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KZFR presents Nell Robinson and Jim Nunally Band

Location: Chico Women's Club
  • 7:30pm Friday, June 23, 2017

Nell Robinson & Jim Nunally Band perform LIVE at Chico Women's Club

Special Album Release Show for Baby Let's Take the Long Way Home. Co-presented by Peter Berkow Productions & KZFR

Some of the best players working in the genre over the last four decades, if you love roots music like it should be played, youll love what Nell Robinson & Jim Nunally Band do."  - Vents Magazine

$20 General Seating - first come, first seated. Tickets available at Chico Paper Co., Blaze N' J's and the KZFR Office or by CLICKING HERE Doors at 7:30pm, Show at 8pm

Nell Robinson and Jim Nunally Band bring all of your favorite elements of authentic music together, creating a genre-busting sound that combines country, jazz, folk and bluegrass music. New album Baby Lets Take the Long Way will arrive April 21 on Whippoorwill Arts and features a seamless blend of original material and classic country gems. True roots music often includes a back story and theirs is a rich one, even bringing some of their own favorite book titles to song. The beloved Bay Area bluegrass stars (San Jose Mercury News) have played Garrison Keillors Prairie Home Companion, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, PBS series Music Gone Public, Kate Wolf Music Festival and Strawberry Music Festival. 

Nell Robinson has been described as one of the freshest voices in roots music. Jim Nunally is a San Francisco Bay Area-native, a musician, composer, record producer, and teacher. Jim joins master American guitarists Doc Watson and Tony Rice as one of the finest interpreters and performers of bluegrass and traditional music. Pete Grants resume looks like a whos who of music! The Grateful Dead album Aoxomoxoa was his first studio recording, from there he went on to become one of the most sought after steel players on the West Coast. Jim Kerwin is considered simply one of the best string bass players in the country. Playing with David Grisman for over 30 years, he is featured on all of Grismans Jerry Garcia recordings. Jon Arkin is a versatile, gifted percussionist who is known for his performances & recorded work in a wide variety of musical contexts. In He has performed with jazz greats such as Lee Konitz, Gene Perla, and Ira Sullivan. This is truly an all-star band! 

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