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Supporting Maine Musicians that perform Blues, Roots, Swamp Rock, Funk, Jazz, Americana, Bluegrass & Rockabilly.
Musicians & Venues please send Gigs by Tuesday for inclusion.
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Jul
24
Wed
2019
Jul 24 @ 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Contact
(207) 233-4668
VenueRegency Hotel
Address20 Milk St, Portland, ME
Aug
10
Sat
2019
Aug 10 @ 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
VenueMountain Valley Stomp
Address200 Mountain View Drive, Dixfield, ME 04224
NotesDOORS OPEN 11 AM - SHOW STARTS AT NOON - Notes from BCR - It’s the 2nd annual Mountain Valley Stomp! Curated by Jessica & Steve, the MVS is a blues fest not to be missed. This year’s line up features Maine blues legends Jimmy Junkins & The Soulcats, Maine’s 2018 “Road To Memphis” finalist Matt & The Barnburners, Maine’s 2016 “Road To Memphis” finalist L.C. Williams & The Driver (with support from BCR’s rhythm section) and the intermission act this year is our hosts, Steve Bailey & Jessica Hines, with special guests joining in. Please visit the web site for all the details, including a link to reserve a camping spot at the Mountain View Campground.
The awesomely talented Dave Mello will be providing our Pre Stomp entertainment in the barn, this year, on August 9th, so be sure to make arrangements to incorporate this intimate show into your weekend. For more info on the Pre Stomp message us on our Facebook page or call: 207-310-4010 / 207-357-2784
Aug 10 @ 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Contact
(207) 824-4044
VenueRide To Recovery & BBQ Savage Bros Country Store
Address96 Sunday River Rd., Bethel, Maine 04217
Notes
Aug
17
Sat
2019
Aug 17 @ 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Contact
(207) 693-6806
VenueGary's Olde Towne Tavern
Address678 Roosevelt Trail, Naples, ME 04055
NotesMaine Blues Heritage Foundation
Sep
21
Sat
2019
VenueBlue
Address650 Congress St # A, Portland, ME 04101
NotesA new guitar power trio featuring Peter Herman (guitar), Rob Gerry (bass), and John Mettam (drums). Bringing together the modern diaspora of Jazz, Surf, Bluegrass, Funk, Blues, Middle Eastern, and everything else that inspires in an energetic set of anything-goes improvisation.
Oct
4
Fri
2019
VenueFryeburg Fair
Address1154 Main St, Fryeburg, ME 04037
NotesThe attachment was taken from the Fryeburg Fair website.
It is 2 pages long and includes a schedule of all events including music.
Oct
5
Sat
2019
VenueFryeburg Fair
Address1154 Main St, Fryeburg, ME 04037
NotesThe attachment was taken from the Fryeburg Fair website.
It is 2 pages long and includes a schedule of all events including music.
Oct
6
Sun
2019
VenueFryeburg Fair
Address1154 Main St, Fryeburg, ME 04037
NotesThe attachment was taken from the Fryeburg Fair website.
It is 2 pages long and includes a schedule of all events including music.
Jan
11
Sat
2020
Jan 11 @ 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Contact
VenueUnitarian Universalist Church
Address1 Middle St, Brunswick, ME 04011
NotesENCORE Posted December 31, 2019INCREASE FONT SIZEResize Font
Tricky Britches to play in Concerts for a Cause series
BRUNSWICK — Tricky Britches will bring their high-energy string band to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, as part of the Concerts for a Cause series to raise money for two local charities.
From their roots of playing foot-stomping old-time fiddle tunes, Tricky Britches has progressed into a fusion of original material, classic bluegrass, country and folk rock. Band members include Tyler Lienhardt on fiddle, Seth Doyle on mandolin, Jed Bresette on bass and Richard Bicknell on banjo.
The story of the band begins in the spring of 2009 when three longtime friends from Gorham decided to take the songs from their back-porch jam sessions and Portland street corner busking to the next step. They produced a CD of old-time tunes and started playing for weddings, parties and contra dances. After adding a banjo to the group, Tricky Britches produced two more CDs featuring their original material.
