Will Taylor Closes Odeon Summer Concert Series With Light Show and Surprises

Will Taylor and Strings Attached, performing at the Odeon Theater in Mason, will bring with them a light projection show produced by Austin light master Charles Beard. The light show is choreographed to the musical tribute to the Beatles. Other surprises and announcements will be part of the last concert of the spring/summer concert series. The concert series is a fund raising project to help the Odeon Preservation Association raise money for improvements and renovations to the old 1928 theater. Performing July 25 at 7:00 PM Will Taylor and Strings attached will present their tribute to the Beatles. Reservations are $15 per person and must be made in advance.
Will Taylor is the driving force behind the Austin based string ensemble Will Taylor and Strings Attached. Taylor, a fabulously gifted musician-composer-arranger-producer-teacher has put together a unique group of classically and otherwise trained musicians who perform a WIDE VARIETY of music at an "international touring level". Beginning in 1999, Will Taylor implemented a new idea after brainstorming with other local Austin musicians. Taylor began collaborating with both local and nationally renowned artists, rearranging their known material and brought in his own crew of seasoned jazz and contemporary roots musicians to play. Since then Will Taylor and Strings Attached have presented over 50 concert collaborations to over 15000 audience members, countless more through four KGSR Live Radio broadcasts, and many appearances on KUT, KLBJ, KMFA and KOOP Radio. The last few years they've expanded the repertoire to include Album/Band tribute shows where again the music is re-arranged and reinterpreted by Will and the ensemble. In 2006, over 1600 Beatles fans saw them re-create the entire White album. They've also presented the music of Led Zeppelin, Joni Mitchell, Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel and Jimi Hendrix. Guest artists they've collaborated with include: Shawn Colvin, Joe Ely, Dar Williams, James McMurtry, Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Ruthie Foster, Abra Moore, Darden Smith, Tish Hinojosa, Sara Hickman, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Eliza Gilkyson, Slaid Cleaves, Suzi Stern, Kellye Gray, Guy Forsyth, Jimmy LaFave, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Jon Dee Graham, Kimmie Rhodes, Ian Moore, and Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez.
And though these individual group members are accomplished soloists, when they team up as Strings Attached, the landscape changes completely, as they expand the collaborative artist's vision into an other-worldly territory, without sacrificing the intent or spirit of the original works. Read more about Will Taylor at www.stringsattached.org
For more information or to make reservations for a performance like no other call Dennis or Kay Evans at 325 347 6781. Also check the website TheOdeonTheater.com. The Odeon Preservation Association is a 501c3 non-profit organization. Please join us for an exciting evening of musical entertainment.

In Austin, Texas—a town overflowing with gifted singer/songwriters and guitar players—Christine Albert & Chris Gage have a twelve year track record of making beautiful music together, although both musicians' individual pedigrees are far more extensive. Over the course of six duet albums, the duo has demonstrated that disparate backgrounds do not preclude musical soul mates from finding one another.

The Houston Press noted, “From George Jones and Tammy Wynette to Richard and Linda Thompson, male-female duets are one of popu lar music's most delightful permutations. And the Austin-based duo of Christine Albert and Chris Gage easily slot right in with the best.”

Reservations are a $15 per person Donation.
Advance Reservations are strongly advised.

Please make advance reservations by sending your $15 per person donation to P.O. Box 1599 Mason, Texas 76856. Make checks payable to the Odeon Preservation Association. Concessions will also be open.  No buffet this time.  You may bring your favorite beverage.  For more information please call Dennis or Kay Evans at 325-347-6781 or email at Concerts@TheOdeonTheater.com.  Odeon Preservation Association Concert Series is a fund raising event to renovate the Odeon Theater. The OPA is a 501c3 non-profit organization. 

Please join us for an exciting evening of musical entertainment.

This Lubbock-bred balladeer has often been compared to Bob Dylan but this comparison flatters Dylan. Butch Hancock is as much of a satirist as he is prolific, having written hundreds of songs that deliver a morality tale in a way that both makes listeners laugh and scratch their heads at the same time. Although he regularly performs with fellow Flatlanders Joe Ely & Jimmie Dale Gilmore and has performed with many notable musicians around the world, this singer-songwriter holds his own as a soloist, accompanied by guitar and harmonica with lyrics that are unmistakenly Texan in origin but cosmic in scope. This is a performance you cannot miss.

Reservations are a $15 per person Donation.
Advance Reservations are strongly advised.

You won't want to miss this one. Make advance reservations for a fantastic show for all ages by sending your $15 per person donation to Concert, P.O. Box 1599 Mason, Texas 76856 by July 15. Make checks payable to the Odeon Preservation Association. For more information or reservations please call Dennis or Kay Evans at 325 347 6781 or email at Concerts@TheOdeonTheater.com. Reservations are not confirmed until they have been paid in advance. Concessions will also be open and you may bring your favorite beverage. The Odeon Theater Concert Series is a fund raising event to renovate the oldest continually operated single screen movie theater in Texas and to make it into a multipurpose facility for movies and performing arts. The OPA is a 501c3 non-profit organization.

Please join us for an exciting evening of musical entertainment.