KELLER WILLIAMS ENLIVENS SOLD-OUT JIM THORPE CROWD
By Michael Lester Photos by Jesse Faatz Keller Williams literally does it all musically on stage. Plays guitar, bass, drums and keyboards. Unlike most performers, he also takes requests during h...
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KELLER WILLIAMS STAKES OUT HIS OWN MUSIC REAL ESTATE
By Michael Lester Quirky, deadpan instrumental wizard Keller Williams is so multitalented, few of his fans would shrug at the suggestion he was peddling homes, moonlighting as an agent with Keller Wi...
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FUNKY TROMBONE SHORTY HORNS IN ON KIRBY CENTER
By Michael Lester Photos by Jim Gavenus WILKES-BARRE -- Troy Andrews lowered his shiny trombone to his waist, wiped his mouth and swiveled from his dual microphones at the front of the F.M. Kirby ...
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RUSTED ROOT BRINGS ‘THE MOVEMENT’ TO SHERMAN
By Michael Lester Michael Glabicki first discovered he had a voice for music back in the mid-1980s when he randomly and playfully lent his distinctive vocal chords to a version of the Rolling Stones...
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MICHAEL LESTER: CONCERTS
By Michael Lester 1. Pearl Jam: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Oct. 21 2. Lockn’ Festival: Arrington, Va., Sept. 5-8 3. Rolling Stones: Wells Fargo Center, June 18 4. Furthur: Capitol Thea...
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GUITARIST’S DREAM COMES TRUE AT PENN’S PEAK
By Michael Lester Mountain Top native Jay Baab spontaneously jumped on stage recently at Penn’s Peak, grabbed an electric guitar from the hand of Robert Randolph, and jammed — quite capably — with Ra...
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WOOTEN BROTHERS TAKE FAMILY AFFAIR TO KESWICK
By Michael Lester By the time Joseph Wooten was 8 years old, he and his four musically gifted brothers were already spending weekends on stage as an opening act for bands like War, of “Low Rider,” “W...
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RAILROAD EARTH, ROWAN THRILL SHERMAN CROWD
By Michael Lester Photos by Jesse Faatz STROUDSBURG -- Seventy-one-year-old bluegrass legend Peter Rowan danced a gentle solo waltz on stage, circling Tibetan-born vocalist Yungchen Lhamo as Rail...
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YONDER HALLOWEEN: “IT’LL BE CRAZY”
By Michael Lester When Yonder Mountain String Band hits the stage for its Halloween show at the Theatre of Living Arts Thursday, the assembled crowd down on Philly’s spirited South Street can “expect...
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STEELY DAN GETS WEIRD
By Michael Lester BETHLEHEM -- Stationed in relative darkness during the first three songs of the evening below an elevated horn section at the Sands casino stage in Bethlehem, guitarist Walter Becke...
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