Museum to present evening of music

Eight days of Blues and Miro Ludvik to play Cuddebackville —Local musicians, Eight Days of Blues and Miro Ludvik, will perform a benefit concert for the Neversink Valley Area Museum on Saturday, Oct. 6 at 7:30 p.m. This is another in a series of every-other-month concerts the museum has held this season. Each concert features different performers donating their time to help the museum. Eight Days of Blues is Lance “The Rockin’ Bluesman” Casper on lead guitar, vocals and blues harp; Shawn Jennings, rhythm guitar and back-up vocals, Jim “Doghouse” Peters on bass and back-up vocals; Bill Summers on drums and May Jasch on keyboard and back-up vocals. The band plays danceable blues classics drawing from the Chicago style, which are infused with rock and touches of Latin and jazz. They also perform original works. Contemporary folk singer Miro Ludvik was born in the former Czechoslovakia, and came to the United States in 1981. Back home, he was a part of a lively folk scene and many of his friends are the defining figures of Czech music today. After coming to to the United States, he played with a local teachers’ band in Price, Utah, and another one in Houston. In 1996, after breaking two fingers on his left hand he decided to play more “while he has some fingers left” and since then he has written more than 50 original songs in the genres of gospel, folk and blues. The concert will be held at the D and H Canal Park visitor’s center, 58 Hoag Road in Cuddebackville at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $7, general admission, and $5 for museum members. For information, call 754-8870 or visit www.neversinkmuseum.org.