Thanksgiving weekend

I had intended by now to post a review of the Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby performance of last Saturday night, but my Thanksgiving duties have sucked up all of my time. This weekend I ought to have something here about the show.

Tonight we have an art opening for Cheyenne Smith & Sonia Vasquez. It will feature paintings and drawings from the two young artists, which they declare explore "the rad themes of nature & humanity. It'll be groovy." 8:00pm tonight.

Then, tomorrow night (Saturday) at 7pm, John Statz will be here to perform from his catalogue of excellent songs. John now lives in Denver but is back in sconny for a visit and a string of performances. He's a very talented singer/songwriter with a folk/country/indie vibe. His latest release, Ghost Towns, is awesome (my standard line has been that it's one of the best releases of 2010 from any artist in the music business).

John Statz from his July 10 Stumpjack performance. Image by Brian Powell

Roots music Friday night

Go here to this minimal though very sharp-looking website of John Statz: http://www.johnstatz.com/. John will be performing at Stumpjack Friday night at 8pm. When you get onto Jon's site (and it does look good doesn't it) click on the "Press" link. Read a few reviews...John is a musician who a lot of people clearly think has some muscle in his songwriting. One review snippet: "...quirky, funky and fresh, without any pretense. But his own songs pack a quiet punch."

John performed at Stumpjack once before. His rendition of "Will the Circle Be unBroken" was one I put on out youtube site (it's also the song that earned him the "quirky, funky and fresh" description above). He's good, and you should see him Friday night of you can.

Then Saturday night our resident songstress, Becky Markvart will be singing and telling bad jokes at 7pm. We love Becky...shoot, everybody loves Becky. It's a double header weekend of music at the Stump.