Get ready for some Oldtimey Swedegrass with rockin instrumentals and vocals with Eric, Dusty and Sandra. Long time friends and musical colleagues, these three draw on heavy hitting backgrounds in classical, jazz, bluegrass, old time, irish and Scandinavian. When they get together, expect a rich tapestry weaving through all of these in a masterful and fun way. All ages are welcome. GA $28 Children 15 and under $14
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The Band: Eric Thorin is a highly regarded musician/bassist living on the front range of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. He can be found on stage in 2024 in The Matt Flinner Trio with Ross Martin, on the road with the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, Bonnie Paine, Tony Furtado and Celtic supergroup, The Bow Tides. Eric is honored to have performed on two Grammy nominated recordings: “Calling You From My Mountain” with The Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band and “Man On Fire” by Danny Barnes.
Eric remains active in the studio as producer and performer, has written hundreds of compositions as a member of The Matt Flinner Trio, orchestrated songs for Elephant Revival with the Colorado Symphony and Colorado Music Festival Orchestra and mixed, mastered and produced the debut recording release of Take Down the Door, “Live in Lyons.“
Teaching is a big part of his presence in 2024 including Rockygrass Academy, Grand Targhee Music Camp, the Spanish Peaks Celtic Festival and serving as adjunct faculty in the Folk and Bluegrass program at the University of Northern Colorado.
For more than 20 years, Dusty Rider has been playing banjo all over the world. Raised near bluegrass and old time hot spots in Upstate New York, Alaska, and Colorado, Dusty has been able to study with the likes of Tony Ulrich, Noam Pikelny, Bill Keith, and many others on his path. Thanks to his steady diet of country, bluegrass, British Isles, and old time music, Dusty plays nearly every style of banjo there is.
Over the past several years Dusty has toured with The Railsplitters, Front Country, and Western Centuries, while also teaching music camps for kids and adults at festivals all over North America. Today he mainly pays his bills as an airline pilot while taking gigs as a banjo and pedal steel player around the region.
Sandra Wong-Violinist and Nyckelharpist Sandra Wonghas toured nationally and internationally as a solo artist and in numerous musical collaborations. Her current projects include “Kaleidoscope" with Ty Burhoe and Bill Douglas; a duo with guitarist Jon Sousaa trio with Rebecca Folsom and Tom Wassinger and collaborations with a wide breadth of musicians working with diverse genres of music. Sandra is also an educator who strives to nurture a deep love of music and the arts in both children and adults.