Great Blue Duo will perform on Saturday, May 16, at 7 pm at the Petersburgh Veterans Memorial Community Center.
Shirl Lawrence and Steve Kaplan have been singing together for more than three decades. Their beautifully crafted music has been heard at coffeehouses and festivals as a duo, and also as members of the Hudson River Sloop Singers and the Walkabout Chorus.
Audiences can count on being touched by their carefully prepared harmonies and powerful lyrics. Their ever-increasing number of compelling and original home-spun tunes are complemented by those of Kate Wolf, Utah Philips, Pete Seeger, well known folk anthems, the old songs, and songs echoing Clearwater’s environmental message.
One sailor from the Hudson River Sloop, Woody Guthrie, said Steve’s “We’ll Make It to Coxsackie” truly described how it felt to be in a rockin’ Hudson River storm.
This duo is now called “Great Blue” after the observant heron they often find during their kayak trips. These two kindred spirits have spent many years perfecting their musical performances among other musicians they’ve worked with, including Pete Seeger, Kim and Reggie Harris, Joe Crookston, David Amram, Odetta, Guy Davis, Eric Weissberg, Tony Bird, Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, and Sy Kahn.
Admission is $5 adults, under 18 free.