Poster: Liam Grant

Friday September 6 * 7pm * $15-20 * TICKETS

Grant / Flaherty / McGuire: A melding of the American Primitive fingerpicking vernacular with old time trad from Watauga county’s Grayson McGuire, expat Liam Grant, and Carrboro's Devon Flaherty, on the road together in full trio formation. Fiddle tunes, served up nice and nasty delivered to you with that razor cut lap steel and that sweet, sweet rolling over pour of Flaherty’s banjo and baritone chops. Rhythm to get your boots shaking and feet up off the ground. Barn burners and full band yelps - for those looking for capital-A American music in the 21st century. 

Max Ochs came up through the ranks starting in Annapolis before studying at University of Maryland College Park. He frequented the early DC folk scene, eventually sharing stages and record labels with other guitar luminaries from the DMV like John Fahey and Robbie Basho. In 1962, he found himself in Greenwich Village where he collaborated with the late great Buzzy Linhart in the group The Seventh Sons. In 1966, he appeared on the Contemporary Guitar LP on Takoma Records and has released additional albums over the last 40+ years under his own name, on various labels like Tompkins Square, and with collaborators like Neil Harpe and an up-and-coming group called Rugburn.