$10 general admission.
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Rees Shad and The Conversations play at the Strand Theater on April 22nd, 2022 at 7:30 PM for a night of swinging Americana. Storied composer and fabulist fictioneer Rees Shad comes to the historic Strand Theater with his trio to play their unique hybrid of Americana, Blues, and Jazz.
A native of Manhattan who used his father’s dictaphone to record his first song at the age of four, Shad grew up absorbing New York’s downtown music scene from Gerde’s Folk City to CBGB’s, ingesting the urban world, its inherent rhythms and human electricity. Years working as a sideman and studio musician working with a variety of bands helped Shad sharpen his instincts as both a creator and a performer before moving to Washington County to immerse himself in rural culture, build a recording studio (Sweetfish Recording Studios) and start making music in earnest. From his debut album Walls (1993) to The Watcher (2019) and continuing through songs like “The Mrs & Me” (from The Riggley Road Stories, 1997) and “Esmé” (from Half a World Away, 2014) Shad has proven to be a serial iterator.
He has happily and determinedly reinvented himself every decade or so as his vision and craft have evolved from solo acoustic singer-songwriter to electronic musician (5 albums as Fester Spunk) through comedic rocker (another 7 albums with the troupe Scheissfinger) all now distilled into this insightful craftsman.
The Conversations feature longstanding Shad collaborator/drummer Bobby Kay and bassist Jeff Link who will be joined for this performance by percussionist extraordinaire Carlos Valdez to support Shad in exploring a more improvisational approach to presenting his meticulously crafted narratives. This results in performances akin to the freedoms found in live jazz. With his upcoming album, One Glass at a Time, Shad has brought this energy to the studio and struck a fresh vein of meaning and melody, of a flourishing, reflective future built upon the lessons and loves of the recent past. His new songs possess irresistible melodies imbued with a style & wisdom not found anywhere else in contemporary music.
The band will be sharing this along with other songs from Shad’s 30+ albums. The historic Strand Theater in Hudson Falls, New York is a wonderful venue dedicated to creating community through music and the related arts. It is located at 210 Main Street and found online at mystrandtheater.org. More at: www.ReesShadMusic.Com