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Show The Park Record Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, April 1-4, 2017 C-3 McEuen celebrates 50-year career Courtesy of Michael J. Media Group Singer and songwriter John McEuen, left, will bring his longtime musical pal Matt Cartsonis to the Eccles Center for the Performing Arts for a night of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and other roots and bluegrass tunes. Troubadour comes to Park City on Saturday, April 8 By SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record Singer, songwriter and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band co-founder John McEuen said there is no better way to celebrate 50 years in the music industry than to play a show in Park City. “It’s a culmination of a career that will be presented on stage and on the video screen at the same time,” McEuen told The Park Record during a phone call from his home in Florida. “It’s really difficult to believe. Culmination seems like things are coming to an end, but I feel like it’s just starting.” The concert will be at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 8, at the Eccles Center for the Performing Arts. “The music will be some of my favorite Dirt Band songs from ‘Dance Little Jean’ to ‘Mr. Bojangles’ and ‘Some of Shelly’s Blues,’” said McEuen, who turned 71 in December. “Of course we do ‘Will the Circle Be Unbroken’ and other favorites that are jug-band and bluegrass tunes.” The concert will also feature some surprises. “There is always something we haven’t ever played before,” McEuen said. “We have to come My goal was to get on the radio and travel the country and be a troubadour, so this has worked out wonderfully...” John McEuen Singer and songwriter up with something and that usually happens during the encore.” In addition, the show will cover some songs that will be highlighted in his future tours. “I have a new album called ‘Made in Brooklyn’ that was released late last year,” he said. “Stereophile magazine named it Recording of the Month. So I have to play something from that.” McEuen and a group of players, including John Carter Cash, Jay Ungar, Steve Martin and David Bromberg, to name a few, recorded 15 songs in a former New York church in two 12-hour days. “When people ask me how we did that, I say we did it in two days and 50 years,” McEuen said with a laugh. During the live show, McEuen will serve as bandleader and he’ll be joined by some of his Dirt Band compadres. “I’ll bring in Les Thompson, an original Nitty Gritty Dirt Band member, who people will see in the films that I will show,” McEuen said. “We’ll also play with John Cable, who was in the Dirt Band in the 1970s, and Matt Cartsonis, who has been my music buddy for the past 20 years.” McEuen said he enjoys playing with this group because each push him to up his game. “If you play pool with someone who is better than you, you will play better,” he said with a laugh. “I’ve been lucky to have been driven by many great players whom I both played live and recorded with. Their inspirations are good to have in there.” McEuen performs an average of 125 concerts a year, including 75 Dirt Band shows and 35 solo shows. “It’s strange,” he said. “No matter where I’m playing, it feels like it’s the only one in the world.” McEuen added believing every show in a one-in-a-million expePlease see McEuen, C-4 VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY TIMBERLINE SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT The Summit County Council is seeking an individual to fill a vacancy on the Administrative Control Board of the Timberline Special Service District. Interested applicants must be registered voters within the district. The role of the Board is to provide for the public health, safety, and general welfare of the residents living within the jurisdictional boundaries of the Timberline Special Service District. Interested applicants must submit your online application at: http://www.summitcounty.org/321/Volunteer-Boards For further information contact: Annette Singleton at 435-336-3025. 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