David Grisman and John Sebastian at the Troy Music Hall
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| David Grisman and John Sebastian |
For more than forty years, David Grisman has been a prolific composer and mandolinist extraordinaire, praised by the New York Times for his mastery of the instrument as well as his talents as a composer, bandleader, teacher and record producer. An acoustic innovator, Grisman's "dawg" music, a blend of swing, bluegrass, latin, jazz and gypsy, is as unique as its name. For the past 25 years, his David Grisman Quintet has won numerous polls and awards and has headlined at major jazz, folk and bluegrass festivals worldwide. DGQ alums Tony Rice, Mark O'Connor, Mike Marshall and Darol Anger have gone on to establish their own successful careers in acoustic music. In 1990, Grisman founded the Acoustic Disc label, which has, to date, released 55 CDs, all produced or co-produced by Grisman. David Grisman is a music pioneer, deeply influencing several generations of musicians and making artist-owned independent labels a viable force in the modern music business.
John Sebastian has achieved many accolades during his more than four decades of songwriting and performing. His group The Lovin' Spoonful was a major player in the mid 60's rock revolution, putting its first seven singles into the Top 10, an unprecedented achievement, especially at the height of Beatlemania. Since leaving the Lovin' Spoonful, Sebastian has gone on to write music for film, Broadway and television-his "Welcome Back" written for Welcome Back Kotter became a chart-topping solo record. Through the 70s and 80s, he continued to record and tour and the 90s saw him return to the J-Band, a contemporary celebration of his jug band heritage. Sebastian is not only a master musician, writer and performer, but he also remains one of the best ambassadors of American music ever.
Tickets for David Grisman and John Sebastian are $32 and $29 and may be purchased through the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall Box Office by calling (518) 273-0038 or online at www.troymusichall.org. The Music Hall Box Office opens 90 minutes prior to the performance. Otherwise, Box Office operations are handled at its business office at 30 Second Street, Monday through Friday 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. The Troy Savings Bank Music Hall's full season schedule can be viewed at www.troymusichall.org
The Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, named a National Historic Landmark in 1989, is in use over one hundred and fifty days a year. Since it opened its doors in 1875, the Hall has hosted performances by numerous world- renowned artists including Marion Anderson, Dizzy Gillespie, Peter Seeger, Ella Fitzgerald, Isaac Stern, Yo- Yo Ma, Henri Vieuxtemps, Ignace Jan Paderewski, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Jose Iturbi, Vladimir Horowitz, Yehudi Menuhin, and Artur Rubenstein, among many others.
