Leo Coffeehouse/Queen City Balladeers


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SINGING CREECH SISTERS & COUSIN CLEM
This performance is part of their MANDATORY PUBLIC SERVICE TOUR after being released from the Leavenworth Home for Wayward Women, where they served time for showing their garters. Corrina (Cheryl McKinney), Cassandra (Alana Johnson), Eula Mae (Cynthia McCarthy), and Clementine (Chris Bieri) will be accompanied on bass by Cousin Clem (Dick Males).
SELDOM THE SAME
a group of retirees who share Americana music. Dean Vamvas, lead vocalist and plays guitar. Tom McDonald is our primary harmonica and mountain dulcimer player. Dave Martin supplies keyboard, fiddle and Dobro and sings. Dave Sanders plays cello, acoustic guitar, banjo and sings both lead and harmony. Karen Shrock plays guitar and provides both lead and harmony vocals. John Gardik plays standup bass.
JOLLY OLD HAWK–Mke Oberst and Justine Cefalu
Tradition meets innovation when Cincinnati's genre-spanning veterans of folk scenes Mike Oberst and Justine Cefalu team up. Oberst- a multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter and founding member of the Tillers- has spent years crafting a unique style of balladry with clawhammer banjo, guitar, tin whistle and uilleann pipes, blending time-honored tradition with punk rock energy. Cefalu- accomplished fiddler of Québécois, Irish, and old-time American styles brings her vast repertoire and background of language study for a rich performance experience. Together, the duo brings a vibrant mix of warm, fluent and playful tones, rhythms and harmonies for a set sure to enthrall traditional enthusiasts and general music lovers alike.
BEFORE THE LEO
5:15 PM MIKE OBERST leads a clawhammer banjo workshop
5:15 PM GUITAR ROUNDTABLE Workshop Mike Helm leads this forum for players of any skill level to exchange ideas so we can all make better music together. Bring a question, share a tip. Learn a new lick or chord. Gain a new perspective, share your own with us. Enrich your guitar experience.
5:15 PM Open Jam
Anyone can bring songs to lead in the circle while others provide backup and harmony.

Leo Coffeehouse/Queen City Balladeers