Join Bill Bassett, longtime singer-songwriter, instrumentalist and master of ceremonies at the Blazin’ M Ranch for a night of Music in the House, It’s All About the Songs at the Sedona Hub on Friday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m.
This song stylist has a collection of original and co-written tunes for the audience’s listening pleasure.
“He’s a rare combination of virtuosic musicianship and natural showmanship,” Eric Williams, Sedona’s good-time piano man, said of Bassett. “His warmth and easygoing nature blend perfectly with musicians and audience members.”
Tickets are $10 at the door and online through showtix4u.com, and doors open at 6:30 p.m., with the concert running from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Bassett has been an Arizonian since the early 2000s. In 2005 he was asked to join the Blazin’ M Cowboys, and now, more than 12 years later, he is still leading the band through nightly shows featuring cowboy music both old and new, playing pedal steel guitar, mandolin, banjo and lead guitar along with Jim and Jeanne Martin and Tom Jepperson.
“Bill is a wonderful musician and is one of the best steel guitar players I’ve ever heard,” Jepperson said. “His song ‘The Ballad of the Blazin’ M Ranch’ has become the theme song for the ranch.”
“I’ve always loved the singing of a good steel guitar, and better yet, a musician that plays with beauty and can hold his own with me,” said Micki Free, Grammy winner and five-time Native American Award winner.
Bassett has had a long and varied career in the music business, as a performer, songwriter, touring band member and television show developer. Bassett got his start in Seattle and Bellingham in the early 1970s, working for national recording artist Pat Roberts and the Evergreen Drifters. They appeared with or opened for many of the legends of country music, including Waylon Jennings, Loretta Lynn and Merle Haggard.
Touring and traveling hundreds of miles overnight was an education in the country side of show business, working with many of the Grand Old Opry stars from Kitty Wells to Grandpa Jones. During the later 1970s, they developed “Country Northwest,” a television show for KSTW TV, featuring many local and national touring acts.
This show is the second in a 2017-18 Music in the House 10-show series at the Sedona Hub, dedicated to providing quality music to the Verde Valley community at affordable prices.
Upcoming shows highlight a number of local and visiting singer-songwriters and interpreters of great music.
Don’t miss this special It’s All About the Songs show with Bassett in the intimate space at The Hub on Friday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m.
Visit sedonahub.org, call 282-1660 or email info@sedonahub.org for more information.
