Vintage Songs + Vintage Guitars

Concert @ Burlington Library — March 26, 2015 @ 7 pm

      Great American ragtime, jazz and swing from 1920s, 1930s and 1940s
                          Vintage acoustic guitars from the same decades
                                     Concert for "Burlington Reads 2015"
          Co-sponsors: Digital Federal Credit Union + Herb Chambers Honda

                                                Photo: Ferranova
Tex Fletcher — "The Lonesome Cowboy"
playing 1930s Gibson L-00 guitar
for Mutual Network's WOR radio

Burlington Public Library in Burlington, MA will present a free concert by Ken Lelen at 7:00 pm on Thursday, March 26, 2015 in the Meeting Room, 22 Sears Street, Burlington MA 01803.
     For an authentic back-in-the-day sound, Lelen will sing ragtime, jazz and swing tunes from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s and pair each song with a vintage guitar from the same decade.

     With clever lyrics and memorable melodies, songs in the program were written by some of America’s greatest composers. Lelen will offer amusing anecdotes on the music and acoustic guitars of the mid-20th Century.

     The program may include such songs as: "The Lady Is A Tramp" (Rogers & Hart), "She's Funny That Way" (Whiting), "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" (McHugh & Fields), "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Waller), "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm" (Berlin) and "Over The Rainbow" (Arlen & Harburg).

     The musician will display vintage acoustic guitars made by Gibson, Martin, Regal, Schmidt and other U.S. firms. Each produces sound that is striking for its tone, character and sustain without the use of pick-ups or other electronic gimmicks.

     "People of all ages love the songs," Lelen said. "And they're pleasantly surprised by the robust sound and classy look of the vintage guitars."
     Sponsored by Digital Federal Credit Union and Herb Chambers Honda of Burlington, the library event is a part of “Burlington Reads” Orphan Train by Christine Baker Kline. During the concert Lelen will perform a song about orphan train riders — the 150,000 homeless children who were relocated from New York into indentured servitude with adoptive homes in the Midwest and West between 1856 and 1929.

     "Mr. Lelen is a genial performer, with a pleasant tenor," said the New York Times. "The songs he plays will never go out of date."

                    More info: 781-270-1690 and www.burlington.org

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