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Lonesome Bert

Folk Art: Other; Folk Art: Storytelling; Music; Music: Composition; Music: Other; Music: Vocal

Since their St. Augustine debut in 2005, Lonesome Bert & the Skinny Lizards has become an Old City staple. Taking a queue from rebel folk legends such as Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan. The paralysis of history may be found in old book bin text but Lonesome Bert Hodge's lyrics takes on old matter and converts it to be the impetus that sparks your mind a new. Each song line is a pathway you take and there are many options to choose from as you bumpity, clankity down the path with Hodge's acoustic fingerpick style and his band of Skinny Lizards: Chris Clark-upright Bass, Steve "Mr. Stiv" Mitherz-Pandario/Cahon and "Captain" Mark Saunders-Fiddle. The meter is pretty fast for this folk music. So, hold on tight and listen up!! Subject matter is everything and details can be easy to miss in the world of the Lonesome Lizards. Songs of the Devil lamenting his lack of evil skill in comparison to modern man. Or aliens crashed, marooned on the Roswell dessert and can't get off this rock soon enough. The alarming population decline of the "Hippy"(Chris Clark writes a few tunes as well). Songs about underrated greats like Stetson Kennedy. The journey runs wild and irony goes deep with LBSL. With four full length EP's and one full length live concert album strapped to their hip sack the boys are currently promoting their biggest, boldest album release, yet! December 2015 they dropped an album titled "Giving Up War"!! No surprise, the new album is chalked full of unique protest songs about war, fracking, fishing and a song about Bert's cowboy boots when he was a young boy. You just need to hear it. You should hear all of it!! The boys travel around and hit any stage that will have them and they always deliver their signature bumptime, boogie, storytelling "folk music with a machine gun" style tunes! You haven't heard anything quit like it!! "My days are long and my nights are lonely, and I welcome voices only I can hear. They sing my song, they tell my story with harmonies that linger sweet and clear."-LBH -Get Down, Get Lonely

Chelsye Ginn

Folk Art: Other; Music: Vocal; Theatre: Acting; Theatre: Directing

Chelsye P. Ginn is a professional actor, musician, director, and teaching artist native to St. Augustine, FL. Ms. Ginn holds a BA in Theatre from Florida State University's School of Theatre, which is constantly ranked among the best drama schools in the world. During her time at FSU, she studied Shakespeare performance, voice, mask work, and dialects under London theatre professionals at FSU's Theatre Academy London. After graduating from Florida State, Ms. Ginn has worked as a professional actor, director, fight choreographer, stage manager, and teaching artist in Northeast Florida and the Seattle, WA metro.In the local area Ms. Ginn has worked with A Classic Theatre, Inc., Flagler Playhouse, Summer Musical Theatrecamp for Kids & Teens, the Limelight Theatre, Daytona Beach State College, Horton Actors Studio. and the FL International Thespian Society.

Stacey Page

Crafts: Fiber Art; Folk Art; Folk Art: Other; Visual Arts; Visual Arts: Illustration; Visual Arts: Other

Elisabeth Williamson

Folk Art; Folk Art: Other; Music; Music: Composition; Music: Instrumental; Music: Other; Music: Vocal

The Driftwoods perform Bluegrass music in their home state of Florida as well as the Southeastern US. The four members are Eric Searcy on the banjo and dobro, Gabriel Valla on mandolin and guitar, Elisabeth Williamson on rhythm guitar and frailed banjo and Lon Williamson on the upright bass. Everyone sings. Each member brings many years of performing experience to the stage as well as a great variety of songs and styles. From original to contemporary and old-time tunes, their song variety is one of the hallmarks of their stage presentation.

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