Blues Cruise
Patrick Jones has been a supporting musician with many well-known actors and recording artists, and has made T.V. appearances in England and Canada, Germany and the USA. He has been a touring and backing musician with the Isley Brothers, Terry Reid, Gene Clark, Imelda Staunton, Oh! Calcutta!, SPUNK - a play by Zora Neal Hurston, Whitney Houston, Buddy Miles; has performed music by Classical Composer Ned Rorem in NYC's Merkin Hall; and does Children's Music in Schools. Laurie Siegel was nurtured by the Hudson River folk community from a young age. She is a founding and current member of the folk trio Hudson River Sally and sings at local festivals with the Trouble Sisters. She is a long-time member of the Walkabout Clearwater Chorus and is a contributing vocalist on Pete Seeger’s Grammy-winning CD: “Pete at 89”. Colin Pohl was born in London, England to musical parents. After moving to the United States at age 7, Colin learned the clarinet and won the Anthony Stephan Scholarship for best high school musician in Schenectady County in 1968. He picked up the saxophone in college and played in Jazz and Rhythm and Blues groups before attending the Berklee College of Music in Boston. He played for many years with the Magic Band of Sam Waymon (brother of the great Nina Simone) and the World Music Group Sangha Tierra in New York. Bill Stroud grew up in Aledo and attended Aledo High School. He is not a professional musician; the music teacher in the school he founded in New York City, the Baccalaureate School for Global Education, declared him “an earnest amateur”. With the Aledo Opera House event, he will be carried musically by Patrick. Laurie, Colin, Frank, and the audience.PT2HShowtimes
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