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Rindy & Marv Ross from Quarterflash w/special guest, violinist Eddie Parente @ The Monroe Event Center
Join us for an evening of incredible music by this amazing trio from the Pacific Northwest. Marv and Rindy Ross will be accompanied by a phenomenal violinist, Eddie Parente who plays all styles from bluegrass to Celtic to jazz. They will be doing whole set of country/folk songs about Oregon and another set featuring Quarterflash material. This will be a rich intimate evening in a beautiful setting at Sheridan's Monroe Event Center. A full bar and food will be available for purchase during the concert.The trio will be available after for autograph signing and fan merchandise will also be available for purchase.
A little Bio:
Rindy and Marv Ross first performed together in the 70's at Western Oregon University where they fell in love and got married. While completing their teaching degrees, they began gigging in bands with Rindy playing sax and singing Marv's guitar-driven compositions.
After teaching three years in Central Oregon, they took very early retirements and formed Seafood Mama - a wildly popular dance band that played every smoky hippy bar between Seattle and Portland in the late 70's.
In 1980 they recorded Marv's song, "Harden My Heart" - which became their first hit and led to Geffen Records signing them. Over the next decade they released four albums under a new name, Quarterflash garnering gold and platinum records and tours with Elton John, Linda Ronstadt, and assorted big-haired 80's acts better left unmentioned. It was an exciting-tumultuous-insane era and the Rosses lived out many a fantasy including Marv writing a song with Burt Bacharach and Rindy appearing on Merv Griffin with Richard Simmons.
In 1991 they formed Ross Productions to create music for NW audiences. Their first project was a commission from the state of Oregon to produce a musical based on diaries of immigrants on the Oregon Trail. From that project came The Trail Band and nine CDs of traditional Americana music. Also, the Rosses gained a deep interest in Native American music and Marv began to write his second play, "The Ghosts of Celilo" - a Broadway-styled musical featuring Native American music and culture. "Ghosts" was presented in October 2007 by Artists Repertory Theatre at The Portland Center for the Performing Arts to rave reviews and 13 sold-out performances.
Recently, Marv & Rindy were awarded Western Oregon University's Alumni Award of Excellence and released a new Quarterflash CD, "Goodbye Uncle Buzz".
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Originally from Jersey City New Jersey, Eddie Parente has lived in Boston Massachusetts where he played in a Mexican Mariachi Band,(Pepe Guitierrez y su Mariachi Guadalajara) while studying Classical Indian Music with Tabla master Shashi Nayak, attending Irish Traditional Music sessions, and playing in an International folk dance band.
While living in North Carolina, Eddie (at that time known by his nickname Skip) met, joined, recorded and toured extensively throughout the USA, Canada, England, Spain, with the Irish/Canadian/American Folk group Touchstone, having an album voted Folk Album Of The Year
Since moving to the Portland area he continues to play and record with a wide variety of musical groups, covering many styles. Some of his past and present associations include Portland State University Symphony Orchestra where he studied Violin with Artist in Residence Carol Sindell, Cascade Symphony Orchestra as Principal Violinist, Everythings Jake Swing band with 2 CDs of Original music, the legendary Celtic Rock group The Full Shilling, 10 piece Western Swing Group Ranch Dressing, Cul An Ti (Celtic), Raven, a Celtic music group with 2 CDs of traditional and contemporary original music, the Trail Band best described as an 8 piece folk orchestra with 5 CDs out, produced by Marv Ross (Quarterflash); The Renegade Country band (Real Country!), David Valdezs Septeto Latino, to name a few.
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LocationMonroe Event Center (View)
121 SW Monroe St
Sheridan, OR 97378
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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