11/30/2024
Kristin and I will be performing at this. Hope to see you there.
WISCONSIN SINGER/SONGWRITER
s e r i e s
presents
Port Food Pantry Benefit
Saturday, December 7th - 7:30 pm
The Port Washington Food Pantry serves between
120-130 clients a week
The event will take place at the UNITARIAN CHURCH - NORTH, 13800 North Port Washington Road in Mequon - Tickets are $20 in advance, $12 for students ( at all times) or $24 at the door.
Discounts of $1 (off at the door price) per donated food items ( up to a maximum of 4) will be given at the door.
ALL who donate 4 items or more will be given an opportunity
to pick a GRAB BAG gift, which includes certificates for 50% off season packages for the 2025-2026 season
Monetary donations will also be accepted. All seating is general admission.
Members of the Portage Road Songwriters Guild
(each performer will present at least 3 songs )
The Portage Road Songwriters Guild formed after a WSSS sponsored songwriting workshop with Bob Franke almost 25 years ago. WSSS Founder Joe DeLucia will be performing also.
Eric Baer is a singer and songwriter from Milwaukee. Eric has been part of the Portage Road Songwriting Guild for over 20 years. His favorite part of writing is to take stories and find a new way to tell them.
Jay Bullock is an English teacher & essayist in Milwaukee. His songs are alternately poignant, politically relevant, and hilarious, full of interesting characters and clever wordplay. Well-known for innovative acoustic guitar work, he brings a robust energy to his playing that suggests a full band even when it’s just him. Bob Estes has been a performing as a singer-songwriter for fifty years, a multi instrumentalist providing backup to bands playing fiddle, mandolin, and guitar. Originally from the Milwaukee area, he currently lives with his wife, Kristin, in Kenosha, after spending time in Minneapolis and Washington, DC. He and Kristin currently host the monthly Kenosha Hootenanny, a gathering that has been around for over 35 years. Based in Milwaukee.
Rick Fitzgerald is a folksinger/songwriter, guitarist, and award-winning autoharp player from Franklin, Wisconsin. His delightful songs and engaging vocal style can touch your heart, or your funny bone and make you want to sing along.
Chris Head can be seen most frequently fronting Chris Head & the Honchos, with whom he has recorded three albums of original material (Hard Truths, Chicken Wire, & Cubed). He also makes room for solo performances, enjoying the opportunity to strip songs down to their core and revealing what Milwaukee’s Shepherd-Express called his “salient observations on [the] virtues of working-class life and the changing of gender mores.”
Chris Straw, Jon Pagenkopf & Lorraine Straw are “Some Like It Folk”. Chris and Lorraine are sisters, & have sung together since they were children. Jon & Chris are married, and one or both have been members of a number of musical groups with other Milw. musicians. All are happily retired or mostly retired professionals, enjoying time to devote to music ! Chris is founding member of the Portage Road Songwriters Guild.
Joe DeLucia is originally from the south side of Chicago, came to Wisconsin in 1975 and started writing & performing in the Milwaukee area at the Blue River Cafe, Numero Uno’s, and Prima’s on Downer. He created WSSS in 1991, with the first concert being Lou & Peter Berryman in June 1992. He is a mix of James Taylor & John Prine style songwriting & guitar playing
