Hickory Ridge Concerts is delighted to welcome Madison, Wisconsin musician Ced Ba’etch to our stage on Saturday, June the 21st at 7:00 pm at the historic Ellisville Opera House in Ellisville IL. A master of slack key Hawaiian music, Ced’s’ is a Madison based french expatriate guitar player/ singer. His guitar picking is an alternating bass melodic fingerstyle and his vast repertoire encompasses Hawaiian slack key, Americana 'big thumb' guitar, 1920's country blues, movie soundtracks, french pop music of the past and Parisian waltz as well as original material. Ced enjoys playing French music, old movie soundtracks, Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, country blues, rags, bottleneck slide...and he plays it all exclusively on National Resonator Guitars.
Ced was born and raised in Reims, France (North East of Paris), 'Growing up in France, I was obsessed with the Sun Record artists, thanks to an uncle of mine. Years later, I became friends with an Austin, TX based fingerstyle guitarist who introduced me to Chet Atkins, Doc Watson, Merle Travis, Blind Blake...and it triggered the strong desire to trade my plectrums for some fingerpicks! It was there in Austin that I heard for the first time the great Leonard Kwan, Master Slack Key Player. I was hooked right there and then on Hawaiian slack key guitar and took a deep dive in it” Ced is currently nominated for the WAMI (WI Area Music Industry) and the MAMAs (Madison Area Music Association) as Instrumentalist Of The Year for his solo Hawaiian Slack Key album 'Kaona'.
The Hickory Ridge Concert Series is hosted by singer-songwriter Chris Vallillo. Concerts are usually (but not always) held on the 3rd Saturday of the month and begin at 7:00 p.m. with the doors opening at 6:00 p.m. The Ellisville Opera House is a second story venue however they do now have an elevator and is air conditioned. Coffee, drinks, and a variety of desserts are available during intermission. There is an admission charge of $10.00 per adults with children under 12 free. Hickory Ridge Concerts is supported in part by WIUM 91.3 FM, your source for NPR programming, local news and a variety of music, the Two Rivers Arts Council, and the Doris and Ken Kolb Foundation. Follow Hickory Ridge Concerts on facebook, or on the website, www.hickoryridgeconcerts. com.
