Tonight the JCC in Sherman welcomes George Potts and Gordon Titcomb, two veterans of our local music scene. Locally, both George & Gordon have participated in a wide range of music settings with multiple musical partners and ensembles. This evening they are getting together to celebrate the release of George’s CD , "Ends and Odds”, and to continue their free-flowing musical conversation - one that goes back over 15 years. The song may be one of George’s originals, an old country music chestnut, or an old rock ’n roll instrumental - the musical canvas is always unique when these two get together.
GEORGE POTTS' tenor voice and finger-picked guitar playing has been heard throughout Northwestern Connecticut for over 40 years. A lover of many types of music, he cut his teeth in the early 1970's Chicago music scene as founding member of the eclectic folk/jazz ensemble, REDWOOD LANDING. After moving to Kent, CT in 1976, he played bass with his father-in-law, the noted pianist Dolph Traymon, at the FIFE 'N DRUM (www.fifendrum.com), as well as singing Tenor for The Kent Singers. For the past 25 years he has performed locally as a member of the NWCT Americana quartet, the JOINT CHIEFS (www.jointchiefsmusic.com), as a bassist accompanying singer WANDA HOUSTON (www.wandaworld.biz), in addition to occasional gigs as a solo singer/songwriter/guitarist at the Fife’n Drum.
George’s brand new cd is his very first as a solo artist. It includes a wide variety of songs George wrote & recorded at home during COVID, and was mixed & mastered with On Deck Sound Studio’s TRACY WALTON (www.ondecksound.com).
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GORDON TITCOMB was raised right here in Litchfield County, CT. Over the course of his 30+ year music career he has also lived and worked in Woodstock, NY; Nashville, TN and New York City. Best known for his work on pedal steel or mandolin, Gordon is also a great guitar, dobro and 5 string banjo player. His work has taken him on the road for a few years with Arlo Guthrie as well as into Broadway pit bands for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and Paul Simon’s Capeman. Gordon has recorded and/or performed with Shawn Colvin, Peter Rowan, Travis Tritt, Dottie West, Hank Williams Jr., Rory Block, Eric Andersen, Marc Anthony, John Herald, Roy Acuff, Bill Keith, Blood Sweat & Tears, Linda Eder, Kinky Friedman, Jim Lauderdale… and the list goes on!
Additional info can be found at www.gordontitcomb.com