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Music @BCM Presents Jake Speed & The Freddies
Timely, timeless, toe-tapping tunes are on the playlist when Jake Speed returns to the Music@BCM summer concert circuit on Thursday, July 18.
Speed is a musical storyteller whose repertoire of original music is an amalgamation of folk, country blues and ragtime laced with references to the region’s history. With a banjo case full of awards, including two Cincinnati Entertainment Awards for Best Songwriter, he offers a summer evening full of family fun.
Speed will be joined by his American folk, country blues, and ragtime band mates, Chris "Fox" Gibson on the fiddle, Justin "J-Dog" Todhunter, on mandolin, Chris "Sugar Britches" Werner on upright bass and “Kentucky” Graham Hentschel on banjo.
"We love performing at BCM," says Speed. "The audience is always ready to dig into a thoughtful ballad or shake it to a dance tune."
The band is now a five-time winner of the CEA for Best Folk Musicians (2001-2004; 2008). Jake Speed is a two-time winner of the CEA for Best Songwriter (2002, 2006). Cincinnati Magazine’s 2007 “Best of Cincinnati” edition named the band as one of the Top 40 Best Things About Cincinnati. In 2004, the readers of CityBeat Magazine voted them Best Local Musicians.
Music@BCM is sponsored by the George & Margaret McLane Foundation, Ruth Faragher Family, WNOP - The Scurvy Crew, Hummel Hatfield Insurance, KW Mechanical and Ashley Development and takes place each Thursday evening from June 6 through August 15 with 10 family-friendly performances.
Special thanks to Reality Tuesday Café and Johnny’s Car Wash.
The series schedule continues as follows:
July 18: Jake Speed & The Freddies
July 25: Moonshine Drive
Aug. 1: Ben Levin & The Heaters
Aug. 8: Hippie House
Aug. 15: Burning Caravan
Weather permitting, concerts are held in BCM’s outdoor amphitheater at 1600 Montague Road – Devou Park, in Covington. In case of inclement weather, the events will move indoors.
The music runs from 7 to 9 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for members and youth ages 13-18 and free for children 12 and under. No outside alcohol is permitted. Adult beverages and delicious eats from Buffalo's Best will be available for purchase. Guests should bring their folding chairs or blankets.
The performances will be recorded and available later on the museum's YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/bcmuseum.
For more information, call 859-491-4003, email [email protected] or go to www.bcmuseum.org.
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