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Story:
Hugs For Lizbeth is a charitable organization, our charge is to generate financial support for veteran Lizbeth C. Granfield, who has been stricken with the neurological disorder - Huntington’s disease. Due in part to our efforts, Lizbeth has been able to live at home (and out of the hospital) for the last 11+ years with this terrible condition. Our current initiative is the HighwayTo20K music series. This program consists of 4 livestreamed concerts broadcasted from the Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation in Waltham, and a later outdoor concert to be announced soon! The goal of this series is to raise the needed $20,000 to purchase a handicap van to accommodate Lizbeth’s ever increasing health challenges.
All shows will be live-streamed from the Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation. Here is the schedule:
4/18, 7pm: Gordon Beadle Rusty Scott Trio with Tom Arey
4/25, 7pm: Willie J. Laws Jr.
5/2, 7pm: Erin Harpe Country Blues Duo
5/9, 7pm: Sonya Rae & Ryan Taylor
About the artist:
Erin Harpe has been called “one of the most dynamic, talented and exciting roots rocking blues women on the scene” by Living Blues Magazine. The singer, songwriter, guitarist, and band leader was recently named New England’s “Blues Artist of the Year”.
Once described as “Bonnie Raitt on modern performance enhancing drugs” for her work with her award-winning electric blues band Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers, more recently Erin has been gaining attention as a celebrated acoustic guitarist and purveyor of 1920's and 30's finger-style country blues. Erin grew up learning the style from her dad, Neil Harpe, and watching local Piedmont blues luminaries such as John Cephas & Phil Wiggins, Archie Edwards, John Jackson, Eleanor Ellis, and Warner Williams, at Washington DC’s famed Archie’s Barbershop.
Erin gets back to her roots in acoustic blues for her new Country Blues Duo (a.k.a. “CBD”) with longtime partner/bassist Jim Countryman. Appropriately dubbed “s**t-kicking blues” on a recent UK tour, the new duo creates a very full sound with their down-home duo, which features Erin on acoustic guitar, vocals, kazoo & foot percussion, with Jim on ukulele bass and backing vocals. Their energetic performances transport the audience to the Delta, with vintage classics by the likes of Memphis Minnie, Mississippi John Hurt, Tommy Johnson and Blind Blake – elevated by Erin's own interpretations, and mixed in seamlessly with original compositions and country blues takes on other popular songs. Erin Harpe CBD is a must-see roots act that will get any crowd moving!
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