notloB Parlour Concerts presents David Massengill

7 Fairbank Street,Harvard MA 01451

06 May, 2022

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Welcome back 2x notlobber! Has it really been 10 years?! DAVID MASSENGILLDavid Massengill (born 1951, Bristol, Tennessee) is an American folk singer-songwriter, guitar and Appalachian dulcimer player. Massengill considers Dave Van Ronk his mentor, and is fond of quoting Van Ronk's tribute "he takes the dull out of dulcimer" in performance and as the title of his frequent workshops on the instrument. Massengill owns and plays dulcimers carved by Edsel Martin (1927–1999) from North Carolina. Massengill's best-known songs include: "On The Road to Fairfax County", recorded by The Roches and by Joan Baez; "The Great American Dream," performed with Joan Baez and others at a tribute to Mike Porco, former owner of the famed Greenwich Village club Gerde's Folk City; and "My Name Joe", about an illegal immigrant restaurant worker. For some years after he began recording, Massengill maintained a day job as a restaurant dishwasher. He also contributed his poignant dulcimer-centered version of "The Crucifixion" to 2001's multi-artist double-disc tribute to Phil Ochs, What's That I Hear. In addition to his skills as a singer-songwriter, guitarist, and both virtuoso and educator on the Appalachian dulcimer, he is also a prolific author-illustrator of pocket-sized children's books and has performed and recorded children's music. Massengill toured frequently with long-time friend and fellow songwriter Jack Hardy as a duo called the Folk Brothers, until Hardy's death in 2011. As a music educator, Massengill is famed for presenting his "Taking the Dull out of Dulcimer" workshops at festivals and music gatherings around North America, and is one of the instrument's prime proponents in the field of melding traditional and contemporary music styles (including alternate tunings); and is a mentor to many in the dulcimer and folk community in general. Massengill wrote the score for an unreleased film written by English film director Ken Russell, produced by Russell's wife Lisi Tribble. Massengill was awarded the Kate Wolf Memorial Award by the World Folk Music Association in 2003. In 2016, the Southern Folklife Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invited Massengill to contribute his works to their archive, alongside collections of works by Dave Van Ronk, Bill Morrissey, and Mike Seeger. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Massengill ADMISSION by free-will offering, suggested amounts: Adults $20+, teens and seniors $15, well-behaved children $10. Please reserve via http://notlobmusic.eventbrite.com VENUE & COVID PRECAUTIONS: Doors Open at 7:00pm. The concert will be presented at FIVESPARKS - https://www.fivesparks.org/ - 7 Fairbanks Street, Harvard, Massachusetts 01451, the restored 1890 town library building. The gallery capacity is 90, but will be reduced as a COVID precaution. Further, in the interest of safety, proof of full vaccination and mask wearing during the event are mandatory. Proof of vaccination will be required to be shown at the door, along with a valid photo ID matching the vaccination proof document. Negative COVID test results will not be accepted. ABOUT NOTLOB PARLOUR CONCERTS: Since 2007, notloB Parlour Concerts has presented over 200 Folk, Old-Time, Blue Grass, Progressive String, Celtic, and World acoustic not-for-profit concerts in unique venues throughout the greater Boston area. Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/notloBParlourConcerts/ Patron inquiries – 978-226-8862 Eventbrite – http://notlobmusic.eventbrite.com VIDEO : On The Road to Fairfax County - https://www.facebook.com/100032893491662/videos/2663775070514957 RADIO: David will be Nick Nobel's guest on "The Folk Revival" on WICN Thursday, April 21, some time between 7 & 10pm. Streaming - https://www.wicn.org/ Broadcast - 90.5fm This program is supported in part by a grant from the Harvard Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.