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Floyd Small Town Summer: Floydfest Soundcheck with Music from Acid Cats and Charlie Hunter Trio
Venue: Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park, Floyd
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Acid Cats, Charlie Hunter, Lucy Woodward, Town of Floyd
Date: Thursday, July 18, 2019
Time: 6:00 - 10:30 PM
Event Types: Music, Food, Miscellaneous, Family Friendly, Arts & Theatre, Charity
Cost: Free

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Description:
The Town of Floyd continues the 2019 Floyd Small Town Summer series with the Floydfest Soundcheck featuring music from the Acid Cats and Charlie Hunter Trio with Lucy Woodward on Thursday, July 18, 2019 at Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park.

Small Town Summer offers fun for the whole family, including bounce houses, games, face painting and special activities presented by a variety of community organizations. Food will also be available for purchase and benefit the Floyd non-profit Plenty!.

As for what to expect live from Charlie Hunter and Lucy Woodward, the two, as rounded out by a drummer, will be performing pocket-heavy renditions of vintage blues and classic vintage pop, covers of Nina Simone, The Animals, Bessie Smith and Terence Trent D'Arby included.

With a career spanning 16 years and almost 20 albums, Charlie Hunter consistently ups his game as an innovative writer and bandleader. He has worked with the likes of Norah Jones , Mos Def, John Mayer, D’Angelo and countless others. He is widely considered the authority on the seven and eight - string guitar, and continues to stun audiences with his ability to simultaneously bust out tasty bass parts, melodic leads and swinging rhythms.

Hunter has previously recorded for the venerable Blue Note label, Concord, Ropeadope, GroundUP and others. His recent independent venture is steered by his motivation to release music that most inspires him. Critics have touted his genius technique, but it's his profound artistic sensibility that propels his original music. Hunter's signature style of writing and performing has secured his place as one of today's great guitarists.

Links:

• https://charliehunter.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/charliehuntermusic
• https://www.twitter.com/charlie_hunter

Born in London, Lucy spent her childhood in New York and Holland. She is the daughter of two classical musicians - her father a conductor and composer, her mother an opera singer, musicologist, teacher and bellydancer. No matter which household she was living in, she was “always music-making and creating.”

Fresh out of school, she was singing jazz in NYC’s West Village for tips, singing in cover bands and writing songs before signing with Atlantic Records (2003) —a time period that saw her score a Top 40 hit with “Dumb Girls” and another Top 5 hit she wrote for Stacie Orrico called “(There's Gotta Be) More to Life”, earning her 2 BMI Awards. With her debut record in tow, she toured the US, Japan and New Zealand and appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

But Woodward had no desire to be a pop starlet: her follow-up, the jazzier, punchier indie record "Lucy Woodward is...Hot and Bothered" was released in 2008 which “shed new light” on music-making again. "Hot and Bothered" was inspired by her days at Manhattan School of Music, lots of Etta James and the 1967 classic animated film The Jungle Book bringing her back to her bluesy roots.

In 2012, Lucy was asked to tour as a band member filling in for the lead singer of Pink Martini learning songs in Turkish, French, Croatian, Japanese and Spanish with 6 days notice. Lucy’s dates with Pink Martini varied from Montreal Jazz Fest to singing with the San Francisco Symphony for several performances. That same year, Lucy has also toured overseas sponsored by Armed Forces Entertainment, performing for American military units stationed in Spain, Italy and Turkey.

For much of 2018, Lucy toured with Charlie Hunter as a trio. Having just released their first debut collaboration "Music!Music!Music!" in April, they toured US and Europe. The record consists of groove-heavy renditions of blues and classic vintage pop from the 1890’s to 1980’s.

In addition to her solo career, Woodward toured with Rod Stewart for many years singing background vocals. She has also sung on albums by Celine Dion, Rod Stewart, Chaka Khan, Snarky Puppy, Barbra Streisand, Nikka Costa, Carole King, Joe Cocker, Gavin DeGraw and Randy Jackson.

Links:

• http://www.lucywoodward.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/lucywoodward
• https://www.twitter.com/lucywoodward
• https://www.instagram.com/misslucywoodward/

Acid Cats is an energetic sextet from Akron, Ohio that sets syncopated melodies on top of driving grooves to make you stand up and move! An installment of instrumental madness piecing together Funk, Jazz, Latin, Rock, and Soul into a fierce fusion of our musical influences.

Links:

• https://acidcatsmusic.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/AkronAcidCats
• https://acidcats.bandcamp.com/

The Small Town Summer Event Series is free and open to the public.

You are welcome to pack a picnic, but please observe that there is no alcohol in the park.

Grab your lawn chair and/or blanket.

Some of the community organizations partnering to provide activities include Blue Mountain School, FloydJAMS, Young Life, Floyd Montessori, Floyd County High School SCA, Plenty!, Springhouse Community School, Cub Scout Pack 36, The Floyd Center for the Arts, Healthy Floyd, Preserve Floyd and the Girl Scouts.

The park will be open and access provided to the public starting at 6:00 pm on all Floyd Small Town Summer events.

In case of inclement weather, all events will be moved inside Floyd County High School.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.imgur.com/oQryZk3.jpg.

For more information, visit: http://floydsmalltownsummer.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/floydsmalltownsummer/.