The Stone Hill All-Stars (featuring alumni of the Polkats and Two Legs),
Bruce Springstone’s Tom Chalkley & Craig Hankin,
the Junkyard Saints’ Brian Simms, Howard Markman & Glenn Workman, and Sandy Asirvatham
perform the songs of Bob Dylan
in a benefit concert hosted by Geoffrey Himes,
at the Creative Alliance at the Patterson
Friday, May 18, at 7:30 pm
3134 Eastern Avenue...
[read more] The Stone Hill All-Stars (featuring alumni of the Polkats and Two Legs),
Bruce Springstone’s Tom Chalkley & Craig Hankin,
the Junkyard Saints’ Brian Simms, Howard Markman & Glenn Workman, and Sandy Asirvatham
perform the songs of Bob Dylan
in a benefit concert hosted by Geoffrey Himes,
at the Creative Alliance at the Patterson
Friday, May 18, at 7:30 pm
3134 Eastern Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland
410-276-1651
$16, $11 members or in advance
All proceeds benefit
the American Friends Service Committee, the Roots Café and the Creative Alliance
More info:
www.creativealliance.org and
www.rootscafe.org
Almost every American songwriter of any ambition cites Bob Dylan as an inspiration, and the best songwriters in the Baltimore-Washington area are no exception. During this special show to raise money for three of Baltimore’s best community organizations, eight of those singer-songwriters will play the Dylan songs that mean the most to them.
BIOGRAPHIES:
THE STONE HILL ALL-STARS:
During the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, three Baltimore bands provided a heady mix of vintage dance rhythms—mambos, calypsos, rancheros and polkas—and sharply original songwriting to invigorate listeners at both ends of the spinal column. Mambo Combo has kept going to the present, but Two Legs called it quits in 1991 and the Polkats in 1995. Now those glory days of Baltimore music history have been revived by the Stone Hill All-Stars, a quartet that includes John Shock (accordionist and keyboardist for Two Legs and the Polkats), Paul Margolis (singer-guitarist for the Polkats and producer for Two Legs), Dan Naiman (bassist for Two Legs and the Polkats) and Hoppy Hopkins (percussionist for Mambo Combo).
TOM CHALKLEY & CRAIG HANKIN:
Tom Chalkley is best known as one of Baltimore’s best cartoonists, creating both political and whimsical cartoons for local publications since the ‘70s. But he is also a devoted singer-songwriter. In 1981, along with Craig Hankin, he recorded a near-famous novelty record, "Bruce Springstone Live at Bedrock," and then receded into obscurity. Among his newer compositions is "Money Woes," a song for our times, presciently written 18 months ago in a state of clinical recession. Tom dwells with his wife and daughters in NE Baltimore City. Chalkley and Hankin recently reunited for a Roots Café show at An Die Musik, and that went so well that they’re back for more.
www.tomchalk.com
BRIAN SIMMS:
The Junkyard Saints were a regular fixture at the Roots Café dances at St. John’s Church, thanks in large part to the rhythms generated by the band's leader/keyboardist Simms. He has recorded and/or toured with many of the Baltimore-Washington area’s top bands, including Disappear Fear, Chopteeth, Squeeze Bayou and the 2009 Grammy-nominated Milkshake. For these efforts, he was voted 2009 Musician of the Year by the Washington Area Music Association.
HOWARD MARKMAN:
A veteran of the Baltimore music scene, Markman has played with a variety of Mobtown bands from country to avant-garde, from folk-rock to R&B. He is probably most recognizable for his stints as guitarist with Baltimore’s premier improvising roots band Freewater in the ‘70s and with Disappear Fear, featuring Sonia, in the ‘90s. On his 2005 solo album, "Half Smiles Blue Skies," Markman drew from the instrumental prowress of the first band and the songwriting ambition of the second to carve out a personal collection of songs, exploring a life that sometimes gets dark, sad, and lonely but can still be a wild and deeply satisfying ride. The title track of his latest album, “Welcome to Smalltimore," has been a highlight of the past two “Streets of Baltimore” shows at the Patterson Theatre.
www.howardmarkman.com
SANDY ASIRVATHAM:
Sandy Asirvatham was a respected journalist and award-winning City Paper columnist before launching a second career as a pianist and singer-songwriter. Of her eclectic jazz-pop songs, WRNR DJ Michael Buckley says, "When it comes to crossing invisible musical boundaries, Sandy Asirvatham is an innovator." She is currently at work on a new full-length arrangement of Pink Floyd's classic album, “Dark Side of the Moon,” to be co-produced with ellen cherry and performed by a collective of excellent Baltimore musicians from all genres. With one foot still in the world of creative writing, Asirvatham recently completed the first draft of a memoir entitled “Songs Can Save Your Life.”
www.sandysmemoir.com
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