There is no question that Willy Tea Taylor’s life as a singer/songwriter was predetermined – his role realized the moment he wrote his first song. His inspirations drawn from two separate wells; Living the life of a cattleman’s kid and experiencing true visionaries music like Greg Brown, John Hartford, and Guy Clark. The image of Guy Clark and friends sitting around the kitchen table loaded with ashtrays full of butts, half-smoked cigarettes, food, and booze on one Christmas Eve in 1975 burned into Taylor’s soul. Those guys, swapping songs without pretense, lit Willy Tea’s fire. And ever since, its led purpose with passion – finding a hang by curating relationships through musical friendships that get him closer to his own Clark style kitchen table.
From his early days co-fronting The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit, to singing solo in countless cowboy bars, to pitching countless wiffle ball games, Willy Tea has never lost the vision. Now Willy Tea Taylor has taken his vision of the “hero hang” on the road. and his talented traveling band The Fellership is made up of his fantastically talented buds who play Willy’s songs with a brand of reckless abandon and utter humility that spits in the face of pretense. The way The Fellership plays Will’s songs is the way they demand to be played and, in their short time together, they have been awe-ing every audience lucky enough to see them.
Keith Greeninger and Nina Gerber
Award winning singer/songwriter Keith Greeninger and legendary guitarist Nina Gerber join forces for a powerful night of music, song and community celebration. Both artists share deep roots in the rich California music scene and are well know for their dynamic, improvisational performances and collaborations. Guitarist Nina Gerber started her music career playing along side of the iconic singer songwriter Kate Wolf. She has since gone on to establish herself as one of the finest guitarists on the planet performing and recording with some of the genre’s finest songwriters including Nanci Griffith, Karla Bonoff, Greg Brown, Eliza Gilkyson, Laurie Lewis and Chris Webster just to name a few.
Keith Greeninger is a compelling singer/songwriter and performer whose songs have won top honors at such prestigious music festivals as the Telluride Bluegrass Festival and the Kerrville Folk Festival. A seasoned troubador who paints intricate portraits of the human condition with powerful melodic images, deep engaging guitar rhythms and compelling, heart-wrenching vocals, his songs cut an honest, hard worn path to places of simple truth about good people holding on to hope and instinct in a world that often tries to strip these things away.
Doors open at 7pm | Show begins at 8pm. Tickets are $20 in advance, and $25 day of show.
This show is for ages 21+ and will be partially seated.