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Marley's Ghost
Friday, August 8, 2008
the one band music festival
Door 7:30 P.M., Music 8:00 P.M. | Purchase advance tickets: $18.50

Among the Freight's most popular acts, Marley's Ghost achieves the seemingly impossible with its audacious blend of English folk roots, gospel, country, R&B, even Scottish bagpipe tunes—and it all works like a dream! Their recent CD, Spooked (Sage Arts), spotlights a tasty array of tunes, from deft satirical pieces like "Get Off the Track" to the Civil War-era tune "Sail Away, Ladies" to gospel numbers like "Old Time Religion," with an emphasis on the foursome's rich vocal harmonies. In the words of famed composer Van Dyke Parks, who produced the CD, "the various American and British traditional forms sound as authentic as vintage field recordings, but there's always some unexpected ingredient—something tangy, piquant or chewy—being stirred into the stew."

A hotbed of multi-instrumental talent, the group features Jon Wilcox's mandolin, guitar and bouzouki, Mike Phelan's guitars, dobro, fiddle, bass and lap steel, Dan Wheetman's guitar, fiddle, bass, banjo, and blues harp, and Ed Littlefield's guitars, dobro, pedal steel guitar, keyboards and Highland bagpipes> They're all great singers, too! This is one show not to be missed.

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