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GRAND JUNCTION — The Sweet Wednesday folk/rock duo of Lisa Housman and Dave Falk honed their musical skills in the Boston subways and Cambridge’s Harvard Square, where they gathered a “wonderful treasure trove of experiences,” Housman said.
“Street performing is so nice. You come across some interesting people, and it’s great to play outside,” Housman said.
Once while playing on one of the subway platforms, a nearby bystander was swaying to the music and fell over and passed out. Alarmed, Housman and Falk sought help for the man. Meanwhile, other bystanders told the duo to keep playing music.
They began singing the blues song “It Hurts Me Too” by Elmore James.
The man on the ground — who turned out to be drunk — began to tap his fingers, and then his feet — to everyone’s relief.
Housman and Falk have lots of stories — many turned into songs — inspired by the many people they’ve met while touring and performing around the country.
Saturday, Sweet Wednesday performs at the Radio Room, 1310 Ute Ave., at 7 p.m.
One of the songs you can expect to hear is “Don’t Throw that Mountain” — a song about mountaintop removal mining, inspired by people Housman and Falk met in Virginia.
It’s hard to think about the mountains and communities that are being destroyed there, Housman said.
“The music we love is inspired by those mountains,” she said.
Both are award-winning songwriters. Housman won first place in the Great American Song Contest for “The Bakery” — “a comic epic about my experiences and the characters I met working at a bakery in New York City,” Housman said.
Falk won first place in the Dallas Song Contest for “Grandma” — a comical song he wrote about his grandmother.
“Grandma” is on their first CD, “Wherever You Go,” and “The Bakery” will be on their upcoming CD “Escaping from the Pale Moonlight.”
An EP with a few of the cuts will be available at the concert Saturday for “a little taste” of what’s to come, Housman said.
“We’ve been working on a lot of mandolin-guitar duets, and we may bring out the ukulele,” Housman said.
The ukulele was a recent gift from Falk’s cousin Katie Schneider, who teaches fourth grade in Chicago. Falk and Housman led workshops for fourth-graders who wrote both blues and protest songs.
“The kids’ songs were great; both extremely heartfelt and also very hilarious,”
Housman said. “The blues songs were about things that gave the kids the blues, so had lines like ‘Woke up today and I looked bad in my jeans/then I went downstairs and my mom fixed me some bad beans.’”
To reserve a seat in the intimate KAFM Radio Room venue, call 241-8801, ext. 4, or visit kafmradio.org.
“Street performing is so nice. You come across some interesting people, and it’s great to play outside,” Housman said.
Once while playing on one of the subway platforms, a nearby bystander was swaying to the music and fell over and passed out. Alarmed, Housman and Falk sought help for the man. Meanwhile, other bystanders told the duo to keep playing music.
They began singing the blues song “It Hurts Me Too” by Elmore James.
The man on the ground — who turned out to be drunk — began to tap his fingers, and then his feet — to everyone’s relief.
Housman and Falk have lots of stories — many turned into songs — inspired by the many people they’ve met while touring and performing around the country.
Saturday, Sweet Wednesday performs at the Radio Room, 1310 Ute Ave., at 7 p.m.
One of the songs you can expect to hear is “Don’t Throw that Mountain” — a song about mountaintop removal mining, inspired by people Housman and Falk met in Virginia.
It’s hard to think about the mountains and communities that are being destroyed there, Housman said.
“The music we love is inspired by those mountains,” she said.
Both are award-winning songwriters. Housman won first place in the Great American Song Contest for “The Bakery” — “a comic epic about my experiences and the characters I met working at a bakery in New York City,” Housman said.
Falk won first place in the Dallas Song Contest for “Grandma” — a comical song he wrote about his grandmother.
“Grandma” is on their first CD, “Wherever You Go,” and “The Bakery” will be on their upcoming CD “Escaping from the Pale Moonlight.”
An EP with a few of the cuts will be available at the concert Saturday for “a little taste” of what’s to come, Housman said.
“We’ve been working on a lot of mandolin-guitar duets, and we may bring out the ukulele,” Housman said.
The ukulele was a recent gift from Falk’s cousin Katie Schneider, who teaches fourth grade in Chicago. Falk and Housman led workshops for fourth-graders who wrote both blues and protest songs.
“The kids’ songs were great; both extremely heartfelt and also very hilarious,”
Housman said. “The blues songs were about things that gave the kids the blues, so had lines like ‘Woke up today and I looked bad in my jeans/then I went downstairs and my mom fixed me some bad beans.’”
To reserve a seat in the intimate KAFM Radio Room venue, call 241-8801, ext. 4, or visit kafmradio.org.
