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Música Del Río
House Concerts

We invite you to join us for a small gathering with friends to enjoy exceptional and well known singer/songwriters and musicians
in our living room filled with Música Del Río, "music of the river"
in Atascadero, our town in the upper Salinas River Valley of California.

Fred & Sharon Munroe

Please Join Us!

Música Del Río house concerts are a private party for invited guests who RSVP with plans to attend.

We use the Evite web system to send invitations for the upcoming concert to everyone on our email list.

To be included on our Evite emailing list, send an email to Musica Del Rio with the word "please" in the subject line. Please include your name, where you live and a contact phone number, so we can reach you if there should ever be any last minute change of plans for a concert you are planning to attend.

	What is going on here?
	Música Del Río is a gathering of friends to enjoy outstanding acoustic music in our living room. With room for about 60 friends; musicans and singer-songwriters find our house concerts to be a joyous way to share the art of their craft. 100% of the donation you make to attend this gathering goes to the performers. We do this for the love of music, the love of friends to share it with and the love of opening our front door to make it happen.

Next Concert

Friday, February 19, 2010 8:00 PM

The Cache Valley Drifters

This is the concert we have been waiting for since the day we began Música Del Río. The Cache Valley Drifters, live…in our living room.

The amazing style and expertise of these three fine musicians, Bill Griffin, Mike Mullins, and Wally Barnick has graced concert and festival stages, which they have shared with Alison Krauss, Doc & Merle Watson, Stephane Grappelli, The Allman Brothers and Emmylou Harris.

Performing for over 30 years, The Cache Valley Drifters led the way in developing Bluegrass as a modern sound beyond its country music roots. Their bluegrass interpretations of songs from Paul Simon, Etta James and Cream are amazing. It is likely their presentation will also feature remarkable versions of tunes from the late country folk artist Kate Wolf, who Bill Griffin toured with for many years.

The year we started Música Del Río, the Cache Valley Drifters stopped touring. (Some said it was old age! Others said it was so they would not have to play here!) The longest standing member, Bill Griffin moved to Hawaii about that time, where he is a master luthier and creator of the mandolele. Wally Barnick lives nearby and is a dear friend we see often. Mike Mullins joined us during our first season in 2007 as a member of The Cyrus Clarke Expedition.

The Cache Valley Drifters are annually reunited at the Live Oak Music Festival, each June in Santa Barbara. With a great deal of creative persuasion, at last year’s Live Oak; Bill, Wally and Mike agreed to a California tour this February. Over two weeks, they will perform just about non-stop from Redwood City to Los Angeles The old hippies turned bluegrass ~~boys~~ old men are joining us for the concert many have been talking about every day since the word got out. We hope you can join us on February 19th.