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TUNES BY THE TRACKS , WED FEB 17th

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:31:00 -0500

Curt Osgood Bill Gregg Annie Simpson

TUNES BY THE TRACKS

Hosts Jim Clare, Cathy McGrath, and Allen Hopkins are very pleased to Feature

The NORTH HOLLOW STRING BAND

The String Band is Curt Osgood on hammered dulcimer, Bill Gregg with fiddle and autoharp and Annie Simpson on guitar and lead vocals, and their music is elegant, historical, upbeat and fun for all ages!

...and...(hold yer applause please)...* THE MYSTERY PICKERS...!!

The Clifton Springs Library, Large Meeting Room, 4 Railroad Ave, Clifton Springs, NY (1 block north of Main St.)
Wednesday, Februrary 17th, 7:00pm - 9:00pm (doors open at 6:30pm)
FREE ADMISSION (a $4.00 donation for performers and refreshments is greatly appreciated.)

The winter we know and love in the Finger Lakes is still with us, but you can put some spring in your step with live music at TUNES BY THE TRACKS...hope to see you there...!!

* Aspiring Mystery Pickers, contact Jim ~ folkiejim@gmail.com

Acoustic Desserts at The Gridley Inn

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:09:00 -0500

Allen Hopkins Jim Clare

Jim Clare & Allen Hopkins are Featured for Acoustic Desserts, in The Gridley Inn, 36 West Main St, Waterloo, NY ~ Thursday, January 21st from 7:30pm - 9:00pm ~

Caren Cleaveland will have her usual delectable array of home-made pastries on hand, to be savored with fine coffee or tea in the elegant Music Room.

With a little luck, our friend Perry Cleaveland, will join Allen and me, to add his Mandolin and Fiddle wizardry!!

Admission is always free, and a wonderful evening of acoustic music fun, is assured!

Hope we see you at The Gridley Inn!!

TUNES BY THE TRACKS , WED JAN 20th

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:12:00 -0500

Andy Lawrence Ernie Lawrence

Tunes By the Tracks for Wednesday, January 20th ~

Hosts Jim Clare, Cathy McGrath and Allen Hopkins are very pleased to feature:

Ernie and Andy Lawrence

Dad Ernie and Son Andy, hail from Perry, NY, and they've been playing around western NY as a duo for the last two years. They serve up a variety of traditional American blues styles from Delta, and Chicago to Piedmont, along with straight up folk and some tasty original songs. Strong vocal harmonies and solid acoustic guitars make Ernie and Andy a real musical treat!

Ernie played coffeehouses and other venues in the early 1970’s, and he got Andy started on guitar in his early teens. Andy has played in bands, and performed solo in clubs in western New York, Philadelphia and Cincinnati. Since the summer of 2007, Ernie and Andy have polished their act by working more than 150 shows in approximately fifty different venues.

The second half of our show will showcase the pesky Mystery Pickers* holding forth yet again with their unique...ummm...style!

Wednesday, January 20th
7:00pm - 9:00pm (doors open at 6:30pm)
Library Meeting Room, 4 Railroad Avenue, Clifton Springs, NY (one block North of Main St)
FREE ADMISSION ($4.00 donation suggested for refreshments and Artists)

Come join us for a great evening ...our first event for the New Year of 2010, and our 1 Year Anniversary for Tunes By the Tracks!!

* if you'd like to play a few tunes as a Mystery Picker, email folkiejim@gmail.com

Hospeace Fundraiser, Naples, NY, Sat. Dec 19th

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:48:00 -0500

Jim Clare Birds On a Wire...Brooke Pevear & Elaine Verstraete

I'm really stoked... (ok, ok, but I still love that word)... to be opening for the astonishingly good BIRDS ON A WIRE this Saturday evening at the Trinity Federated Church, 123 north main street, Naples, NY on Saturday, December 19th...from 7:00pm - 10:00pm.

Here's the deal ~ All proceeds raised during the event will go to benefit Hospeace House of Naples. Suggested admission is $4 for adults, $1 for students. Children under 5 free. Luscious homemade baked goods, coffee, tea and soft drinks available for purchase.

Jim Clare (me) will open the evening from 7 - 8 with songs from his new CD Old Empty Hall...and Jim's band will be Brooke, Elaine and Perry Cleaveland.
Birds-on-a-wire will perform their original and traditional songs from 8 - 10, accompanied by Perry Cleveland on mandolin and fiddle.

This promises to be a really fun evening of music and goodies, and all for an eminently worthy cause...we hope to see you on Saturday!!

TUNES BY THE TRACKS , WED DEC 16th

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:30:00 -0500

Mary Lester Pat Carey Cathy McGrath

TUNES BY THE TRACKS hosts Jim Clare, Cathy McGrath and Allen Hopkins are

proud to Feature ~ CUISLE MO CHROI ~ Christmas Concert and CD Release Party !!

