Tunesmith Night, Saturday, March 11, 2023, 7pm
Odd Fellows Hall, 105 NE First Street, Enterprise, Oregon
The Wallowa Valley Music Alliance continues the 17th season of Tunesmith Night, a showcase of original music. The concert features three songwriters sharing their original work in a round-robin format, at the historic Enterprise Odd Fellows Hall. The unique listening space provides an up-close and intimate experience for both audience and performers
The Saturday, March 11th concert features Brian Oliver, Steve Fulton, and Mike Mallory. Doors open at 6:30pm with music starting at 7pm. Admission is $10. No food or drink service provided; BYO.
More on the songwriters below:
Brian Oliver
Brian Oliver is a native Kansan who adopted Oregon as his newfound home State in 1972. He moved to Wallowa County in 1976, met his soon to be wife, and never left…at least not permanently. He is a recently retired cabinetmaker who is putting his woodworking skills to use trying to learn how to build guitars. Brian’s musical influences are rock, folk, and country. John Prine, Steve Earle, and John Hiatt are favorites. He loves to fish, hike, and ski when not in the shop or jamming with friends.
Steve Fulton
Steve Fulton is a long time singer-songwriter, producer and recording engineer based in Boise Idaho, where he owns and operates Audio Lab recording studios. For 12 years Fulton was singer, guitarist and principal songwriter in the group House of Hoi Polloi in which time they released five albums and toured the northwest extensively. Steve has released 3 Records on his Uncommon Records label, Shock Remission, Said & Heard and, Eponym. Eponym was the #1 seller at independent record store, The Record Exchange in 2016. Fulton is a personable fingerstyle acoustic guitarist in an Americana, modern folk, singer-songwriter style with a funky twist. Think Jon Prine meets Elliot Smith. Fulton has opened for Bruce Cockburn, Tori Amos, Jewel, Shaun Colvin, John Hiatt, Michael Franti and the Wallflowers to name a few. He was the recipient of The Idaho Commission on the Arts Fellowship Grant in 2009 as well as the Mayor’s Choice award that same year. Learn more at www.stevefultonmusic.com
Mike Mallory
For Mike Mallory, the song is the thing. Mallory has been playing music professionally since age 15. That would be since, 1968. Early on, he discovered the songs of Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, Mississippi John Hurt and realized the songs were what spoke to him. He is comfortable strapping on his Telecaster and turning up to 11 or finger picking his acoustic trying to imitate Mississippi John. “That is the beauty of the players my age, we did not realize there was a division between acoustic and electric music,” says Mallory, who is a member of the La Grande alt-country/Americana band The Wasteland Kings, along with son Kris Mallory who is lead vocalist and main songwriter for the group.