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style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none"><span
style="font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black">Date/time:
Sunday, October 15, 2017, 7:30 PM. Doors open at 7 PM.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";
color:black">Performer: <span
style="mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Joel Mabus,
singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and humorist</span></span><span
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Mincho";color:black"><br>
</span><span
style="font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";
color:black">Location: Community Hall, 68 Water Street, Woods
Hole, Mass. </span><span
style="font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"MS
Mincho";color:black"><br>
</span><span
style="font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";
color:black">Admission: $20, discounts for members, seniors,
youth and children
</span><span
style="font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"MS
Mincho";
color:black"><br>
</span><span
style="font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";
color:black">Contact: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:woodsholefolk@gmail.com">woodsholefolk@gmail.com</a> or
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.arts-cape.com/whfolkmusic">http://www.arts-cape.com/whfolkmusic</a></span><u
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New Roman";color:blue">
</span></u><span
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Roman";
color:black">
<br>
Sponsor: Woods Hole Folk Music Society
<br>
The Woods Hole Folk Music Society's mission is to offer
affordable concerts to
the local community and beyond, featuring world-class musicians
playing
traditional and contemporary acoustic folk, Celtic, blues,
bluegrass, and roots
music in Woods Hole’s historic Community Hall.<br>
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<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times"> </span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times">Musical
Maverick
Joel Mabus Returns to Woods Hole</span><span
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<p class="Body"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";
color:black;background:white">The Woods Hole Folk Music
Society’s 46th season will
continue on </span><span
style="font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;background:white">Sunday,
October 15,</span><span
style="font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";
color:black;background:white"> with a performance
by singer-songwriter Joel</span><span style="font-family:Times">
Mabus</span><span style="font-family:Times;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;
background:white">. </span><span
style="font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:black;background:white">The
concert takes place at 7:30
PM in Community Hall, 68 Water Street, Woods Hole. Doors open at
7 PM.
Admission is $20 with discounts for members, seniors, youth and
children;
season passes are also available. Community Hall is handicapped
accessible, and
street parking is free after 6 PM. </span><span
style="font-family:Times;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times"> </span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times">Singer,
composer
and multi-instrumentalist Joel Mabus will return to Woods Hole
after a
seven-year hiatus for an evening of original songs, musical
pyrotechnics and
witty commentary. A self-described maverick in the folk world,
Mr. Mabus defies
easy pigeonholing. He may play fiddle or mountain banjo to
accompany an ancient
ballad, sing a witty song about modern life, pair a Carter
family classic with
a lilting Irish guitar melody, swing a hot jazz tune, or reach
deep for
commentary on finding value in today’s troubled world.</span><span
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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times">Joel
Mabus was
born in Belleville, Illinois, into a highly musical family. His
father was an
old-time fiddling champion and his mother was a banjo-picking
farm girl. When he
was young, his parents barnstormed the Midwest playing homegrown
music with
other family members at road shows, medicine shows and
small-town radio
programs. This experience strongly influenced the young man; in
the 1960s, when
friends were listening to rock ‘n roll, he was more interested
in banjo legends
Earl Scruggs and Bill Monroe. </span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times"> </span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times">Mr.
Mabus's
first instrument was the family </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Times;mso-ansi-language:IT" lang="IT">mandolin,</span><span
style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Times"> which he took up at age 9. He later
added guitar,
banjo and, in college, fiddle. While studying anthropology and
literature in
college, he was drawn to the coffeehouse scene at night, where
he launched his
performing and recording career.</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times">His first
LP was recorded in 1977
with mandolin legend Frank Wakefield on the Flying Fish label.
Further albums led
to the launch of his own recording label, Fossil Records. He was
one of the
first contemporary folksingers to venture into the recording
business, long
before the proliferation of digital recording made it widely
accessible. </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times"> </span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times">Joel
Mabus
has since produced more than two dozen recordings; the latest,
“Different
Hymnals,” exploring songs of many faiths, was published in June
of this year.
Previous albums range from blues (“A Bird in This World”) to
Christmas music
(“A Parlour Guitar Christmas”) to “No Worries Now,” blending
swing, bluegrass,
jazz and ragtime with lyrics of politics, history, humor &
philosophy. The
album “Rhyme Schemes” showcases his wit through original songs
such as the
tongue-twisting "The Druggist" and "Bubba's 3 B's (Barbeque,
Banjos & Beer).”</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times"> </span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times">Mr.
Mabus tours
regularly throughout the country, teaching music and songwriting
workshops at
festivals and camps. He <span style="background:white">has
played at seminal
folk clubs from Cambridge to Berkeley, as well as major folk
festivals from
Philadelphia to Kerrville, TX and Vancouver, BC. </span>He is
known for his mastery
of a wide range of musical styles, from traditional folk to
bluegrass, blues
and original songs, and hailed for his instrumental prowess and
unique flair
for witticisms and anecdotes. <span style="background:white">His
performance
style has been likened to a favorite uncle telling stories at
a family picnic.
His original songs range from humorous to sad, but are always
thought-provoking.</span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;background:white"></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times"> </span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times">The
Cornell
Folk Song Society describes </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Times;mso-ansi-language:NL" lang="NL">Joel Mabus </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times">as “a free-ranging
fretboard genius
and funny, deep songwriter whose warm voice, sly humor, and
musicianship sweep
audiences along for the ride.” A review from the Vancouver Folk
Festival states:
“Joel Mabus has a style we will always associate with Will
Rogers or Mark
Twain, and a great sense of humour which complements, rather
than
contradicts, some very serious material … and he does it all
with great
style.” </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:Times;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Upcoming
WHFMS performances
include: Oct. 29, Geoff Muldaur; Nov. 12, The Johnson Girls;
Jan. 14, 2018,
Debra Cowan and John Roberts; Jan. 28, Bill Staines; Feb. 11,
Cindy Kallett and
Grey Larson; Mar. 25, Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters; Apr. 8,
Joe Jencks; and
more to be announced. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:Times;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:Times;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">The
Woods Hole Folk
Music Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering
enjoyment of
folk music in all its forms. Concerts are made possible by
support from its
members, season subscribers, volunteers, and performers.
Refreshments are
served at intermission, and donations of baked goods are always
welcome. More
information is available at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:woodsholefolk@gmail.com">woodsholefolk@gmail.com</a> and
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.arts-cape.com/whfolkmusic">www.arts-cape.com/whfolkmusic</a>.</span></p>
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