Artemis House Benefit feat. The Jon Stickley Trio
2018-08-23 00:00 - 02:30 UTC
Spread the Tunes is hosting a benefit to raise awareness for the Artemis House in Spearfish. We have the Jon Stickley Trio coming to the Indian Springs Gazebo in the Spearfish City Park on Wednesday, August 22nd 2018. This will be a FREE and family friendly event with food vendors, ice cream and also adult beverages available with your ID. We will be accepting a suggested monetary donation of $10 if you're able!

The Artemis House (Victims of Violence Intervention Program) provides services to those affected by domestic violence and sexual assault and offers education, advocacy and awareness to the community.

Core Values -

We at the Artemis House believe the following;

The right to live without being abused

The right to be treated with respect

Everyone deserves compassion

Everyone deserves to live in a safe environment

The right to be supported in their decision to leave the abuse

The right not to be judged

The right to work and provide for themselves

The right to be valued as an individual

The right to be believed

http://www.artemishouse.org/

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Jon Stickley Trio is a genre-defying and cinematic instrumental trio, who's deep grooves, innovative flatpicking, and sultry-spacy violin moves the listener's head, heart, and feet. "It's not your father's acoustic-guitar music although Stickley's pop showed him his first chords when he was 12 years old. Instead, Stickley's Martin churns out a mixture of bluegrass, Chuck Berry, metal, prog, grunge, and assorted other genres all thoroughly integrated into a personal style," writes Guitar Player Magazine.

Premier Guitar says, "Stickley's trio is not a traditional bluegrass group by any means they are just nimble and ambitious enough to navigate EDM-style breakbeats as effortlessly as the old timey standard 'Blackberry Blossom.'"

"Stickley is a super-resourceful acoustic guitarist who uses the instrument in many surprising ways and whose timing is just flawless. Fiddler Lyndsay Pruett puts deep thought into her flowing solos, plus she adds little flourishes and sudden stops that elevate the music," proclaims Nashville's Music City Roots' Craig Havighurst.

Jon Stickley Trio announces a change in lineup beginning in January 2018 with new drummer, Hunter Deacon, who is both classically trained and boasts heavy jazz influences. Hailing from the ever-hip Knoxville, Tennessee, Hunter studied with drummer Keith Brown and received a BM in Studio Music and Jazz from the University of Tennessee. Deacon then went on to complete a six month residency at a jazz club in Hangzhou, China where he performed seven nights a week. Since his return, he's played with Scott Miller and the Commonwealth, toured the country with Sam Lewis, and performs with guitarist Mike Baggetta.

Stickley says about the seemingly sudden lineup change, "we're really excited to add Hunter's vibe to the mix, his creativity and willingness to experiment were two things that drew us to him, and Lyndsay and I were quickly surprised and inspired by what he'll bring to the table."

With inspiration ranging from from Green Day to Duran Duran to Tony Rice to Nirvana, Grateful Dead, David Grisman and beyond, the Trio is making waves with their unique sound. Along with releasing two full length albums and one EP in the past few years, the Trio has zig-zagged the nation, playing over 120 dates in 2017 alone. They are road tested and band geek approved!

Dave King (of The Bad Plus) joined forces with Jon Stickley Trio to produce 2017's Maybe Believe and 2015's Lost At Last (which The New York Times called "both respectful and free") in the band's hometown of Asheville, NC at the esteemed Echo Mountain Recording Studio. The Trio slipped a self-produced 5-track EP, Triangular, into the mix in December of 2016.

"In a time when a lot of instrumental music feels more like math than art, Jon Stickley Trio reminds us of the pure joy that can be created and shared through music," says Greensky Bluegrass' Anders Beck.

Stickley says, "The Trio feels fresher and hotter than ever, we've hit our stride in terms of creating tunes that are uniquely us and that's a really exciting place to be musically. Not to mention we are so stoked to get back to many of our favorite festivals and clubs, and even more excited to play some the ones we've always dreamed of. 2018 will, without a doubt, be our best year yet!"
