Old Ship Coffeehouse Features Live Music

The Old Ship Coffeehouse  continues to provide quality local music for the town of Hingham.

Each month from September to May, the Coffeehouse offers musical performances on the third Saturday at 8 p.m  at the  parish house of the .

The March performance  featured Hingham's own Bow Thayer.   Thayer now resides in Gaysville,  VT but gave a warm welcome to his hometown. The audience was filled with some of his family, who pleaded him to tell stories of his younger days growing up in Hingham.  Bow’s nephew was in the crowd and expressed how lucky he felt to have such a "cool uncle."

Thayer’s music is a mixture of Bluegrass, Country, Rock and Roll, Soul and Folk.   He performed with his band Bow Thayer and The Holy Plow consisting of  New York native Kristina Stykos  and Vermont native Patrick Ross.

Bow and the Holy Plow performed two sets that had the crowd clapping and shouting.   

The highlight of the evening was when Thayer performed  "Donna Lee" and  Ross gave a memorable solo performance on his violin.

 Like Bow's performance at the Old Ship Coffeehouse, all monthly shows begin with an open microphone night for any local artist who wants to hit the stage.

Admission is $12 and all proceeds benefit the Unitarian-Universalist Service Committee, a human rights organization that is currently providing services to those affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

Next up at the Coffeehouse is Kim and Reggie Harris on April 16. For more information on this and other upcoming shows, call 781-749-1767.