CCE Concerts in Stone Ridge

Robbie Fulks           Saturday March 20   8pm

 Some information on Robbie, thanks to my good friend Mark Rosen

 It would be too easy to describe Robbie Fulks as the country singer who wrote "Fuck This Town" as his paean to Nashville. But that would unfairly pigeonhole one of today's smartest, most creative singer- songwriters. Since 1996, Fulks has released seven studio albums, one live album and, his latest, a 50 song download collection called "50-Vc. Doberman. " Fulks brings a sense of music history and a rock'n'roll heart to everything  he does.  A clever lyricist, a stellar guitarist, and a wonderful storyteller, Fulks brings it all with him to the place he is most comfortable--the stage.

Here are some of the things that have been written about Robbie Fulks:

"If country music has an Elvis Costello, it's Robbie Fulks, who marries Ivy League cleverness to an appreciation of hillbilly music that actual hillbillies could only envy" - Entertainment Weekly

"Chicago's most fertile musical mind...so good, he's scary" - Chicago Tribune

"Mr. Fulks is more than a songwriter. He's a gifted guitarist, a soulful singer with an expressive honky-tonk tenor, and  a natural performer. It rings true when he says he's only truly comfortable when he's onstage or when he's totally alone. But what really sets him apart is his songwriting, which is one part artful country, one part artful sendup of country and one part a little of everything else...sort of like country meets David Lynch." New York Times

America's most unjustly unsung singer-songwriter" - SPIN

"Fulks is a true find amid the legions of too-serious/too-hip for their own good alt-country artists...he performs in a warm, wry and witty style, with startlingly fast and fluid guitar solos that recall prime Chet Atkins." - Fort Worth Star-Telegram

"Fulks is a natural and gifted songwriter with a withering wit and an encyclopedic understanding of country song forms; he also happens to be one hell of a guitar player. " - Journal of Country Music
 

Cigarette State:   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laFfx6hPes0&feature=fvw

Let's Kill Saturday Night:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2YpGKJpU8M&feature=related

The Buck Starts Here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMFZVlQQ88Y&feature=related

I'm so Countrified:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgvloq4mGIs&feature=related

On the Corner Of I Love & You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6TlXCqq5AM&feature=related

Cliff Eberhardt          Saturday April 17   8pm

 The High Above and the Down Below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRdatzStppY&feature=related

 I Love Money

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZg_HrbTZRs

I'll Cry Instead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6RTK5mElbY

Living with Elephants          Friday May 1   8pm

The premier of a brand new band

Amy Poux, Vocals & Keyboard, Composer
Ev Mann, Percussion
Mario Lacedonia, Electric/Acoustic Guitar & Mandolin
Rob Norris, Electric Bass
John Hughes, back-up vocals

 Danny Schmidt          Friday May 21   8pm

This Too Shall Pass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMXzf2ZHvZs

Cleopatra

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sXt9wfT0J0&feature=related

Better off Broke

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hngJHm4-DM8&feature=related

Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion        June

Holdin' Back

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_BbCYQ_oBw

Mixed Blessings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igA3ciQZz8E&feature=related

Kindness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw7gD45Kkos&feature=related
 

Haale          September