About this Event
Bring a blanket or lawn chair and enjoy an evening with the Banjo Killers under the Topaz Farm Historic Oak Tree on Sauvie Island., while enjoying local food and drinks at the the first of the summer's weekly Topaz Farm Harvest Fest performances.
National banjo champion Tony Furtado and Scott Law team up as a duo calling themselves THE BANJO KILLERS! This collaboration between two of the west coast's finest and most individual musician-songwriters is a side-project with serious mojo. Hurling everything they’ve got including, mandolin, slide-guitar, banjo and an assortment of flatpicks, thumbpicks and fingerpicks at the notion, Tony and Scott recant a vast arsenal of original songs and traditional standards and actually no banjos get hurt in the process.
Stephanie Schneiderman will be the opening act for the show and will be joining The Banjo Killers on stage.
Doors open 5:00pm, show starts 6:30pm. All ages.
ABOUT TONY FURTADO:
Very few musicians of any stripe so personify a musical genre as completely as Tony Furtado embodies Americana roots music. Tony is an evocative and soulful singer, a wide-ranging songwriter and a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist adept on banjo, cello-banjo, slide guitar and baritone ukulele who mixes and matches sounds and styles with the flair of a master chef (he’s also an accomplished sculptor, but that’s another story). All of the music of America is in Tony’s music. Relix hit the nail on the head when writing of Tony:“True talent doesn’t need categories.”
Tony has recorded and produced almost a dozen CDs for various labels such as Dualtone, What Are Records and Funzalo Records. Tony enthusiastically describes his newest CD, The Bell, as “the most personal of my career.” To be released this summer on his own YousayFurtado Records, The Bell is an important release for several reasons: it represents a return to Tony’s banjo-playing roots, with the banjo and cello-banjo more prominent than in recent years; the original songs concern such weighty themes as the loss of his father, the birth of his son and his own creative rebirth with the move to a new record label and management team; his working band is featured; and, most important of all, this is the first album in a long time on which Tony had complete artistic control. It’s his music, done his way.
ABOUT SCOTT LAW
Multifaceted artist Scott Law is an accomplished guitar master, singer-songwriter and recording artist operating at the very highest level of his craft. Hailed as an “esteemed flat-picker” by Acoustic Guitar, Law is equally reverent and inventive on steel strings whether in a lead or supporting role.
Law has performed with an array of bluegrass, American roots, rock and jam band luminaries including Phil Lesh & Friends, longtime musical accomplices The String Cheese Incident, Darol Anger, Tim & Nicki Bluhm, Tony Furtado, The Mother Hips, Crooked Still, Peter Rowan, The Travelin' McCourys, Leftover Salmon, Danny Barnes, Railroad Earth, Jerry Joseph, Melvin Seals, Brokedown in Bakersfield and many others.
Adding to his collaborative repertoire, in 2014 Law joined Phil Lesh & Friends for summer concerts in Central Park as well as fall shows at the famed Capitol Theatre and Lesh’s Terrapin Crossroads in Marin County, California. In 2015, Law continues to perform as a featured player in Lesh’s rotating lineup as the legendary bass player and founding member of the Grateful Dead celebrates the band’s 50th anniversary and its legacy as one of the most groundbreaking acts in rock and roll history.
When off the road, he lives in Portland, Oregon.
ABOUT STEPHANIE SCHNEIDERMAN
Trying to pin down Stephanie Schneiderman to any one genre, talent or discipline is next to impossible. One thing is clear however- whether pursuing her prolific work as a solo artist, playing drums for all star roots pop act Swan Sovereign (Dirty Martini), producing, acting, or giving back, Schneiderman is hands down one of the most diverse and hardest working artists the NW has to offer.
Schneiderman has eight solo recordings under her belt - Stephanie Schneiderman (1999), Unbelievably Unbroken (2001), Fall Sessions EP (2001), Touch Down (2004), Live at Kung Fu Bakery (2005), Dangerous Fruit (2008), Rubber Teardrop (2011) and Live at The Old Church (2013), plus four releases with her collaborative bands Dirty Martini- Dirty Martini (2004), Tea and Revenge (2007) and Swan Sovereign - Arctic (2014) and Valentine (2017).
ABOUT TOPAZ FARM
Topaz Farm is a working 130-acre family farm for every family, featuring u-pick berries u-cut flowers, a farm stand store, food, beverages and special events. In addition to weekly farm-to-plate dinners and live music festivals in summer, in fall there is also a pumpkin patch, corn maze, hay rides and harvest festivals.
Before the show, come early to visit the animals and farm stand, walk the farm, have a drink at the farm bar or choose from fresh and grilled food including the Holler food truck.
Food, beer, cider, wine and non-alcoholic beverages will be available in the oak tree area.
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THE FINE PRINT:
- Topaz Farm’s mask and social distancing policy will be consistent with the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Oregon Health Authority (OHA) guidelines, at the time of the event. If you are at-risk or are not comfortable being outdoors around others who are unmasked, we recommend that you do not attend this event.
- Ticket price is per person, ages three and up. Parking is free.
- The farm opens at 9:00 am, oak tree area opens at 5:00 pm and show starts at 6:30 pm.
- Beach towels, small blankets, small, personal-sized umbrellas (for use pre-show) and single size, low-profile lawn chairs (not exceeding 8 inches from the ground to the bottom of the seat and no higher than 32 inches total from the ground to the top of the chair) are allowed.
- Outside food and beverages (other than factory sealed water bottles) are not permitted and no smoking of any kind is allowed.
- No animals are allowed except registered service animals.
WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE THE SHOW
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Topaz Farm, 17100 Northwest Sauvie Island Road, Portland, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 25.00