Gary Eller, Tracy Morrison, and Connor Jay Liess

One night. Three historic Idaho folk songwriters. Gary Eller (Idaho Songs Project), Tracy Morrison (Historical Idaho Women Stories & Folksongs), and Connor Jay Liess (Trapper's Attic Record Co.) are partnering on February 6 for an evening featuring original and traditional early Idaho historical folk songs and stories from the Western frontier.

Gary Eller Gary Eller has played American roots music since he grew up in rural West Virginia. Following a thirty-year career as a nuclear scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, he retired to Nampa and immediately became deeply involved in Idaho history and music. Since initial funding from the Idaho Humanities Council in 2007 and 2008, he has compiled about 200 historically rooted songs of our region and performs them at many events throughout Idaho. Gary works closely with regional museums and universities to collect, archive, and bring to life through performance and interpretation the wonderful windows into Idaho’s heritage that these songs present. To date he has published eighteen thematic books with CDs based on these songs.
http://www.bonafidaho.com/idahosongs.htm

Tracy Morrison- Tracy Morrison is an Idaho based singer-songwriter known for writing powerful laments and western story songs. She has been a featured artist at the Montana Folk Festival and the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. She has opened for world renowned folksinger, Tish Hinojosa and shared the stage with guitar virtuoso, Sergio Webb. Morrison produced an acoustic collection of original western folksongs in her latest album “Flower Songs in Sagebrush Town” (2019). The recordings capture Tracy’s elegant voice and old-time style guitar picking. Her album “Heirloom” (2018) was produced by multi-instrumentalist, composer and songwriter, Thomas Paul. This project shares compelling electric guitar riffs, intricate bass lines, and graceful vocal harmonies that showcase Morrison's folk-rock personality. In 2014, she released “Dancing Through Medbury” original folk songs highlighting her rural roots & incorporating hints of old-time country-blues and western. In 2012, she released a self-titled, alternative country record produced by legendary songwriter Pinto Bennett. She presented songs and stories programs throughout the State of Idaho, including “Historical Idaho Women Stories & Folksongs”, “Country Ballads and Early Blues” and “American Folk music Revival”. https://tracymorrison.org/about

Connor Jay Liess- Connor Jay Liess is a singer-songwriter, Idaho balladeer, and roadkill mortician who writes songs and stories about railroad and mining history, hunting/fishing tales, and folk/bluegrass music inspired by the Rocky Mountain wilderness and the American West. His fourth album, A Miner’s Guide to Hills and Depression released on Nov. 1, 2024, is a collection of 14 songs that trace the psychological highs and lows of life in Western mining camps and frontier wilderness. Connor Jay currently lives in Idaho, where he works as an outdoor writer and founder of Trapper’s Attic Records.
https://www.trappersattic.com

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Join us for dinner and drinks! The Sapphire Room features a full dinner and bar menu. The Sapphire Room is all-ages and family friendly. Every person that enters must have a ticket. No babes in arms.

FREE and convenient parking.

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Please note that general seats may have a partially obstructed view. Table locations may vary slightly from positions shown on the seating map.

With the purchase of a ticket, Sapphire guests are eligible for The Riverside Hotel's "Sapphire Getaway" for $179 + tax. This rate is available for the night of the Sapphire Room show and includes a standard hotel room (double occupancy) and breakfast for two the following morning. To reserve, please call the Riverside Hotel front desk at 208-343-1871. The Sapphire Getaway rate is subject to availability and blackout dates. It will not be available for every show.

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