Andy Hill & Renee Safier and Hard Rain
present the
20th Annual Bob DylanFest
Saturday, May 8, 2010, 12:30-8pm
St. Anthony School, 233 Lomita St., El Segundo, CA 90245
The fest will be held outside adjacent to the gym, rain or shine and a portion of the proceeds will benefit St. Anthony Elementary School. Admission is $20 in advance and $25 at the gate for adults. Children under 12 are $10. Food and drinks (both alcoholic and non-alcoholic) will be available for purchase at the show. Bring a beach chair for seating. Check out these videos from our 19th Annual Dylanfest DVD: Shelter From The Storm Blowin' In The Wind Purchase the 1 1/2 hour concert documentary on our online store. More videos on our YouTube Channel ! |  |
Andy & Renee and Hard Rain will be joined by soloists, other full bands, and they will perform over 60 songs from Dylan's vast catalogue, with no repeats. The audience is encouraged to dress up in costumes as characters, things, interpretations and misinterpretations of Dylan’s song titles or lyrics. A misinterpretation would be when Hard Rain's guitarist, Kirk Makin, dressed up as Angus Young (of AC DC) as a play on the song title ‘Forever Young.’” Some of the costumes over the years have also included various versions of “Tangled Up In Blue,” “Highway 61,” “Farmer’s Daughter,” “Isis” and “Baby Blue,” among others.
LINKS :
*Go to the Galleries page for Dylanfest Pictures!
* Click here for pictures from Dylanfest on Facebook !
* Check out the new Random Lengths Article by B. Noel Barr!
*Check out the review of our 18th Annual DylanFest in the May 15th edition of the Easy Reader !
Some of this year's performers:
Andy Hill, Renee Safier & Hard Rain, Bob Malone- www.bobmalone.com, Karen Nash- www.myspace.com/karennash, Marty Rifkin- www.myspace.com/martyrifkin, David Tokaji And Dry September- www.myspace.com/drysept, Highway 61 Revisited- www.marstalent.com/marssouth/main_dylan.htm#Hwy61, Terry Buck, James Lee Stanley, Don Agronsky, The 8-Tracks, Jack McGee, Arlen Rimmer, Evyn Charles, John Hoke, Jay Constable, Michelle Porter-Bentjen, Bellylove, Fuzzy Thurston, Patti Orbeck, Daniel Leanse, Brax Cutchin, Caroline Vreeland
Review of 2008 Bob Dylan Fest:
“The performers on stage last Saturday were more than mere imitators … There was ‘Nashville Skyline’ -era Dylan crooning Americana. There was coil-haired Dylan in a polka dot shirt wailing wild blues. And then there were the costumed characters from Dylan’s songs: ladies in leopard-skin pillbox hats, Big Jim ‘looking so Dandy and so fine,’ even ‘Tangled Up and Blue’ in a blue dress with knotted frayed ends.” – (Easy Reader)
Andy & Renee's Dylan Tribute CD, "It Takes A Lot to Laugh" received such critical praise as:
"...Safier's voice oft drips with an aching sensitivity filtered through delicate beauty and a fragility that would break and disappear in less capable hands...Hill's cuts drenched in prairie sod, the workingman's lament, and a salt-of-the-earth sprechestimme.. – Folk Acoustic & Music Exchange.
“ Their selection of material is impeccable and impressive, frequently departing from the obvious in order to include the excellent.” – 5 out of 5 stars – Cosmik.com
"5 out of 5 stars – “ Best Dylan tribute album I've heard in a long time.” -- Steve Sevek, producer of Thinking About Bob Dylan CD