Four One-Hour Music Programs produced from mainstage performances at the 45th Annual Florida Folk Festival in White Springs, FL
(including selections from the archives of other festivals and performances)
The late Will McLean and Paul Champion in the late 1960s to early 1970s
Produced by Bill Beckett and hosted by Donna Green-Townsend with production assistance from Jim Bickerstaff, Ken Crawford, Pete Gallagher and Ray Valla
Part One:
Featuring music from Marie Nofsinger, Valarie Caracappa (Wisecracker), Upsala, Pete Gallagher and the Green Grass Revival, Wingnuts, Vassar Clements, John McCuen, Clyde Walker and Sam Pacetti
Part Two:
Featuring music from Jeanie Fitchen, Chuck Hardwicke, Ken and Leigh Skeens, Grant Livingston, Frank and Ann Thomas, Dale Crider, Ron and Bari Litschauer, Happy and Patti, Simple Gifts and Mindy Simmons
Part Three:
The late Gamble Rogers at the FL Folk Festival
Featuring music and stories from Jim Ballew, Paul Champion, Cush Holston, Will McLean, Cousin Thelma Boltin, Gamble Rogers and Don Grooms.
Part Four:
Featuring music from Long John Higginbotham, Rock Bottom, James Billie and John Anderson
Swamp blues guitarist Walter Parks to perform with Florida’s Sam Pacetti on Sunday at the historic Thomas Center
Veteran blues guitarist Walter Parks with Donna Green-Townsend.
Veteran blues guitarist Walter Parks who built an international career as the lead guitarist for Woodstock legend Richie Havens will bring his unique style to the historic Thomas Center in Gainesville Sunday night, March 2nd in Gainesville. Parks is the leader of the southern swamp blues group Swamp Cabbage. From her audio archives, here is an interview he did with Donna Green-Townsend in June of 2012.
Sam Pacetti and Walter Parks
Also performing Sunday night will be acoustic guitar master Sam Pacetti from St. Augustine. From her audio archives here’s an interview Donna Green-Townsend had with Sam Pacetti from December of 2010.
The Historic Thomas Center is located at 302 NE 6th Ave. in Gainesville. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and the concert begins at 7 p.m.
Tonight (8/17/2013) there was a reunion of sorts. That’s when musicians Gabe Valla and Sam Pacetti gave their long-awaited second performance in Gainesville’s Thomas Center. The two guitar players, who now both live in the St. Augustine area, first met as teenagers at a memorial service for the late Gamble Rogers, who is now honored in the Florida Artists Hall of Fame. Valla, who grew up in Gainesville around the acoustic music scene, talked with WUFT’s Donna Green-Townsend about the uniqueness of the scheduled show:
The concert was sponsored by the Shakerag Culture Center and the City of Gainesville Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs.
Gabe Valla and Sam Pacetti performing at the Thomas Center on August 18, 2013 (photo by Lee Townsend)
Gabe Valla and Sam Pacetti performing at the Thomas Center (photo by Lee Townsend)
Fingerstyle guitar wizard Sam Pacetti debuts new CD at Shake Rag in Melrose
Singer, Songwriter and guitarist Sam Pacetti
Critics have described Sam Pacetti’s recordings as “passion and angst” coming together with lyrics that are full of imagery. The St. Augustine fingerstyle guitarist is debuting his newest CD Saturday night at 8 p.m. at the Shake Rag Art and Culture Center in Melrose. Pacetti shared his musical inspirations with Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Donna Green-Townsend.
Originally aired on WUFT August 9, 2012
Gabe Valla and Sam Pacetti performing together in a Union-Reunion Concert at the Thomas Center in Gainesville on August 17, 2013 (photo by Lee Townsend)
