| Tickets (Members) | ||
| A-Seats | B-Seats | |
| Adult | $21.25 | $15.00 |
| Senior | $20.25 | $14.00 |
| Tickets (Non-Members) | ||
| A-Seats | B-Seats | |
| Adult | $25.00 | $18.00 |
| Senior | $24.00 | $17.00 |
George Winston
Sunday, October 5, 2008 @ 7:30PM
Mayo Civic Center - Presentation Hall
MLT Group and KTTC present melodic folk pianist George Winston on Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 7:30 PM in the Mayo Civic Center - Presentation Hall.
With a tour schedule that includes more than 110 shows a year - solo piano concerts, solo guitar concerts, solo harmonica concerts, and solo piano dances, Winston is driven by a deep rooted realization that his craft is still evolving, and by his desire to bring music to life through live performances, musical interpretation of other composers’ works, and the recording and production of albums of many of those who have influenced and inspired him. Constantly traveling, he draws inspiration from the places and people he encounters.
"I play three styles: New Orleans R&B piano, and the majority of songs I play are in this style; stride piano, which was the main way of playing that I worked on after hearing Fats Waller and Teddy Wilson; and third, folk piano, the style that I came up with in 1971 which is influenced and inspired by instrumental R&B and rock, North American folk music, and even more by the sounds of the piano itself. Many of the songs on my albums are in this melodic folk style, and it has a rural sensibility, the opposite of the urban sensibility of the R&B piano and the stride piano. My approach is North American and I basically treat the piano as an Afro-American tuned drum, as well as using the natural overtones that the piano has."
In 1972 Winston recorded his first solo piano album Ballads and Blues 1972 for the late guitarist John Fahey’s Takoma Records. "I would not be doing anything that I am doing now - solo piano albums, solo instrumental concerts, and recording the great solo Hawaiian Slack Key guitarists on my own label - without John’s influence and inspiration," Winston states. "He is certainly the only person in the world who would have recorded a solo piano album of me in 1972." Since 1980 George has released ten more solo piano albums: Autumn (1980), Winter Into Spring (1982), December (1982), Summer (1991), Forest (1994), Linus & Lucy-The Music Of Vince Guaraldi (1996), Plains (1999), Night Divides The Day–The Music Of The Doors (2002), Montana-A Love Story (2004), and Gulf Coast Blues & Impressions-A Hurricane Relief Benefit (2006).
Single tickets are $25 & $18, with a variety of discounts available, and can be purchased at Riverside Concerts in City Hall, the Mayo Civic Center and all Ticketmaster outlets including Macy's, charge by phone through Riverside Concerts (members only) at (507) 328-2200 or (800) 657-3980, or through Ticketmaster at (507) 252-1010, or online at www.ticketmaster.com. Riverside Concerts Box Office hours are Monday – Friday, 9am – 4pm. Tune in to Government Channel 19 for a sneak preview airing daily at 7am, 12 noon, 6pm and 11pm. For more information, call (507) 328-2200 or (800) 657-3980 or visit us online at www.riversideconcerts.com.
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