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SUMMARY:Max Creek
DESCRIPTION:Max Creek was formed in 1972 as quartet with\, believe it or 
 not\, an accordion player\, and went to a trio almost immediately – guit
 ar – Dave Reed\, fellow Hartt School student bass- John Rider\, and drum
 mer Bob Gosselin. Their first big show was at Arlo Guthrie’s Mapleview B
 allroom in Washington\, MA (later to become “Woody’s”) and they settled 
 into a steady series of shows at the “Rocking Horse” in Hartford at a ti
 me when the social consciousness scene was taking hold pretty much every
 where\, and Woodstock was fresh in everyone’s minds. They latched on to 
 that idea\, and stylistically adopted the Country/Folk/Rock genre as the
 ir own\, both from a cover tune aspect as well as within their original 
 tunes. They also discovered almost immediately that “jamming” – taking t
 unes into unplanned directions\, was more fun than doing them the same w
 ay every night. A 15 year old trumpet student of Dave’s\, Scott Murawski
 \, who was also a guitar whiz\, was asked to join\, and lasted a few mon
 ths\, when he was kicked out of the Rocking Horse for drinking a beer on
 stage while underage. They went on as a trio\, and over the following Ch
 ristmas break Dave became ill with appendicitis. Coming from a family of
  Christian Scientists\, he could not go to the hospital until it had bur
 st and it was almost too late. To play an upcoming series of shows\, Joh
 n asked former roommate at Hartt (the first person he met at school) key
 boardist Mark Mercier\, on Christmas break at home in Maine with his fam
 ily\, to fill in. He came back early\, and after a couple of very intens
 e rehearsals\, played the shows. Dave recovered\, Mark stayed on\, and s
 hortly thereafter Scott rejoined (his age was never discussed with the c
 lubowners). Dave then left to pursue a solo career\, and the basic band 
 as it is known today was formed. They discovered female singer Amy Fazza
 no as a waitress in Hartford (she was singing while cleaning the bathroo
 ms after a gig)\, and later asked percussionist Rob Fried to join as wel
 l. The band toured extensively\, playing as many as 200 shows a year – a
 nd were known to play to as many as 1300 fans every week at two venues –
  the Living Room and Lupo’s – in Providence. When Max Creek went on tour
 \, Phish would occasionally fill in at the Living Room until their retur
 n. On a couple of their forays down to Georgia they co-billed with\, and
  were taught about the secrets of Jagermeister by\, Widespread Panic. In
  1992\, Scott\, having recently been married and starting a family\, dec
 ided to take a step back from touring\, and the rest of the band did lik
 ewise. As time went on\, the playing schedule picked up\, and the band d
 ecided that 2 week long trips to places like the West Coast and Colorado
  were better than a steady regimen of touring. Bob left and was replaced
  by Boston drummer Greg DeGuglielmo\, who was replaced by CT drummer Gre
 g Vasso and subsequently by CT drummer Scott Allshouse\, who\, incidenta
 lly\, was not born at the band’s inception. Amy left to get married\, an
 d Rob Fried\, on hiatus from the Band\, sadly passed away in 2007. One o
 f the highlights of every year from its inception is Cap Creek – a weeke
 nd-long camping festival that has happened\, with interruptions\, every 
 year since 1983. The concept was new to the East Coast back then\, and t
 hat year we did two of them – the first being August 6 and 7 (28 years t
 o the day) in Granby CT\, and the second was in Bowdoinham\, ME in a fie
 ld in back of a salt water farm right on the marshes of the bay. We have
 \, since then\, taken it to several places including the Arrowhead Ranch
  in New York\, the Stepping Stone Ranch in Rhode Island\, the Indian Loo
 kout Country Club in Duanesburg NY\, and\, appropriately\, back to Maine
  this year. The idea for Camp Creek came from a series parties we used t
 o play on the oceanfront in Narragansett\, RI – the “Narragansett Blowou
 ts.” We would set up overlooking the ocean\, play whatever we wanted for
  as long as we wanted for a relatively small group (150-200) all weekend
 . The camping was set up around the dance area by the stage\, and pretty
  much anything went. We took that idea\, with a bit more control\, and f
 ormed Camp Creek. It has not always been in Maine\, but the major develo
 pmental stages\, as well as our fondest memories\, are of our Camps in B
 owdoinham. It works well in Maine because of the like- mindedness of peo
 ple from Maine to our ideals – I am a native South- Portlander (temporar
 ily stranded in Connecticut)\, and the genuine\, common sense\, consciou
 s approach to life that Maine people have falls right in line with where
  we are coming from. No defensiveness\, no ego\, and no-nonsense. Anothe
 r reason this Camp Creek is so special is that we feel like we are “Brin
 ging it home” after a special 5 years in Bowdoinham and a 23 year absenc
 e. Even though the fact that it is on the same date as the original Camp
  Creek is accidental\, it to us just adds to the serendipity that has be
 en a major part of our existence for all these years. Early access to ti
 cket sales\, discounts & more. Join Now › Box Office 860.560.7757 boxoff
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 ickets: https://www.eventim.us/event/Max-Creek/705353\n\nhttps://findloc
 al.community/event/b0d0a541-b505-466c-803d-04284ecb313c
LOCATION:Infinity Music Hall & Bistro\, Hartford\, CT
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/b0d0a541-b505-466c-803d-04284ecb313
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