Tickets
All tickets are being handled by the State Theatre Box Office. Tickets to State Theatre Members (only) go on sale on Wednesday, December 1st. Tickets to the Public go on sale a week later on Wednesday, December 8th. If you want to jump on the opportunity, you can become a member of the theatre for $75.00 ($55.00 for Seniors 65 and older).Tickets can be ordered online (depending upon your member or non-member status) at
www.statretheatre.org, or by calling the Box Office at (610) 252-3132. Ticket holders must be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and show proof of vaccination in order to be admitted into the theatre. Performer participation is subject to last minute changes.
Charitable Support
Proceeds from Boak Bash Two will equally benefit:
The Musical Instrument Collection of the Moravian Historical Society in Nazareth, PA. Link:
www.moravianhistory.orgBoth are 501c3 charitable organizations.
The Line Up!
Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives
Five-time Grammy Award-winning country music singer. Marty Stuart got his start performing with Johnny Cash and Bill Monroe before launching a successful solo career. Born in Philadelphia, Mississippi, Stuart learned the mandolin as a young child and at only 13 years of age, went on the road with Lester Flatt. After Flatt’s death in 1979, Stuart joined Johnny Cash’s band. Stuart has collaborated with diverse artists including Travis Tritt, Connie Smith, Johnny Cash, Willy Nelson, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Merle Haggard, Bob Dylan, Clarence White, Leroy Troy, Bela Fleck, and Billy Bob Thornton. In 2002 Marty began touring with his current band, the Fabulous Superlatives. Kenny Vaughan (lead and acoustic guitar) and Harry Stinson (Drums and background vocals) are seasoned session players and have performed with the top artists in country and alternative music. Chris Scruggs (electric, acoustic, steel and bass guitars, and background vocals) has accompanied many of the great singers in Nashville. Marty and the Superlatives were slated to perform at
Boak Bash One, but got stranded at the Nashville airport on the day of the show. In my estimation, these incredible musicians are four of the very best on the planet. Link:
https://martystuart.net and
http://www.martystuart.com/band-crew.htm
Rosanne Cash with John Leventhal
One of the country’s pre-eminent singer/songwriters, Rosanne Cash has released 15 albums that have earned multiple awards including four GRAMMY Awards and nominations for 12 more. She is also an author whose four books include the best-selling memoir Composed. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, the Oxford-American, the Nation and many more publications. In addition to continual worldwide touring, Cash has served as artist in residence at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, San Francisco Jazz, the Minnesota Orchestra and The Library of Congress. In 2015, she was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters’ Hall of Fame. Her 2009 album, The List, won the Americana Music Award for Best Album of the Year. Rosanne often performs with acclaimed producer, guitarist, and husband, John Leventhal. Link:
https://www.rosannecash.com
Laurence Juber
Laurence Juber is most famous for playing lead guitar in Paul McCartney and Wings from 1978 to 1980. In 1980, he won his first Grammy Award, when Wings’ track “Rockestra Theme” won the award for Best Rock Instrumental. He has since had a distinguished career as a solo finger-style guitarist and acclaimed studio musician fusing folk, jazz, blues, pop and classical styles. Juber has released an unprecedented 25 solo albums. The latest, LJ Can’t Stop Playing The Beatles! is the third in his series of arrangements by the Fab Four. His solo arrangement of “The Pink Panther Theme” earned him his second Grammy award. Link:
https://laurencejuber.com
Cowboy Ernie Sites
Ernie Sites is a western performer, seasoned guitarist, expert yodeler, songwriter, cowboy poet, trick roper, bull rider, rodeo clown, bareback rider, and calf roper. He has traveled the world over, using his many talents to teach people about cowboys and the west. Western author, Corinne J. Brown, has dubbed Ernie “the urban cowboy troubadour.” Link:
http://www.erniesites.com
Craig Thatcher
Craig Thatcher is a guitarist, vocalist and songwriter who has performed blues/rock music for more than 35 years. Thatcher has been a featured performer at Bethlehem’s Musikfest many times and has traveled extensively throughout the United States, Europe, Latin America, and the Far East. Thatcher is the Martin Guitar Company’s touring clinician and performs at Company functions throughout the year. Thatcher has opened for many international touring artists including Derek Trucks, John Hammond, Buddy Guy, Robin Trower, Kim Simmonds, Chris Smither, Jonny Lang, and Jorma Kaukonen. Thatcher collaborated with Dick
Boak on two CDs: Beside You and Under the Supermoon. Link:
http://www.craigthatcher.com/about
Dick Boak
(Your host) is an illustrator, musician, luthier, woodworker, and author who had the distinct honor of working for the Martin Guitar Company for 41+ years. During his career with the company he managed the Martin Museum and archives, founded the in-house advertising department, and together with Chris Martin, initiated the Limited Edition guitar program that produced signature models for more than one hundred legendary artists including Steve Miller, John Mayer, Eric Clapton, Paul Simon, Mark Knopfler, Tom Petty, Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash, Marty Stuart, Willie Nelson, Sting, Laurence Juber, and Crosby, Stills & Nash. These projects led to many lasting friendships. For his retirement in January of 2018, he held the critically acclaimed “
Boak Bash (One) – The Last Schmaltz.” He had hoped someone would hire him so he could retire again and hold “
Boak Bash Two,” but no one did! He decided to do it anyway. Link:
https://www.dickboak.comSteve Miller
Master of Ceremonies
Our master of ceremonies is a guitarist and singer-songwriter best known as the leader of the Steve Miller Band. His career began in blues and blues-rock. Miller’s parents were jazz aficionados and close friends of Les Paul and Mary Ford and Miller was influenced as a young child by his interactions with Les Paul. Early in his career, Miller lived in Chicago, where he played with Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Buddy Guy, and Paul Butterfield. He then moved to San Francisco where his music evolved to a more psychedelic blues sound with albums such as Children of the Future, Sailor and Brave New World. In the ’70s, Miller had an astonishing number of hits including “Take the Money and Run,” “Rock’n Me,” “Fly Like an Eagle,” “Jet Airliner” and “Jungle Love.” In 2016 Miller was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Steve is sure to collaborate with his many friends on the bill and treat us to an unplugged array of his many hits.
