Tickets for Danny's 13th Annual Winter Concert.
Advance ticket sales have ended. Tickets will be available at the show for $25.
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Danny Knicely returns to the Franklin Park Arts Center on Febrary 1, 2020, at 8 pm, for his 13th Annual Winter Concert. The lineup for this year's show is:
Danny Knicely - mandolin, guitarBaakari Wilder - tap-dance
John Previti - upright bass
Guest: Aimee Curl - vocals
Tap-dancer Baakari Wilder is known internationally for starring in the hit Broadway show Bring In Da Noise, Bring In Da Funk. He’s delighted audiences around the world in places such as the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and oversees in France, Africa, Brazil, Germany, Japan and Russia.
Bassist John Previti is best known for his 18 year stint with the amazing guitar master, Danny Gatton, and has performed with many others such as Les Paul, Herb Ellis, Charlie Byrd, Big Joe Maher and Paul Simon.
Vocalist Aimee Curl has an unmistakable style distinct with emotion and sincerity evoking the essence of the greatest singers in Jazz and Folk music. She studied voice at the New School of Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York and performs with Furnace Mountain Band.
Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Lane, Purcellvile, Va. (Caution: Google Maps may show the wrong location!)
Tickets: $20 advance, $25 door.
Note: Advance ticket orders will be at Will Call awaiting your arrival on the night of the concert and will be under the name with which the order was made. Paper tickets will NOT be mailed. You do NOT need to bring a receipt to the venue to get your ticket.
Waltz for Aimee focuses on the true and natural tone of exquisitely fine acoustic instruments in the hands of master musicians. Danny plays a vintage D-18 Martin guitar and is accompanied by flat-picker extraordinaire Wyatt Rice, rhythm/lead guitarist for the Tony Rice Unit, and twice named International Bluegrass Music Association's bassist of the year, Mark Schatz, from Nickel Creek and the Claire Lynch Band. The album features old-time flat-picking, open string swing, dreadnaught jazz, and includes cameo performances by Danny on mandolin and vocals. Recorded by Les Thompson, founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, the sound reproduction is accurate and captures the energy and groove of the trio. 
"The Melody Lingers On" is a collaboration of four versatile musicians, with each bringing their own distinct style to the project. Their musical talents and tastes are wide as shown here in the variety of styles including bluegrass, jazz, old-time, swing, and Latin music. With so many ways to learn in this day and age, these musicians learned these songs the old fashioned way, from each other. This comes through in the uniqueness of the arrangements and the material chosen for the album.
"Danny Knicely's bluegrass and old-time roots run deep, and I've enjoyed jamming with him through the years. His fiddle feeds flatfooters, and his guitar drives hard, but it is his fluid mandolin that takes the spotlight here. This adventurous album travels from community dance, though bluegrass festival campground, to the late night club. There are tributes to Bill Monroe and Kenny Baker, a jazzy version of "Ookpik Waltz," and several fine originals, including the newgrassy "Salt Run" in seven-four time. Thankfully avoiding Protools slickness, these grooves are intimate and alive, and the sound is big and round. The band can and does stretch out, displaying virtuousity as well as humor in the process. With this album, Danny shows he's as much fun to listen to as he is to play with." -- Tim O'Brien
“Two voices and two pairs of hands can produce some mighty fine music...their complementary harmony vocals and their driving and mutually supportive instrumental work on mandolin, banjo, and guitar...will rekindle your appreciation of the “small band” sound in bluegrass,” says Bluegrass Unlimited. Mapleshade Records two-mike purism really captured the amazing live excitement of Danny and Will's old-time singin’ and pickin’.
Rooster Ruley's Junkyard Jam Session is a banjo ride you don't want to miss. If you like hard-driving banjo and want to hear it from the hands of a master, look no further for the real thing. This album also features Heavy-hitters Danny Knicely on mandolin & bass, Wyatt Rice on Guitar, Ricky Simpkins and Ann Marie Calhoun on fiddle, Bert Carlson on Guitar, and Tim Yates on bass.
Rooster's Ruckus by Rooster Ruley is the last studio recording of the legendary banjoist from Lexington, Virginia. It was released just after his untimely passing in 2013. Rooster is joined by long time friends and musical cohorts Danny Knicely on mandolin, Wyatt Rice on guitar, Nate Leath on fiddle, and Mark Schatz on bass and claw-hammer banjo.
