Bonnie Dobson and Friends (Folk Music)

Bonnie Dobson and Friends, Ben Crosland on bass and Ben Phillipson on guitar.

The Harwich Festival is proud to announce a special performance by Canadian folk singer Bonnie Dobson.

Down the years, Bonnie has shared a stage with folk and blues legends including Reverend Gary Davis, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Mississippi John Hurt and Big Joe Williams. She became friends with Bob Dylan. She was present at Greenwich Village venue Gerdes Folk City one night when two young men took to the stage to sing. They called themselves Tom and Jerry. Those two young men later changed their name to Simon and Garfunkel.

At the Harwich Arts Centre, Bonnie Dobson will be accompanied by her old friends, jazz bassist Ben Crosland and folk guitarist Ben Phillipson. Ben Crosland is no stranger to the Harwich Festival, having performed his arrangements of Ray Davies songs with his stellar quintet and at the inaugural Jazz and Blues Day with his Threeway Trio last year. Ben Phillipson is the guitarist with pyschedelic folk rock six-piece The Eighteenth Day of May, who channel the likes of Fairport Convention, The Incredible String Band and Steeleye Span, with flashes of The Byrds, Fotheringay and even The Velvet Underground.