Alex Bevan

THE SOLIDARITY SERIES, VOLUME 3:ALEX BEVAN AND AUSTIN WALKIN CANEAlex Bevan has been picking up his guitar and going to perform for audiences for over forty six years singing primarily songs of his own crafting and supported mostly by his deft guitar picking and agile improvisational wit. In short he is a troubadour of the journeyman class who brings a fresh perspective and unabashed enthusiasm for storytelling to each and every member of the the audience he interacts with. A truly analog entertainer for a digital time!Austin Walkin Cane is a blues singer, songwriter and slide guitarist that performs acoustic solo, duo Cane has toured Australia, Nepal, Colombia, France, Germany, England, Wales, and the US, from New Orleans, Louisiana to Juneau, Alaska with only a guitar & suitcase in hand.Austin walked for ten years with a cane due to an arterial venous malformation at birth. While performing on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, a homeless man called out Hey Walkin Cane got some spare change for a brother?! Austin took the jibe as his nickname. In 1996, after years of battling the inevitable, his left leg was amputated below the knee. A year after the surgery, he returned to the music scene stronger & without need of a cane.The Solidarity SeriesFree Show Every Month7:00pm - 9:00pmTreelawn Social ClubFebruary 26 - Brent Kirby and Ray FlanaganMarch 27 - The Kidney Brothers and Bill WatsonApril 23 - Alex Bevan and Austin Walkin CaneSponsored by the Morning Glory Angel and AFM Local 4