HARVEY REID and Joyce Andersen will per form in Phippsburg Feb. 10.
Harvey Reid and Joyce Andersen will perform in concert at the Phippsburg Congregational Church on Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Calling Harvey Reid “one of the true treasures of American acoustic music,” Acoustic Guitar magazine selected Reid’s “Steel Drivin’ Man” as one of the Top Ten Essential Folk Albums of All Time, putting him alongside legendary names like Woody Guthrie and Joan Baez. Guitar Player magazine put him on their “desert island” album list.
Reid won the 1981 National Fingerpicking Guitar competition and the 1982 International Autoharp contest and has performed more than 6000 concerts in most of the 50 states and a number of countries in Europe. No less than the legendary flat-picker Doc Watson once took Reid to lunch to ask him how he played the six-string banjo. Watson even bought a box of Reid’s and Andersen’s duo CD “Kindling the Fire” to give away as Christmas presents.
Andersen has made her way from backing vocalist gigs in folk, Celtic, rock, country and bluegrass bands that have taken her from to Carnegie Hall and the Conan O’Brien Show, to her present role center stage as a singer, songwriter and instrumentalist.
Anderson recently shared the stage with singer and guitarist Richard Thompson for a series of vocal and instrumental duets that brought standing ovations during his recent New England appearances.
Reid and Andersen promise concert goers “a whirlwind tour of American music,” with slashing blues, down-home bluegrass, duet harmony, fiddle tunes, and guitar instrumentals, exploring everything from Woody Guthrie and Billie Holiday to Jimi Hendrix.
Tickets at the door are $15 general admission and $8 for students. $12 advance tickets are now available at Brown- PaperTickets.com. Refreshments will be served at intermission. Doors open at 7 p.m. For more information, call (207) 389-1770.
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