Weeknight Concert--Mulebone

Enjoy a weeknight concert with Mulebone at the Peter White Public Library on Monday, July 10, at 7:00 pm in the library’s community room.

Mulebone is a partnership comprised of multi-instrumentalist John Ragusa and roots music specialist Hugh Pool. John plays all manner of flutes, fifes, tin whistles, cornet, conch shell, Jews harp, and chimes in on the harmony. Hugh plays National Steel, electric, acoustic and cigar box guitars, harmonica, stomps on a boot-board, and sings lead.

The launching pad for their musical expression is traditional blues. Equally at home in the worlds of blues, folk, and roots music, Mulebone breaks new ground with an original sound that is soulful, agile and adventurous. Mulebone’s repertoire includes original songs that are poetic, hard driving and entertaining, slide guitar boogies, 1 chord trance riffs a la Howlin’ Wolf and Fred McDowell, the uplifting rags of Reverend Gary Davis, and country blues of all shapes and colors.

Mulebone’s self-titled first record spent 15 weeks in the top 100 on the Album Networks National Roots/Americana chart. Their second release “New Morning” received significant airplay and reached #4 on XM/Sirius radio’s Bluesville chart which earned them an invitation to come to Washington and record at the XM radio studio. The outcome of that session was the duo’s third release, “Bluesville Sessions” which made the Top 100 of the Roots/Americana charts within a few weeks of its release. Mulebone’s 4th album, “Keep On Movin’” hit the radio in the fall of 2014 and has spent over 5 months in the Top 100 and 10 weeks in the Top 40.

There is no admission charge to the attend the concert thanks to sponsorship by the Carroll Paul Memorial Trust Fund of the Peter White Public Library. For more information, visit www.pwpl.info or call 226-4318.