Pete’s Posse rides into The Music Box in Craftsbury on Sat. March 14 at 7:30 PM led by Pete Sutherland who is a well known multi-instrumentalist and troubadour with decades of concert touring, teaching and studio production behind him. His all-Vermont “POSSE” includes his teenage fiddle protégé Oliver Scanlon, and the dynamic Tristan Henderson.
Featuring Pete’s rootsy songs, the band’s original and traditional fiddle music, and a few unique covers, this band provides a fine opportunity for an intimate listen to an ever-evolving musical friendship that spans generations! Sutherland is a veteran of many touring and recording groups, also a producer with over 80 projects under his belt, and a prolific songwriter covered by the likes of Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, Nightingale and Altan.
Quickly becoming a sought after accompanist, session musician and performer in Vermont, Tristan Henderson grew up playing a variety of music genres before jumping into traditional music. He acquired his ability to play anything with stings (and a few without) as a teenager a weekly blues/country/folk music session near his family home in Pomfret, Vermont. He was a 2013 winner of the Young Tradition Vermont talent contest with bagpiper Hazen Metro and in addition to Pete’s Posse, he also performs with Atlantic Crossing and Pipers Den.
His early training in viola led Oliver to a stint with the Vermont Youth Orchestra. Then fiddler, mandolinist and tunesmith Oliver Scanlon was introduced to his mentor Pete at age 9. The fiddle led him to Mark Sustic’s “Fiddleheads” program, and to begin attending music camps. In 2008, Oliver and few talented middle school friends formed the group which became The Irregulars, a six piece outfit that has played scored of local dances and festivals. In 2013 he both co-founded the Posse and became the youngest member of Pete’s long running dance band The Clayfoot Strutters. A recent high school graduate, Oliver’s senior Project was a solo CD, “The Pond Jam”
More can be found about this fabulous group at www.petesposse.com. More about The Music Box at www.themusicboxvt.orgor 586-7533.
The Music Box, a 501 C 3 Nonprofit Arts Organization
Lisa Sammet
147a Creek Rd
Craftsbury, VT 05826
802-586-7533
www.themusicboxvt.org
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