You just never know who is going to show up and jam with the George Maurer Trio! Doc is 84 and STILL kickin’!
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Empire Builder: “Why We Wrote a Train Opera” by Anne Bertram
It’s hard to articulate why trains matter to me, though clearly they do, since I’m working on this project. The first thing that comes to mind is an image from my childhood: nighttime in my grandmother’s farmhouse in West Chicago, Illinois, the view out the picture window in the living room. Wide, dark fields under [...]
Empire Builder: George’s Train Opera
I’ve always been fascinated by trains, but not in the way some rail enthusiasts tend to be; lauding a mode of transportation that, while destined to join the American public, her industries, and her coasts together by 1876, also ended up permanently scattering her Indigenous peoples and exploiting immigrant labor in it’s rush to gain [...]
George Maurer Group shows off depth, flair, versatility on new ‘Twisted’ live CD that celebrates label’s 25th anniversary
Aug. 9, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MINNEAPOLIS —The members of the George Maurer Group now have publicly acknowledged what their fans have known for years: They’re a bit twisted — beautifully, refreshingly twisted, like a citrus garnish in a musical martini. Their new live CD, aptly named “Twisted,” shows them at their kinetic best as [...]