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Although he has lived in Austin for more than 20 years, many people still consider him an Oklahoman, because of his strong musical ties to the state and what he often refers to as its "red dirt music." It was in this landscape that he began to define his sound and soak up a combination of his experiences among authentic songwriters from the tradition of Woody Guthrie. Dave Marsh notes, "Jimmy LaFave has one of America's greatest voices, and his music is the story of what he has learned to do with it. It's a unique instrument, with startling range and its own peculiar sense of gravity, liable to swoop in and wreck your expectations at any instant." An old friend of Robin Macy's, Jimmy returns to Bartlett Arboretum for the final performance of the 2009 Tree House Concert Series Sunday, July 12, at 3 p.m. Sponsors include Sunflower R, C and D, Kansas Arts Commission, The National Endowment for the Arts and KMUW Radio.
Gates open at 2 p.m. With a very special treat - singer-songwriter Colin Boyd - to open the show |
By junior high, Jimmy LaFave was making music perched behind his Sears &
Roebuck drum kit. It wasn't long before his mother traded a drawer full
of green stamps for his first guitar and the switch to singer-songwriter
was in progress. His family later moved to Stillwater, Oklahoma, where
he finished high school.
