Performance
Date
Thursday, May 29
with 1977 New Folk Winners I-T-R
Sundown
Concert - Threadgill Theater
George Ensle is a
painter of songs. Sometimes he uses broad strokes to
paint hilltop sunsets, tree lined rivers, and
mountain ranges, and sometimes he paints with fine
strokes the portraits of everyday people, the unsung
heroes he captures in song.
Real characters like Uncle Jack, the crusty old
bachelor who gets a little bit too tight at times,
but is still a kid's best friend, tucking him in on
the sofa summer Saturday nights.
Characters like the
housewife who dances in the kitchen to a golden
oldie after her kids and husband have gone for the
day, and the circuit preacher who drives a dusty old
black Ford, baptizing in the middle of the river of
love and understanding, and the father singing a
long distance lullaby, and the widow in her parlor
who lives across the street in a state of grace, and
the mother who sings her children to sleep beside a
tiny fire, beneath a third world moon, and the
troubadour (Ensle's amigo) Townes Van Zandt, with
lines cut deep around his smile, who's ragged as the
wind and pure as the snow. For these troubled
times, Ensle captures the human condition with
characters who inspire us to carry on, to look with
compassion on others, to understand our commonality.
Ensle paints with the brush of hope.
For more information on George, visit
www.georgeensle.com
