Mr Sun continues its harvest of Vintage Music in beautiful Napa, CA with a return visit to the Welcome Grange, an intimate fun venue for this holiday treat. Complant Wine proudly presents this special Holiday Concert with Mr Sun (Grant Gordy, guitar; Joe K Walsh, mandolin; Aidan O’Donnell, bass) performing their unique interpretation of Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite.  This will be the only North Bay performance and will be a benefit for the Welcome Grange #791 of Napa.  Saturday December 16, 3275 Hagen Rd., Napa.  doors open at 6:30 pm, music begins at 7:30 pm.  Food and drink available for purchase… Taco truck onsite!   Tickets $35; buy them here

Welcome Grange #791 is a 501 (c) 10 nonprofit fraternal organization. 

Welcome Grange, 3275 Hagen Rd, Napa California 94558

Mr Sun returns to Monterey, California And the Otter Opry, for Ellington’s Nutcracker. In March of 2023, legendary string musicians Darol Anger, Joe K. Walsh, Grant Gordy, and Aidan O’Donnell went into the recording studio to transmogrify the legendary Duke Ellington/Strayhorn Nutcracker Suite into acoustic string band language, as their band Mr Sun. The recording (CD, Vinyl, downloads) will be available at their show.

At the Monterey United Methodist Church, 1 Soledad Dr. Monterey, CA

https://otteropry.org/events

Mr Sun goes to Sacramento and plays at The Sophia, an beautiful renovated theatre . Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite contains some of the most beloved and familiar melodies in the Western world. Mr Sun has seized upon the inspiration of Duke Ellington’s brilliant, sly, and urbane re-interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s Suite as an opportunity to salute and re-invent this wildly multi-faceted work anew through the lens of the American string band, a musical format now in a marathon upheaval of innovation and expansion.

https://bstreettheatre.org/music/mr-sun/

https://bstreettheatre.org/box-office/buy-tickets

Mr Sun returns to Darol’s beloved longtime venue, The Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, CA with a Holiday treat. Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite contains some of the most beloved and familiar melodies in the Western world. Mr Sun has seized upon the inspiration of Duke Ellington’s brilliant, sly, and urbane re-interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s Suite as an opportunity to salute and re-invent this wildly multi-faceted work anew through the lens of the American string band, a musical format that Darol has helped to re-invent at least 3 times since 1974.

The Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA

https://secure.thefreight.org/13248/mr-sun

Don Sheldon’s Valley Stage, 20 Church St. Richmond, VT

Valley Stage plays a pivotal role in Mr Sun’s Origin Story.

https://events.com/r/en_US/tickets/mr-sun-plays-ellington-plays-tchaikovsky-richmond-december-902302

Chandler Music Hall. 71 N. Main Street

https://www.chandler-arts.org/

Mr Sun plays down their new version of Ellington’s big-band Nutcracker Suite in one of the finest Music Rooms in the country. Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite contains some of the most beloved and familiar melodies in the Western world. Mr Sun has seized upon the inspiration of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s brilliant, sly, and urbane re-interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s Suite as an opportunity to salute and re-invent this wildly multi-faceted work anew through the lens of the American string band, a musical format now in a marathon upheaval of innovation and expansion.

Portland, Maine

The Parlor Room, 32 Masonic St. Northampton, MA

80 Beverly St. Boston, MA

Wellfleet Preservation Hall - 335 Main St. Wellfleet, Cape Cod, MA

Monterey United Methodist Church, 1 Soledad Dr. Monterey, CA

Tuesday, December 5: Wellfleet Preservation Hall

335 Main St. Wellfleet, Cape Cod, MA.

https://www.wellfleetpreservationhall.org/music

Tuesday, December 5: Wellfleet Preservation Hall - Wellfleet, Cape Cod, MA

https://www.wellfleetpreservationhall.org/music

Wednesday, December 6: 7 pm: Haymarket Lounge at City Winery - Boston, MA

80 Beverly St. Boston, MA

Thursday Dec 7th: The Parlor Room, Northampton, MA

32 Masonic St. Northampton, MA

https://www.simpletix.com/e/mr-sun-plays-duke-ellingtons-nutcracker-su-tickets-145527

Friday, December 8: One Longfellow Square - Portland, ME

Saturday, December 9 : The Chandler - Randolph, VT

Chandler Music Hall, 71 N. Main Street

https://www.chandler-arts.org/

Sunday, December 10 4:00 pm. Valley Stage - Burlington, VT

20 Church St. Richmond, VT

https://events.com/r/en_US/tickets/mr-sun-plays-ellington-plays-tchaikovsky-richmond-december-902302

Mr Sun performs at the American String Teachers’ Convention in Orlando, FL

We’re going into a Brooklyn Studio to cut the very first tunes for Proof-of-Concept. Maybe they’ll be keepers!

Darol, Grant, and Joe premiere Joe’s brand new recording: If Not Now, Who?

Obtainable at https://www.adhyaroparecords.com/shop/p/if-not-now-who-2023-cd-1

jan 18 - Guitartown, Cafe Amici, 1640 Whitney Ave, Hamden CT 

jan 19 - Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs, NY

jan 20 - Club Passim, Cambridge, MA

jan 21 - One Longfellow Square, Portland, ME

jan 22 - The Zenbarn, Waterbury Center, VT

743 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC

http://isisasheville.com/

3134 Eastern Ave, Baltimore, MD 21224

http://www.creativealliance.org/

Contact sandilion49@gmail.com for ticket inquiries!