5 Featured Performers: CAROLYN WATERS Socially conscious soul…a singer/songwriter whose easy, natural style communicates immediately with your heart…her powerful, compelling voice sweeps you away. Check it all out on her great website
STEVE GILLIGAN Steve may be best known as the bass player for the famed Stompers for the last 40 years, also playing with the Kenny Selcer Band, Blame the Whiskey & Swamp Yankees, and folk trio City of Roses, but his secret weapon is as a solo performer/songwriter/singer. He has 3 fabulous CDs, “Jacob’s Well,” “Winter Rain” and “Dog Patch Garage” available places such as cdbaby, iheartradio, apple music, cd universe and others. WOODY CARPINELLA Woody has been playing since the Beatles released Help! He’s played guitar in bands since grammar school – rock & roll, blues, country, jazz, folk and some stuff that defies classification. He played professionally for 15 years in the 70’s and 80’s, and now that the family has been raised, he’s back in the saddle. Lately he’s done pit work for several community theatre projects, performed solo, and backed Jane Fallon, Carolyn Waters (hey!), Wendy Wolfberg, Ellen Schmidt and Paul Beck, among others, and is currently working with the talented Florie Namir. Check him out. You’ll be amused if not confused, infatuated and saturated, and amazed and dazed. In short, he ain’t like all the other boys and girls. PJ ROGUE PJ has delighted audiences for over 30 years with his unique combination of eclectic originals and covers. An award winning songwriter, he was recently voted a finalist in the 2015 RISA performing songwriter competition. Over the years he has opened for the likes of John Gorka, Lui Collins, Cheryl Wheeler, Vance Gilbert, Fred Small and David Mallet, among others. PJ’s songs have been covered by a number of other area musicians as well. He released his first full length collection of songs in September 2014, available on cdbaby and other places. JAMIE SHALER Oh yeah, him. Jamie’s career as a songwriter/singer/guitarist/band leader spans more than 40 years. Best known for the 80’s and 90’s bands Angry Young Bees and Jamie Shaler On Vacation, Jamie has played all over New England, headlining and opening for the likes of David Clayton Thomas, Robin Trower, the English band 999, David Johansen, Tommy Keene, the Neighborhoods, the Stompers (hey!), Berlin Airlift, Robin Lane, Jon Butcher, The Fools and Down Avenue. After releasing a number of 45’s with the Bees, an album with On Vacation, a full-length CD with Thunder Monkeys, and a quite unusual Christmas CD, “Christmas Chills,” from which there are many YouTube videos that have garnered over 66000 views (He also has another 40 or 50 videos from the Bees, Vacation and his current solo act on YouTube) he released his first solo CD, “Scars, Guitars, & Tranquilizers,” in 2013, available on Amazon, and iTunes. His website is http://jamieandchris.com/