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Chris Devine (aka Ian Anderson in the terrific Jethro Tull tribute band Minstrels in the Gallery) is a flat out masterful musician- equally extraordinary on electric and acoustic violin/guitar, mandolin, concert flute, soprano saxophone, keyboards and vocals (in his other life he’s a skilled actor and comic who has appeared on Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, and PBS) At last count Chris has topped the century mark,as a session musician appearing on over a hundred CD’s ranging from jazz to classical to country.

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Brian Bender is also a multi-instrumentalist: piano, trombone, melodica, accordion, percussion- who plays in and/or leads more ensembles than I can count on both hands; including the Klezmer-African-Latin-Caribbean fusion band… wait for it… LITTLE SHOP OF HORAS. Credits include Carnegie Hall & The Presidential Inauguration of Bill Clinton (In his spare time he operates Face The Music Recording Studio in Shutesbury and works as a freelance sound engineer)

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Grounding out the trio is Steve Benson on vocals, guitar, and mandolin. Steve is a skilled string player who sings Irish Pub songs with such charisma and style it’s like “bottling a Nor Easter and uncorking it on St. Pats!” (He’s also toured with several bands, and opened for Little Feat, and The Spin Doctors among others)

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Bottom line- an amazing line up sure to delight your ears and warm your heart.

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But wait… there’s more.  Bouncing back from an illness that caused him to cancel treating us at April’s Cindy Kallet & Grey Larson Coho Concert  to a sneak peak of his Let It Rain band at Hawks & Reed, Eric Phelps is all set to open for Fiddle Hill (two-thirds of which he’s performed and recorded with- and could jump up and join him… just sayin’)