Our July 15th house concert with Jim Savarino was another great success. Jim performed his own Woody Guthrie flavored folk music before an intimate and very appreciative crowd. His songs and stories were filled with heartfelt moments that have influenced his outlook on life. Both humorous and highly entertaining, he wove stories and music together to touch our hearts.

Born and raised in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia, Jim Savarino has developed an acoustic musical style rooted firmly in folk music, with lyrics that look to the future. He began writing his own songs in 1989 after a hitch in the Marine Corps, graduate school in physics, and a career in medical physics and aerospace.

Jim is at home whether performing on the main stage at a national festival or in a house concert. Jim also puts much of his effort into performing benefits for a variety of organizations, from grass roots groups helping the homeless, fighting Muscular Dystrophy, helping Earthsave LA, the Tree People, Wake-Up LA and many others. Jim has opened for the late John Denver with the Planet Players at the Windstar Conference in Aspen, Colorado.

For eight consecutive years, Jim has performed on the main stage and has hosted songwriting workshops at the Traditional Music Festival in Avoca, Iowa. For the past seven years, he has traveled to Texas and played around campfires at the Kerrville Folk Festival--including a June 1999 performance. Jim's songs are weaving their way into the fabric of American folk music, on radio, and at festivals and venues from Alaska to the Caribbean, Europe and Australia. At the 1999 Folk Alliance Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Jim performed at the Taylor Guitar showcase.

Acoustic Music Review Magazine had this to say about Jim's CD, THE MAN IN THE STREET: "Jim Savarino's CD features beautifully plaintive singing, thoughtful songs, and elegantly simple arrangements. His lyrics and melodies have a timeless quality, with strong, poetic forms and roots in folk, bluegrass and countryÉ An Enjoyable album."

You can buy The Man In The Street directly from Jim Savarino's Web site at: www.jimsavarino.com