of the weekend, but we attended the event on Sunday, January 27th. It was cloudy, cooler than normal temperatures, but fortunately the rain held off until later in the evening. We had the opportunity to see quite a few singer/songwriters perform from around the country. Our favorites were House of Hamill from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and The Nouveaux Honkies from Knoxville, Tennessee. These were two younger performing groups featuring excellent fiddling as well as nice harmonies – there was a wide variety of musical talent and styles to please everyone. We enjoyed listening to all the acts and checking out the other parts of the festival which included a song circle, songwriters in the round, and various workshops. My thought is, Would the membership be interested in putting on a similar festival? Let me know your thoughts. Board meetings are open to the public and generally occur the first Wednesday of each month. The next one is February 6, at 7:30 pm, at Lough Memorials, 500 S Market Street, Frederick, Maryland. Sincerely, Open Mics Page 3 Serendipity Market & More, 14 E Patrick Street, Frederick, MD. Every Friday, 7 p.m. February 1, Todd C Walker, host; February 8, Sam Ott; February 15, 22, Dr. Dave Koronet. The Epicure Café, 11104 Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA. Open Mic and Music Variety Showcase. Second, fourth, & fifth Wednesdays at 8 p.m. Ron Goad, host. February 13, 27 JR Sports Bar and Restaurant, 605 Main Street, Woodsboro, MD 21798. Second and fourth Thursdays, 7:30-10 p.m. Sam Biskin, host. February 14, 28 UUCF “Coffeehouse,” 4880 Elmer Derr Road, Frederick, MD. BYOB. Third Saturdays, 7 - 9:30 p.m. Roy Greene, Brad Calhoun, hosts. February 16 Beans in the Belfry Meeting Place & Café, 122 W. Potomac Street, Brunswick, MD. Third Thursdays 7-9 p.m. Tomy Wright, host. February 21 Dublin Roasters, 1780 N. Market Street, Frederick, MD. Fourth Sundays, 1-3 p.m. Max Honn, host. February 24 More open mic details and photos on pages 17 thru 20. Page 4 F.A.M.E. supports 2nd Annual Chords of Courage STEP UP! Student Songwriting Contest by Tomy Wright Based on of last year’s successful Furthermore, Caron wanted to emphasize to partnership with Chords of Courage’s STEP UP! everyone who knows middle and high school age Frederick Student Songwriting Contest, the Frederick County students, “You don’t have to be F.A.M.E. Board of Directors voted to support the a musician to enter this contest. You don’t have 2nd Annual contest by sponsoring a Third Place to play an instrument or even have to have a Prize and other offerings. The Board made good voice. On your own or collaborating with Chords of Courage CEO and Founder Caron someone else, we’re looking for young people to Dale, an honorary member for her assistance in identify people of great courage from whom they F.A.M.E.’s goal, “To reach out to the community can gain personal inspiration and then spread via workshops and concerts, especially through that word.” schools and youth organizations and setting up of mentoring opportunities for young aspiring Under the leadership of former President Rick acoustic musicians.” Hill, and further coordination with current board members Dori Bailin and Roy Greene, and Caron Dale, Contest Director, said the contest former officers Fran Tucker, Todd Walker, and is an “exciting opportunity for all middle and Tomy Wright, many of the activities F.A.M.E. high school students in Frederick County, coordinated in 2018 have seamlessly Maryland.” She went on to say, there are transitioned to Chords of Courage for this year’s “amazing prizes including Frederick Community contest. These activities include Songwriting College scholarships, YMCA summer Workshop facilitation, Song Contest judging, memberships, cash, and so much more. We look Award Concert Band, and coordinating studio forward to F.A.M.E. presenting a 3rd place prize time for winning contestants with Jeff Feit’s at the Awards Concert on April 13 at Frederick Torchlight Productions Recording Studio, Community College and hope many F.A.M.E. Beallsville, MD and Doug Smith’s Shab Row members will come out and support these Recording, Frederick, MD. And with that, all the creative