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Concert Preview BUDDY MONDLOCK October 11, 2008 Pre-paid reservations for this show will be available after Sept. 13. For information please email urbancampfires@swbell.net with Buddy Mondlock in the subject line. Many of you are already familiar with Buddy Mondlock from his past concerts at Urban Campfires or his numerous main stage appearances at the Kerrville Folk Festival. If you are not already familiar with him, you are in for a treat. “Buddy Mondlock represents the best of the new generation of singer/songwriters in folk music. His writing style is grounded in the traditions of the past, but has it’s heart in the present. He is one of my favorite writers.” -Nanci Griffith “I first saw Buddy Mondlock while hosting the Ballad Tree, a tradition at the Kerrville Folk Festival. This kid in a bathing suit walked up and played “No Choice” to an audience of 30 - 40 people. By the time he got to the second verse, he had 200 people singing along with him. He blew me away! Pay attention to Buddy; he’s a great writer!” -Guy Clark “Buddy Mondlock is one of our country’s best songwriters. His approach is gentle and Zen-like, the songs unfurl like little movies and the listener is transported to some distant better place -- and isn’t that what music should be about?” -Ellis Paul From his bio: Buddy Mondlock writes songs. He does it so well that some great songwriters have recorded his songs on their own albums. Guy Clark, Nanci Griffith, David Wilcox, Peter Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Garth Brooks, and Janis Ian, to name just a few. But there’s nothing like hearing the guy who wrote ‘em sing ‘em. He’s not going to pin your ears back with those songs. He’s going to draw you into his world. People think he’s from Texas but he’s not. He just hangs out there a lot. He lives in Nashville now but he grew up in Park Forest, a suburb of Chicago. He didn’t have a troubled childhood. His parents were nice to him. They paid for guitar lessons when he was ten and they never said, when are you going to get a real job? He sang Crosby, Stills and Nash songs with his sisters and answered his little brother’s questions from the top bunk. When Buddy made his first trip to Texas, Guy Clark heard him singing one of his songs under a tree at the Kerrville Folk Festival and liked it. So Guy went back to Nashville, opened the door and said, “listen to this kid, he’s good!” A publishing deal and a U-Haul headed south soon followed. People were starting to pay attention. In 1987 he was a New Folk Award Winner at Kerrville and he released his first album called “On the Line”. In the next few years David Wilcox recorded “The Kid” on his first record for A&M. Buddy did some writing with this other new kid in town named Garth Brooks. Janis Ian heard him singing at the Bluebird Cafe and asked him if he’d like to write with her. Their song “Amsterdam” was recorded by Joan Baez. Nanci Griffith asked Buddy to sing on a show she was taping for Irish television. She ended up liking that song so much that she recorded “Comin’ Down In the Rain” on her Grammy Award winning collection “Other Voices, Other Rooms.” Garth became a star and “Every Now and Then” ended up on his album “The Chase.” In 1998 he released his third album, “Poetic Justice,” and it got picked up by EMI Records in Canada and Ireland and by Proper Music in the UK when British DJ Bob Harris began playing songs from it on BBC radio. By this time Buddy was spending quite a bit of time with fellow Nashville songwriter Carol Elliott and they hit the road together. In 2000 Buddy collaborated with the legendary Art Garfunkel and the wonderfully musical Maia Sharp. The three of them wrote and recorded an album together called “Everything Waits To Be Noticed.” The trio toured all over America and Europe in support, singing together like feathers in a wing. Now Buddy’s back with a new solo recording, “The Edge of the World,” hitting the road performing and leading songwriting workshops, and of course, writing songs. Cause that’s what he does and that’s who he is. Lean in and listen, you won’t be sorry. This is a show for all of you who have requested over the years that we bring Buddy back to UC and for those of you who aren’t familiar with him yet but have loved the shows with songwriters like Allen Shamblin and Steve Seskin. We hope you’ll cook up a little something to share at the potluck and bring 2 or 10 of your closest friends for a laid back evening of storytelling and songs.
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