The St. Johns Cultural Council and Gamble Rogers Folk Festival present "Live from The Waterworks: A Gamble Rogers Concert Series."

Celebrate the legendary recording artist Gamble Rogers whose balladry and storytelling shaped American folk music. On the third Saturday of each month, a local musician will open for a nationally known act at The Waterworks (184 San Marco Avenue), built in 1898 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

On March 18th, Mary Flower with Mr. Aullie perform.
Doors at 7; show starts at 7:30.
Tickets are available online.
Only 100 seats available for this very special performance.

ABOUT MARY FLOWER
An internationally known and award-winning picker, singer/songwriter and teacher, the Midwest native relocated from Denver to the vibrant Portland, Oregon music scene in 2004. She continues to please crowds and critics at folk festivals, teaching seminars and concert stages domestically and abroad, including Merlefest, Kerrville, King Biscuit, Prairie Home Companion, and the Vancouver Folk Festival.

A finalist in 2000 and 2002 at the National Finger Picking Guitar Championship, a nominee in 2008, 2012 and 2016 for a Blues Foundation Blues Music Award, and many times a Cascade Blues Assn. Muddy Award winner, Flower embodies a luscious and lusty mix of rootsy, acoustic-blues guitar and vocal styles that span a number of idioms – from Piedmont to the Mississippi Delta, with stops in ragtime, swing, folk, and hot jazz.

Flower’s 11 recordings, including her four for Memphis’ famed Yellow Dog Records — "Bywater Dance,"
Instrumental Breakdown," "Bridges," and "Misery Loves Company" — show a deep command of and love for folk and blues string music. For Flower, it’s never about re-creation. Her dedication to the art form is a vital contribution to America’s music.

ABOUT MR. AULLIE

St. Augustine, Florida's Mr. Aullie (AKA Donald Blitch) is a multi-award-winning songwriter whose blend of blues, Americana, and backwoods folk never fails to amaze audience members or his musical peers. Born and raised in Gainesville, this blues guitar guru is a Florida native that has been professionally active in music since the mid-1970s. Mr. Aullie is also a multi-instrumentalist, playing acoustic guitar, electric guitar, cigar box guitar, and harmonica. His blues-inspired vocals take listeners back to the musical realm of legends like Mississippi John Hurt and Blind Lemon Jefferson.

In 2013 Mr. Aullie placed 1st in the Gamble Rogers tribute song at The Gamble Rogers Music Festival, and took 1st in the Sante Fe River Song Contest and the North Central Florida Blues Society's Regional Blues Challenge Solo Artist of 2017. He was a featured performer at the 2018 International Blues Challenge at the Orpheum Juke in Nashville, Tennessee, and in 2019 was chosen as the opening act for the internationally-known blues guitarist Buddy Guy in Gainesville, Florida.