Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Penny Nichols in Altadena July 15

PENNY NICHOLS....

Legendary singer/songwriter Penny Nichols will be performing songs from her new CD: Colors of the Sun: Penny Nichols sings the early songs of Jackson Browne, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage.

Penny is one of the Orange County singer/songwriters who played many times at the Ice House, Troubadour and Ash Grove in the 60's and helped to influence many songwriters at the time and after.She is an old friend of Jackson Browne's and has made an outstanding album of his early work. She was one of the first of the Coral Reeferettes in the Jimmy Buffett band and was nominated for a Grammy 3 years running for her work on albums by Buffett, Art Garfunkle and Arlo Guthrie as a vocal arranger and background singer. After getting a doctorate in music ed. from Harvard, she has gone on to produce a number of beautiful CD's and is the founding director of SummerSongs; a non-profit organization for Songwriters that meets twice a year in Cambria, CA..

Sunday, July 15. Two Shows: 3:00 P.M. Matinee and 7:00 P.M. Evening...Tickets: $20.
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