I’ve never been part of something that transforms stuff I’ve written in that way,” he said.Īt the show, audience members should check to see if Elkington plays the entire time, because he said sometimes he gets too wrapped up in the music around him to continue. It’s like the band has a real sense of identity. “Janet and I write these songs, and by the time the band is finished with them, it transforms into something very different. The other band members “are quite expressive, and the music is very fluid,” he added. 224 reviews 292 of 691 Restaurants in Wellington - Cafe Vegetarian Friendly. “Some songs are pretty traditional, and we’re all acoustic, but everything we do sort of gets warped by this jazz filter.” “I am appalling at describing my own music - anything I’m involved in, I’m just awful,” he said.
Though he can play a mean acoustic guitar, don’t ask Elkington to concisely describe the band’s musical style. In between bouts of solo projects and collaborating with The Horse’s Ha vocalist Janet Beveridge Bean, they assembled a number of other musicians and formed the group as it is known today. I made friends here and started coming quite a bit, and I finally decided to stay.” “When I came, I felt immediately attracted to it - unlike anywhere I’ve ever been. “I have always been a big fan of Chicago music since I was in my late teens, and I was really curious to visit,” he said. Though Elkington has been to Pittsburgh to perform with musician Edith Frost at the Andy Warhol Museum in the North Side, he said he has not gotten the chance to explore, and that because of a next-day engagement in Arlington, Va., the band will have little time to experience the city.Įlkington said he has low expectations for the concert, but is just happy to be performing with a group of musicians for whom he cares a great deal. I’m sure the next time we talk I will have some stories for you.” “When you are in strange towns, eating strange foods, that’s when things start getting weird. Grab yourself a shirt, a cute canvas tote or a camping Thunderbird mug by MIIR. I mean, we’ve played quite a few shows, but this is the first time we’ve actually left town to do a string of performances,” he said. Thunderbird Coffee is a locally owned cafe in the heart of East Austin. The band is based in Chicago, and Elkington said, it has not had enough exposure outside the Windy City to accumulate any wealth of humorous touring stories. She can be seen Saturday nights at Helm’s famed Midnight Rambles in Woodstock, NY.Pittsburgh lovers of music that is “sort of folk, but not really,” according to Elkington, can decide for themselves when The Horse’s Ha makes its premier stop in Pittsburgh next Monday at The Thunderbird Cafe, the first show on its first-ever tour. grilled chicken, bacon, tomatoes & parmesan crisps on a bed of romaine and spinach & served with salsa ranch dressing. Teresa appears on Helm’s Grammy winning cds, DIRT FARMER, ELECTRIC DIRT and RAMBLE AT THE RYMAN. She and producer/multi-instrumentalist, Larry Campbell, work as a duo. She’s sung with Bonnie Bramlett, Buddy Miller, and Emmylou Harris, Little Feat and Hot Tuna (STEADY AS SHE GOES.) She has toured as a member of Phil Lesh and Friends and has been featured with Further, Lesh and Bob Weir’s post-Grateful Dead projects. Teresa created the role of Sara Carter, the lead singer of The Original Carter Family, for the stage and for the BBC and PBS. When she moved to NYC, she joined Southern Comfort, and later Swing Fever. Teresa Williams grew up immersed in the sounds of the epicenter of roots music working in the fields of her ancestors’ 7th generation cotton farm, in W.
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