Scarlet Rivera and Sylvia Tyson

Mon. Sep 26, 2016 at 7:00pm EDT
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Scarlet Rivera and Sylvia Tyson

Sportsmen's Tavern

 

326 Amherst St.

Buffalo NY 14207


Monday Sept. 26 @ 7pm


Scarlet Rivera & Sylvia Tyson


$20


 


 



 


 


 


About Scarlet Rivera


 


Though Scarlet is a composer and performer in her own right, she has made vital contributions to Bob Dylan’s Desire and Hard Rain albums, and was featured in Dylan’s World of John Hammond Special for NBC and film Renaldo and Clara, and several cuts on Dylan’s Biograph and The Bootleg Series. Scarlet is also featured on Keb Mo’s The Door, Tracy Chapman’s Crossroads; Stanley Clarke’s Just Family, David Johanson’s Funky but Chic; Paraphenalia by Peacock Palace; Head Like A Rock by Ian McNabb, Sounds of the Rain Forest by Scott Fitzgerald and has toured with German superstar Peter Maffay.


 


As a solo artist, Scarlet is an innovator on violin – she composes an original style of music, rich in melody and texture. In collaboration with Tommy Eyre on Behind The Crimson Veil, Scarlet realized the fullest expression of their combined musical potential and delivers an exotic blend of music with performances from the searing to the sublime.


 


Scarlet has toured with Bob Dylan, The Indigo Girls, Tracy Chapman, The Duke Ellington Orchestra, and others. In 1994 she recorded her fifth solo album, Behind The Crimson Veil, a European release on Erdenklang Records. She previously Recorded Journey With An Angel on Polygram International Records, followed by the CD Live in Montreux, as well as two Warner Brother releases. Her group has performed in concert halls and major festivals in the USA, Europe and Japan.


 


 


 


Sylvia Tyson


 


SYLVIA TYSON's first commercial recordings were part of the 13-album history of IAN & SYLVIA, the landmark folk and country duo who began in the early 60's. The story goes that BOB DYLAN played them "BLOWIN' IN THE WIND" at the Kettle of Fish in New York, and they were inspired to try their hand at songwriting. Ian's first song was "FOUR STRONG WINDS", and Sylvia's was "YOU WERE ON MY MIND", which subsequently became a hit for the folk-pop group WE FIVE, and also for CRISPIAN ST. PETER in England. 


 


As BOB DYLAN, EMMYLOU HARRIS, LINDA RONSTADT, GORDON LIGHTFOOT, ANN MURRAY, PETER PAUL AND MARY, and JUDY COLLINS all attested on the "IAN & SYLVIA REUNION" television special (co-produced by Sylvia), that IAN & SYLVIA'S music influenced two decades of writer/performers. "Magic" was the word often used to describe their sound, and the albums - stocked with timeless material - stand their ground today. 


 


One of those albums, "THE GREAT SPECKLED BIRD", is a cornerstone of country rock music. The album was produced by TODD RUNDGREN and featured AMOS GARRETT on guitar, BUDDY CAGE on steel guitar (later with the NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE, and NEIL YOUNG), and N.D. SMART on drums (MOUNTAIN, GRAM PARSONS). 


 


Along with the early work of GRAM PARSONS and STEVE YOUNG, this album helped to lay the foundation for what would become country rock, progressive country, and finally new country. Sealed copies have sold for as much as $200. 


 


IAN & SYLVIA parted ways in the mid-70's, and Sylvia established an impressive solo career, hosting the award-winning CBC Network radio show, TOUCH THE EARTH, and a national CBC Television show, COUNTRY IN MY SOUL. She has released seven solo albums, the most recent being "GYPSY CADILLAC", released by SONY in Canada, and by ROUND TOWER MUSIC in Europe. She continues to have great success with her songwriting. 


 


In 1992, SYLVIA TYSON was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame
on the nationally televised Juno Awards. 


 



Although she is still active as a solo artist, SYLVIA is currently part of a collaboration with three other female singer/song-writers in a group called QUARTETTE. They released their first album on the Denon label in Canada in 1994, won a Canadian Country Music Award on the 1994 television awards show, and most recently received the nomination as best country group on the 1995 JUNO Awards. The group's second album, "WORK OF THE HEART" was released in November of 1995, and "IT'S CHRISTMAS!", a collection of new and traditional Christmas songs as released in November of 1996.


 

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Sportsmens Tavern 326 Amherst Street
Buffalo, NY 14207