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Roadhouse Concert XIII - Toby Walker

We are are pleased to (finally) host our 13th house concert, Roadhouse Concert XIII. It's been nearly 3 years since we last hosted a Roadhouse Concert due to Covid. After a lot of thought, we've decided to now restart our house concerts, kicking off with a show by our good friend and a great performer, Toby Walker.

Internationally and nationally acclaimed Toby Walker has been hailed as an award winning, roots music fingerstyle guitar virtuoso and songwriter who has toured the US, the United Kingdom, and Europe. Blending the styles of blues, ragtime, country, bluegrass, old-time jazz and rock, Walker has developed his own style and as such received numerous awards, including being the 1st place recipient of the International Blues Challenge Award in Memphis and the NY Music Award for best instrumental CD. Walker has also been inducted into the NY Blues Hall Of Fame.

Toby's passion for blues, rags, folk, and other traditional American music drove him to leave an apartment crammed full of recordings, books and instruments for the Mississippi Delta, Virginia and the Carolinas where he tracked down some of the more obscure - but immensely talented - music makers of an earlier era. He learned directly from Eugene Powell, James "Son" Thomas, Etta Baker, and R.L Burnside, among others.

This event will be an intimate, solo concert by one of today's most entertaining and important roots music artists. More information about Toby, including music samples and performance videos, is available at his web site: www.littletobywalker.com.

COVID PRECAUTIONS
We know that Covid is still with us and we did not take the decision to restart our house concerts lightly. Out of a concern for everyone's safety, we're taking a few steps to reduce the risks for all attendees:

* We require that all attendees be vaccinated (minimum of two shots).
* The number of tickets sold are being limited to 30 to reduce crowding.
* We've implemented additional ventilation to increase circulation of fresh air.
* Masks are not required but are welcome if a mask makes you feel safer.

We hope everyone will respect our decision to require vaccinations and limit attendees. While requiring vaccinations may seem to some as unnecessary, we know that many of our attendees will be immunocompromised due to age, health or both and we feel obligated to do whatever we can to reduce risk.