September 2015 www.folkproject.org Let's Sing in the Street! Bring your instrument, your voice, or just your cheery self to the Bloomfield Harvestfest. The Folk Project will have a booth on Sunday, September 27, from 11am to 6pm. Music will be continuous, as long as we have folks to folk out. We're part of the Ecofest, sponsored by Greener Bloomfield, a non-profit group promoting sustainable living at the local level. The fest will stretch from Bloomfield Ave. to Belleville Ave. on Broad Street. If you'd like to play music, just show up, or call Dave Kleiner at 973/429-0288, or email [email protected]. We can use some additional volunteers to set up, break down, and populate the booth through- out the day. Please contact Pat Brangs at [email protected] to help in the booth. Last year we had a great time. Come help promote the Folk Project and welcome autumn with music. Help Spread the Word The Folk Project Publicity Committee is looking for a few new volunteers to help get the word out about our activities. Each month around the 10th, volunteers receive an email packet of press information (releases, articles, and photos) to be forwarded to a few media outlets or used to enter our information on calendar websites. Each committee member "owns" a small group of outlets to which they reach out each month. Occasionally, there are extra releases about events (such as special concerts) that are outside the normal cycle but this is rare. The Publicity Committee is focused on keeping each member's level of effort consistently light so the work never becomes a burden. Of course, for those wishing to do more, we can always seek out new outlets and ways to spread the word. If you are interested, please contact Paul Fisher at [email protected]. Paxton Tees for Sale Hey Projectiles! The Folk Project commemorative Tee shirts we sold at the recent 40th Anniversary Concert were a big hit! There are only a few still available. We have six smalls and perhaps one or two XL’s. They are signed by Tom Paxton. Andrew Hines will be selling them at the Minstrel on 9/4, or contact him at [email protected]. QUICK GUIDE TO THE INSIDE September Evening o' Music ......................................................... 2 Tracy Grammer House Concert ..................................................... 7 Appel Farm Music & Wine Festival ................................................ 7 Cavalcade of Costumed Crooners ................................................. 7 Board Meeting: The Summary .....................................................10 Good o’ the Order .........................................................................11 Members’ Gigs & Friends .............................................................13 NOTE: web links in the eNewsletter are now clickable September Evening o' Music September 2015 Sat. 9/12, 8pm • Liz Pagan and Dave Kleiner's The Minstrel 32 Williamson Avenue, Bloomfield, NJ • 973/429-0288 Acoustic Concert Series presented by Let’s all roll on the Garden State Parkway for another installment of jamming and schmoozing. Bring food and drink to share as well as instruments and voices. We’re at the doorstep of Fall so, if Concerts every Friday at 8pm at the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship the night is cool and dry, we’ll light up a toasty fire in the back yard. 21 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, NJ www.FolkProject.org 973/335-9489 [email protected] Directions: Get to Parkway SOUTH via EITHER Route 3 East OR Route 80 East to Route 19 South. Take Exit 149. Exit left onto JFK Drive. Left • • at light onto Montgomery Street. Third left onto Williamson. #32 is fifth house on left. FROM PARKWAY NORTH (via Route 280 East), take exit 148 (JFK Drive). Make the fourth right onto Montgomery St. Third left onto Fri., Sept. 4: Bob Malone with Mike Miz Williamson. #32 is the fifth house on left. When Bob Malone isn’t occupied as John Fogarty’s (Creedence Clearwater Revival) piano player, he tours as a great solo performer. In that setting he con- jures up images of Professor Longhair or Tom Waits. He mixes literate, sardonic, gutsy songwriting with full-tilt barrelhouse piano for a powerful stage presence. Mike Miz (the Guitar Wiz) is a songwriter with some particularly spectacular A Folk Project Special Concert guitar chops. His flatpick work ramps up the energy level of his songs into overdrive. His songs are influenced by the Pennsylvania coal country of his The Rumpke Mountain Boys upbringing and evoke the rustic and down-to-earth atmosphere of that region. with special guest Fri., Sept. 11: Open Stage David Gans This is an opportunity for all acoustic musicians to perform a 15-minute set on our stage, and for the audience to be treated to a diverse collection of acoustic musicians. We’ve often seen Friday, November 13, 2015 • 8pm previews of our regular