The Chapel in Spa Apartments, 11 East Main Street, Clifton Springs, NY
Wednesday, December 16th
7:00pm - 9:00pm (doors open at 6:30pm)
FREE ADMISSION (donation of $5.00 suggested for performers and refreshments)

Don't miss this one!! Wonderful traditional, seasonal and Celtic songs performed by the ladies of Cuisle Mo Chroi, with the Tiffany mosaic of The Last Supper as a stunning backdrop!!

Plus ~ WINTER ROOT, the brand new, just released CD from Cuisle Mo Chroi will be available. What a nice Christmas gift!!

TUNES BY THE TRACKS , WED NOV 18th

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:28:00 -0500

Phil Shapiro Carrie Shore

Tunes By the Tracks Features Phil Shapiro & Carrie Shore for the November 18th show!!

Hosts Jim Clare, Cathy McGrath and Allen Hopkins are pleased and excited to have this popular regional duo as our headliners this month...!!

Phil and Carrie choose fascinating, energetic songs of American traditional folk, and add newer songs written squarely in the folk tradition.

A fine finger-style guitarist, creative and lively, Phil is adept at getting his guitar to "talk", as part of the song and the story. Carrie is an excellent classically trained violinist. who loves playing traditional tunes, and bluesy and slinky

improvisations.

...PLUS...our own Cathy McGrath & the STEPPIN' OUT STRING BAND ~

Barbara Jablonski, Kathleen Cappon, Becky Schneider & Cathy McGrath

Button accordion, washboard, hammered dulcimer, autoharp, guitar, flute, whistle, mandolin, banjo, and bass accompany folk songs and ballads with beautiful close vocal harmonies, lively traditional dance tunes and American patriotic music.

Tunes By the Tracks
Wednesday, November 18th
Clifton Springs Library, 4 Railroad Ave, Clifton Springs, NY
7:00pm - 9:00pm (doors open at 6:30pm)
FREE Admission (a $3.00 donation is suggested for artists and refreshments)
Finger Lakes Acoustic Folk Music at its finest....hope you'll join us!!

CD Release Party for Old Empty Hall

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:17:00 -0400

Allen Hopkins Jim Clare Perry Cleaveland

We had a wonderful time at The Gridley Inn B&B in Waterloo, NY last night. I got to play the songs from my new CD, Old Empty Hall, with a plethora of support from my musician friends! Many thanks, in no particular order, to Perry Cleaveland, Allen Hopkins, Brooke Pevear, Elaine Verstraete and Doug Henrie for sharing your wonderful talents. The folks who came to listen in the warm elegant room, and your musical help, created a thoroughly memorable evening!

CD Release Party for Old Empty Hall

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:31:00 -0400

CD Release Party for OLD EMPTY HALL on Friday, October 30th at The Gridley Inn, 36 West Main St in Waterloo, NY...

Come enjoy an evening of live folk music, from 7:30pm - 9:00pm.

Refreshments will be served, and admission is FREE!

Jim will be singing songs from his new CD, OLD EMPTY HALL...with considerable help from Perry Cleaveland, and perhaps Allen Hopkins.

The CD's will be available for $15.00...so tap into that cookie jar stash, and buy one for your very own!!

We'll see you at The Gridley Inn....

TUNES BY THE TRACKS , WED OCT 21st

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:33:00 -0400

Leslie Lee Steve Gretz

Tunes By the Tracks on Wednesday, October 21st will Feature the lovely vocals of ~ Leslie Lee & Steve Gretz ~

http://leslieandsteve.com/general/home.php

Jim Clare and co-hosts Allen Hopkins, Cathy McGrath will be joined by The Mystery Pickers for the second half of the show....and of course the wildly popular Grand Finale will get all the performers back for a couple of sing-along songs to ring down the curtain!!

Tunes By the Tracks with LESLIE LEE & STEVE GRETZ and The Mystery Pickers

Clifton Springs LIbrary Meeting Room, 4 Railroad Ave, Clifton Springs, NY (1 block North of Main St)

Wednesday, Oct 21st from 7:00pm - 9:00pm (doors open at 6:30pm)

FREE Admission ($3.00 per person donation suggested for coffee, cookies and artists)

NOW AVAILABLE JIM'S NEW CD ~ OLD EMPTY HALL ~

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:46:00 -0400

My new CD is finally here!!!

OLD EMPTY HALL is 12 original songs of home, love, loss, redemption, and life in America...listen free to some of the songs here on the Music Page. If you'd like to hear these, plus some new ones with a higher quality sound....

ORDER your OLD EMPTY HALL CD on CD BABY ~ http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/clarejim

...or...Send check for $15.00 to:

Jim Clare

OLD EMPTY HALL

4192 Middle Cheshire Road

Canandaigua, NY 14424

We'll mail you your CD on receipt...

Thanks and good listening,

Jim