Black Walnut Folk Club

On March 20, The Black Walnut Folk Club featured “Farmington State” to start the show.  The band consists of Chris Lobsinger on Guitars & pedal Steel, Shannon Penney -vocals, Dave MacPherson – vocals, guitars, Will Penney - vocals & guitars, AndyMacPherson  - Drums (quiet, small kit),    The show was a great mix of old time country, bluegrass and original songs. – All very sweet sounds.  We had a great turnout of 58 and we had 16 acts for the open stage.

You can see a photo of the band now on our Performers’ Pictures page.

Our March  performers were: Before the Break: 1) Jack Cooper 2) Debbi Moon  3) Dan McQuade 4) Jakki Annerino  5) Ellen Hergot 6) Dan Hergot 7) Randy Ouillette   

After the Break: 8)Wayne Cheater with The “Waynettes”: Jakkie Annerino, Irena Baltaduonis, Linda Golletz, Cate Hempstead, Carol MacMillan 9) Terry Golletz  10) Mr. Jack  11) Jay Linden 12) Jim Galway 13) Sam Nordquist 14) Kris Miles (NEW) 15) Tom Mallek (NEW) 16) Michael Cavan

On February 20, “Phree Beer”started things off in the Featured spot. The band consists of Jim Ellerman -vocals, Ralph Boegli – vocals, guitars and drums, Wayne Cheater - vocals & guitars, Brian Westwood – vocals & bass, William “Dill” Morrison  – vocals and keyboards and Mike “Missing in action”  Henderson – vocals drums & mandolin.   The show was a great opportunity for the band which had first met earlier in February to have a world premiere before their big show the next Friday at the 2009 Rock Revival, a charity for the Children’s Wish Foundation at Elements Niteclub. A total audience of 48 turned out to enjoy their show and the open stage.

I have posted 2 photos of the band ( without Mike and his drums) and one photo of the entire band at the Rock Revival on our Performers Pictures page.

Our February  performers were: Before the Break: 1) Jay Collins 2) Tina Dionne 3) David Maranta 4) Jakki Annerino  5) Terry Golletz  6) Randy Ouillette 7) Brian Gordon (NEW) After the Break: 8)Ed, Ed & Fern Burnett (NEW) 9) Dan Hergot 10) Jack Cooper 11) Roger Schmidt 12) Jay Linden 13) Jack Guest 14) Cam & Pat