kids. F.A.M.E. will also be offering all band personnel, Scott Barrett, Barry Bryant, Pat finalists F.A.M.E. T-Shirts and a certificate for a Post, and Tomy Wright, Contest Music Director, complementary, one-year student membership.” are all F.A.M.E. members. Watch the video, listen to last year's first place songs and see Page 5 Make N Music sponsors a bimonthly podcast; the most recent of which featured a discussion of the STEP UP! Student Songwriting Contest. Pictured above are (l-r) Mark Stevanus, Tomy Wright, Allie “Sarah” Rubin, Samantha “Sammie J” Johnson, Ashley Marie, Patrick Post, and Wally Worsley. Since F.A.M.E. renewed its partnership two and featured Tomy Wright, as the primary months ago, Chords of Courage has been spokesperson for the Contest along with last delighted to include F.A.M.E. in many ways. year’s High School 1st place Award winner and Here are a few recent highlights: F.A.M.E. member “Sammie J” Johnson and 3rd place winner and F.A.M.E. open mic supporter • F.A.M.E.’s logo is prominently displayed on Allie Rubin. Chords of Courage website’s: Main page At this writing, there have been three Student Contest Page list of sponsors Songwriting Workshops held at the New Spires Arts in Frederick City, facilitated by local award • Video on Contest Home Page has F.A.M.E.’s winning and touring performing songwriters banner featured every time the band is shown Heather Aubrey Lloyd, of the Band ilyAMIY, led • Make ‘N’ Music, another Chords of Courage the first two. Andrew McKnight, returning Contest sponsor, conducted a live, half-hour friend of F.A.M.E., led the third and he will lead podcast earlier this January featuring the the last workshop for this year Saturday, Contest. February 2, from 10 am to 1 pm. Dale said, “We firmly believe by working now with young Since its posting, there have been some 1100 people to create socially conscious songs and podcast views. F.A.M.E. was the focused, actions, we help create socially conscious partner/sponsor mentioned by the interviewer citizens for tomorrow.” 7540 North Market Street Ext, Frederick, MD 21701 Page 6 STEP UP! Student Songwriting Contest, cont’d Great prizes: Frederick Community College scholarships and mu- sic classes, cash, YMCA summer memberships, recording studio time, and more! Free songwriting workshops Guides to work with student finalists on their STEP UP! to make a difference campaigns. Assistance as needed Contest deadline for song submissions = February 15 Barry Bryan, Scott Barrett, Tomy Wright, and Patrick Post performed the entrants songs at the awards presentation last year. Photo “selfie” by Tomy Wright. Page 7 Page 8 2nd Monday Songwriters’ Showcase Brewer’s Alley, 2nd Floor, 124 N. Market Street, Frederick, MD February 11 — Show begins at 7:30 pm — February 11 Steve Warner ~ Double Feature ~ Flo Anito Come upstairs at Brewer’s Alley in beautiful, historic, downtown Frederick, Maryland, second Monday evenings from 7:30 until 10 pm, or so. There is no door charge, but we have “tip buckets” for the featured artists. Come out and support LIVE ORIGINAL music. If you would like a calendar for 2019, please e-mail Rod ([email protected]). For information about playing a three-song spot, contact (1) Ron Goad: Mister- [email protected], (2) Rod Deacey: [email protected] or (3) Todd C. Walker: [email protected]. For info on featuring (the 45-minute money spot), contact Rod Deacey: [email protected]. Featured Artist #1 Steve Warner Steve Warner paints vivid pictures of people and places. His songs are spiced with humor, emo- tion and color that conjures up writers like John Prine and Steve Goodman. His lyrical word play can intrigue and inspire, make you laugh, and some- times cry. A common thread in all of his songs is that they are universally accessible. And given his flair for melody, that makes them memorable. Featured Artist #2 ~ ~ Flo Anito A quirky, clever songwriter with a great big voice, that is in turn, sweet, sultry, powerful, and emotive, Flo's stage presence is undeniable. Classically trained in Voice, Piano, and Cello, raised on the stages of Summer stock musical theatre, and studying Music under Anthony Braxton and Alvin Lucier at Wesleyan University, Flo's sound is a rare hybrid.