Paul Geremia is possibly the greatest living performer of the East Coast and Texas fingerpicking and slide styles. He has been called a national treasure. John Hammond says that he'd drive a thousand miles to see Paul play. "When Paul plays Leadbelly, you can close your eyes and swear that it is Leadbelly himself." Paul has created a style which is very much his own combining his interpretations of the music of Blind Lemon Jefferson, Robert Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Scrapper Blackwell and Blind Blake.

His superb recordings have made him a critical favorite and place him firmly among the legends who inspired and influenced him over the past four decades. Paul has been traveling far and wide, performing in every capacity from street singing to club and concert bookings throughout the U.S.A., Canada and Europe. He has built a reputation as a first rate bluesman, songwriter, "scholar" of early jazz and blues, and one of the best country blues fingerpickers ever with his tools - six and twelve-string guitars, harmonica, piano and a husky soulful voice.

For more info: www.paulgeremia.org/

Paul has a new DVD from Stefan Grossman's Guitar Artistry Series. You can check it out at:
http://guitarvideos.com/guitarartistry/13109dvd.htm

Watch Paul on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2jCKtzvBtc


Open: Marylou Ferrante

Ferrante was described by music critic and writer, Daniel Gewertz, in the Boston Herald, as the Bay State's finest female acoustic blues interpreter.
Marylou is an artist who performs pre-war blues from the 1920's & 30's. She covers major artists from the delta to east coast Piedmont style players such as Robert Johnson, Charlie Patton, Blind Boy Fuller and Memphis Minnie along with mandolin players such as Yank Rachell.

Her passionate expression of these old songs comes from a love of the music and the arrangements themselves, as well as what she says is an appreciation for "the history of these folks and the difficult circumstances they endured." Marylou has honed her craft listening to the old recordings and learning from some of the great blues players today such as Paul Rishell, Guy Davis, Robert Jones and mandolin great Rich Del Grosso. Marylou has taught at The Cellar Studio, Salem MA.

* "Marylou is a killer. I have watched her grow, and now she's taking over. Blues lovers look out!"
~GUY DAVIS

* "Marylou has the soul of a blues woman."
~Detroit's Blues Man ROBERT JONES

For more info: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Marylou-Ferrante/141951529188772


Marylou Ferrante live in the WCUW air studio, 1/4/11.
Chicken Saw Blues, by Memphis Minnie
on Jeff Boudreau's "In the Tradition"
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Marylou-Ferrante/141951529188772
http://www.facebook.com/InTheTradition
http://www.wcuw.org/

Doors open at 6pm for dinner and seating. Show begins at 8pm.

$15. If there are tickets available on the day of show, they will be available online and at the door for $20 plus ticket fee.

215 Great Rd., PO Box 1228
Rt. 2A, Shirley, MA 01464
978-425-4311 or 877-536-7190 Toll Free
FAX - 978-425-4314
BryanSawyer@bullrunrestaurant.com
http://tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com/