Room With A View Concerts
-House Concerts In Salt Lake City, Utah
Join us for Small Potatoes!
Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Small Potatoes is Jacquie Manning and Rich Prezioso. This Chicago-based duo has been touring on the folk circuit since 1993 and in that time they’ve become sought-after regulars at many clubs, coffeehouses across the U.S. They have made repeat appearances at major folk festivals, including the Kerrville Folk Festival, the Walnut Valley Folk Festival, and Philadelphia Folk Festival. They were one of the “most requested” acts at the 1999 Falcon Ridge New Artist Showcase. Jacquie is also a past winner of the Kerrville New Folk Songwriting Contest.
They call themselves eclecto-maniacs. They describe their music as “Celtic to Cowboy” and say it has taken them “years of careful indecision” to come up with a mix of music that ranges from country, blues, and swing to Irish, with songwriting that touches on all of those styles and more. Their four recordings, “Small Potatoes Alive!”, “Waltz of the Wallflowers”, “Time Flies”, and “Raw” cover all these styles. They both sing, they both play guitars and an array of other instruments. They even yodel. Dirty Linen Magazine called them “one of the most polished, inventive, and entertaining shows on the circuit.” Sing Out Magazine called them “wonderfully eclectic” and said “Small Potatoes might well be leading mainstays on the folk scene for years to come.”
What the critics say:
"Jacquie Manning and Rich Prezioso combine cleverly witty with powerfully poignant songs, along with well chosen covers to present an unusually entertaining and involving repertoire engagingly delivered. Prezioso's song "1000 Candles, 1000 Cranes" is one of the most outstanding songs of the past 50 years."
Rich Warren
The Midnight Special - WFMT Radio, Chicago, IL
“They don’t sound
like
anybody else. I like that. They lay out a blanket and every
song is a picnic.”
Warren Nelson
Big
Top
Chautauqua/Tent
Show Radio--Wisconsin Public Radio, Bayfield, WI
“[Waltz of the
Wallflowers]
is smart, funny, wistful, hip -- crosses many msical boundaries
(traditional,
Celtic, jazz, even American theater) --is beautifully and simply
produced.
The first song on this album is so amazing...you won't find anything
better
than this -- it's up there with the best Rodgers &
Hammerstein
songs you've ever heard.”
Christine
Lavin
Singer/Songwriter
“They’ll never
open for
me again!”
Cliff Eberhardt
Singer/Songwriter (and Room With A View Alumni)
We are located in the East Millcreek neighborhood of Salt Lake City. For our address, please rsvp to rsvp_AT_roomwithaviewconcerts.com. This way we can get an accurate head count (OK, so we're control freaks!)
Suggested donation is $15.00
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See you here!
Michael and Laurie