Crabshack House Band                together with Peace & Love & Jigs & Reels

Friday, October 24, 2008 ~ 7:30 pm
350 Main Street, Lyons Community Church, Lyons, CO
$10 in advance, $12 at the door

The Crabshack House Band plays a wide variety of acoustic and vocal music with the diverse combination of guitar, accordion, mandolin, octave mandolin, violin, bass and percussion. With seven members, their repertoire spans traditional Celtic tunes, modern acoustic "Americana" songs, folk dances of old Europe, and arrangements of classics from the Baroque era.

Peace & Love & Jigs & Reels features Irish flute, guitar, bodhran and world percussion. The trio presents traditional and original Celtic jigs and reels in unique, tight arrangements, as well as ethereal ballads and slow airs. With a surprising touch of the exotic, the addition of African and Persian percussion instruments brings both fire and humor into their Celtic beat.

This will be a "musicians in the round" presentation with both bands onstage together, taking turns with their tunes and then mixing and matching and joining together for what we call a "Classic-Celtic-Cana" experience!

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Jon Chandler and the Wichitones   with Coyote Moon

** Tickets go on sale Oct 25 **

Friday, Nov 7, 2008 ~ 7:30 pm
350 Main Street, Lyons Community Church, Lyons, CO
$12 in advance, $15 at the door

Jon Chandler is widely regarded as one of Americana Music’s premier singer-songwriters and one of the country’s best western authors. A seventh generation Coloradan, Jon’s western novels, songs and poems serve to keep the frontier ethic passed down from his ancestors alive. The Los Angeles Daily News notes, “Chandler’s lovingly crafted songs cover a wide territory of moods and subgenres.” The Cowboy Hall of Fame’s Persimmon Hill raves that he brings “…a new and significant interpretation of the West through music today.” Amazon.Com says, “Chandler’s wonderful rich tone adds to the haunting beauty of his meticulously written songs.” Supported by The Wichitones (Butch Hause and Ernie Martinez), Waddie Mitchell says Jon presents "exactly what Western Music needs. So different and so good."

Coyote Moon is Emilyn Inglis and Joe Kuckla. While both Emilyn and Coyote Joe studied classical music at school, their true passion lies in performing Americana music, in the form of traditional folk and country, and Rocky Mountain inspired originals. Emilyn’s gentle fingerpicking and mesmerizing soprano clearly complement the high energy of Coyote Joe’s soulful and energetic guitar and vocals. Both performers in their own right, they clearly enjoy the synergy of performing as a duo.