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• Saturday, December 14, 2007. Magic Bean Cafe, 730 pm THE FINAL SHOW! • Friday, December 7, Mosaico Cafe, 800 pm. • Saturday, November 17, Mosaico Cafe • Saturday, July 21. El Sitio Grill & Café , 7:30 pm. • Friday, July 20. Magic Bean Café, 7:30 pm. • Sat., July 7, El Pobre Diablo Café & Bar, 10:00 pm • Wed., July 4, The "unofficial" U.S. Embassy 4th of July Celebration (U.S. Ambassador's Residence, private event) • Sat., June 30, PRIVATE EVENT • Fri., June 29, Magic Bean Cafe , 7:00 pm • Fri., June 15, Magic Bean Café, 7:00 pm • Fri., May 18, Magic Bean, 7:00 pm • Sat., April 28, Presto Café, 8:00 pm. • Fri., April 27, 2007, Magic Bean Restaurant, 7:00 pm. • Fri., Mar.30, Magic Bean, 7:00 pm. • Fri., Mar.16, Magic Bean, 7:00 pm. • Fri., Feb.23, 2007, Magic Bean Restaurant, 6:30 pm. • Sat., Feb.10, 2007, Mosaico Café, 8:00 pm • Fri., Jan. 9, 2007, Magic Bean, 6:30 pm. • Dec. 9, 2006, Mosaico Cafe, 8:00 pm • Dec. 7, 2006, Guayaquil, Ecuador, Teatro Centro Ecuatoriano Norteamericano, 7:00 pm * • Dec. 2, 2006, Cuenca Ecuador, Teatro Sucre, 8:00 pm * • Nov. 19, Damas Diplomaticos, Centro de Exposiciones, main stage, Quito. 5:30 pm • Nov. 11, 2006, Mosaico Cafe
* Shows are sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Ecuador, and coordinated by the U.S. Bi-National Centers in those cities -- all part of a cultural exchange. Thanks, Uncle Sam!!
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DOWNLOADS December 2006 Studio Recordings New! Free! Full-Length! Make Me a Pallet On Your Floor (2:47) The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore (5:07) Blue Ridge Mountain Home (2:37) (Right-click and "save as", download the whole song!)
Cornell, Mike and Garrett all own Fausto Carrera guitars.
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Cornell Menking, lead vocals/guitar (hails from Texas) Garrett Siegers, 5-string banjo (hails from North Carolina) Steve Karolus, electric bass guitar (hails from Wisconsin) Rick Nelson, Dobro (American from Quito)
Fondly Missed Ex-Members Mike McColm, mandolin (hails from Southern California) Max Paley, mandolin/vocals (hails from Kansas ) Tim Novak, lead acoustic guitar (hails from Kentucky) Zach Schroeder, mandolin/vocals (hails from Indiana)
In the Spring of 2004 Mike McColm, Garrett Siegers and Cornell Menking found one another and began playing music. Mike was, and still is, the Director of Jatun Sacha Foundation, the largest environmental NGO in Ecuador. Garrett was, and still is, the Director of EcoMadera, a sustainable exotic woods program under the Jatun Sacha Foundation. Mike and Cornell are both Ph.D.'s in Education and met when Mike came to Cornell to see about teaching at Universidad San Francisco de Quito, where Cornell was, and still is, the Director of Graduate Programs in Education - and now also Director of the Office of International Programs. That meeting began with formal talk of education projects, but when bluegrass was mentioned the two basically never returned to talking business. Mike invited Cornell to jam with him and Garrett, and the rest is history. The past years have seen a variety of members come and go, but we maintain our fairly traditional sound and play a couple times a month at Quito cafes and other various events. Today Deeper South is kept solid by Steve Karolous, a fantastic electric bass player from a jazz background (his wife is at the U.S. Embassy). Also joining us recently is Rick Nelson on the dobro (he's a school book distributor in Quito). |
(Most by Mona Menking)
July 7, 2007 Performance at Pobre Diablo Club, Quito, Ecuador.
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July 4th, 2007 Performance at the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Quito.
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Guayaquil, Ecuador, Dec.9, 2006, Binational Center--Cultural exchange concert sponsored by the U.S. Embassy.
(photos by Cesar Farias)
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Cuenca, Ecuador, Dec.2, 2006, Teatro Sucre--cultural exchange concert sponsored by the U.S. Embassy.
L-R: On stage, Cornell, Garrett, Max, Mike, Steve, Tim, Felipe Alvarez on sound, fans, the house (still filling up)
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First row: Performance at "Damas Diplomaticas" Fair; October 06 show at Cafe Mosaico in Quito (guests Dave Pope & Jessica Kinsey)
Second Row: Sept.23, 2006 Show at Cafe Mosaico in Quito (first gig with new bass player, Steve Karolus, and lead guitarist Tim Novak)
Third Row: July 4, 2006, Mosaico Cafe & Crayola Bar in Guapalo (with Zach on mando).
Comment from "fan": "Thanks for making our 4th very memorable, I am in the States with family now and enjoying telling the story that I passed the 4th listening to Bluegrass played by Gringos in Ecuador in a Greek restaurant eating NY cheesecake!!!! "
Fourth & Fifth Rows: 2005, Crayola Bar & Kallari Cafe
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