President’s Letter
04/24/24
Hello Everyone
Here’s the latest QCB/Leo Coffeehouse news:
Spaghetti Dinner at Zion UCC, April 27, 2024
Leo Coffeehouse, April 28, 2024
Looking Ahead: Leo Coffeehouse, May 5, 2024
Reference Information (Below my sign off)
Spaghetti Dinner at Zion UCC, April 27, 2024
Zion UCC, our home base for Leo Coffeehouse, is holding a spaghetti dinner at 5:00 PM on Saturday, April 27, 2024, to raise funds to support Madison Smith, a junior at UC’s College Conservatory of Music, as she tours this summer as first chair trombonist with the Prague Symphony Orchestra.
Leo Coffeehouse
April 28, 2024
5:15 PM: Songwriting Workshop
Led by David Singley.
5:15 PM: Open Jam
Musicians bring songs to lead in the circle while others provide backup and harmony. This jam continues upstairs during the concert.
5:15 PM: 4th Sunday Old Time Country Jam
Join us playing early roots country and related music from the early 1900s through the Folk Revival.
Performances: 6:40 - 9:00 PM
NOTE: The schedule has changed since last week. Turnsole/Eric Bates had to cancel their performance. David Singley and Jill & Bobby have moved into the 2nd and 3rd sets. Our friends, Seldom the Same, have stepped in to perform in the 1st set.
1st Set: Seldom the Same
A group of retirees who share love for Americana music. Dean Vamvas, lead vocalist, plays guitar, mandolin, banjo and harmonica. Tom McDonald is their primary harmonica and mountain dulcimer player. Vocalist Tom Laskey also plays lead guitar and percussion. Dave Martin supplies keyboard, fiddle and Dobro and sings. Dave Sanders plays cello, acoustic guitar, banjo and sings both lead and harmony. Karen Schrock plays guitar and provides both lead and harmony vocals.
2nd Set: David Singley
David Singley is a singer-songwriter-guitarist from Saint Paul, MN, whose music is born of the street, the country, and the academy. A veteran of backing world-class artists and performers, he has recently joined the Great Resignation and set his sights on his own artistic pursuits. His last album, The Long, Slow Fuse of Night, charted on Americana radio for several months. His influences include all the great singer-songwriters of the 1970s. www.davidsingley.com
3rd Set: Jill & Bobby
Jill Denton and Bobby Fisher are an exceptional Cincinnati based duo that plays a variety of genres from standards to country, originals, pop, and rock. There is a chemistry that creates a unique energy in their music and a confidence that only comes from playing together for many years. Jill’s powerful, and beautiful, voice joined with Bobby’s dynamic guitar skills, and vocals, combine for an exciting and polished sound. Special guest Jeff McLemore will join in on bass.
Looking Ahead:
Leo Coffeehouse, May 5, 2024
5:15 PM: Songwriting workshop led by Matt Rouch
5:15 PM: Open Jam
Musicians bring songs to lead in the circle while others provide backup and harmony. This jam continues upstairs during the concert.
Performances: 6:40 - 9:00 PM
1st Set: Blue Moon Runes
Leo regulars Kabir Bakie, Dean Kotchka, Janice Alvarado and Dick Males on bass together are the Blue Moon Runes. They will perform songs from Gordon Lightfoot and Merle Haggard to the Moody Blues, Credence and Sonny & Cher.
2nd Set: Cheryl Cawood and the Dogs
Influenced by the Chicago/Brit invasion blues, traditional Irish music, classic country and American folk-rock bands like the Byrds, Bob Dylan and The Band. Lead singer, Cheryl Cawood, who played with Grey Dogs back around the turn of the century (!!!), moved to Texas many years ago where she made a bit of a stir musically and got on the radio. She has just relocated to Cincinnati and has rejoined Dave Gilligan, Mike Fair and Jay Sofanec to cover a broad spectrum of American Music.
3rd Set: Matt Rouch & the Noise Upstairs
They originally formed in Denver where the band quickly rose to prominence in CO, winning Best Country Band and an IMEA award for Folk Song of the Year. In Cincinnati, they kept the same playing style—James Taylor meets Fleet Foxes—and added Greta Propp on fiddle. Matt pours honesty and intimacy in his songs that connect with the listener with stories that hit close to home. mattrouchandthenoiseupstairs.com
QCB/Leo Coffeehouse Membership
We are keeping our standard annual QCB embership dues at $20.00 for a family, or for a single person plus a guest. Last year, knowing that the pandemic cut into our contingency funds, as we continued to pay overhead expenses with no income, some members donated larger amounts to QCB. We very much appreciate the support of all QCB members at all levels.
We are exploring setting up our website to allow the payment of different levels of dues support. For now, if you’d like to pay the standard dues, you can pay them online here or by a check at Leo. (We’ve discontinued our P.O. Box, I will have a mailing address in the next newsletter for those who wish to mail their membership dues.)
If you would like to donate more than the $20.00 standard dues, you can do so by check, or through our website. When you get to the page with the box to relay instructions, just note that you are paying a larger amount for your dues.
For visitors who prefer not to become a member, a donation of $5.00 (cash) per person helps us pay the rent for our non-profit organization. Donations can be slipped in the box at the welcome table outside our performance room, Founders Hall. If you can’t afford that, pay what you can afford or nothing at all. We will welcome you to join us either way.
That’s all for this Folknotes, I hope to see you soon at Leo Coffeehouse.
Neil Harrell
President, Queen City Balladeers/Leo Coffeehouse
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