Steve will be in town for a mandolin workshop on Wednesday March 18th from 7-9pm. If you haven't heard him, Steve is an amazing player and a very patient, skilled teacher. He'll also be performing a concert on Thursday the 19th with his musical partner Chris Sanders. The workshop is $35 and the concert is $15. Several 'cafe members have already committed to coming. Please contact me for further information and to reserve your spot in the workshop. Needless to say, there will be some excellent mandolins there to sample!
For those that aren't familiar with Steve's playing, here he is with Scott Gates:
Biographical information:
Steve Smith and Chris Sanders
Smith and Sanders bring their original and traditional acoustic music for mandolin, mandola, guitar and vocals to the Lorrie Saunders Gallery Thursday March 19th.
Steve Smith (mandolin, vocals, guitar) and Chris Sanders (guitar, vocals) have been performing together from coast to coast for four years as a duo and in the Las Cruces based group Steve Smith and Hard Road. Their award winning song writing has landed them both best gospel and best instrumental at the New Mexico Music awards in 2006. They've continued to compose and perform together and their latest Hard Road CD "Only So Fast" includes ten originals (review in New Mexico Magazine July 2008, Bluegrass Unlimited Nov ’08) and features their strong duo blend that ranges from Old-time to modern acoustic along with stellar mandolin and guitar.
Steve, a Tidewater native performed during the late 70’s in the Norfolk based progressive bluegrass group The Nothin’ Doin’ Band along with along with John Lawless, Lynn Kelly, Bill Smith and Kathy Kuhn. He then relocated to Charlottesville to join another progressive bluegrass group, Cloud Valley that featured Banjoist Bill Evans and Bassist Missy Raines. He currently performs with his group Steve Smith and Hard Road, The Alan Munde Gazette, the Bill Evans String Summit and solo along with the Smith/ Sanders duo.
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