**Take advantage of advance ticket prices, as they go up the day of the show!** ADV: $15/$12 MEM; D/S: $18/$15 MEM
Ellis Paul is one of the leading voices in American songwriting. He was a principle leader in the wave of singer/songwriters that emerged from the Boston folk scene, bridging the gulf between the modern folk sound and the populist traditions of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger more successfully than perhaps any of his songwriting peers. Over the course of his career, he has released 14 CDs, won an unprecedented 13 Boston Music Awards, and recently explored new media avenues with a documentary/concert DVD called 3,000 Miles, and Notes from the Road, a critically acclaimed book of poems and stories.
In September 1996 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, he participated in a 10-day celebration to honor Woody Guthrie alongside Bruce Springsteen, Ani DiFranco, Billy Bragg and others. In 1998, he was made an honorary citizen of Guthrie's birthplace, Okemah, Okla., in recognition of all he has done to revive interest in the Dust Bowl troubadour. In 2008 his album, The Dragonfly Races, won the Parent’s Choice Silver Honor Award.
Flynn, who produced Ellis’ American Jukebox Fables, will open the show.
