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Jamie O’Reilly hosts The Peter Swenson Trio: Patrick Whalen (melodica), Jim Seidel (bass) and Peter Swenson (guitar), with special guest Maddi Vogel (drums).  In this first fall Roots Salon event, Jamie will sing a few songs with the ensemble, but the night belongs to this fine quartet, playing jazz instrumentals in the lush setting of the Tre Kronor Garden.

Tickets are $25 for concert admission.  Purchase reservations via PayPal:

(OR) Purchase tickets via Zelle at Jamiejoanoreilly@gmail.com

FOOD AND DRINK
A special dinner menu designed by Chef Patty Rasmussen offers late-summer savories, soups, salads and desserts. BYOB alcohol. Street parking.  In the event of rain or chill, the concert will take place inside..

Listen to the ensemble here performing Norwegian Wood: (link)

Read Jamie’s archived blog about her friend.
SongNotes: The Steadfast Peter Swenson
here: https://www.jamieoreilly.com/songnotes-the-steadfast-peter-swenson/

Jamie and Peter mid 90s.

Read the Enews about this event
https://mailchi.mp/jamieoreilly/jamie-o-roots-jazz-night-peter-swenson-trio-tickets-for-93

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Blog shares the video. Vocalist Jamie O’Reilly sings a poignant tribute to her Irish American Aunt Dorothy in this ballad by Tom Amandes. A rich vocal tradition was handed down to Jamie from Aunt “Dottie,” whose story is illustrated in this video featuring vintage photographs dating back to the mid 1800s.

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SongBirds Songs of Resilience. Jamie talks about singers that inspired the direction she took as a singer of international ballads. Here is an unreleased track of Tell Me Who I’ll Marry, based on a Polish folksong, made popular by the Judy Collins 1962 recording.

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From On the Banks of the Roses LP, 1986Rereleased on Jamie O’Reilly & The RoguesA Collection of Rogues’ Recordings, 2005 Listen here: Tom Amandes, vocals, penny whistleJamie O’Reilly, vocalsPaul Amandesm guitar, harmony vocalsPeter Swenson, classical guitarStuart Rosenberg, fiddleJohn Floeter, double bass Doon the Moor was a find in the Colm O Lochlainn More Irish Street […]

From On the Banks of the Roses LP, 1986Rereleased on Jamie O’Reilly & The RoguesA Collection of Rogues’ Recordings, 2005 Listen here: Tom Amandes, vocals, penny whistleJamie O’Reilly, vocalsPaul Amandesm guitar, harmony vocalsPeter Swenson, classical guitarStuart Rosenberg, fiddleJohn Floeter, double bass Doon the Moor was a find in the Colm O Lochlainn More Irish Street […]

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I met four out of the five Rogues in high school in Crystal Lake, where we sang in the folk group at church, and did some musicals.  The original group started in ’82 as O’Reilly’s Reelers. It was Jamie, Tom and some of our college buddies.  Our first promo shot was on the set of […]

I met four out of the five Rogues in high school in Crystal Lake, where we sang in the folk group at church, and did some musicals.  The original group started in ’82 as O’Reilly’s Reelers. It was Jamie, Tom and some of our college buddies.  Our first promo shot was on the set of […]