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CD RELEASE PARTYSAT NOV 30 2024 • 7PM DOOR, 8PM SHOW
General Admission Standing | 19+
$19 (+SC/HST) Advance
With his thick grey beard and ubiquitous wide-brimmed hat, Harry Lee Follon looks like a man transplanted from a previous century. But that timeless image is the ideal reflection of his music — pure, honest songs that are as emotionally resonant in 2024 as they would have been in 1924. On his new EP Uncle’s Lament, out June 21, Follon bares his soul on five songs, accompanied by pedal steel guitarist Chris Hierlihy and fiddler Ally Corbett, a marked change from his prior work with his band Uncle Harry & the Kickstands. “In 2021, I lost my mom, and there’s no denying she is all over these tunes,” Follon says. “My mother loved music, and she will always be a major influence on me — and my music. These songs are all about love and loss.” While that’s certainly true of the EP’s first single Won’t Say Goodbye, it’s still hard not to be uplifted by Follon’s vocal performances and his natural ease at crafting memorable melodies. The overall feeling while listening to Uncle’s Lament is something close to sitting in a front parlour enjoying good friends playing music together.
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12 Wyndham St, Guelph, ON, Canada, Ontario
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