Don't miss the Concerts at the Bodie House series

This year at Concerts at the Bodie House is shaping up to be a busy one! We have seven concerts coming up in the next 4 months. We start January off with David Wilcox performing two shows on Jan 13 (both of which are SOLD OUT), and then on Jan 26 Steve Seskin will be here for a show (8pm). February follows with Kenny Edwards and Nina Gerber on Feb 2 (8pm), and then on Feb 16 we just added a show with Sare Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irions (8pm). March 15 has The Buccaneers rocking the house with their high energy, and April we again have two shows, 4/12 with Batdorf and Rodney, and 4/26 with Jim Photoglo. If my count is right, that makes seven shows in four months!

More info on the Steve Seskin and Kenny Edwards/Nina Gerber shows follows.. it's a good idea to get your reservations in early, as both these shows will probably sell out. We hope to see you at a show soon!!

CONCERTS AT THE BODIE HOUSE
in Agoura Hills
presents
Steve Seskin - Saturday, Jan 26, 2008 8PM
Kenny Edwards/Nina Gerber Saturday, Feb 2, 2008 8PM

Donation: $15 (All proceeds go to the musicians)
Dessert/Appetizer Bar (food contributions appreciated)
RSVP:818-621-8309 or BodieHouse@aol.com
(Directions given upon RSVP)
WWW.BodieHouse.com

Steve Seskin Bio: Steve Seskin is one of the most successful writers in Nashville today, with a boatload of songs recorded by Tim McGraw, Neal McCoy, John Michael Montgomery, Kenny Chesney, Collin Raye, Peter Frampton, Waylon Jennings, Alabama, and Mark Wills His song "Don't Laugh At Me" was recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary, was a finalist for CMA "Song of the Year" in 1999, and became the impetus for the Operation Respect/Don't Laugh at Me Project, a curriculum designed to teach tolerance in schools. This program has already been implemented in more than 20,000 schools across the country. Other Seskin hits include: "I Think About You," "Life's A Dance," "No Doubt About It," "If You've Got Love" and "Grown Men Don't Cry."

A Steve Seskin concert will have you wiping away a tear one minute and laughing out loud the next. His songs all have messages that touch the hearts of everyone: from the feelings of a little boy missing his father, to growing up and being true to yourself, to one of his most well know themes of being considerate to and respectful of one another as expressed in “Don’t Laugh at Me.

Kenny Edwards Bio: In 1965, Kenny was a co-founder of The Stone Poneys, along with Linda Ronstadt and Bobby Kimmel. The group made several albums on Capitol Records, toured, and became well-known in the new American folk-rock movement. After the Stone Poneys, Kenny lived and worked right in the heart of LA's "Troubadour days," that legendary period which solidified the California country-rock sound forever. It was then that he met Karla Bonoff, Wendy Waldman, and Andrew Gold who were all beginning their careers as writers and players. The four loved singing together so much they decided to become a group, and ultimately they were signed to A&M - this, by the way, was before some of their friends joined forces to form the Eagles. Kenny's group, Bryndle, made a record but was destined to be a springboard for the substantial careers of its members - not to be reunited until two decades later itself. Kenny Edwards went to work in Linda Ronstadt's band, along with Andrew Gold. These two were more than anyone else the backbone of the Ronstadt sound - and thus, much, much more. They played the records and sang on them, and toured extensively for many years. In Kenny's case, he also supplied Ronstadt with material - he introduced her to the music of Karla Bonoff, and he co-wrote with Linda himself on occasion. Audiences don't know how very familiar they are with the sound of Edwards' voice and his wonderful musicianship - but everyday somewhere in the world, those records are played and people are hearing him

Nina Gerber:
"Nina's guitar style is wide and brave. As she glides thru this record project, she uses each of her guitars as if it's the one she was born to play. Acoustic or electric, she sounds beautiful, smokey, precise, full of the licks you love to hear, even though it sounds like you're hearing them fresh, for the first time, and some of them... you are. She's a player, folks... we're lucky to have her near..." ...Herb Pedersen
"One of the best acoustic and electric guitarists in the folk genre.".:. Frets Magazine .:.
"One of the finest instrumentalists in the business.".:. Press Democrat .:.
Since her accompaniment of Kate Wolf first earned her recognition, her acute skills as performer, producer and arranger have continued to deepen. Her contributions to acoustic music have earned her a following as loyal as for the numerous high talents she has accompanied - proving the shadows equal to the spotlight in the creation of honest, powerful, and beautiful music.Nina has a unique ability to completely free herself within an eclectic range of styles. Presented with folk, country, bluegrass, rock, or blues, she is able to fall into leads which have rare reverence for the true feeling of a song, always emphasizing taste over technical display. She seeks to express through her hands, rather than gain attention, and it is this integrity which makes her expressions worth intent listening. That kind of intent listening will reveal Nina's melodic touch in more places than many realize. Nina has performed and/or recorded with: Nanci Griffith, Greg Brown, Lucy Kaplansky, Mollie O'Brien, Jerry Jeff Walker, Karla Bonoff, Ferron, Rosalie Sorrels, Barbara Higbie, John Gorka, Cheryl Wheeler, Terry Garthwaite, Tom Paxton, and many others.