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VALENTINE'S CONCERT
featuring Pete & Joan Wernick and The Winstons
Pete Wernick, known for his banjo playing with Hot Rize, and his singer-guitarist wife Joan present one of the West's most engaging country duets. Joan's clear, soulful singing and Pete's masterful picking bring life to a diverse repertoire including traditional bluegrass, vocal duets and blazing instrumentals. In the early 70s the pair performed with the groundbreaking progressive bluegrass band Country Cooking, based in Ithaca, New York. Since 1976 they have lived in Niwot, Colorado in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. For a show to make you smile, tap your foot, and remind you of life's good things, don't miss "Dr. and Nurse Banjo"!
The Winstons
Originally from Buffalo, New York, Cheryl and Andy Winston met and began playing music together while attending college in nearby Fredonia, New York, where, individually, they were regulars on the coffee house scene. College was the setting for what was to be a life-changing event: their first gig as a duo, which was, to say the least, auspicious. "We opened for Little Feat," recalls Cheryl. "We got the word four hours before the show." "So, we cut classes, slapped on new strings and worked up some tunes," says Andy. "That was the very first time we played together.
THE WINSTONS' musical tastes were initially informed by the record collections of older brothers and sisters. Cheryl and Andy cut their teeth on the likes of The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Carole King, Crosby Stills & Nash, Cat Stevens, Burt Bacharach and Harry Belafonte. They grew to share a common appreciation for such tasteful artists as The Band, Neil Young, Leo Kottke, Bruce Cockburn, Shawn Colvin, Nanci Griffith, Jonatha Brooke, Norman Blake, Hot Rize, and Tim and Mollie O'Brien