Photographs spanning over 40 years of live and recorded music in coffeehouses,
folk festivals and theater. |
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| With
Eric (and Paul Lee) at a recent Open Mic Feature at the Natick Center for the
Arts. A very enjoyable gig at a great venue! Photograph by Phil Knudsen, host at TCAN |
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At
RiverSing '05, a festival in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, with friends, Eric
Luskin, playing great fretless bass and Paul Lee playing superb keyboards,
at the singer-songwriter stage. |
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![]() Mel took part in the Boston Folk Song Society's presentation of the Woody Guthrie "Bound for Glory" segment at NEFFA (New England Folk Festival in '03 & '06, and will be doing so again at NEFFA in '08 |
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Mel
has been singing, writing songs, recording and performing with The Maple Street
Project, his folk-rock group of the past 18 years. Here they're performing at Musicians in our Midst, in Needham in '07 www.maplestreetproject.com |
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Yes,
the guy with the beard and the fancy robes is Mel... in the part of Mordecai,
in the Purim Shpiel segment of the 2001 Spring Revels. Lots of fun, rehearsals
and after hours sing-alongs! |
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On
a recent cross-country trip, Mel sang to Dulcinea, an inquisitive Palomino
mare, in beautiful St. George, Utah |
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The
"old days" with Mel, Mel & Julian, headliners at the 1966
University of Cape Town lunch-time sold-out student concert. |
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Back in the day... barely legal Mel & Mel entertain at the Deal's Hotel Cabaret in East London, South Africa. Just four months into the life of professional entertainment! |
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On the circuit... at the One World Coffeehouse in Essex, MA... Mel opened for Jim Scott, singer songwriter (Formerly with th Paul Winter Consort.). |
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| Visiting good friends and instigators of much musical involvement, Ray & Ranne Warner on Cape Cod in 2001, the beard entertains fellow guests, playing Ray's Dobro (l) and his South African guitar made by Mark Maingard. (r) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| At a wonderful house concert in Arlington, MA... with good friends from RiverSong, Liz Buchanan, Mel, Ray Warner and Amy Lohman. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| At
a recent open mic in Natick at the Natick Center for the Arts. A great venue! Photograph by Phil Knudsen, host at TCAN |
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