Name: Bill Ludwig/Foggy Otis
Start: 2026-03-06T19:00:00-05:00
Location: The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts Center

$Bill Ludwig\/Foggy Otis$

Bill Ludwig is a prolific singer-songwriter and Manchester, CT Town Troubadour emeritus, Chairperson of the Manchester Arts Commission, Founder and Chairperson of Imagine Manchester, Founder and Facilitator of the Manchester, CT Songwriters Association, winner of the 2017 Farmington Acoustic Festival Judges Award and 2024 Inductee into the Manchester, CT Arts Hall Of Fame.
As of Autumn, 2025, Bill has released the following albums:
The Elephant (2014), Motivator (2015), A Week Of Mondays (MARMO, 2016), One Hundred Miles Of Bad Road (2017), Fictional (MARMO, 2018), Songbirds Of North America (MARMO, 2019), Big Songs For Small People & Small Songs For Big People (2019), Kind (2020), Beautiful (2021), Dispatches From An Aging Globe (2022), How Fares The Harvest (MARMO, 2022), Peace On Earth (2022), Songs Of Village Charm (2023), Rhymes With Banjo (2023), 100 Songs (2024), Dinosaur (2024), Go (2024) , The Incredible Shrinking Man (2025), Daffodil (2025)
In addition, Bill has released FOUR volumes of his "Bedroom Tapes" series (73 tracks to date), documenting the songs Bill wrote and recorded between 1990 and 1995. There are several more volumes planned which will cover the remaining years through 2013 (just prior to the release of The Elephant, Bill's first professional release)
Ev'ry Step, Ev'ry Climb, Ev'ry RungKind
BOOKINGS, questions or info: billludwig.
FOGGY OTIS
When a life-altering illness took away his ability to play guitar, Foggy turned to the ukulele for help with his rehabilitation, both physically and mentally.
In the Spring of 2008 a life-saving quadruple bypass left him with numbness, loss of dexterity and pain in his left hand from the harvesting of an artery for his heart. Foggy was no longer able to play guitar.
Enter the ukulele. With its small size, nylon strings and wider string spacing, it suited Foggy’s diminished strength. Over time he embraced the diminutive instrument’s limitations, developing his own unique style of playing.
The uke has taken Foggy to many unexpected places- countless performances, teaching college, singing his songs on SiriusXM and local radio, writing for Ukulele magazine, producing instructional videos and most recently, Foggy signed a recording contract with Verdict Music. Look for his debut album- When life hands you lemons, play the ukulele. (Deluxe Version) in early 2026.
Foggy is available for private instruction.
foggyotis.com
verdictmusic.com