Jeff Blaney and Willie Larsen - Americana, Blues, Country March 14, 2010

March 14, Sunday, 7 pm, $15.
Jeff Blaney and Willie Larsen - Americana, Blues, Country

Jeff Blaney is a gifted musician and a hard working songwriter who relocated to Nashville in July 2008. He plays the guitar and mandolin and has been writing, recording and performing music for inspired audiences since the age of fifteen. Jeff's love for traveling the country has allowed him to perform in many venues from The Coconut Teaser on Sunset Blvd. to The Sidewalk Cafe in Manhattan. Jeff was lucky to land a gig after only two weeks living in Nashville, playing mandolin for the Nashville Dinner Theatre Company. Currently he is working on producing an album and playing his mandolin for talented Nashville songwriter Luke Amelang.

Jeff has been a part of musical projects which include:
- The Blaney Bros
- Pie (winner of best blues band 2004 in The Hartford Advocate)
- 19 Strings with Willie Larsen
- Backtalk
- Mike Tierney & Friends and many more...

Jeff's musical history songbook is deep, including songs of country, blues, Celtic, bluegrass, funk, reggae and rock. Jeff took the opportunity to record with Willie Larsen on a CD with 8 of Willie's original songs. These songs are funny and heartfelt - songs calling back to Willie's past and the loss of his wife, Beth. On the song, 'I'm Worried About You', "It is difficult to sing sometimes," Willie says. "I'm talking to her in heaven when I sing that song." When I sing, "I'm worried about you, are you worried about me," it could not come from anywhere but the heart. Other songs include 'Won't You Come Out Tonight','I Met A Girl' and 'Shut Up Girl' - all about lost loves from relationships wanting to work but never to be.

Willie Larsen has a long musical background in many areas such as acting, singing, songwriting, finger-picking guitar as well as square dance calling and teaching. Since the early 1970's when in high school in East Haven, CT, Willie has been traveling throughout New England, upstate New York and New Jersey - calling dances and