ON TAP IN NEXT FOUR WEEKS


Bobbi Lane will perform from 5 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, July 31 and August 7 and 28. Bobbi's musical roots go deep. Her father, a municipal court judge in Bridgton, Maine, played trumpet and cornet in a  Dixieland band. She says she can remember her first gig—at age five. She sang “When the Saints...” for all her stuffed animals. In Middle School, she taught herself guitar, borrowing heavily from Leo Kottke and Joni Mitchell. In High School, she says, she was a geek, the loner hanging out in the music room when she wasn't getting shoved into lockers. Still, she says she never misssed an opportunity to play—in bars, ice cream shops, art shows, kids' parties. In college, she studied music science, but never really took to classical music. Instead she went on to spend seven years playing all over the country, including gigs in Colorado and California, before returning to Maine where she commenced playing here and there and everywhere.



Juliane Gardner of Castine, who will appear on Saturday August 14 and 21, says her father's love of jazz was her first major influence. "We used to spend countless hours playing along to the records from the Be-Bop era. It was common for me to hear the greats from Thelonious Monk to Dexter Gordon every day blasting from the living room stereo. These sounds became part of me." As a small child she was associated with Castine's Cold Comfort Productions, and by age nine was featured in vocal solos. Throughout her college years, Juliane joined and formed many groups. She fronted everything from Top 40 bands to Jazz Trios before shifting her focus to her own song writing. Probably the biggest turning point as writer was on a bus trip across country when she had many hours to capture her observations in lyrics. "For me the motivation behind songwriting is truth telling and not being afraid to wear your heart on your sleeve," she says.



Alan Cook will assume the spotlight from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, September 4. Alan, who teaches music at the University of Maine in Machias, comes from a family of nine, all of whom played instruments. Family gatherings, he says, were a hoot. Alan himself started guitar at age five. The university hired him to teach based on his life experiences. He says he went from high school dropout to college professor in one fell swoop. Today he takes pride in his versatility—performances can include tunes from the twenties to recent original compositions.





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