BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//NONSGML Sandhills Development\, LLC//NONSGML Sugar Calendar Fe eds v3.4.0//EN X-WR-CALNAME:John McEuen (of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) X-WR-CALDESC:Portland Downtown X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20211107T060000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20211107T060000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:John McEuen (of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) DESCRIPTION:$35 adv. - $45 day of\n7pm doors - 8pm show\n\nJohn McEuen h as been a “professional performer” since 1962\, working as a magicia n in Disneyland’s Magic Shop as a teenager. Music soon came along\, wh ich led to his long and varied career first solo\, then as a founding me mber of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1966.\n\nOver 10\,000 concerts and 300 television shows throughout more than 3 million miles - with the ba nd and as a solo performer – John has pursued his passion for performi ng and recording. John left NGDB at the end of their 50th year touring t o focus on the demand for his solo performing and projects. Beyond perfo rming\, he concurrently has a rich history of creating\, producing and p reserving original and traditional folk and acoustic music\, and taking it to new audiences.\n\nHe brings his guitar\, banjo\, fiddle\, and mand olin along with favorite NGDB songs and the stories behind them to the s tage in a manner that earned the honored Best in the West Award from the Folk Alliance Organization.\n\nMcEuen has made over 40 albums (7 solo) that have earned four platinum and five gold recognition awards\, Grammy nominations\, CMA and ACM awards\, an Emmy nomination\, IBMA record of the year award\, and performed on another 25 albums as guest artist. He' s also produced another 7 albums\, and 14 film scores (two Emmy nominate d shows) and more than 300 concerts throughout his career - the first in 1965 in Long Beach Calif.\, with Bob Dylan.\n\nHis production of Steve Martin - The Crow won the 2010 Best Bluegrass Album Grammy. Prior to tha t\, The Music of the Wild West CD- produced by McEuen\, was honored with the Western Heritage Award. A Grammy nomination for String Wizards II p receded the1994 Uncle Dave Macon Award for his excellence in preservatio n and performance of historic music. On Sirius/XM's The Bridge\, John's popular Acoustic Traveller show is now in its 9th year. McEuen produced and directed the 2006 documentary film The Dillards - A Night In the Oza rks\, which captures his early mentors at their best.\n\nIn April of 201 8 John officially became an author\, with his first book The Life I’ve Picked being published (On Chicago Review Press). A memoire\, a telling of incredible stories from raising 6 kids in the music business and the ins and outs of being an iconic band member to being a single father to his current full and varied career\, his book takes the reader on his u nusual journey.\n\nIn September of 2017 John was inducted in to the Amer ican Banjo Museum Hall of Fame.\n\nMcEuen's countless jams include stree t performers to Phish\, Earl Scruggs\, Levon Helm… and even on Sesame Street with a herd of goats and a cow! Arguably\, McEuen's most importan t legacy may be his initiating what Rolling Stone called “The most imp ortant record to come out of Nashville” and what the 2004 ZAGAT survey called “the most important record in country music” - Will the Circ le Be Unbroken...\n\nOLS Covid-19 Protocols:\n\nWe are very excited to b e hosting live music shows again in our listening room. OLS is committed to providing a safe environment for all who work\, listen\, or perform live music in our venue. Because our venue is so small\, we will require all staff\, volunteers\, performers\, and patrons to show proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 when they attend OLS events AND to wear ma sks indoors unless they are actively drinking\, eating\, or performing.\ n\nProof of vaccine must come directly from the health care provider tha t performed the vaccination and can be a photo or physical copy of the v accination card or record with an accompanying photo ID. Full vaccinatio n means that the date of the performance you are attending is:\n\n*at le ast 14 days after your second dose of an FDA or WHO authorized two dose COVID-19 vaccine\, or\n\n*at least 14 days after your single dose of an FDA or WHO authorized single dose COVID vaccine.\n\nWe hope we can ease these restrictions once further progress has been made reducing transmis sion of the virus. Until then\, we greatly appreciate your patience and cooperation.\n\nOne Longfellow Square does not assume liability\; the ti cket holder will assume all risks involved. By purchasing a ticket to th is event you agree to assume full liability for any risks incurred befor e\, during and after the event and agree to the current Terms of Use. URL;VALUE=URI:https://portlandmaine.com/events/john-mceuen-of-the-nitty- gritty-dirt-band/ UID:urn:uuid:9e1e3a7e-88dd-4b66-89e5-6bde7e48d1a3 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20260616T231344Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220226T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220226T223000 LOCATION:181 State St.\, Portland\, Maine 04101\, US END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR