Songwriters' Showcase at Brewer's Alley
124 North Market Street (route 355), Frederick, MD
Monday November 11, 2019
7:30 pm
Please join us for the last Songwriters' Showcase at Brewer's Alley (as we now know it). Tomorrow's shows features Victoria Vox and will be kicked-off with a piano prelude by Peter Roebuck. Supporting characters Rod Deacey, Ron Goad, Tomy Wright, Todd Walker and Ray Jozwiak.
Come out tonight, Monday, May 8 for The Brewer's Alley (124 N. Market Street, Frederick MD) Songwriters Showcase's Tenth Anniversary Show which features Kate MacLeod and Michael Kelly and featuring Teporah Bilezikian. Ride the elevator to the listening room - SSSSHHH!! - on the 2nd floor. Produced by Roderick Deacey, Todd Walker and Ron Goad at this location since MAY 2007. "We make Mondays better than most Saturdays." Full menu, bar, great music
Show begins at 7:30 with Ray Jozwiak - Gonzo Piano
(from William Congreve's The Mourning Bride, 1697)
". . . Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast,
To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.
I've read, that things inanimate have mov'd,
And, as with living Souls, have been inform'd,
By Magick Numbers and persuasive Sound. . ."
Brewer’s Alley Songwriters' Showcase (now in twelfth year!) is held on the second Monday evening (mostly!) in each month upstairs at Brewer's Alley, 124 N. Market St., in beautiful downtown Frederick, MD, except during December. The program starts at 7:30 pm with a piano prelude, followed by two songwriters doing three songs each. The featured songwriter for the evening goes on around 8:30 pm for 45 minutes or so, sometimes followed by two or three more three-song performers. Somewhere in the mix we throw in some poetry from John Holly and Rod Deacey. Our MCs are Ron Goad, Rod Deacey, Tomy Wright, and Todd C Walker, who runs the show. I am still booking the features and sharing the three-song spots with Todd Walker. Ron Goad books the pianists for piano preludes… which on May 8 will be . . .
Songwriters' Showcases at Brewer's Alley
124 North Market Street (route 355)
Frederick, MD
Mondays 7:30 pm Since May 2007
Featured Performer April 10 is Tony Denikos
Affiliated with FrederickAcoustic.org, SAW.org, BaltimoreSongwriters.org, BMI.com, WAMAdc.com. The volunteer team showcases experienced songwriters, including winners and nominees from SAW's MASC, WAMA's WAMMIES, regional and touring Folk Alliance and Kerrville participants and promising new-found talents too. Friends Rod Deacey, Todd Walker, and Ron Goad enjoy volunteering to produce each show. Tomy Wright and poet John Holly are also part of our volunteer team at the shows. Brewers-Alley.com - Take the elevator to the 2nd floor listening room, where we have a full dining menu and bar; limited menu after. 9 pm.
(from Mr. Rod Deacey's weekly bulletin)
". . . The featured performer tomorrow night, Monday, September 21, is making up for a snow cancellation for the second year in a row – we hope he won’t make it a hat-trick this coming winter! Our good friend ANDREW McKNIGHT wears a bunch of different hats – he is a skilled musician on a number of instruments, a talented songwriter and singer of songs (both solo and with his band, Beyond Borders), and an excellent raconteur and storyteller. On top of that, he is a really nice guy – we like him a lot! Come and check him out – he is constantly entertaining!
Monday’s Piano Prelude will be played for us by the one-and-0nly ROCKIN’ RAY JOZWIAK, whose style is akin to jazz pianist Keith Jarrett. Rockin’ Ray will also rock out a bit as part of our house band later in the evening – he sounds more like Bill Payne of Little Feat in this portion of the evening… During Ray’s prelude and for the rest of the evening, Christian will be taking care of our food and drinks, assisted as usual by Steve…
Three-song cameos come from our good friend TOM DEWS, back in the area on a rare visit, plus Ron’s Pick KATY HYLTON Poetry will be from JOHN HOLLY, and I’ll throw in a poem and a couple of songs late in the evening. TOMY WRIGHT is away this week.
