Saturday, December 26th
Dave Foraker & Bob Jaramillo
at The Straightaway Cafe
6pm
Dave Foraker and Bob Jaramillo are veteran entertainers who've teamed up for the first time to create a unqiue piano/mandolin duo. Their sound is organic, not contrived... energetic, jazzy & soulful. The piano establishes a groove... Bob's mandolin dances in & out & around... & Dave's gritty voice hits the perfect spaces. With an extensive repertoire, they have the ability to shape the individual performances to the specific needs of each audience.
Their music will excite you... their stories will make you laugh... or, may give you something to ponder... but, most definitely... you will be entertained by two of the area's most uniquely gifted talents.
Dave Foraker is an award-winning blues vocalist whose career began in the mid-60's near St. Louis. Over the last 45 years, he has sung & played with rock, country, beach, variety, blues & gospel groups... & also has had an extensive solo career. Dave has performed for audiences at The Biltmore Estate for the last 12 years & his 2004 homage to Black Gospel, "Thank The Lord" , crossed over onto the Southern Gospel radio chartsPiedmont Entertainment says : "Dave has the kind of voice that aspiring singers long for... & the seasoning that can only be gained through thousands of performances. I've seen Dave in front of a hot blues band... & as a solo pianist/vocalist at several hotel piano bars. Either way, it's hard to top his voice for soul-filled sincerity."
Bob Jaramillo was born into a musical family that moved from New Mexico to the Swannanoa Valley. He is a veteran musician who has played a variety of instruments in a variety of bands, but his "rapid-fire precison & an ear for the unusual" makes him a much sought-after mandolinist in several genres of music. Bob was the proprietor of Jaramillo's Pickin' Parlor & has played with Malcolm Holcombe, David Cody, "Only Human" & "The Graybeard Ramblers".www.myspace.com/davidalanforaker
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