Folk/rock duo Andy Hill and Renee Safier with their band Hard Rain present the 21st Annual Bob Dylan Fest at St. Anthony School in El Segundo, on Saturday, May 14th, 12:30 – 8:00 p.m. The fest will be held outside adjacent to the gym, rain or shine and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the school . Musicians also performing include: Bob Malone, Karen Nash, on pedal steel Marty Rifkin (who has toured and recorded with Bruce Springsteen), Evyn Charles, Highway 61 Revisited, Bellylove, Caroline Vreeland, The 8-Tracks, James Lee Stanley, Patti Orbeck, among others. Soloists, bands and duos will perform over 60 songs from Dylan's vast catalogue, with no repeat numbers. Musicians and bands are selected before the event, several returning each year. The audience is encouraged to dress up in costumes as "characters, things, interpretations and misinterpretations of Dylan's song titles or lyrics," states Andy. "A misinterpretation would be when our guitarist dressed up as Angus Young (of AC DC ) as a play on the song title `Forever Young.'" Some of the costumes over the years have also included various versions of "Tangled Up In Blue," "Highway 61," "farmer's daughter," "Isis" and "baby blue," among others.
St. Anthony School is located at 233 Lomita Street in El Segundo. Tickets are $25; children ages six – 12 are $10; five years and younger are free. Food and drinks (both alcoholic and non-alcoholic) will be available for purchase. Tables are chairs are provided, but audience members can also bring a beach chair. Advance tickets can also be purchased through andyandrenee.com. Find the DylanFest on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/yljuc5j
Andy Hill started the event in 1991 in celebration of Dylan's 50th birthday (May 24). He had read in the liner notes of Dylan's Biograph retrospective set of a party in New York where guests were invited to dress up as characters from Dylan's songs. Since the fest's inception it has been held at various venues in the South Bay, including Andy's backyard.
Andy and Renee have recorded eleven independent CDs; several produced by Marty Rifkin, including their critically acclaimed It Takes A Lot To Laugh CD. The CD featured all Dylan songs and led to a booking at the Dylan Fest in Italy. With the help of their band Hard Rain and several friends, Andy and Renee also recreated a live performance of The Band's legendary Last Waltz concert and last year performed a tribute to Neil Young that featured several musicians and vocalists. The duo have won numerous songwriting and performance awards.
Andy and Renee play over 200 dates a year as a duo or with their band throughout Southern California as well as Arizona , Colorado , and such folk festivals as: Telluride Blues Festival (where Renee's blues and jazz vocal chops won the 2005 Acoustic Blues competition), Kerrville Folk Festival, Napa Valley Folk Festival, Sierra Songwriter's Festival and Winery Music Awards Festival.
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Find Dylan Fest performances on YouTube:
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Dylan Fest Reviews:
"Wherever you look, there is an air of magic. People are laughing and singing along with performers and reciting words that flowed from a collective soul, music and images from one mind, shared at this moment in a festival tribute to Bob Dylan. Andy Hill & Renee Safier have created an annual event with a stellar line-up…" (Celebrating the Music of the Man from Hibbing , Minnesota -- Random Lengths, May 2009)
Review of 2008 Bob Dylan Fest:
"The performers on stage last Saturday were more than mere imitators … There was ` Nashville Skyline' -era Dylan crooning Americana . There was coil-haired Dylan in a polka dot shirt wailing wild blues. And then there were the costumed characters from Dylan's songs: ladies in leopard-skin pillbox hats, Big Jim `looking so Dandy and so fine,' even `Tangled Up and Blue' in a blue dress with knotted frayed ends." – (The annual birthday party where the guest of honor never shows remains a local draw -- Easy Reader)
Link to full article: http://tinyurl.com/cmmytd
Musicians/Bands/Duos participating in the 2011 DylanFest:
Bands:
Tearin' Up Jake
The 8–Tracks
Belly Love
Pillow of Wrongness
Highway 61 Revisited
Spidergawd
Catalina Kings
Steve Stafford
Solo Artists/Duos:
James Lee Stanley
Dave Leahy
Terry Buck
Arlen Rimmer
John Camello
Jay Constable & Nate LaPointe
Jack McGee
Trysette Loosemore – Kyogle New S. Wales
Michelle Bentjen
Evyn Charles
Jay Constable
John Hoke
Nate LaPointe
Dave Leahy
People w/ Hard Rain:
Andy Hill
Renee Safier
Marty Rifkin
Chase Keepe Hill
Daniel Leanse
Caroline Vreeland
Karen Nash
Dave Leahy
Bob Malone
Michelle Porter
Terry Buck
Patti Orbeck
John Hoke
Don Agronsky
Fuzzy Thurston
Julie Long
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