Now this is a good start for a Happy New Year! American Roots Revue will take to the Dakota stage with a new show “Songs of Freedom, Freight Trains & Hope” featuring Robert Robinson, Billy Steele, Tonia Hughes Kendrick, Larry Long & Fiddlin’ Pete Watercott. This train is still bound for glory, this train.
Robert Robinson, vocals
Larry Long, guitar, vocals
Tonia Hughes Kendrick, vocals
Fiddlin’ Pete Watercott, violin, vocals
Billy Steele, piano, vocals
Larry Dalton, bass
Daryl Boudreaux, percussion
Joe Savage, dobro, pedal steel
American Roots Revue is a revolving showcase of world-class musicians, playing a diverse repertoire. Each performance features American roots standards, plus original songs by guest artists and the core group.
Robert Robinson is reason to believe that the greatest music crosses every border from audiences in the Pontiac Silverdome to troops in South Korea. Minnesota’s Insight News calls Robert “a beloved institution.” His live performance is “a soaring presence” which always leaves his audiences spellbound.
Larry Long tells the stories in song of hard working people that highlights the courage, deep personal experiences, and heroism found in their lives within a tradition for which Woody Guthrie is famous and Larry Long continues. Long is an award-winning songwriter on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. When Pete Seeger was told that Larry is often referred to as the Pete Seeger of Minnesota, Pete replied “I would be honored to be called the Larry Long of New York”.
Tonia Hughes Kendrick is notably one of Minnesota’s most gifted artists. Her voice has mesmerized audiences across the nation including the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York and with the Minnesota Orchestra close to home. Tonia is a recipient of the prestigious and coveted Musician’s Fellowship from the McKnight Foundation.
Billy Steele is a member of the Grammy Award winning ‘Sounds of Blackness’ and the legendary Steeles who have toured the world performing and recording with Prince, Mavis Staples, Five Blind Boys of Alabama and many more. His voice can be heard on soundtracks with Rod Stewart and James Earl Jones. He has an honesty and humility that touches the hearts of all who hear him sing and perform.
Pete Watercott is one of the most amazing fiddle players in the world. After meeting up with Larry Long in St. Cloud, Minnesota in 1971, they began hitchhiking and hopping freight-trains throughoutthe western United States performing most anywhere that people gather. Pete now calls the High Sierra Nevada Mountain Range home, where he is a mainstay at the Mill Pond Music Festival and the NationalCowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada.
Recommended for fans of Mavis Staples, Pete Seeger, Stevie Wonder, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan & Bernice Johnson Reagon of Sweet Honey in the Rock & the Freedom Singers.
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- Genre:
- Americana