scheduled acts for the first time at Open Stage. For information on how to secure a performance slot, call 973/335-9489, or visit www.OpenStage.FolkProject.org. $15 advance, $20 at the door Pot-Luck Brunch, book signing and jam-with-the-band Saturday morning Fri., Sept. 18: Geoff Muldaur with Frank and Hank Geoff Muldaur is one of the great voices and musical forces to emerge from the “Great Folk Scare” of the The Rumpke Mountain Boys 1960’s and ‘70’s. Back then, Geoff made a series of highly influential recordings with The Rumpke Mountain Boys combine signature vocals, a unique command of stringed instruments the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, his then-wife Maria, and other notables (Bonnie Raitt, Eric Von Schmidt, Jerry Garcia, etc.). With great guitar chops and his singular voice, Geoff (acoustic guitar, mandolin, upright bass, and banjo) and brings the music of rural and urban America in the first half of the 20th Century to life, dynamic special effects into a singular musical experience. interspersing the songs with wonderful stories of people and events of that exciting Bluegrass instrumentation and styling like nothing you’ve music scene of the 60’s and 70’s. heard before. An eclectic mix of music from bluegrass to jazz to standards comes from the agile Like playing around a campfire, the Boys take turns calling musical minds of Folk Project members Frank Sole and Hank (Hen3ry) Nerenberg. the next tune, distilling shows from a sea of infinite notes Frank is a skilled guitarist both in lead flatpicking styles and in Django-inspired jazz. created from years of jamming. Drawing upon an ever grow- Hen3ry (the 3 is silent) has one of the widest ranging musical minds in the Project, ing catalog of originals and an eclectic mix of covers ranging and is a genius at innovative and appropriate arrangement. from Randy Newman to The Grateful Dead, covering all the Fri., Sept. 25: Tom Chapin with Matt Arons ground between. Tom Chapin’s music spans generations from the heady Greenwich Village days when he performed with his brothers Harry and Steve and dad Jim, through to today. He serves up a David Gans tasty mix of story songs, ballads, comedic and political songs, family music, Making a living outside the normal nine-to-five schedule is a difficult proposition; sing-alongs, old-time folk classics and a favorite song or two of his late brother making a living that way while making an interesting life is even harder. David Harry’s. With an agile fingerstyle guitar, gentle humor, audience inclusiveness, Gans has done both, as a musician, a radio producer, and an author/journalist. and a concern for the Earth and its resources, Tom puts on a memorable show. David brings us a bit of everything this time around. He will open for (and Tonight’s opener, 17-year-old Matt Arons has studied guitar with the likes of undoubtedly jam with) The Rumpke Mountain Boys on Friday night, and on David Bromberg, Woody Mann, and Roy Book Binder. And has learned his les- Saturday morning his new book “Playing in the Band: An Oral and Visual Portrait sons very well. He plays and sings with a skill, subtlety, and sensitivity rare in a of the Grateful Dead” will be the focus of a pot-luck brunch, book signing, and seasoned adult performer, let alone someone of his years. This kid will go far. jam session in Rockaway, NJ. Details and advance tickets available at folkproject.org or call 908/229-1214 with any questions. UPCOMING: 10/2: Stuart Fuchs with Andy Koenig & Friends; 10/9: Closed for the Folk Project Fall Getaway; 10/16: Pat Donohue with Diane Perry & Friends; 10/23: Split Bill—Peter Fischman & Deb O’Hanlon and Andrew Dunn; 10/30: Folk Project Halloween Concert 2 To volunteer, e-mail [email protected] 3 Music at the Mission: 1452 Union Valley Rd, West Milford, NJ, 7pm, $5 admission, All Venues That Fit We Print www.MusicAtTheMission.org; Sat. 9/26 8pm, Slaid Cleaves Music on Main Street: Woodbridge Community Center, 600 Main St., Woodbridge, NJ, 7:30pm, Please use contact information to verify dates and times of shows before you go www.WoodbridgeArtsNJ.org, 732/596-4048 NJ Friends of Clearwater Circle of Song: Eatontown Community Center, 72 Broad Street (Route 71), Eatontown, NJ, 2–4pm, $3–7, www.IngridMusic.com, 732/869-9276; Sat. 9/12 No monthly Acoustic Cafe, Pascack Valley: Our Lady of Mercy Academy, 25 Fremont Road, Park Ridge, NJ, 8pm, circle due to 40th Festival $20 advance/$22 door, www.CafeAcoustic.org, 201/573-0718; Sat. 9/26 Ellis Paul with Rebecca Loebe, $20 advance/$25 door, First Congregational Church, Park Ridge NJ Friends of Clearwater Festival: Brookdale Community College, Larrison Hall Commons, 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ, 11am–7pm, Celebrating their 40th festival and their founders: Albert Hall/Sounds of the NJ Pines: Country/bluegrass/folk every Saturday.