InformationIf Joni Mitchell and Richie Havens had a love child, with Rodney Dangerfield as the midwife, the results might be something close to the great Vance Gilbert, says Richmond Magazine.Vances new album, The Mother Of Trouble, features Grammy winner Lori McKenna on background vocals, Juno award recipient and Bonnie Raitt Grammy hit song co-writer Joey Landreth on guitars, and Americana-Roots master mandolinist Joe K. Walsh. With 4 bullies, 4 deaths (3 of them murders), 3 moms, 2 accidents, 2 Black people, 2 dogs, 1 dog ball,, and 1 missed flight thanks to gas station sushi, this album benefits from the gifts of time and experience honing songwriting skills that put this most vital of acoustic storytellers at the top of the game.Oh, and Management wants to make sure to tell you that this is the 14th release for this acoustic stalwart.One of the originators of the finally recognized Rs stage-owning singing and playing, and Shawn Colvin invited him to be special guest on her 1992 Fat City tour where he took much of America by storm and by surprise. With the voice of an angel, the wit of a devil, and the guitar playing of a god.. wrote the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.Noted not only for being the ever consummate performer, Gilbert has recorded 13 albums, including 5 for Philo/Rounder Records. Along with being opener of choice for artists as varied as Arlo Guthrie, Anita Baker, The Milk Carton Kids, and Southside Johnny, the mid 2000s found Gilbert opening 150+ shows for comedian George Carlin. Gilbert has also been a prominent presence at some of the worlds most prestigious gatherings and halls, among them the Newport, Winnipeg, Rocky Mountain, Calgary, Ottawa, and Falcon Ridge Folk festivals, the Kate Wolf Music Festival, and Australias Woodford Folk and Mullum Music Festivals, Mountain Stage, Bostons Symphony Hall, Nashvilles Lyman Auditorium, The Barns at Wolftrap, and a private party for his veterinarian where there was terrific lo-mein.Most recently hes been the opener of choice for Mad About You/Stranger Things star Paul Reisers stand-up shows for the last 7 years, along with his own busy acoustic music touring schedule. That current schedule includes VancesMondayNightAcousticPajamaParty on YouTube. Having started the first week of the pandemic in 2020, Vance has played a live, themed, weekly 90 minute mixed bag of originals and cover tunes to a rotating following of about 200 folks. 10 to 20% of his weekly tip jar is donated to a local 501(c)3 of his choice. At the time of this writing, having done 215 of these Pajama Parties has become newsworthy in itself, more so because he just forgot to stop doing them.
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