Stop the presses – it’s an all-Maryland night with our friend Meah Pace opening for Winfield Parker!
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We are thrilled to be bringing Baltimore soul legend Winfield Parker to NYC for his first show here in 39 years!
It almost didn’t work out this way. When he began his career in music, Winfield Parker’s name was initially associated with his prowess on the saxophone, and he ultimately joined Little Richard’s band for a time before being encouraged by Rufus Mitchell, the owner of Baltimore’s Ru-Jac Records, to set down the sax and strike out on his own as a solo vocalist.
We are so lucky Winfield listened. His association with Ru-Jac spanned roughly ten 45s, everything from the pounding 4×4 beat on several uptempo cuts like “I love you just the same”, “She’s so pretty”, and “Sweet little girl” to name just a few, to soaring, aching ballads like “Oh my love”, and “Wondering”, and the little-heard funky “Mr. Clean”.
After Ru-Jac, Winfield continued to record prolifically for no less than six other labels including classics like the driving funky “Shake that thing” for Arctic, the slinky “28 ways (she loves me)” for Spring, and the modern soul classic “I wanna be with you” on his own P&L imprint.
Today, Winfield continues to tour regularly both in the US and in Europe (although until now we have been left out here in NYC!), doing both gospel shows, and shows of his soul classics.
For this special soul show, Winfield will be putting together a set of songs from across his career, including a few he has never before performed live since they were first cut in the studio all those years ago. It’s not every day you get to hear a true master of the genre ply his trade – miss this show at your own peril!
THIS WEEKEND@SOUTHPAW, the first annual AMERICANA PIE FESTIVAL with two amazing nights of local country, bluegrass and roots music, with a dash of hip hop for desert! SPONSORED BY SIX POINT ALES!
2 day PASS tickets are $20 and include whole weekend of country music which includes attendance to both nights, free drink tickets courtesy of Sixpoint Ale, and a free Brooklyn Country VOL.1 CD! TWO DAY PASS TICKETS AVAIL HERE!
NIGHT ONE is The Gay Old Opry. After the smashing success of the first event, the Gay Ole Opry is set to return. Produced by Riot Grrrl Ink and Karen & the Sorrows, featured performers include Mount Moriah, Viva, Karen & the Sorrows, and Juan & the Pines. There will also be a raffle of Dolly Parton items, a bakesale to benefit the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, and, of course, two-stepping courtesy of Big Apple Ranch. BUY TICKETS HERE!
NIGHT TWO is THE BROOKLYN COUNTY FAIR! A strong bill from bottom to top with performances by GANGSTAGRASS, Sons of Fathers, The Newton Gang, and The Dixie Bee-Liners. BUY TICKETS HERE!
Best known for making the theme song to the hit FX Network show “Justified”, for which they are nominated for an Emmy award, Gangstagrass is a groundbreaking hybrid of the most urban and rural sounds of American music, lovingly and expertly melded into a new American sound: Hip-Hop as hard as the Brooklyn pavement and bluegrass straight out of the Appalachian mountains seamlessly melded into one gritty, funky, and utterly infectious new sound. Pioneering country-hip-hop producer Rench directs this collaboration between rappers like T.O.N.E-z (brother of early hip-hop stars Special K of the Treacherous Three and T La Rock) from the Bronx, and talented pickers from New York’s burgeoning bluegrass scene.
The Newton Gang is Brooklyn’s premiere outlaw country band currently expanding the visibility of the fledgling Brooklyn Country scene. Free copies of their debut CD are available at this show with purchase of the Sons of Fathers debut.
Sons of Fathers from Austin, TX celebrates songwriting from the heart with ear-catching melodies and rich harmony vocals Sons of Fathers is a band with a soaring, original sound that belies their young age. They have been compared to the Avett Brothers, The Byrds, Justin Townes Earle, and The Everly Brothers.
The Dixie Bee-Liners quickly garnered praise for their ground-breaking album Ripe, which dazzled critics and fans alike and earned the band four #1′s on the bluegrass charts. Before being named Roots Music Associations’s Bluegrass Artist of the Year.
