Roots/blues/folk legend Spider John Koerner
http://www.mwt.net/~koerner/
,,,"SPIDER" JOHN KOERNER has been an influential practitioner of
traditional folk music and country blues since the days of the
late-'50s/early-'60s folk revival. Both in his group, Koerner, Ray &
Glover, and on his own, he has helped popularize early folk and blues
music through his performances and recordings, directly affecting the
careers of Bob Dylan and Bonnie Raitt, and influencing many others.
...is passing through Massachusetts and Connecticut:

6/2 ~ Eli Polonsky's "Lost and Found" (noon-2pm), about 12:30pm, WMBR-
fm Cambridge, 88.1 FM streaming online at http://www.wmbr.org

6/3 ~ with Dave Palmater, 2pm, WUMB Boston, 91.9 FM, streaming online
at http://www.wumb.org

6/5 ~ In concert with Elizabeth Butters, Somerville

ELIZABETH BUTTERS doesn't feel like she fits in this time period. Her
answer to this quandary is an aesthetic and aural leap backward—not to
the '90s, or the '80s, but much, much farther. Butters says that she
identifies most strongly with the 1930s, when Ford Model T's still
rumbled and paved roads were at a premium.

@ Unity Church of God, 6 Williams Street (at College Ave., 3 blocks
east of Davis Square), Somerville, MA
$15 at the door, $12.50 w/ advanced reservation to
notlobreservati...@comcast.net by Thursday night.
http://notlobmusic.googlepages.com

6/6 ~ The Vanilla Bean Cafe, 450 Deerfield Rd, Pomfret, CT
http://www.thevanillabeancafe.com/
$15