Hillside Echoes presents Laurie Lewis and Kathy Kallick

50 YEARS OF TOGETHER-NESS

As Randy Pitts noted, "Before Laurie Lewis and Kathy Kallick became the highly respected and successful singers, songwriters, and bluegrass bandleaders they are today, they were founding members of the groundbreaking and influential band, the Good Ol’ Persons. Although Laurie remained in that group for only a short while before moving on to lead her own bands, she and Kathy forged a lifelong personal and professional friendship that endures to this day.”

"If there is a defining element (of the first Good Ol’ Persons LP), it is the vocal blend of Laurie Lewis and Kathy Kallick. Both were already strong singers, and their duet is reminiscent of the close harmonies of Alice Gerrard and Hazel Dickens.”

- Murphy Hicks Henry, Pretty Good For A Girl: Women In Bluegrass

Kathy and Laurie have been guest performers on many of each other’s albums, and they’ve released two collaborative projects: 1991’s Together, and the 2014 tribute to their mentors, Vern Williams and Ray Park, Laurie & Kathy Sing the Songs Of Vern & Ray.

“Lewis’ sweet and silky soprano blends with Kallick’s sultry, spicy mezzo-soprano for a honey-mustard combination that is simultaneously accessible and exotic.”

-- Acoustic Guitar review of Together

"Kathy and Laurie invoke with uncanny intensity the spirit and essence of those raw, pioneering recordings in the tremendous sense of togetherness they display here. [They] were born to sing together; the way they share and swap lead and harmony vocal parts is miraculous, and they both have voices to die for."

- David Kidman, Fatea review of Laurie & Kathy Sing the Songs Of Vern & Ray

Both Laurie and Kathy have won a Grammy and two International Bluegrass Music Association awards for their contributions to True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe, both have released some two dozen albums with bands and/or under their own names, and both have received Lifetime Member Awards from the California Bluegrass Association. Laurie has twice won the IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year award, and all the Kathy Kallick Band albums have charted in the Top 10 of both the National Bluegrass Survey and Folk Alliance International charts.

“This is my favorite bluegrass album in years!”

— Stephen D. Winick, Huffington Post review of Laurie & Kathy Sing the Songs Of Vern & Ray

“If Thelma and Louise ever made a record, it would be this one! Some of the finest singing and playing to grace the genre.”

— Folk Roots review of Together

General Admission: $30 (plus fees)

Students and Seniors: $20 (plus fees)

Hillside Club Members: $15 (plus fees) with a promo code. If you need the code contact Ellen at bWFuYWdlciB8IGhpbGxzaWRlY2x1YiAhIG9yZw==

Children under 12 are admitted for free.

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