Their influences include John Hartford, Hank Williams, Bill Monroe, the Stanley Brothers, the Grateful Dead, the Everly Brothers and American traditional folk music. Before the boys knew it, they were playing concerts and the big music festivals. Tricky Britches has played on stages big and small across the U.S. and Europe, but at the end of the day, their favorite show is still on a crowded street corner at midnight.
Proceeds from the concert will benefit Tedford Housing (providing housing and services for the homeless) and Oasis Free Clinics (providing free medical and dental services for those who are uninsured and can’t afford insurance).
Tickets are $15 in advance; $18 at the door; students/children, $5. They are available at the church office, Gulf of Maine Books or online at https://britches.brownpapertickets.com/.
Mar
15
Sun
2020
Mar 15 @ 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
VenueHydeout at The Wharf
Address1 Wharf St, Hallowell, Maine 04347
NotesAs we all know, our good friend and career Wharf bartender, David Pottle, suffered 2 heart attacks, underwent emergency surgery a few weeks ago, AND LIVED TO TELL ABOUT IT!! He’s got a lot of cardiac rehab to attend before he can return to work so the whole crew of us decided to throw a fundraiser to help support him through this difficult time.
Sundays at The Wharf is honored to help plan a great day of music for all of you to enjoy as we put our COMMUNITY Heart and Soul (hey, I know that one on the Piano!!) together for one of our favorite bartenders, David Pottle.
MUSIC LINE-UP (not in any particular order… right now! )
The Boneheads
Robby Coffin Combo
Probably Josh and The Wednesday Jam Posse
Black Cat Road with Jessie Hines (oooh that washboard!)
Juke Joint Devils
Sundays at The Wharf Host Band with Special guests
Kenya Hall and MANY OTHERS!
Professional Sound offered by Brad Truman.
SUGGESTED DONATION, $5. With raffles and loads of fun to be had!! Stay tuned! There is more information coming!!! See you on the 15th! ♥ cp
Jul
11
Sat
2020
VenueThe Hydrant
Address187 Main St, South Paris, ME 04281
NotesThe Hydrant will host
The Paul Dube
Bucket List Jam
Sat July 11th 6pm
Big Jamming Session!!
Paul would like to have one big party with anyone who has played with him over the years!
Come Celebrate Paul
JAM with him & friends
Event Link
https://facebook.com/events/s/paul-dube-bucket-list-jam/530712124487267/?ti=cl
Oct
3
Sat
2020
Oct 3 @ 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
VenueMac's Grill
Address1052 Minot Ave, Auburn, ME 04210-3746
NotesDouble Check the times folks...some info shows 6 as start time and some shows 4 pm
Uncle Andy’s Digest presents their 6th Annual Summer Block Party to benefit Make-A-Wish Maine 4-8 PM at Macs Grill on Minot Ave in Auburn. Only $25/pp. when you buy them now. $35 at the door if we have any left 100 person limit. Live Streamed Online Auction Live Music featuring Bonnie Edwards and the Practical Cats at 6:15PM.
Click here for tickets: https://one.bidpal.net/summerblockparty/ticketing
Oct
8
Thu
2020
Contact
(207) 934-8432
VenueGFB Scottish Pub
Address32 Old Orchard St. OOB
Jam Run ByMike Hayward
Jul
11
Sun
2021
Contact
207 345 3211
VenueThe Silver Spur
Address272 Lewiston St., Mechanic Falls, ME 04256
NotesPORTLAND, Maine — Frank Coffin, a bassist who seemed to play with everyone under Maine’s musical sun, died Friday after a recent cancer diagnosis. Coffin was 65.
A planned tribute concert at the Silver Spur in Mechanic Falls on Sunday, organized by friends and fans to help with Coffin’s medical bills, will go on. Instead of a tribute show though, with Coffin in attendance, it will be a memorial to one of the state’s most respected country music stalwarts.
