Name: Acoustic Blues Guitarist Phil Dollard
Start: 2026-10-03
End: 2026-10-03

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Join us for a concert at the library featuring acoustic blues guitarist Phil Dollard! Hear some of his original songs as well as covers from the 1930's through the folk/rock revival of the 1960's and beyond.  
  
Registration is required. If you need any reasonable accommodations, please contact Sue Del Pozzo at susan.delpozzo@libraryweb.org at least 7 business days before the event.  
  
More about the musician: Phil is an acoustic, blues-based guitarist who has been performing in clubs and coffeehouses for years. He writes original songs but also covers artists from the 1930's through the folk/rock revival of the 1960's and beyond. Suitable for the roadhouse or the coffeehouse, influences range from Big Bill Broonzy to Hoagy Carmichael, Piedmont finger-picking of Rev. Gary Davis and Blind Willie McTell to the Delta style slide of Mississippi Fred McDowell and Robert Johnson. Phil has recorded three CDs: "The Whirligig of Time" from 2008, "Somewhere South of the Moon" from 2017, and, most recently, "Suitcase Blues" in late 2025 available on iTunes, Amazon, and most streaming platforms.

Acoustic Blues Guitarist Phil Dollard

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