From Skilled Hands

My Town Monday: Music in Our Town

By fromskilledhands ( September 14, 2008 at 5:56 pm) · Filed under Artists, Community, Craft, Cuyahoga Valley, Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad, My Town Monday, Peninsula

The Village of Peninsula, population 602, is the venue for some pretty amazing things. The Peninsula Art Academy, a not-for-profit organization promoting the Arts in the Village of Peninsula and throughout Northeast Ohio, has artists’ studios, a gallery, and classes and workshops. The 4th Saturday of every month, the PAA holds Blues Nights, an informal open mike jam for all levels of musicians interested in playing and learning the blues.

On Saturday, September 13, the PAA hosted the incredible guitarist Ernie Hawkins. Ernie conducted a workshop for 22 guitar enthusiasts in the afternoon, and played a concert at Peninsula’s beautiful GAR Hal in the evening. We had the opportunity to join the other lucky folks who experienced Ernie’s performance.

Here is a taste of Ernie’s artistry:

For train enthusiasts, and there are lots of those who come to my town, the sounds of train whistles and the wheels of the train on the tracks are another kind of music. The Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad will be celebrating steam engines from September 24-25, and 27-28th. There will be lots of opportunities to climb aboard!!!

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Travis Erwin is the conductor of the MTM train. You never know where My Town Monday will take you. Wander on over to Travis’ place and see what you find. You’ll have a good time and learn a lot. I promise. And in this election year, my promise is for real .

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Linda / Lyndi said,

September 14, 2008 @ 8:06 pm

Sounds like loads of fun, Debra. I love the blues and old trains. Wish I lived in the Village of Peninsula. It sounds so lovely.

Linda
Terrie Farley Moran said,

September 14, 2008 @ 11:27 pm

hard to say what is more mesmerizing, watching Ernie’s fingers fly around the guitar strings, or hearing the train whistle blow. and you thought we’d listen to Ernie and watch the train. they are each too special to just be absorbed by one sense. Terrie
fromskilledhands said,

September 15, 2008 @ 8:11 am

What if we got Ernie to play ON the train….
Patti Abbott said,

September 15, 2008 @ 9:37 am

I think all of wish we lived here.
Travis Erwin said,

September 15, 2008 @ 9:48 am

Acoustic guitars and trains whistles go together quite nicely.
Reb said,

September 15, 2008 @ 6:33 pm

I was in auditory heaven for a few minutes! Thank you for that!
Barbara Martin said,

September 15, 2008 @ 11:01 pm

I love those old steam engine locomotives! Ernie strums a mean guitar. A few minutes of bliss.
Larramie said,

September 16, 2008 @ 12:41 pm

Ernie’s music picks you up and then the train takes you back to another time/place…*sigh*
Sam said,

September 18, 2008 @ 5:30 am

I just adore guitar!!
Acoustic guitars and old trains conjure up lots of moods and make me think of Woody and Arlo Guthrie, train riding hobos, and folk songs!
Laura/centerdownhome said,

September 18, 2008 @ 6:06 am

Thanks for that, Debra! We have a train that runs straight through Ashland, but no STEAM trains! Cool. And the Burnt Taters play regularly at Ashland Coffee and Tea, but the regulars there would love Ernie, I’m sure. Hey, he could have been here before — I’ll check!