“My heart is broken,” said Maine guitar legend Denny Breau, a co-organizer of the event. “The hardest thing is not being able to say goodbye.”
Breau met Coffin in the 1970s and they started playing regular gigs together in the 1980s. Hundreds — possibly thousands — of gigs later, Breau knew Coffin as well as anyone.
“He was a wonderful man with an even keel,” Breau said. “He never got upset and we never had one cross word in all these years — and that’s unusual for musicians.”
With his dark, rose-tinted glasses, wry beard and trucker’s cap often perched high on his head, Coffin was an enigmatic stage presence who oozed cool, along with quiet confidence.
Offstage, Breau said Coffin was kind, with a dry sense of humor. As a bass player, he was unmatched, steady and tasteful.
“He was a rock. He never overplayed,” Breau said. “He knew what went where and layed down a groove you could drive a truck through.”
In addition to playing with Breau, Coffin played in a host of bands over the years such as Taste, Malinda Liberty and the Grownups and the Hurricane Mountain Band.
“And, of course, he sat in with everybody,” Breau said, “like, hundreds of bands.”
Coffin was born in Rumford in 1955 and lived in Auburn for many years with music and life partner Liberty. The couple were together for 46 years.
Liberty gained statewide fame in 1986 with the perennial seasonal gem, the “Maine Christmas Song.” As always, Coffin was by her side, playing bass on the track.
Liberty first met him in 1976, when putting one of her first bands together.
“Everybody said I had to get Frank Coffin, so I did,” Liberty said.
A year later, they were an official couple.
“He was quiet and handsome and humble,” she said, “And he loved music as much as I did — and he treated me really great.”
Coffin then became a second father to Liberty’s two daughters, then 3 and 8 years old.
“He loved us like his own,” Nicole Latourneau said. “We never called him Frank. To us, he was always Papa.”
Later, Coffin also became an enthusiastic grandfather of three, writing personalized children’s books for each of them.
While working as a musician by night and on the weekends, Coffin also had a 20-year, steady job at Musician’s First Choice, a music store in Augusta, where he especially took pride in helping customers pick out their first instruments.
Coffin’s laid back, friendly demeanor made him a natural salesman, said store owner Steve Beaulieu.
“We had so much fun here,” Beaulieu said. “Over the last 25 years, I probably spent more time with Frankie than my wife — and we never had an argument.”
Beaulieu said he knows exactly what he’ll miss most about Coffin. “His heart. He was the sweetest guy ever, my best friend,” he said.
As word of Coffin’s death spread around social media on Friday, over a hundred stunned tribute posts appeared in just a few hours.
“Frank was a pro’s pro, and as cool as it gets,” said Tim Emery, a guitar slinger and co-owner of Buckdancer’s Choice Music Co. in Portland.
“He wasn’t my friend,” Wesley Littlefield said. “He was everyone’s friend.”
“Through Frank, I took note that less can be more,” Steve Mercier said.
“You were the foundation of every band you were in,” said Maine country musician DeeDee Allen, who also owns the Silver Spur.
Originally, Liberty was going to sing at Sunday’s show but she’s canceled those plans. It would be too difficult, she said. But she hopes everyone else comes to sing and play and remember Coffin.
“He was the leader of the band,” Liberty said, “and I know he wants us all to keep playing.”
The Frank Coffin concert is scheduled for Sunday, July 11, from 1 to 6 p.m. at The Silver Spur, 272 Lewiston St. in Mechanic Falls. Admission is $10, BYOB.
Aug
13
Sat
2022
VenueMacs Grill - Make a Wish
AddressAuburn, ME
Sep
10
Sat
2022
Contact
207-772-5483
VenueThe Dogfish Company
Address128 Free Street, Portland, ME
Sep
17
Sat
2022
Contact
207-837-8503
VenueHarvest Moon Garden Party
Address1292 Harpswell Neck Rd., West Harpswell, ME
Oct
2
Sun
2022
VenueFreeport Fall Festival
AddressL.L.Bean Discovery Park Stage, Freeport