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BROOKS WILLIAMS + MARK ZARETSKY & MAGIC MIKE BLOOMER

Sun, Apr 07

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East Rock Concert Series- mActivity Cafe

Ranked in the Top 100 Acoustic Guitarists, he’s a mean finger-picker and a stunning slide guitarist. Plus, “he has a beautiful voice,” says AmericanaUK, “that you just melt into.”

BROOKS WILLIAMS + MARK ZARETSKY & MAGIC MIKE BLOOMER
BROOKS WILLIAMS + MARK ZARETSKY & MAGIC MIKE BLOOMER

Time & Location

Apr 07, 2019, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

East Rock Concert Series- mActivity Cafe, 285 Nicoll St, New Haven, CT 06511, USA

About The Event

Brooks Williams

http://www.brookswilliams.com

Brooks Williams hails from Statesboro, Georgia, the town made famous by country-blues legend Blind Willie McTell. Ranked in the Top 100 Acoustic Guitarists, he’s a mean finger-picker and a stunning slide guitarist. Plus, “he has a beautiful voice,” says AmericanaUK, “that you just melt into.” Not one easy to pigeon-hole, Brooks' music is the love-child of country-blues and Americana. fRoots says, "Soulful Americana, full-on blues and tasty rootsy grooves. He really rocks!”

Williams got his start in the clubs and bars around Boston, the same music scene that years earlier sparked the careers of Bonnie Raitt and Chris Smither. There, playing 5-6 nights a week, he developed his signature sound: laid-back low-country vocals floating over Resonator riffs, Piedmont picking, and cigar box slide. No wonder friend and fellow guitar wizard Martin Simpson calls Brooks the “Real Thing!”

His massive repertoire reads like a roots music Hall Of…

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