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DAVELLIE BAND--GYPSY JAZZ, AMERICANA, FOLK, BLUES--

Gypsy Jazz Guitar, violin, mandolin, accordion, uke, tenor banjo, and vocals--4 or 5 pieces.

David Williams is an Emmy winning singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, who plays a variety of string instruments: gypsy jazz guitar, violin, mandolin (and he studied with the great Jethro Burns). His musical influences include everything from gypsy jazz to delta blues to bluegrass and folk. As a singer-songwriter, he is known for his way with words and melodies, which conjure up the American musical landscape. His songs and stories touch on everything from the difficulties of love to the people and places along old Route 66, or a carnival from his childhood, or swing tunes reminiscent of Tin-Pan-Alley—in a wide range of CDs released over the last 30 years.

David has also spent decades studying the passionate guitar work of the famed gypsy swing instrumentalist, Django Reinhardt, and his band, DECO DJANGO, specializes in this infectious music from the 1930s. In the past, David has also recorded and performed with people such as Greg Brown, and he also studied and performed with the great mandolinist Jethro Burns, of Homer and Jethro fame. In addition, David has played at many of the large folk music festivals in North America, such as Vancouver and Winnipeg, where he has been recognized as both a songwriter and instrumentalist.

David is also a working cartoonist, who work appears around the world through Carlton Cards and Soultrader of London.David has published a number of children’s books with Alfred A. Knopf and Ghost Road Press, as well as short stories and poems. He holds a Ph.D. in English, and he has been a writer in residence at a number of colleges and universities in the US in Writing. He has also written and recorded ALA and NAPPA award-winning albums for children, and he is currently the songwriter for the new PBS children’s show The Big Green Rabbit, for which he won an Emmy in 2009. Videos of his songs on YouTube have over 80 million hits.

Ellie Brown is an incredible songwriter and singer who is nothing if not “Delovely.” The daughter of a music teacher, she has spent a lifetime playing piano, violin, ukulele, and now she has picked up accordion. Her clear and penetrating vocals resonate with audiences, and her interpretations of jazz standards are remarkable, reminiscent of Billie Holiday and Norah Jones. But it’s Ellie’s wonderous songs that really connect with people—lovely and light but with a penetrative depth below the surface. Ellie reminds one of Audrey Hepburn, in her grace and beauty. But it is her inner beauty that really shines, for she has lived around the world, working with 3rd world countries to help people who are impoverished.