Upcoming concert at Wintergreen Studio

Jan 14, 2010

Photo: Terry Tufts  courtesy of Terry Tufts Well known roots/blues guitar player and singer/songwriter Rick Fines will be in South Frontenac offering a guitar workshop at Wintergreen Studios on Canoe Lake Road just east of Godfrey this weekend.

Fines, a veteran Canadian folk/roots and blues player, has won numerous awards and has produced five solo albums to date. His work with Jackson Delta has earned him multiple Juno nominations and he has played with many musical legends including Penny Lang, Colleen Petersen and Pinetop Perkins.

His latest 2006 release titled “Solar Powered” reflects his desire to live and work off the grid, and it seems very appropriate that he is beginning the new year with a workshop and performance at Wintergreen Studios, a unique off-grid eco lodge and arts centre that opened in 2008.

Fines’ upcoming three-day workshop runs from January 15-17 and includes live musical performances, informal music-making sessions and various guitar-related workshops on different styles of acoustic blues guitar playing. There are still spots left for any interested guitar players.

Non-players just interested in the music will also have a chance to join in on the fun. As part of the workshop, but also open to the general public, a very intimate concert will take place at 7:30pm on Saturday, January 16 in Wintergreen’s “great room”, a 50-seat venue. This is the first-ever public concert at Wintergreen Studios since it opened. Fines will be joined on stage by North Frontenac resident Terry Tufts, a finger-style guitarist and singer songwriter currently signed with Borealis Records who has seven solo albums to his credit. Tufts has worked as a session player for numerous Canadian talents including David Francey, Lynn Miles, Susan Aglukark and George Fox, to name just a few.

For fans of both players, the concert offers a very rare, up close and personal evening of acoustic music and song with two very accomplished, award-winning Canadian musicians, a chance that will likely not come around too often. No doubt it will be a one-of-a-kind musical experience that fans will not want to miss.

Dinner is also an option and local chefs Andrew Tietzen and Dawson Hamilton will be preparing a chili dinner with exotic salads and dessert.

Tickets for dinner and the concert are $25; concert only $15, email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Wintergreen Studios, 9780 Canoe Lake Road, off the Westport Road; www.wintergreenstudios.com