The Folk Show Road Show: Joe Crookston

WPSU | By Mel DeYoung

Published March 22, 2017 at 12:21 PM EDT

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Joe Crookston, at the WPSU Studios, Nov 19, part of the Acoustic Brew Concert Series. Hour 2.

Joe Crookston: Songwriter, guitarist, painter, fiddler, slide player, eco-village member and 2016 Folk Alliance International Artist-in-Residence. Joe has he's evolved from a killer songwriter who accompanies himself on guitar, to an accomplished multi-instrumentalists who doesn't shy away from electronics when they further the minstrel tradition. Over ten years ago he opened a concert at the Center; on November 19, 2016, the larger stage at the WPSU studio was his, and we are happy to share that experience with you in this recording, made that night.

Mel DeYoung

Mel DeYoung hosts Morning Edition on WPSU and is in the broadcast booth before 5am each weekday. That means that if he's being sensible he goes to sleep way earlier than normal people do. The differences don't end there, but you'll have to chat with Mel sometime to understand the full depth of his abnormality.

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