PETE KILPATRICK RETURNS TO PLAY JULY 11 AT LITHGOW’S CONCERT SERIES

Augusta, Maine - Fan favorite Pete Kilpatrick returns to the lawn of Lithgow Public Library with his guitar, along with keyboard virtuoso Tyler Stanley on Thursday, July 11 at 6:30 p.m. for the next performance in the library’s popular summer concert series.

      Generously sponsored by the Friends of Lithgow Library, the lawn concerts take place on Thursday evenings in the summer, and are free and open to the public.  In case of rain, the concert will take place in the Reading Room.

     Portland-based singer-songwriter Kilpatrick has been writing and performing award-winning music for over a decade.  In addition to Kilpatrick and Stanley, the Pete Kilpatrick Band includes Ed Dickhaut and Pete Mose.  The band has steadily built a large New England following and is now nationally known. They have been writing, recording, and performing regularly since 2004 and have released six independent albums, including the recent release Heavy Fire. They have been named Maine’s best act four times in the Portland Best Music Awards and have performed over 1,000 shows since their formation, sharing the stage with such national acts as Dave Matthews Band, David Gray, Jason Mraz, Ray Lamontagne, Guster, Amos Lee, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Brett Dennen, and many others.

      The band’s songs have been featured on the TV shows The Office, Parks and Recreation, and Community.  They also were the opener for a re-election rally in Portland for President Obama.  Pete Kilpatrick’s web site is www.petekilpatrickband.com.

    “His music is patient and conveys simple, timeless truths, which explains his now-undeniable widespread appeal to the people in the Port,” said a Portland Press Herald reviewer. “Folks want their Maine lives to sound like Pete Kilpatrick songs, long on romance, sunny and ephemeral.”

      Stanley began playing piano at a young age and went on to study music at the University of Southern Maine, where he graduated with a degree in Jazz Performance. He is very active playing, recording, and writing with Portland based funk/soul band, Sly Chi as well as the Pete Kilpatrick Band. He also plays regularly in various jazz/Latin combos, and is a music teacher at 317 Maine Community Music Center in Yarmouth.

       The remainder of the concert series line-up includes Silent Sam & the Evans on July 25; the Blood Orange Martinis on August 8; and Billy Libby & Friends on August 22.

      Lithgow Library is located at 45 Winthrop Street in Augusta.  For more information, call the library at 626-2415 or visit the library’s website at www.lithgow.lib.me.us.