Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion

March 14 at 7:00pm
Potluck at 6:00
Tickets $15.00

RSVP at 603-827-2905 or
email deb@pfmsconcerts.org
(Limited seating)

Sarah Lee & Johnny on YouTube.

"The distinguishing feature throughout is the couple's caressing harmonies, which carry on the legacy of Johnny and June, Gram and Emmylou."—Maverick

".the pair click together like an old belt buckle."—Independent On Sunday

"Authentic." "Timeless." "Harmonious." "Exhilarating." Any or all of these adjectives could describe the folk-rock sound created by Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion (eye-ree-un). The musical richness and psychological depth of their initial collaboration, the fittingly titled Exploration, is irrefutable proof that the disarming granddaughter of Woody/daughter of Arlo and the prodigious South Carolinian quite naturally bring out the best in each other.

Sarah Lee was two years old when she made her singing debut as part of a children's chorus on Arlo's 1981 album, Power of Love, but she had little subsequent interest in making music herself, although she was surrounded by it. "I think it was in me," she says, "but I wasn't ready for it." After graduating from high school in 1997, Sarah Lee agreed to tour-manage her father, who was emceeing the Further Festival, on which members of the Grateful Dead were joined by the Black Crowes. She got on so well with the Crowes and Chris Robinson that, when the tour ended, she made what proved to be a life-altering decision: "I knew all these cool rock & roll guys, so I decided to move to L.A."

Irion came out of the vibrant Carolina indie-rock scene of the early '90s, first as a member of Queen Sarah Saturday and later with Dillon Fence. He, too, got friendly with Robinson while Dillon Fence was on the road with the Crowes. Robinson convinced Irion to come out to L.A. and join Freight Train, a band he was producing. That was in the fall of '97, just after Sarah Lee arrived in town. Whether by serendipity or cosmic intervention, the two were on a collision course; they met at an L.A. club and began dating a week later.

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I hope you can join us......Deb