I live in Grindstone City on beautiful Lake Huron. I was born and raised in Marlette, MI. I have played classical guitar on and off since my early 20's. I play both classical music and modern music set to solo guitar, from Bach to Beatles.
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Mike is from Detroit and Jenna hails from the Chicago area. They have been playing music together for over ten years and are known for their timeless cover selections, unique arrangements, and thought provoking and entertaining original music.
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Welcome back the Bill Denbrock Big Band! For more than 40 years, this authentic full-band has played arrangements of music of the swing / big band era.
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Danielle lives in North Carolina, and will have graduated from high school just prior to playing at Porch Fest. She has been playing guitar for four years.
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Blue water and thumb area,been playing together for 35 years,play at any acoustic venues.
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This group started up and played for many years in the Lansing, MI area at community events. Most of the music is southern old time string band music, some old time, bluegrass, and country songs, some Thumb Area Michigan fiddle tunes.
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Cliff is a Port Hope resident since 2011 and the leader of the Port Hope Thursday night music program sponsored by The Chill Zone. He relies on his 6 string guitar, but is also known to play a 12 string guitar and banjo.
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I had an opportunity to play a Celtic harp and the rest is as they say "history". When I first purchased my harp I lived in New York and had the availability of a harp instructor for 3 years. I have played for my own pleasure, weddings, funerals and other community events. I like to give others the chance to play my harp if they desire...how many chances do you have to do that?
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Jeff Taylor, a Huron County local, has been lighting up stages across the Thumb for years with his performances. A familiar face at events like Porch Fest, Jeff brings classic rock and folk favorites to life with his acoustic guitar, blending nostalgia with soulful energy.
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Mountain Babies are a quartet from the Port Huron area who have just released their junior album "The Cottage, The Creek & The Spirit" which is very inspired by Grindstone City and Port Austin. Their music is an array of instrumentation playing to the familiarity of indie, folk powerhouse Fleet Foxes. It’s earthy, emotional, and natural.
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Singing classic country songs accompanied by acoustic guitar
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The Benny Prill and Friends band plays classic Polka, Waltz, Oberek, and American tunes out of Kinde, MI. Longtime friends, Benny and Terry Dekoski have been playing a variety of music together for approximately 42 years.
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Born and raised in the Thumb of Michigan. Plays small dinner clubs and bars throughout the state.
Music makes the world go round.
Daniel Orcutt is from Ann Arbor and has played in a variety of bands over twenty years, rock, folk and more.
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Read MoreSongwriter and instrumentalist Jason Milan began picking and strumming when he was eleven years old to keep up with his heavy metal minded cousins. Roughly two and a half decades after first picking up an acoustic guitar, he has blossomed into a truly gifted performer and technical virtuoso.
Arnie, originally from the UP, and Greg, originally from downstate in Trenton, have performed in numerous bands over the decades, and now they are joining forces here at Porch Fest, uniting their prolific guitar talents and strong vocals in a nice blend of early rock and country sounds.
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The Country Poorboys, a band from Alpena, will be in Port Austin on Saturday, June 25, playing at a birthday party at 274 W. Spring. Though not officially with Porch Fest, we welcome them on this full day of music. In your travels, stop by and say hello.
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Circle of Friends focuses on Peter, Paul & Mary, transporting audiences back to the sixties with songs of peace, protest, struggle, and love, and has since diversified to cover more artists.
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The Reel Happy String and Swing Band is a Detroit Michigan Area Band Performing Swing, Dixieland, New Orleans Jazz, Old Jazz, Irish, folk, Country, Traditional American Rags, Bluegrass, Latin, Waltz, and more.
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Art and Dennis will be performing for the first time as The Keyboard Kombo, with a nice blend of easy listening to light rock and country.
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