Husband and wife duo Jerry and Shirley Spanhanks perform as Blue Wolf
Evansville Arts Coalition is pleased to present Blue Wolf performing for July’s First Friday Concert on Friday, July 3 starting at 6:00 p.m.
Performing as Blue Wolf, Jerry and Shirley Spanhanks entertain audiences between Minnesota and the Rio Grande Valley using the banjo, fiddle, accordion, dobro and guitar to provide incredible variety in their shows.
Due to the Fourth of July holiday and expected greater than normal attendance, this great show will be held at Somedays Bar and Grill in Evansville
Jerry Spanhanks was raised in a musical family in Texarkana, Arkansas. At the age of 9 his dad and mom formed a family country band. Performing with the Spanhanks Country Band for nine years, Jerry played lead guitar and sang. Jerry has won state guitar player in a contest in Minnesota twice. He started playing with bluegrass bands while trying to find the groove that musical artists strive for. Expect great playing on the banjo and dobro also.
Shirley Mauch Spanhanks grew up on a farm near Mooreton, North Dakota listening to her mom play piano, harmonica and accordion. She took accordion lessons for about four years. While working in Yellowstone National Park one summer, she was given a guitar and dabbled in folk songs. When she found Adam Granger teaching flatpicking, she became a lifelong student of his. She also studied bluegrass at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas.
Listen to Raz Ma Taz here
Whether it is a bluegrass or country standard, or a specialty song from Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley or Patsy Cline, the duo gets the audience clapping and tapping their toes. The audience can also expect to hear waltzes, polkas (even on the guitar), some novelty songs by George Jones and even an original or two. Be sure to listen for the phrase “Red River Girl (ND) and Red River Man (AR)” in their original song, “Red River Moon”.
Listen to “Red River Moon here:
This is a show you won’t want to miss! What a great start to the Fourth of July Red, White, and Boom! Celebration in Evansville! The show starts at 6:00 p.m. (Note the earlier time) There is no charge for this event. Donations will be gratefully accepted
Somedays Bar and Grill is located at 205 Railroad Street in Evansville.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Lake Region Arts Council thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage fund and in part through a Minnesota State Legislative general fund appropriation.