Dirty Blanket at Sunday on the Patio - Waterhole, Saranac Lake
Sun, Jun 24
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Dirty Blanket at Sunday on the Patio 4pm to 7pm FREE SHOW 21+ Waterhole Music Lounge 48 Main St. Saranac Lake, NY 12983 www.saranaclakewaterhole.com Dirty Blanket - Finger Lakes, Bluegrass
Time & Location
Jun 24, 2018, 4:00 PM
Waterhole, 48 Main St, Saranac Lake, NY 12983, USA
About the event
Dirty Blanket at Sunday on the Patio
4pm to 7pm FREE SHOW 21+
Waterhole Music Lounge
48 Main St. Saranac Lake, NY 12983
www.saranaclakewaterhole.com
Dirty Blanket - Finger Lakes, Bluegrass
The seeds of Dirty Blanket were planted in 2013 at the meeting of lead guitarist Max "Dirty" Flansburg and lead singer/songwriter Kevin "Blanket" O'Leary. Combining an array of unique musical influences with a shared passion for creating new original music, the two began playing as an acoustic duo. Utilizing what free time their other musical projects allowed to book gigs across Upstate NY, they eventually found themselves opening for acts as large as Jeff Austin of the Yonder Mountain String Band and beyond. The summer of 2016 saw the duo's sound take a shift toward a more heavily bluegrass-influenced style, with Max and Kevin crafting new originals and taking to the stage to cover the music of such Americana legends as Hot Rize, Newgrass Revival, the Del McCoury Band, and the like.
In the months that followed, the two were joined by longtime friends Richie Colf on the mandolin, and Joel Fedkiw on the five string banjo. By December of 2016, local Finger Lakes musician Aaron Oldweiler had joined the ranks on upright bass, rounding out the band as a 5-piece, fast-picking bluegrass quintet. The group continues to garner the attention of folk music lovers and festival goers from the Finger Lakes Region and across Upstate NY.