Doug Spears at Building Bridges Coffee House

Florida folk performer Doug Spears, with Ron and Bari Litschauer, appears Sunday, November 15 at 3:00pm at the Building Bridges Coffeehouse. BBCH is a program of Manatee Universalist Unitarian Fellowship, 322 15th St. West in Bradenton. A $20 donation is requested at the door. Doors open at 2:30. Refreshments available. Open seating, plenty of parking, accessible.  Details at www.manateeuuf.org and https://dougspearsmusic.com

Fifth-generation Floridian, singer-songwriter and storyteller Doug Spears has spent more than 30 years performing original folk and Americana music throughout FL and across the country. His songwriting draws on the people, places, history and character of FL, and storytelling has always been an important part of his performances.  

Spears recently released Blacktop Road, and the album has been receiving excellent reviews. Orlando Weekly Music critic Bao Le-Huu described him as having “gentlemanly grace and John Denver-esque soul” and characterized the album as “a classic slice of Florida folk portraiture.” 

For this show, he’ll be joined by Ron and Bari Litschauer, longtime fixtures of Florida’s folk and acoustic music community. Ron is an exceptional guitarist and mandolin player and Bari brings her distinctive banjo and tenor guitar playing to the trio. Together, it’s a musical friendship and easygoing stage chemistry that makes their concerts as much about the stories, humor and shared experience as the songs themselves.

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Manatee Unitarian Universalist Fellowship is a welcoming community supporting religious freedom and spiritual growth while working for social justice with compassion and love. We include people of all ages, physical abilities, financial circumstances, sexual orientations, gender identities, national origins, races, religious and educational backgrounds, and spiritual understandings. We have deep roots and a history as self-motivated spiritual people—We think for ourselves and recognize that life experience influences our beliefs more than anything. We are brave, curious, and compassionate thinkers aligned in our desire to make a difference for the good. Visit www.manateeuuf