Concert in the Park: Jeff Wilkinson & the ShutterDogs
Modern Americana
Thursday, July 23, 7:00 PM
Veteran’s Memorial Park, Stamford
Main Street and Railroad Avenue
FREE, Donations Welcome
Bring a lawn chair and join us for music ‘Americana style’ when Jeff Wilkinson & The ShutterDogs perform at this open-air concert. Wilkinson on guitar and mandolin is joined by the fiddler extraordinaire Sara Milonovich, multi-instrumentalist Greg Anderson, and Dan Fisherman on drums.
Wilkinson has been playing music professionally since the 1980’s. His first album “Pitchin’ Pennies” was released in 1984 and received high praises both at home and abroad. The Detroit native began touring the Midwest and Northeast as a solo act eventually winding up in New York City where he became involved with the Greenwich Village Fast Folk Music scene. He performed at the now legendary Folk City and at the SpeakEasy. Wilkinson has made numerous tours throughout the U.S. and Europe and has shared the stage with many of folk music’s best-known names including Jesse Winchester, Pete Seeger, Bill Morrissey, NRBQ, Peter Case, Gillian Welch and Robert Earl Keene. He has played in such noted rooms as Nashville’s Bluebird Café and New York’s Bottom Line and has co-written songs with such notables as Fred Koller and Leroy Preston.
Wilkinson has released six albums (CD’s) on various labels including Brambus and Gadfly Records. His latest release “Edsel’s Retreat” features the Shutterdogs with guest appearances by Jeremy Baum (Shemekia Copeland), Andy Goessling (Railroad Earth) and Buddy Connolly (Eileen Ivers).