Richard Smith and Julie Adams in concert December 11, 2009

Friday, December 11, 2009
Opening and hosting for Richard Smith & Julie Adams, Tango Cafe (formerly The Mez)
8:00-10:30PM

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2001 National Fingerstyle Contest winner, Richard Smith, and Cincinnati Conservatory cello graduate, Julie Adams, are returning to Rochester for a show on Dec 11 2009 at The Tango Cafe, 389 Gregory St at 8 PM. Opening and hosting the show will be guitarist Kinloch Nelson.

Richard Smith's Travis/Atkins influenced guitar sensibilities find complementary and clever support from Julie Adams' cello, which functions alternately as bass or melody, as the two run through vocal and instrumental arrangements of folk, ragtime, classical, and pop favorites. Here is a sampling of tunes they played last time they were here.

Bye Bye Blackbird, A Little Bit Of The Blues, Windy And Warm, Jerry's Breakdown, Stardust, A Thing Called Love, The Chet Shuffle, Tiger Rag, Mr Bojangles, Lady Madonna, She's Leaving Home, If I fell In Love With You, Solace (from The Sting), Blackberry Blossom, Copper Kettle, Somewhere Over The Rainbow.

Chet Atkins fans might be interested to know that Richard Smith was invited at age eleven to play with Chet at Her Majesty's Royal theater to a house of about a thousand. Here is what Chet once said of Richard: "He can play anything I know only better."

For more on this duo you can find them on YouTube, or visit the Rochester Guitar Club website Articles Page www.rochesterguitarclub.com/articles (scroll to March 14,'09) .