<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><b>The <a href="http://www.WickerPark.org" target="_blank">Wicker Park CREATE SERIES </a>- Friday, 6/16 - 6pm-8:45pm <a href="https://wickerpark.org/event/wicker-mic-2/" target="_blank">WickerMIC</a></b><div><b><font color="#0000ff">YOU Perform </font></b>- All Ages - Musicians, Singers, Poets, Actors, Comedians, Fiction Writers, ETC.</div><div><br></div><div><b><a href="http://www.stevedawsonmusic.com" target="_blank">Steve Dawson </a>Opens the Evening This Friday at 6pm</b></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="1">Chicago
Folk / Americana singer / songwriter, Steve Dawson, has been called “one of the
most underrated songwriters in American music,” who writes, “graceful, poetic
songs akin to a volume of great short stories in their precise, exacting
wordplay and soulful heartache.” Dawson has released six albums with his
long-time band, Dolly Varden, and five solo albums, including 2020’s
critically-acclaimed “Last Flight Out” with his folk / jazz ensemble, Funeral
Bonsai Wedding, and his latest, “At The Bottom Of A Canyon In The Branches Of A
Tree,” on Pravda Records.</font></span></p>

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from San Diego, California, he spent his teen years in Hailey, Idaho, where he
learned guitar and started writing songs. After a few years at the Berklee
School of Music in Boston, Dawson moved to Chicago and formed the band, Stump
The Host, with his future wife, artist and singer, Diane Christiansen. Dawson
also teaches songwriting at the legendary Old Town School of Folk Music and
co-wrote a book on songwriting and the creative process with Mark Caro called,
“Take It To The Bridge: Unlocking The Great Songs Inside You.”</font></span></p><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_lixu45ot0" alt="eWickerMic-S.Dawson.jpg" width="542" height="347"><br></div></div></div>
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