2011 Lake George Summer Concert Series
at Shepard Park, Lake George, NY

July and August: Wednesday Evenings at 7:30 PM
All Concerts are rain or shine. Call (518) 668-2616 for rain venue.

	July 6:  Chris O’Leary Band Blues harp player Chris O’Leary was lead singer and front man for Grammy award winner Levon Helm’s band The Barnburners, and has also played with legendary Rolling Stones sideman Bobby Keys.  He brings his 7 piece Hudson Valley based American roots blues band full of energy and excitement.
	July 13: Zoe Muth & the Lost high Rollers Zoe Muth was named 2010’s “New Artist of the Year” by Modern Acoustic magazine. She brings her Seattle based band, the Lost High Rollers.  Instrumentation includes mandolin, bass, guitars, drums, keyboard, and Muth on guitar and lead vocals. Zoe Muth is regarded for her narrative lyrics and a sound which is said to capture the stark honesty reminiscent of some of country music’s greats.
	July 20 : Hair of the Dog This Celtic Rock band has recently been voted the best local band by the Times Union Readers and by Capital Region Living magazine.  This upbeat, lively, and highly energetic band has played many times in local venues such as the Parting Glass in Saratoga Springs as well as regularly headlining or co-headlining festivals such as the Great American Irish Festival and the Capital District Scottish Games.  They have also toured Ireland eight times since they formed as a band in 1993.
	July 27: Robert Michaels Trio Born in Canada, raised in Italy, and having studied for a time in Cuba, Robert Michaels is a Latin Jazz guitarist with a flair for getting his guitar to produce beautiful “fluid and melodic jazz” according to reviewer Kevin Slick. In 1998 Michaels was nominated for the Juno Award for Instrumental Artist of the Year and in 2003, his fourth CD titled “Allegro” won him the Juno Award for Best Instrumental Album. The Ottawa Sun called him “Flamenco’s version of Led Zeppelin axe-god Jimmy Page” and that he was “every inch a dazzling guitarist.” His band combines a sound which leaves “people in the crowd…spellbound” with a sound, “so intense the listeners must hold their breath” (Toronto Star).  We invited him back from his first appearance here last year for one reason: he is that good.
	August 3:  42nd Infantry Division Band The 42nd Infantry Division Band is the musical ambassador for the New York Army National Guard. The 35 member band performs a diverse collection of musical styles from Patriotic to Latin, Rock to Pop, and fun concert selections to entertain audiences of all ages.
	August 10: Chatham County Line Chatham County Line is an acoustic American Bluegrass band that fuses traditional bluegrass with a deep seeded interest in time-honored and ever evolving American Handmade music. The Raleigh, North Carolina based band has a “sincerity of showmanship and professionalism” which causes them to continue to be able to tour both nationally and internationally with sold out shows (Yep Rock Records).
	August  17: Sweetback Sisters The Sweetback Sisters are a honky-tonk band from Brooklyn. They sing early-country classics and new, soon-to-be country hits in sweet, girl-on-girl harmony featuring Zora Bode and Emily Miller. With superb musicianship and an appreciation for times gone by, the Sweetback Sisters' members infuse their throwback sound with youthful intensity and broad influences.
	August 24: Harold Ford & the Cash Band Tribute artist Harold Ford & The Cash Band with Laura Lucy performing a tribute to June Carter Cash. Possessing a stage presence and charisma akin to Johnny Cash along with the deep Cash bass baritone voice and Cash looks, Harold’s tribute to Johnny Cash is nothing short of eerie and ghostly.
	Aug. 31: Mulebone - Hugh Pool and John Ragusa Mulebone is a combination of Hugh Pool's excellent blues/roots guitar and John Ragusa's amazing sounds from conch shell, Jews harp, cornet, all manner of flutes, tin whistle and back-up vocals. Together they have recorded a CD which spent 15 weeks in the Top 100 Albums in America. Along with playing live and TV appearances, they won blues artist of the year at radio stations from Seattle, Washington to Red Bank, New Jersey.

The Lake George Arts Project is able to present the Wednesday Night Summer Concert Series thanks to the generous support from the Village of Lake George, the Town of Lake George, and the New York State
Council on the Arts, a state agency.