Concert For The Cause
By Lydia Lowe
Concert For The
Cause had a rocky week leading up to the Saturday concert. On Sunday, both of the featured performers,
Staynlis and Sara Phoenix cancelled at the last minute. It’s too bad when bands don’t follow through
on their commitments, especially when they make these commitments a year in
advance so it’s already on their schedules.
Fortunately, though, there are always those waiting in the wings ready
to take advantage of any opportunity and then run with it.
Saturday’s show
featured Riley and Kathy Withrow and Burgess Martin along with Dominus X. Kathy filled the park with her friends and
acquaintances as well as the CFTC regulars who attend every concert. Kathy treated us to two hours of 60’s and
70’s classics as well as a variety of country songs from the same era. Some of the more memorable tunes for me were:
Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon and Garfunkel), The Letter (The Box Tops),
Silver Threads and Golden Needles (Linda Ronstadt) and The Good Old Days
(Roseanne Cash).
Burgess Martin
and his band, Dominus X, along with Burgess’ sister, Burgundy rounded out the
evening. Burgess rearranged his schedule
with his employer, Olive Garden, at the 11th hour to perform for
CFTC. A big thank you goes out to Olive
Garden for making this happen.
Burgess and the
band, as well as Burgundy, did a great job.
Burgess did his tap guitar method for several original songs he’d
composed. If you haven’t seen Burgess
and listened to the songs using his tap guitar method, you’re missing out. Check him out on YouTube. There were some concert-goers who were really
into the original material and when I mentioned he was playing a guitar, all
eyes turned to the stage because it’s hard to believe that he’s getting that
sound out of a guitar. He also played
bass and guitar at the same time, and changed it up by using a bow with the
guitar. You just never know how far
Burgess will push the envelope. Burgundy sang a couple of songs and I hope
we hear her sing more in the future. And
of course none of this would have been possible without the rest of Dominus X
filling in the background tracks.
It was a first
for CFTC as the non-profit, The Red Cross, did not show up to prepare the food
or sell drinks. While we didn’t have
food, we did have drinks and we did collect a small donation. If you haven’t been to CFTC this year, you’re
missing out. You never know where the
concert series will go, so if you haven’t checked this downtown Saturday night
staple out yet, make it a date to go this coming Saturday night. The non-profits and weekly concert listing is
on the website. Also, check out the ad’s
on the radio at 93.1, SNB Bank’s and HGECU’s electronic signs each week.
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