MISTER RON GOAD will be in charge of the percussion section this week, which may be just him, but could also include talented pinch-hitter TIM BRADY . . . "
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(and, if you're in town, at Trax On Wax on Frederick Rd. in Catonsville, MD) OHO is Jay Graboski, David Reeve & Ray Jozwiak. Please Visit http://www.ohomusic.com
My latest solo offering, Just More Music by Ray Jozwiak, featuring original, instrumental piano music is now available at - Just More Music by Ray Jozwiak
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From the pen (or computer) of Mr. Rod Deacey, Frederick area music impresario. . .
". . . Brewer’s Alley Songwriters’ Showcase on Monday, August 5, features one of our long-time favorites, all the way from Nashville! – DONNA FROST, who visits the DC area every summer and always comes to Frederick to give her powerful pipes a work-out on some of her country-tinged originals, with the occasional Skeeter Davis or Janis Joplin song thrown in for good measure! This time Donna brings us the added bonus of rockabilly legend BILLY HANCOCK to share the evening and play along; Billy made his name playing bass and singing vocals with the late, great Danny Gatton in Danny and the Fat Boys and is in five Halls of Fame! It’s going to be a don't-miss show!
The piano prelude this week during the Dog Days of summer will be from our favorite seasonal responder – JIMBOW – who will give us some summer music with his usual mix of familiar phrases from other songs embedded in entirely new pieces; just as you are going, “Wasn't that…”, the music has moved on and is somewhere else entirely! Only Jimbow knows where he is going, and even he doesn't know more than a few seconds in advance… But that’s what makes it great entertainment, folks – get your tickets here – but then we don't have tickets, do we? Come early to get good seats for the evening and to catch the whole prelude! You can come upstairs at 7:15 pm (maybe 5 minutes or so earlier than that if we're ready; performers can come up when they arrive).
For cameo appearances this Monday, we are delighted to welcome CRUMPLED HAT (Rick CRUMP and Les HATley, who have been playing together for more than 20 years; not all the time, of course), the fabulous McTELL BROTHERS, who have been wowing us since they were knee-high to a grasshopper (they are larger now, and still scarily talented!), plus JASON SCHAARSCHMIDT, who has a hard name to spell – hope I have it right! We are also looking forward to the return of TOMY WRIGHT! Poet John Holly will read a couple of poems, and also pass the hat for our featured performers. I may squeeze in a poem or two if time permits…
This week, RON GOAD will hopefully be joined by WALT WAGNER with his cajón (not a needlework storage case!) for their weekly meeting of the beats – and maybe we'll see TOMY WRIGHT back behind the djembes and hi-hat – we live in hope! Last week, the rhythm section was completed by the addition of HOWARD RABACH on bass, who even made me sound good, so he passed the audition – you can come back any time, Howard! Songwriters are welcome to call on our mighty rhythmic resources any time to make their songs sound better, but be careful! When you unleash the beast it is sometimes difficult to get it back in the box…
Mister Goad’s horoscope this week says, “You will be a bit distracted in a good way…” Well, Ron is always a bit distracted, mostly in a good way, so that shouldn't even be in the stars… The words of wisdom this week go on to say, “Your high level of interest in a subject fuels productivity.” Maybe we should get Ron to take a high level of interest in Congress, especially since the majority of us have given up; a 10 percent approval rating tells us that…
Marjorie Thompson’s Guitar Class/Workshop was very much appreciated by attendees last Monday; we are working on getting Marjorie back early next year, as she is rethinking her two-year schedule… If you missed her class this time, you may have another opportunity to catch it relatively soon… Watch this space!
Make a trip to Brewer’s Alley this Monday evening to hear DONNA FROST and BILLY HANCOCK, plus our line-up of talented cameo performers! And remember, songwriters have a limited income, no health insurance and an uncertain future – and by ‘future’ I mean the rest of the week… Please come and watch them and listen to them and sympathize – it’s the only validation they need! Don't get too chummy, though, or they may follow you home, especially if they think you may have food and/or alcoholic beverages, so don't let your guard down for a second… If necessary, you can distract them by buying one of their CDs – they all have them, I'm afraid, often with photos or drawings of trees on them… Nobody knows why; don't bother asking! . . ."
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