Grammy® Winner Dave Alvin to Headline Free Concert at Library on Saturday

On Saturday, May 4th the Library Community Room will serve as ‘The Carnegie
Stage,’ one of the premier showcases of the 5th Annual South Pasadena Eclectic
Music Festival. The Festival will present dozens of musical acts at free venues
around town. Five musical performances will be presented in the South Pasadena
Public Library’s beautiful, historic Community Room. Styles offered will
range from Classical to Jazz, and World Music all the way to Folk, Blues, and
Country. 

Who's playing where and when? Click here to see the Festival's full lineup. 

The Library program will lead off with the LA Clarinet Choir at 4:00 p.m. Founded
in 2005, the LACC has become one of North America’s premier clarinet
ensembles.  The group is committed to performing new original music and
arrangements.

At 5:15 p.m. GRAMMY®-winning composer, pianist, and singer John Proulx, who
resides in South Pasadena, will perform his special brand of ear-pleasing jazz.
His piano playing is hot and swinging and his voice has been compared to that
of a young Chet Baker. John’s three CDs, which feature stellar supporting
casts, have garnered national and international acclaim. Jazz legend Nancy
Wilson recorded “These Golden Years,” a song that John co-wrote, for her 2006
GRAMMY-winning CD, “Turned to Blue.”

Pianist David Batt, who has recorded a total of 4 CDs under his own name and his
pseudonym Yrsan Daro, will follow at 6:15 p.m. with a set of solo blues-based
improvisations. David recorded a CD during his performance at the festival last
year and it’s available for checkout from the Library collection. By the way,
David also performs during each work week as the Assistant Finance Director for
the City of South Pasadena. 

At 7:00 p.m. The Elliott Caine Trio will offer a set of “Blue Note” style jazz.
Elliott has performed and/or recorded with Teddy Edwards, Ernie Andrews, O.C.
Smith, Wycliff Jean, Beck, and The Beastie Boys, among many others. He was also an integral part of the renowned Latin-ska group, Jump With Joey for three
tours of Japan and the USA, and a performance at Capitol Records' 50th
Anniversary celebration. A South Pasadena resident, Elliott also received a
Platinum Record for his work with the rock group, Filter.

The headliner of the show, Dave Alvin will play an acoustic set with Rick Shea at 8:30 p.m. Dave is a Grammy® winning Folk singer/instrumentalist who was a founding member of one of LA’s most legendary bands, The Blasters who recorded 4 highly acclaimed albums in the 80s. Dave has also served as a member of both X and The Knitters. Reviewer Michael Ross called him “one of the reigning royalty of roots rock.” Dave’s “Best Traditional Folk Album” GRAMMY® was awarded in 2001 for “Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land.” He has a new, highly acclaimed solo album entitled “Eleven Eleven” and his songs also appear on the recently-released television soundtrack “Justified.” 

The free concert is able to be presented because of the partnership between the
South Pasadena Public Library, the Friends of the South Pasadena Public
Library, the South Pasadena Chamber of Commerce,  Lincoln Motor Cars, The
City of South Pasadena, The Rotary Club of South Pasadena, the Woman’s Club of
South Pasadena, and KPCC  FM-89.3. Special thanks to Bob McClain and
S&B Sound, Scott Gandell & Anneline De Croos/South Pasadena
Mercantile, and the Restoration Concert Committee.

The Library Community Room is located at 1115 El Centro Street.  Doors will
open at 3:45 p.m. No tickets or reservations are necessary, but seating is
limited. Refreshments will be provided. For more information on the Eclectic
Music Festival, which will present a wide variety of free concerts throughout
downtown South Pasadena on May 4, please refer to www.eclecticmusicfestival.com.