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EDWARDS
OPERA HOUSE
Tom Rush will be appearing at the Edwards Opera House
on Sunday, May 18, 2008 at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $20.00
in advance or $22.00 on show day.
Tom Rush’s impact on the American
music scene has been profound. He helped shape the folk
revival in the ‘60s and the renaissance of the
‘80s and ‘90s, his music having left its
stamp on generations of artists. James Taylor, Emmylou
Harris, Tom Petty and Garth Brooks have cited Tom as
major influences.
Tom Rush first introduced the world
to the songs of Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, and James
Taylor over thirty-five years ago, and has been captivating
audiences throughout the country ever since with his
ever-romantic, gently rustic folk music. A graduate
of Harvard University, Tom Rush played at the Club 47,
the Cambridge Coffeehouse that also gave Joan Baez,
Bob Dylan and Judy Collins their start back in the 1960’s.
Rush combines his time-tested mix
of new and old tunes with forty years of experience
with the recording, booking and publishing industry.
According to the New York Times, Rush
has “made his reputation as a soft-spoken, powerful
interpreter of traditional songs.” With 17 albums
to his credit, Rolling Stone magazine added that his
album The Circle Game, “helped usher in the era
of the singer-songwriter.” In an interview with
Rolling Stone James Taylor stated, “I guess it’s
fair to say that Tom was not only one of my early heroes,
but also one of my main influences.”
Accompanied by Jackson Browne and
Carly Simon, James Taylor later sang backup vocals on
one of Tom Rush’s albums. Recently, country music
star Garth Brooks told the Rolling Stones magazine that
Rush was one of his top five musical influences.
In recent years, Tom Rush’s Club 47 concerts have
filled New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center
in Washington, D.C., Boston’s Symphony Hall, and
a number of other major concert venues. Bonnie Raitt,
Joan Baez, Emmylou Harris, Judy Collins, Richie Havens,
John Sebastian, and Bo Didley are among the international
stars that have shared the spotlight with Rush at his
CLUB 47 shows, which combine established talent with
newcomers.
In the early eighties, Tom Rush sold
out three consecutive shows at Boston’s Symphony
Hall. His performance was later broadcast nationwide
on public television, and viewed by ten million people!
Tom Rush’s knack for spotting talented up-and-coming
stars has continued throughout his forty-year career.
Recently Tom released a much-anticipated
new comedy CD “Trolling For Owls,” exploring
a dimension of his talent that his concert audiences
were familiar with but had not been recorded before.---
To learn more about Tom, please visit
his web site: www.tomrush.com
Edwards Opera House - for general information:
call 315-562-8213 or write: Edwards Arts Council
PO Box 241, Edwards NY 13635
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