There are a lot of songwriters out there who continue to follow in the footsteps of Woody Guthrie. To rise to the top of the heap is to have the songs. Jon Fickes is a talented troubadour: the rusty voice, the sincere delivery, the epic lyrics, piercing harmonica. On a rainy summer night, late slot, no other writer cuts straight into the loneliness of the patrons. ...I'm an aspiring scholar of music and have enough of those old records to know that kicking out the picking isn't as easy at it seems. Fickes understands the form and executes it effectively. He strikes me as a songwriter in Act I. His material is always moving and often sounds like it's being channeled from old folk standards. I'm excited to hear Act II. Epic song-writing mofo, he is.
-Ben Krieger,
jezebelmusic.com
P.S. Check out the video of me playing "Eloisa" at a comedy show in Union Square! It's in my videos section.
3rd Annual WAGSTOCK this Sunday, June 21st!! Wagstock is free for all. Bring blankets, pets, brew, snacks and snuggle up on the grass with your sweetie pie.
The StageBuddy Team is thrilled to invite you to our NEW OPEN MIC at The Players Theatre (115 MacDougal St), every Tuesday Night at 9pm! For more info visit: www.StageBuddy.com/Live Hope to see you there!
As always, we at StageBuddy would like to invite you to our FREE StageBuddy Live show: a mix of Theatre, Comedy & Music, along with Prizes & Giveaways! Every Saturday 6-7pm in Times Square & now join us afterwards for our open mic! We'd love to see you there!
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Hi Jon- just stumbled into your page here. hope you're well out there. its been a long time since that night on the platform after sidewalk. here's some winter songs for you. peace brother!
hey jon, thanks again for comming out to the show, meant a lot to me. I cant wait to finally see you. are you going to do open mic again? i promise to stay this time and boo you!
