Tony Furtado with Luke Price and Simon Chrisman presented by Rainshadow Concerts

Rainshadow Recording and Concerts welcomes the return of singer-songwriter string wizard Tony Furtado on Friday, February 13 at 7:30pm, 7pm doors. Once again, Tony will be joined by renowned fiddle champion Luke Price and the amazing Simon Chrisman, a virtuoso of hammer dulcimer and upright bass.

Simon Chrisman

Luke Price

A native of Pleasanton, California, who now makes his home in Portland, Oregon, Tony Furtado https://tonyfurtado.com took up the banjo at age 12, inspired by the Beverly Hillbillies television show and a sixth-grade music report. He first attracted national attention in 1987, when he won the National Bluegrass Banjo Championship in Winfield, Kansas. Not long after that, Tony opted for the life of a full-time professional musician, joining Laurie Lewis & Grant Street. A second victory at Winfield, in 1991, bookended his years with Grant Street.

In 1990, Tony signed a recording deal with Rounder Records, one of the country’s preeminent independent record companies. Beginning with Swamped in 1990, he recorded six critically acclaimed albums for the label, collaborating with such master musicians as Alison Krauss, Jerry Douglas, Tim O’Brien, Stuart Duncan, Kelly Joe Phelps and Mike Marshall. During this period, Tony also performed and recorded with the band SugarBeat and the Rounder Banjo Extravaganza with Tony Trischka and Tom Adams.

Beginning in the late 1990s – influenced by such musical heroes as Ry Cooder, David Lind-ley and Taj Mahal – Tony added slide guitar, singing and songwriting to his musical toolbox and began leading his own band. He is a tireless road musician who performs in a dizzying variety of formats: solo, in a duo or trio or with his full five-person band. He especially values the opportunities he has had to tour with such legendary musicians as Gregg Allman and with such esteemed slide guitarists as David Lindley, Derek Trucks and Sonny Landreth.

Tony has performed throughout the world at top venues and appeared at such prestigious music festivals as the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, High Sierra Music Festival, Jazz Aspen, Kerrville Folk Festival, Strawberry Music Festival, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Sisters Folk Festival, San Jose Jazz Festival and countless others.

“I love playing live,” he says. “All my energy is focused on the love of playing music and rolling with the moment. It’s a give and take from the audience to the stage, and back. And the music that is created is some-thing that otherwise might not occur without that flow.”

Tickets: $25 each online at www.ticketstorm.com/event/tonyfurtadotriofeatlukepricesimonchrisman/palindromeporttownsendeventcenter/porttownsend/32159 or $30 cash or check at the door.