Blues/Folk Master Returns to Friday Harbor
Posted August 5, 2015 at 5:47 am by Tim Dustrude
David Bromberg – Contributed photo
Friday Harbor gets a second chance to spend time with an acoustic blues and guitar icon who has spent plenty of his own time with legends like Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, The Beastie Boys and Jerry Garcia to name a few.
David Bromberg brings his quintet back to San Juan Community Theatre on Saturday, August 8 at 7:30 p.m., having drawn a sold-out crowd in 2011.
After learning to play the guitar at 13, Bromberg eventually enrolled at Columbia University as a musicology major and was soon drawn into the Greenwich Village folk scene in the mid-60s where he could watch and learn from the best performers. He became a “hired gun” guitarist for recording sessions, ultimately playing on hundreds of records by artists such as Bob Dylan, The Eagles, Ringo Starr and Carly Simon. Bromberg signed on with Columbia Records in 1970, recording four albums. One of those included “The Holdup”, a song writing collaboration with former Beatle George Harrison.
By 1980, Bromberg had expanded his folk and blues to encompass bluegrass, ragtime, country and ethnic music. After taking a break to spend more time with family and to open a violin store in Chicago, he released his first studio CD in 17 years in 2007: Try Me One More Time, harkening back to the acoustic folk and blues music of his early days. And in 2013 came Only Slightly Mad, a return to his genre–bending albums of the ’70s and ’80s, filled with blues, bluegrass, gospel, folk, Irish fiddle tunes, pop and English drinking songs.
David Bromberg’s Friday Harbor appearance is made possible through the generous support of island underwriters, including Larry Soll and Nancy Maron. The Business Partner for the evening is Kings Market. Tickets are $34 for adults; $17 for student reserved, with $5 student RUSH at the door. The SJCT box office is open Tuesdays through Fridays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. or buy online at www.sjctheatre.org
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