ACMA @ The Alliance presents The Honey Badgers. Fred Ball opens

Name: ACMA @ The Alliance presents The Honey Badgers. Fred Ball opens
Start: 2025-03-23T15:00:00-04:00
Location: Alliance for the Arts

Schedule

Sun, 23 Mar, 2025 at 03:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Alliance for the Arts | Fort Myers, FL

The ACMA is happy to welcome for the first time The Honey Badgers are a contemporary folk duo bringing their sincere Americana sound to stages across the east coast. The married duo is known for their intense, sparkling harmonies, their honest lyrics and melodies, and their undeniable chemistry on and off stage. Weaving their voices together with Michael’s driving guitar and Erin’s wistful violin, The Honey Badgers spin stories and songs about finding yourself, finding each other, and finding your way in the world. They were recently voted #1 “Most Wanted” at Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist Showcase 2023 and were winners of the 2023 Delaware Public Media Homey Award for Best Folk Song.
Opening for The Honey Badgers is ACMA member musician Fred Ball.
Fred Ball told us, I got my musical start in Greenwich Village in the early 60s during “The Great Folk Scare”. Played primarily folk music until the late 60s when I started playing in a wedding band (if I ever have to play “The Shadow of Your Smile” again I might throw up).
Married my wife (and 2 kids) now of 42 years and stopped playing in 1979 until 2005 when a friend who knew me from my job of teaching guitar at a local music store persuaded me to take my guitar out of mothballs and join him on stage for a few numbers. Foolish me thought it would all come back…..it did not! I did make the show and played a couple of songs (badly) but was now bitten by the bug.
I recommitted myself to returning to form and have played steadily since then. I started to “play out” around 2008 and took vocal lessons since I been principally a guitar player in my bands. I ran a number of open mics in CT as well as played out as a solo “singer songwriter”.
We moved to Florida in 2018 and I started out running the open mic at George and Wendy’s Sanibel Seafood Grill until COVID shut it down. I have played local gigs at Woody’s, Hooked, The Perch at The Wyvern in Punta Gorda, and The Paradise Deli. I happily found the ACMA three years ago.
Songwriting has become my passion and I spend time each day in pursuit of that! As a resident “old guy” my hands are now showing the ravages of age but will play until I cannot! You have to love what you do……..and I do!