Otis Read & "Juxo" DiTomasso

Thursday, June 23

Playing in the Tap Room

Show Time 8pm | Free | 21+

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Otis Read was born in NYC in 1953(!) and ended up glued to RI (after living in New Jersey, CT, and Italy for stints of various times). Otis produced a bunch of instrumental recordings for North Star Records in the 1980's and finally took the time to record "Turn A Page" a collection his own tunes - on which he sings.

He has found that his influences go back to the 60's and continue up until the present. His recent release has an Americana feel and has been compared to Gordon Lightfoot, James Taylor, John Hiatt and others.

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John Juxo has been part of the RI music scene for decades! He is the consummate sideman on keys or accordion and has been part of many, many bands over the years. Some may remember him from the Flying Ditchdiggers or the Mumbling Skulls. He gave me a copy of his CD a couple of months ago and I really enjoyed listening to it! He takes a twist on Route 66 with his own Route 146 song. Lots of great stuff here. Everyone loves Juxo and his win testifies to this!