The Rear Defrosters w/ Ida Mae Specker ::: Honkytonk Friday!

The Rear Defrosters are a beloved Connecticut River Valley institution. The best Honkytonk band that we know, and we know quite a few. Led by Michael Roberts and featuring some of the best, and most creative, players in the area. We've got them here on a Friday night for once, so get ready to dance and hear a great mix of classic tunes and their incredible originals!

Ida Mae Specker is an old-time fiddler, folk singer and songwriter from Andover, Vermont. Her music fuses original, contemporary, and traditional material, bringing heartfelt new life and relevance to the chain of American folk music. Specker’s EP of original music, ‘Billy in the Heartland,’ was released in December 2019. A longtime member of family band The Speckers, Ida Mae is currently touring solo and with a backing band. Specker released a new EP on October 28th, 2023, a live session recorded in a church in Peru, VT by Dan Rome and Austin Burrell (Future Fields). Her live show features Specker’s original songs in addition to creative arrangements of traditional old-time tunes, bluegrass and country songs. More information at www.idamaespecker.com

Doors are at 7pm and music will start at 730. This show is all ages and seating is limited and also first come first served.

Thanks to a grant from TD Charitable Foundation, this show has an Access For All option which lets you name your price (you can't buy multiples of this option at the same time, so to buy more than one ticket, it is necessary to do each additional ticket in a different transaction).

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