BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//360exp//Calendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:360exp REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:55fa5a9c-364c-48ce-8675-b9a7b3f9200d@360exp.net SEQUENCE:29842563 DTSTAMP:20260928T202132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260928T000308Z DTSTART:20261120T000000Z DTEND:20261120T020000Z SUMMARY:Folk & Americana: The Legendary Jim Kweskin & Samoa Wilson LOCATION:The Local DESCRIPTION:**Jim Kweskin** is the founder of the legendary 1960s Jim Kwesk in Jug Band with Fritz Richmond\, Geoff Muldaur\, Maria Muldaur\, Mel Lyma n and Bruno Wolfe. During the five years they were together\, they success fully transformed the sounds of pre-World War II rural music into a spring board for their good-humored performances. Their imitators were legion\, i ncluding a San Francisco jug band that became the **Grateful Dead**\, a Lo s Angeles jug band that became the **Nitty Gritty Dirt Band**\, and a New York jug band that became the **Lovin' Spoonful**. No other group attained their unique blend of youthful energy and antiquarian expertise\, tight m usicianship\, loose camaraderie\, and infectious swing.\n\nThese days Jim is best known as a singer and bandleader\, but he also created one of the bedrock guitar styles of the folk revival\, adapting the ragtime-blues fin gerpicking of artists like Mississippi John Hurt and Pink Anderson to the more complex chords of pop and jazz. He has maintained a remarkably consis tent musical vision since his jug band days\, continuing to explore tradit ional folk and blues with the sophisticated sensibility of a jazz musician \, and jazz with the communal simplicity of a folk artist. He has recorded many solo ventures\, as a member of the U and I band\, with band-mate Geo ff Muldaur\, with Samoa Wilson\, with The Texas Sheiks as well as performi ng and recording with a wide variety of well-known musicians such as Maria Muldaur\, John Sebastian\, David Grisman\, Cindy Cashdollar\, Happy Traum \, Meredith Axelrod\, Juli Crockett and Samoa Wilson\, to name a few.\n\nJ im Kweskin's shows radiate charm\, humor\, sophistication and talent. Jim sings a collection of familiar songs by Benny Goodman\, Johnny Mercer\, th e Sons of the Pioneers\, Fats Waller\, and Somethin' Smith & the Redheads. There's an endearing sense of good humor to Kweskin's interpretations tha t makes his performances a delight. Because of his vast repertoire and lov e of the music\, Kweskin is recognized as one of the best interpreters of the great American songbook.\n\nFor this evening Jim will be joined by **S amoa Wilson\,** who since the age of 12 years has been captivating audienc es with a voice the New York Times calls “sweet\, effortless\, old-timey ”. Raised in the riverbed of traditional North American folk music\, she came up in the Boston scene\, under the wing of jug band and folk legend Jim Kweskin. Her two duos\, the Four O’Clock Flowers\, and Fatboy Wilson & Old Viejo Bones\, have become staples of the thriving New York City fol k community. Additionally\, her vintage jazz trio has been filling ears wi th material from the golden era of 20's and 30's musical treasure\; a soun d at once more bluesy and more contemporary than expected. Her choice of r epertoire makes the difference: torchy and honeyed renditions of haunting little-known tunes\, from a woman’s perspective. From the source of the traditional and classic material\, she poses a modern complaint\, salutes the transformation of women’s work and suffering into women’s triumph. \n\n“ ... a gorgeous\, fun sound.” — The Boston Herald\n\n“ ... th e essence of unaffected musical storytelling.” — Nat Hentoff\n\n**VIDE O https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkUjYXerwns**\n\nBeer\, wine\, sake\, fo od\, snacks\, refreshments are available\n\nIf you require ADA access\, pl ease let us know 24 hours in advance by emailing: thelocalsaugerties@gmail .com\n\n\\--- FAQ on tickets\, seating\, students\, photography/video\, pa rking\, ADA and more can be found at TheLocalSaugerties.com\n\nBoletos: ht tps://dice.fm/event/eo8ke6-folk-americana-the-legendary-jim-kweskin-samoa- wilson-19th-nov-the-local-saugerties-tickets URL;VALUE=URI:https://360exp.net/events/55fa5a9c-364c-48ce-8675-b9a7b3f9200 d STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR