Saturday January 14, 2012

Brother Mule
with special guests Patrick Dethlefs and Friends
Rogers Hall
4th and High Street, Lyons, CO
Doors 7pm / Show 8pm

Brother Mule in concert is a musical conversation between three of America’s most gifted acoustic musicians. Brian Wicklund ignites the stage with his fiery fiddling, Ben Winship plays tasty mandolin as he croons one of his finely crafted songs, while Eric Thorin pushes the boundaries of bass playing as an extreme sport. They play the music of yesterday and today like there was no tomorrow!

As band-in-residence at the RockyGrass Academy last July, Brother Mule inspired many pickers and made lots of musical friends. Casey Grove of The Anchorage Press writes "Like the Grand Tetons, acoustic powerhouse Brother Mule towers above the northwestern US!"

Brother Mule’s debut recording, Big Twang, earned them the Indie Music Award's Best Americana CD of 2005. Their exciting new release, Jawbone, is a mix of original and obscure stringband material, which spans the range from Old Time to gypsy swing, singer-songwriter to acoustic funk. It’s a truly a collaborative effort with Ben, Brian and Eric all contributing equally.

We invited a talented young man to open the show. Patrick Dethtlefs writes and sings songs that matter, and we really enjoyed his set last August in the Wildflower Pavilion during Folks Fest. Patrick was awarded The Best Teen Songwriter Award at Swallow Hill in Denver, Colorado in 2009. He also won Best Song as well as Best Performance. 

And there’s more - calling all fiddlers and songwriters! On Saturday January 14th, the day of the concert, Brightwood Music in Lyons will present a fiddle workshop with Brian Wicklund and a songwriting workshop with Ben Winship.  Brian Wicklund is the author of American Fiddle Method and Ben Winship is praised by Tim O’Brien as “one of the acoustic music scene’s best writers!”

The fiddle workshop will be from 11am -1 pm, and the songwriting workshop from 1:30-3:30. Both will take place at the Lyons Valley Village Common House, located at 195 2nd Avenue, Lyons. The cost is $40 for each workshop and $60 for both. For more information and registration please call 303-823-8863 or visit www.brightwoodmusic.net.

Concert Tickets - are no longer available on-line. We expect to have a few tickets for sale at the door tonight. See you there!

Tickets to the workshops are available at Brightwood Music in Lyons CO.