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JESSEE HAVEY AND THE QUIRKS

SUNDAY, JULY 4 • 5:50 PM
OLD MARKET SQUARE

FREE

Jessee Havey was that kid who dreamed of super-stardom, and at 27 she finds herself well on her way.

Raised by folky social-activist musicians, she has been performing professionally for most of her life. At 18, days shy of her high school graduation, she was recruited by Winnipeg band entrepreneur Leonard Podolak to take the role of lead vocalist for his new band, The Duhks. Highlights of her life as a Duhk include a full-page photo spread in the 2006 Rolling Stone calendar, a Grammy nomination (for which she also made her debut as a fashion designer), three Juno nods and one win, making a music video in Los Angeles for her first original composition “Out Of The Rain,” and meeting and receiving praise from such artists as John Paul Jones (of Led Zeppelin), Odetta, Dr. John, Allison Krauss, Steve Earle, Marty Stuart, and David Crosby. In 2007 she amicably left the Duhks after five very productive years, to take a break from the road and step out on her own. Havey has also sung with such artists as Ruthie Foster, Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, Al Kooper, Jim Lauderdale, and most recently appeared on the latest Billy Ray Cyrus album, Home At Last. If her track record is any indication of what her future solo career holds, the sky’s the limit!

The Quirks are Ariel Posen on guitar, MJ Dandeneau on bass, Evan Friesen on drums, Alex Campbell on keys, and JD Edwards on trombone and harmonica.

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