Rachel Brown and The Beatnik Playboys
Friday, July 19, 2024 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
John Streeter Garden Amphitheater, 2122 Williams Road, Wooster, OH 44691
Ohio Regional Music Arts and Cultural Outreach (ORMACO) and the Friends of the Secrest Arboretum continue their summer Music at the Arboretum concert series on Friday, July 19, 2024, with Rachel Brown and The Beatnik Playboys. Rachel is a singer/songwriter/pianist who has opened for many top artists including Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Toby Keith and The Judds, just to mention a few. She is known for her honky tonk piano stylings reminiscent of greats such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino or Floyd Cramer. Be carried away by powerful vocals as the band performs various country, oldies, rock, and blues covers.
In the event of rain, the concert will be held at Fisher Auditorium, 1680 Madison Avenue, Wooster, OH 44691. For more information call 419-853-6016.
The program is free, but registration is recommended.
About the Musicians
Rachel Brown is a singer/songwriter/pianist that has written the majority of the songs on her last three albums. During her lengthy career she has opened for many top artists including Emmylou Harris, Willie a Nelson, Merle Haggard, Peter Cooper & Eric Brace, Nathan Bell, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Bill Kirchen, Chucky Mead, Phil Lee, Loretta Lynn, Ray Stevens, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Vern Gosdin, Clint Black, Alan Jackson, Aaron Tippin, Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley,Richie Furay, Donna the Buffalo, The Carpenter Ants, Little Jimmy Dickens, Southern Pacific, Ricky Scaggs, David Jacobs Strain and The Judds.
Dave Huddleston is a lifelong student and lover of music. He is known locally as a vocalist, guitarist, and bassist. Born in Washington, DC, and raised in Cleveland, Dave grew up in a musical family and was exposed to a variety of music genres — from Saturday Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts, to Broadway musicals played on the family hi-fi, to pop tunes squeezed out of a tiny transistor radio tuned to WIXY 1260-AM. His influences are all over the map — Bach, Artie Shaw, Elvis, the Temptations, the Beatles, Ella, 1960s TV themes, Gaetano Veloso, Chaka Khan, U2, the Bee Gees, the Isley Brothers, Frankie Valli, Ennio Morricone, Buck Owens. Dave sees every song and every gig as a chance for exciting explorations, always with an element of surprise.
Bill Watson has had an extensive and successful career out of performing music for many years. Currently, you can also find Bill playing with “The Numbers Band” (since 1990), “Hillbilly Idol” (since 1990), “Alex Bevan” (since 1988) and “Clearfork” (since 1990).Bill has also performed with “The Damn Band” (1991), “Reckless Abandon” (1987), “Mimi Hart & The Bopkats” (1984-86), “Deadly Ernest & The Honky Tonk Heroes” (1981-84), “Gopher Broke Swing Band” (1977-1981), “Smackinrrouge” and “Better ‘n Bacon Band” (pre 1977).
Roy King has had the pleasure of performing with living legends like Mose Allison, Bucky Pizzerelli, Eddie Bo, Johnny Gimble and Jay McShann to great local heroes such as Alex Bevan, the Gopher Broke Swing Band, pianists Mike Petrone and Joe Hunter. Roy currently teaches drums and percussion at Woodsy’s Music in Kent and Medina, as well as leading his own jazz trio which plays at Nighttown in Cleveland, Ohio. “I always wanted to be a beatnik and a playboy.”, says Roy. “Now I can be both!”