WERU and the Downeast Concert Collective present an evening with Maine’s own

drt-sm.jpg DAVE ROWE TRIO
with special opening act Shawn Mercer

On Friday December 7th, 2007 @ 7:30 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ellsworth, ME.

This is a benefit for Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM presented by the Downeast Concert Collective. http://downeastmusic.org/

Suggested donation is $15 for the general public, $12 in advance and for WERU members. Free for those under 16. All proceeds from this concert go to WERU 89.9 FM

Get advance reservations by contacting WERU at 469-6600 or info@weru.org. You can also just show up at the door.

The Dave Rowe Trio is a high-energy musical freight train that blends in-your-face, three-part harmony with hot guitar pickin’, jaw-dropping fiddling, and dry Downeast wit. The result is a show that grabs an audience and makes them hold on for dear life through the final chord of the encore.

The band started soon after Dave Rowe’s father passed away in 2004. His dad, Tom, was a founding member of the revered folk group, Schooner Fare, and was also Dave’s bandmate in the roots band, Turkey Hollow. Needing some uplifting and a new direction, Dave asked Kevin O’Reilly and Ed Howe to join him to become the Dave Rowe Trio. They held their first rehearsal on St. Patrick’s Day in 2004 in front of a live audience. After this trial by fire, the trio started on a path of CD production and live shows all over the country, recording five critically-acclaimed CDs in three years and leaving audiences from Maine to Milwaukee gasping for air. At the same time, the boys found themselves performing on stage with some of the brightest stars in folk and acoustic music including Christine Lavin, Tommy Makem, Noel Paul Stookey, The Shaw Brothers, Bill Morrissey, The Nields, Gordon Bok, Tom Paxton, and Schooner Fare.

shawnonplow.jpgShawn Mercer is a local singer / songwriter who delivers a lively blend of blues, rock and folk. He’s also the organizer of Over the Bridge Productions a new music series in Bucksport that will be artists very similar to those we’ve hosted over the past 7 years.

For more information about Shawn Mercer visit http://shawnmercer.com/

For more information about the Dave Rowe Trio visit http://www.daverowemusic.com/

For more information about the Downeast Concert Collective visit http://downeastmusic.org/
For more information about WERU visit http://weru.org/
For more information about the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ellsworth visit http://uuellsworth.org/