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Saturday, July 5, 2008
Roy Book Binder
He's a guaranteed crowd
pleaser!!
"Behind the humor lurks a musical
master. Roy Book Binder makes
country blues a living music that he plays with rare mastery"
- John Shand (Sydney Morning Herald)
Saturday, July 5th, 2008
8:00 PM
Music at the Martin
railroad & melarkey
Winnemucca, Nevada
$10 Tickets are ON SALE NOW!
AT THE MARTIN HOTEL (775) 623-3197
AND NATURE'S CORNER (775) 625-4330
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ROY BOOK BINDER, is a
Blues Singing, guitar picking, song writing raconteur, and has been for
the past 30 years! Roy has been interviewed by Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh
Air, featured on the Emmy award winning segment of the PBS TV series EGG
Art in America, and appeared more than 30 times on Ralph Emory's highly
regarded TV series Nashville Now.
Book Binder has been included in THE BIG BOOK OF BLUES, as well as THE
BLUES WHO'S WHO!! Roy has been continually touring across America in his
tour bus, which has been his home for the last thirty years, as well as
performing internationally.
Back in the early 1960s, Roy learned his craft from the legendary blind
street singer, Reverend Gary Davis, who was thrust into the national
spotlight when Peter, Paul, and Mary recorded his song "If I Had My Way."
After two years of traveling the folk-blues circuit with his mentor, Roy
struck out on his own. Along the way, he befriended Pink Anderson, an old
Carolina medicine show performer (who by the way was the "Pink" in Pink
Floyd, while Floyd Council, another Carolina bluesman, was the Floyd.)
Pink's stories and songs will forever be kept alive as long as Roy has a
stage to perform on...
In his travels, Book Binder has run across quite a cast of characters,
including three peg-legged dancers, and a 90 year old classic blues singer
with a sparkling smile, who was known as, "Diamond Teeth" Mary (Bessie
Smith's half sister). All of these characters have become a part of a "Roy
Book Binder show" which is a hilarious educational experience not to be
missed!
Roy has toured with Bonnie Raitt, Hot Tuna, and J.J. Cale. He has been
invited to many festivals including: The National StoryTelling Festival,
the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the Chicago Blues Festival,
and MerleFest where he has hosted the acoustic blues stage for the past
twelve years.
Keep a look out for when Roy will be performing in your area, and don't
miss the show! He's a guaranteed crowd pleaser!! |
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Visit Roy Book Binder on the Web |
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