[ChiFilk-Ann] House concert reminder: August 31st, 7PM

[Eloise Beltz-Decker <eloise@xxxxxxxxx>]

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What - HOUSE CONCERT and MUSIC JAM
Who - Eric Coleman, Steve Macdonald, and Kat Eggleston
Where - 627 Lorraine Ave, Waukegan, IL 60085
When - SATURDAY AUGUST 31 7:00pm
RSVP - Please DO!!! to dryad_@yahoo.com or 847-662-0357
Questions and requests for more detail can also be
directed to e-mail or phone

Evan and I are very pleased to be hosting this house concert.  We 
will
be
providing snacks, sweets and drinks (non-alcoholic - Please bring 
your
own
if you want alcohol).  We will be collecting donations for the 
musicians (please help support the people who are providing you the 
entertainment)and selling their CD's. 

When the music is over, there will be an open jam/filk. Please feel 
free to bring your instruments, voices and other noisemakers and join 
in!

For those of you not familiar with one or more of these artists there 
is some information and weblinks below. Each is a stellar artist with 
their own performing style.

Kat Eggleston - (from her web page at http://www.kateggleston.com)

"Not only is Kat Eggleston one of the best and most versatile 
singer-songwriters I've ever heard - there are a whole lot of more 
celebrated people out there who can't carry her fingerpicks - but 
every
time I hear her she gets distinctly better. If this keeps up she's in 
serious danger of becoming a national treasure." - Peter S. Beagle

Read more of her reviews and download some of her music at: 
http://www.kateggleston.com/
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/190/the_otters.html
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/144/kat_eggleston.html
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/202/drawn_from_the_well.html

Eric Coleman - (from his webpage at
http://members.aol.com/ericcoleman/)

In the last couple of years Eric has suffered from what he refers to 
as "Songwriter MPD". He is either putting to tape "hopelessly sad 
songs filled with self pity and middle aged angst" or he is "making 
cruel fun of people who, frankly, make a lot more money than I do". 
At least that is his glib take on it.

In reality Eric is writing either character studies of nervous, 
lonely and frustrated folks that are very much like people you know 
(and who frequently are people he knows, expect lawsuits if he ever 
gets
famous), or he is writing oddball social satire with a vicious sense 
of humor. 

His live sets are punctuated with stories about the songs and the 
people in them as well as abuse for anyone foolish enough to ask Eric 
to play a
cover song.

Find out more about Eric at:
   http://members.aol.com/ericcoleman/


Steve Macdonald - (from his site at www.smacdonald.com)

"The thing I love most about singing with Steve is the ENERGY he puts 
into his music! He's a great person to have at a jam session. He is 
such a silly, talented, huggable, fun person to know that when I 
spend an
evening singing with Steve I always identify most strongly with his 
song 'I Wish I Didn't Have to Go!'" - Mary Ellen Wessels

"I leave you with the following warning: If you encounter Steve 
Macdonald, plug your ears, close your eyes, and back away quickly. 
Don't listen to him, don't ask him about his project to rewrite the 
entire rock opera "Tommy" into a Harry Potter piece. Don't buy any of 
his tapes or CDs. It's too late for me (I even married a woman who 
was already an addict),
but perhaps through its telling, it will save others from the 
depravity of being a Steve fan.  And for the sake of your soul, don't 
sing along!
(Unless you want to, that is.)" - Dan Glasser

Find out more about Steve at:
  http://www.smacdonald.com

-- 
Alyse Middleton




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