Doors 7pm, Music 8pm

The Mighty High & Dry

The Mighty High & Dry paints life’s adventure as an ever-unfolding mirror, which hangs over alter with full bar, pumping out big-hearted American Rock ‘n’ Soul, employing a healer’s touch and kiss to the other cheek. Since 2011, singer Alan Murphy has been channeling his writing efforts into MHD along with bassist Kyle Vock. Changes in the lineup over the years have brought changes to the music.

Alex Cote joined as the drummer of the group in 2016 and has moved over to guitar, leaving the drum throne warm for Matt Bevan-Perkins. Vanessa Mangione joined on tambourine and vocals in 2021. Vock, Cote, and Mangione have all contributed a number of original songs to the band’s repertoire. In 2022, Sean Brabant joined the group on guitar and background vocals.

https://www.facebook.com/themightyhighanddry/

Kurt G. Johnson

Kurt Johnson is a multi-instrumentalist performer, composer, session musician, and educator based in Rochester, New York. Currently, he can be found performing with: Rounder Records recording artist Mikaela Davis & Southern Star; the long-standing instrumental trio, The Moho Collective; and his singer/songwriter project, The Wallboards. 

 He was a founding member of the psych-rock band, Maybird, and with them was a Columbia Records recording artist under Grammy Award winning producer Danger Mouse's label, 30th Century Records, from 2015-2019. Kurt is also a founding member of Paradise, Uganda, a cross-cultural collaboration that benefits homeless youth in Kampala, Uganda. 

​Kurt has worked with Grammy Award winning drummer and producer Patrick Carney of The Black Keys, Grammy Award winning producer Brian Burton (Danger Mouse) and Dana Colley of Morphine, most notably. As a seasoned performer, he has toured and shared the stage with Lake Street Dive, The Gipsy Kings, Portugal. the Man, Circles Around the Sun, Marco Benevento, Jason Crosby, The Babe Rainbow, Bat McGrath, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad and many more. 

​Having been teaching multidisciplinary music privately for nearly a decade, Kurt was a founding faculty member at the Rochester Contemporary School of Music. He has also augmented many local music programs as a guest instructor. Throughout his years of teaching, he continues to be a dedicated student of contemporary, traditional, and ethnic music and has studied with musical giants such as Ali Akbar Khan, David Liebman, Tony Trischka, Musekiwa Chingodza, David Baker, Gordon Stone, Bob Sneider, and many more.

www.kurtgjohnson.com

Cover: $10 at the door