Concert Sponsored by
Cottonwood
Best Western Inn
Happy Birthday Bob!
2015 Encore Series
The 10th Annual
Bob Dylan
Birthday Party & Concert
Friday May 22, 7:00 pm
Saturday, May 23, 7:00 pm
$18 advance, $20 door, $25 priority
Featuring the Mystery Tramps
Joe Neri (guitar)
Bo Wilson (guitar)
J.J. Corcoran (harmonica)
Don Whitcher (steel guitar)
Hutch Hutchinson (bass)
Matt Fabritz (drums)
and...
Tyler Barrett
Rick Cyge
William Eaton
Dan Engler
Gary Every
Gregg Gould
Starr Hall
Shondra Jepperson
Alexander McFee
Mike McReynolds
Dan Rice
Dave Rice
Chris Seymour
Gary Simpkins
You’re invited to a special birthday concert. Bob Dylan turns 74 on May 24th and he’ll be celebrated in song at the 10th Annual Bob Dylan Birthday Concerts on Friday, May 22nd and Saturday May 23rd, both at 7:00 pm, at the Old Town Center for the Arts in Cottonwood.
No, Bob may not be there, but this year’s program once again features some of the best musicians in the area, (most veterans of previous Dylan shows and some newbies, too), all performing the music of Bob Dylan.
“This concert has become a tradition for the Verde Valley and Sedona,” remarked William Eaton, co-director at Old Town Center for the Arts. “Each year there are some surprises, with some of your favorite Dylan tunes and some you may have never heard.
Joe has done a fantastic job of producing this event.”
“It’s hard to believe that I’ve been putting on this tribute to Bob Dylan for ten years now,” says Joe Neri, the show’s producer. “Bob Dylan has been one of the most influential figures in American music and has endured for over 50 years. I’m continually amazed and appreciative of just how popular our annual tribute shows have become.”
This year’s program once again features some veterans of previous Dylan shows and some newbies, too. Some songs that will be performed are faithful to Dylan’s recorded arrangements while others have creative interpretations of other well known artists or from the performers themselves.
Joe Neri and the Mystery Tramps, the official backing band for the Dylan shows, will be joined by Alexander, Tyler Barrett, Rick Cyge, William Eaton, Dan Engler, Gary Every, Gregg Gould, Starr Hall, Shondra Jepperson, Mike McReynolds, Dan Rice, Dave Rice, Chris Seymour and Gary Simpkins.
The Mystery Tramps consist of Joe Neri (guitar), Bo Wilson (guitar), J.J. Corcoran (harmonica), Don Whitcher (steel guitar), Hutch Hutchinson (bass) and Matt Fabritz (drums).
What started out in 2006 as a small acoustic show in Sedona’s Well Red Coyote bookstore to commemorate Bob Dylan’s birthday, officially on May 24, became enormously popular and quickly outgrew the bookstore venue. Beginning in 2009, Neri and Eaton have collaborated to bring the show to the Old Town Center for the Arts.
“The venue is perfect for this kind of show – large enough for us to have a big and enthusiastic audience, and small enough to be intimate and personal,” Neri says.
As an added bonus, the hardcover book “Bob Dylan Lyrics 1962 – 2001”, in mint condition, will be raffled off on Friday night to a lucky winner. This book sells on Amazon.com for $75 - $145. Come join the fun!
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