2006-03-24 08:00 pm

Don Ross and Michael Manring

Having paid at the door, I don't have a ticket stub. The Shank Hall website says these two played on 3/24/06 and 11/9/06. I'm going to guess we saw them on the earlier date. Not sure, though.

Ross is an awesome fingerstyle acoustic guitarist. Manring is an inventive bassist, who mostly plays solo. I believe they alternated sets, and probably played a few songs together.

Chapman Stick player Erick Turnbull opened. He was pretty good. We bought a CD.
2005-04-23 08:00 pm

Don Ross

Cyn saw fingerstyle master Don Ross at Shank Hall. I'm not absolutely certain when it was. He played there on 4/23/05, and I know this was after the release of Robot Monsters in 2003, so I'm gonna say this was on that date, though it could have been late '03 or early '04.

Ross is pretty amazing. For a solo acoustic guitarist, his songs are very full, technical and emotional. He is not to be missed.