Monterey Court, 505 W. Miracle Mile , Tucson, AZ, 85705, tucson
Our first live show of 2021, with Eric Schaffer opening the night at 6:30, Freddy Parish Trio at 7:30. Socially distanced tables, all outdoor seating. Make a reservation at the Monterey Court website. No Cover.
On Saturday Tucsons own Freddy Parish and Mamma Coal team up for a night of Americana at the Annex’s outdoor stage. Combining their players into a six-member band featuring fiddle, dobro, banjo, and pedal steel, listeners will be treated to the harmonies and sacred sounds of string band and honky tonk country music. Singer/songwriter/guitar players Freddy Parish and Mamma Coal will lead their combined bands through a mix of originals and cover songs, backed up by Alvin Blaine on pedal steel, banjo and more, Matt Rolland on fiddle and violin, Thoger Lund on bass and Fred Hayes on drums.
Seating and tickets: Pod seating available in 2s or 4s. Prime 2 seats – $34 Prime 4 seats – $68 Regular 2 seats – $24 Regular 4 seats – $48
Covid Plan: The Annex is following the County Covid-19 plan for outdoor events. Seats are set up in combos of 2s and 4s, with 12 feet between seats. Masks are required while not seated, and drinks can only be consumed while seated. And sadly no dancing.
Full Band Livestream Concert on Facebook 7pm (Mountain Standard Time) Tips: Venmo @freddyparish or Paypal.me/freddyparish
"Bluegrass and Brews" concert series
El Crisol (was Exo Bar), 403 N 6th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85705, tucson
"Dry and Dusty" monthly residency for traditional country and old time music 21+
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El Crisol (was Exo Bar), 403 N 6th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85705, Tucson
"Dry and Dusty" monthly residency for traditional country and old time music 21+
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El Crisol (was Exo Bar), 403 N 6th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85705, Tucson
"Dry and Dusty" monthly residency for traditional country and old time music 21+
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El Crisol (was Exo Bar), 403 N 6th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85705, Tucson
"Dry and Dusty" monthly residency for traditional country and old time music 21+
Free event for Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance
Freddy Parish grew up in Sonoma County, California, just down the road from where Jack London wrote "Valley of the Moon," named for the mythic translation of the Miwok "Sonoma." His Arkansas born father inspired a lifelong love of country music, from the poetry of John Prine, to the gentle love songs of Don Williams. After spending a year of high school studying abroad on the Baltic Coast in Ainazi, Latvia, he went on to spend his formative years traveling the country taking odd jobs and writing songs, and later returned to school to study Music Composition, Audio Production, and Poetry at the Evergreen State College in Washington.
After spending time in North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia, Freddy began tracing back the roots of country music, along with his own Ozark family heritage, in a study of old time fiddle and banjo traditions. In 2018 he won 1st place for old time banjo at the West Virginia Open Fiddle and Banjo Contest. Upon settling in the Southwestern border town of Tucson, Arizona, he founded the Old Town String Band, who in 2018 released a collection of traditional songs and tunes entitled "Last Chance." The group has since established a monthly residency to showcase old time and traditional country music at Tucson's downtown listening room El Crisol, along with being featured at the yearly Tucson Folk Festival.
Freddy continues to pursue his own more contemporary songwriting in the Country, Roots, and Americana genres through story telling, poetic imagery, and themes of heartache and love, existentialist dread and hope, and the ever beckoning open road. A new EP of these songs is currently in post production and planned to be released in 2021.
“Freddy Parish plays the kind of country music you heard on your Daddy's record player. His strong, clear voice carries just enough sweetness to help the heartbreak go down smoother.”
— Matt Milner, KXCI
