BARRY BROGAN  brogan29@att.net

Barry Brogan plays the twenties and thirties pieces that have been played in dance halls and front porches, and a few juke joint jazz bands for decades.Barry presents an American musical history with six, twelve-string, and slide guitars in an award-winning complex fingerstyle, with an ease of movement that makes the instrument seem effortless.   Vocals are added when appropriate.  Favorite artists include Bessie Smith, Clarence Williams, Jimmie Rodgers, Fats Waller, Arthur (Blind) Blake and Robert Johnson.  Modern composers include John Fahey, Jorma  Kaukonen, maybe even Harvey Reid & Mike Dowling.  You will hear barroom rag, blue blues, and ballads and melodies that each generation re-discovers as its own private treasure. Festivals:  -Barberville, 6 years.  Artist, MC,  Workshops---Florida Old Time Music Championships:  6 years.  Winner, 4 years, first place (Champion) in both fingerstyle and dobro  2005.--Florida Folk Festival (White Springs).  Performer,  Rising Talent Showcase 2006--Gamble Rogers Festival– winning contestant in fingerstyle guitar and  “I Remember Gamble” and contests, 2004, fingerstyle finalist 2005, performer and contestant, 2006--Orlando Folk Festival, Mennello Museum of American Arts, 3 years.  Artist, producer, co-producer for music.--Orange County fair, 4 years.--Pelican Island Festival, 3 years--Sunshine State Acoustic Music Camp, Instructor, fingerstyle guitar 2005, 2006--Washington Oaks Gardens State Park, Earth day festivals, 3 years--Occasional listening rooms and small restaurant/bars.President, Central Florida Folk, 6 years.  Run concert series at  Leu Gardens Langford Park.Favorite instruments.

Martin 00-17, 1950.  Died and been re-built several times, plays with an old soul.  It loves my music, and loves studio work.

 Martin D-35, 1972.  Now it’s broken in.  There are a few pieces which should be played only on a Martin Dreadnaught.

 Maricopa Custom.  Built as specified with bell brass and German silver, a custom TriCone modeled on a 1928 National.  Sings as sweetly as a summer breeze, mournful as an old country churchyard.Alvarez Silver Anniversary 12-string.  Actually, I use it more than the Martin 12-string.  It came from a silent auction charity bid (oops…), but with some work and setup, its voice came out, and gets better every year.

BLAKE HARRINGTON www.blakeharrington.com   

www.myspace.com/21centuries  

blakepoetry@hotmail.com

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Poet, painter and musician who has recently completed "Beyond Three Roses", a multi-media book that includes poetry, recorded songs and illustrations. He uses poetry to reveal a greater reality beyond the scaffolding of words and ideas and asks, "Is not the successful life one that does the same with flesh and time?"

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