Performance Information Date:  Saturday, October 27, 2007 Time:  7:00 pm Place:  McGuire Theater Price:  $35 ($30 Walker members) Date:  Saturday, October 27, 2007 Time:  9:30 pm Place:  McGuire Theater Price:  $35 ($30 Walker members) View all associated media View this performance in the Walker Calendar
		Image: Bill Frisell Photo: Jimmy Katz

“Bill Frisell is the Clark Kent of the electric guitar. Soft-spoken and self-effacing in conversation, he apparently breathes in lungfuls of raw fire when he straps on his [guitar].” —Spin

An eccentric and an outsider, photographer Mike Disfarmer took portraits of the residents of Heber Springs, Arkansas, in the 1940s, chronicling heartland America’s working poor. Inspired by these arresting portrayals of postwar rural life, guitar genius Bill Frisell created an evening of new compositions. His atmospheric and innovative musical language offers a perfect complement to the photographer’s images dissolving across multiple screens framing onstage. In a performance of diverse styles—including jazz, classical, and traditional Ozark fiddle music (which Disfarmer played)—Frisell is joined by violinist Jenny Scheinman and lap steel guitar virtuoso Greg Leisz. Copresented with Northrop Jazz Season.

Co-commissioned by the Walker Art Center and the Wexner Center, with support provided by the William and Nadine McGuire Commissioning Fund.

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Dig Deeper: Disfarmers images and biography http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2007/10/25/dig-deeper-disfarmers-images/ Walker blogs, Performing Arts: Walker Music

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