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Live Music: "Dan Blakeslee"
Mon, Jun 17
|Leavitt Theatre
Maine folk troubadour Dan Blakeslee is equal parts musician & artist. His songs combine the essence of early folk music with a dose of country grit & can out-sing a passing train!
Time & Location
Jun 17, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Leavitt Theatre, 259 Main St, Ogunquit, ME 03907, USA
About the event
Live music 9p-11p | FREE | kindly, tip your musicians
All seats are first-come, first-served! Come early to scoop your favorite spot.
While attending art school in Baltimore, MD Dan Blakeslee, a Maine native discovered that he had an equal and deeply rooted connection to music. He would sneak into the galleries to play his guitar through the late hours of the evening surrounded by easels and oil paintings. After four years in "Charm City" he returned to his childhood home in the Tatnic Woods of South Berwick, ME. That summer he played street corners in New Hampshire and Maine while working at a lobster restaurant. His employer urged him to sever ties to manual labor for one of a more musical nature.
A phone call from a friend offering him a room in Somerville, MA began his journey south in 1995. While settling into this artful community he…