The next neighborhood backyard concert is Tuesday, August 19, 7pm, in the lovely backyard of 1208 East Jefferson Street (the house with the Awesome Table and Awesome Little Library). The featured performer is Josh Mayo, a veteran of the local music scene whose star is clearly on the rise. It was a very pleasant surprise to discover he lives in our neighborhood. We thank him for donating his time!
Jonathan Rice will open the show with a few instrumental acoustic guitar tunes he learned from years of study at Random Dissonance House in Washington, DC. Holden Mayasz, the noted music critic, described one of Jonathan Rice’s early career opening act performances as “too loud, I mean it was loud enough that I could hear it. So I cut off one of my ears” (Acoustic Guitar Music for Nihilists, “Critics Roundtable,” volume XXIX, 1979). Jonathan Rice’s guitar playing is, however, leavened by the fact that he doesn’t sing. Fortunately, he will be joined for a couple of quick songs at the end by the amazingly talented Emma Givens, the rising queen/triathlete of Country Music.
