Cindy Cashdollar & Jack Petruzzelli Present: Two Many Guitars

A five-time Grammy winner and one of the most sought-after roots musicians of her generation, Cashdollar is a master of dobro, lap steel and steel guitar. Her playing can add fire to a blues tune, sweetness to a ballad, swing to a country song and something entirely her own to just about anything she touches.

Her musical story began in Woodstock, NY, where she came up in the extraordinary community surrounding artists like Levon Helm and Rick Danko, playing with local greats including John Herald, Paul Butterfield and Happy & Artie Traum. A move to Nashville led to nine years with Western Swing giants Asleep at the Wheel, five Grammy Awards and collaborations with Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton and Lyle Lovett. Since then, everyone from Bob Dylan and Van Morrison to Rod Stewart, Jorma Kaukonen, John Sebastian and Peter Rowan has called on Cashdollar to bring her unmistakable sound to their music.

She was the first woman inducted into the Texas Steel Guitar Hall of Fame. In 2022, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum honored her as one of its “Nashville Cats,” recognizing musicians whose playing has helped shape countless recordings and performances.

For Two Many Guitars, Cashdollar joins guitarist Jack Petruzzelli for a trip through a century of music, moving from the jazz of Django Reinhardt, Thelonious Monk and Hoagy Carmichael to the roots music of Chet Atkins, Lonnie Johnson and beyond.

Petruzzelli is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and Grammy-nominated producer. He has worked with Patti Smith, Ian Hunter, Joan Osborne and Rufus Wainwright, and is a founding member of acclaimed Beatles tribute band The Fab Faux.

For this Caffè Lena show, they’re bringing a full band:
- Karl Allweier on bass and vocals
- Will Bryant on piano and vocals
- Justin Guip on drums

Western Swing, jazz, blues, country and roots music will rub shoulders, with room for five musicians to stretch out, trade ideas and follow the music wherever it wants to go. With Cashdollar’s command of steel guitar, Petruzzelli’s versatility and musical imagination, and a powerhouse rhythm section, Two Many Guitars brings together five musicians and a century of musical inspiration.

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