President’s Letter
Folknotes 11/16/24
Hello Everyone,
Well, I’m late again this week, but you already know what’s happening this Sunday because it was the “Looking Ahead” listing in the last Folknotes. Here’s the latest QCB news:
Leo Coffeehouse, Sunday, November 17, 2024
Looking Ahead, Leo Coffeehouse, Sunday, November 24, 2024
WoodSongs Hurricane Helene Instrument Drive
Reference Information For New Subscribers (Below my sign off)
Leo Coffeehouse
Sunday, November 17, 2024
5:15 PM: Guitar Roundtable Workshop
Mike Helm leads this forum for players of any skill level to exchange ideas so we can all make better music together. Bring a question, share a tip. Learn a new lick or chord. Gain a new perspective, share your own with us. Enrich your guitar experience.
5:15 PM: Open Jam
Anyone can bring songs to lead in the circle while others provide backup and harmony.
6:30 PM: All Evening Open Mic
Sign up at 6:00 PM to perform one or two songs. Eight minute limit.
Sound system will be set up.
Looking Ahead:
Leo Coffeehouse
Sunday, November 24, 2024
5:00 PM: Song Writing Workshop
Led by Alan Rhody
5:15 PM: Old Time Jam
Join this song circle to lead and play along to old songs written before the folk revival.
5:15 PM: Open Jam
Anyone can bring songs to lead in the circle while others provide backup and harmony.
Performances: 6:40-9:00 PM
1st Set: Ryan Adcock
Ryan Adcock writes songs on a well-worn acoustic guitar in Cincinnati and sings them all over the country. He’s played more than 600 shows and his music has been featured on national television shows. He's been named the city's "Best Singer/Songwriter" by CityBeat Magazine's Cincinnati Entertainment Awards.
2nd Set: Alan Rhody
Alan Rhody is an American songwriter, singer, guitarist and harmonica player. With 40 years in professional music, Rhody has released ten independent solo albums and has several videos on Youtube. His original songs (including one "Million Airplay" Award from BMI). His original songs have earned the respect of his peers and fans alike (With 5 million sold in platinum and gold record awards).
Of his latest release, “Farther On” (2017-18), music author, historian, Robert K. Oermann said, “Music City troubadour Alan Rhody has a new CD titled 'Farther On'. It features co-writes with Guy Clark and others, as well as a feast of solo works. He is one of those rare individuals who can hold you completely spellbound with just his axe and his voice.”
Facebook: Alan Rhody
3rd Set: Woodnote
Marie Frondorf, on acoustic guitar percussion and vocals, Paul McCalmont, on acoustic guitar, bass, banjo mandolin and vocals and Bob Littmann, on acoustic guitar, mandolin, bass and vocals, play a mix of Americana, folk and bluegrass with rich harmonies. They have played together for many years around the Cincinnati area including many performances at the Leo Coffeehouse and Eden Fest. Their music includes the Beatles, Byrds, Bob Dylan, CSNY, Neil Young, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon, The Band, Allison Krauss as well as originals. Visit their website here.
WoodSongs Hurricane Helene Instrument Drive
Now along with dropping them off at Leo Coffeehouse on Sunday nights (see Neil Harrell or Janice Alvarado), anyone can drop playable, good condition instruments off at area music stores, including Willis Music stores and Buddy Roger’s. For more information and a list of stores accepting instruments for the WoodSongs Hurricane Helene instrument drive go here.
Instruments will be collected through December. All donated instruments will be delivered to Lexington. WoodSong volunteers will then deliver them, along with donated instruments from other areas, to Tennessee and North Carolina musicians.
From the WoodSongs website:
“The area around Asheville NC and east Tennessee is rich with musical heritage. With your help, WoodSongs will collect and deliver over 1000 FREE instruments to the musicians of the mountains who lost everything in the storms and help restore the music of the front porches of Western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee.
“We were very successful organizing instrument drives for tornado victims in western Kentucky and again for the flood victims of the mountains. Nearly 2000 instruments were collected, restored and delivered absolutely FREE to the musicians who needed them.”
That’s all for this Folknotes, I hope to see you soon.
Neil Harrell
President, Queen City Balladeers/Leo Coffeehouse
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QCB/Leo Coffeehouse Membership
We are keeping our standard annual QCB membership 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.