Victorian Station House Concert: Dana Cooper & Michael Lille
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DANA COOPER & MICHAEL LILLE
YOUR HOSTS: Andy Cohen and Johnny Walker
COST: $25 adv / $30 door
Advanced reservations strongly recommended
Seating is limited
Tickets: Venmo(@Andrew-Cohen-57)
Info: Email [email protected]
Doors open at 4:15 p.m. Show starts at 5:00 p.m.
Beer, wine, and light snacks available for purchase
ABOUT THE SHOW
Andy Cohen and Jonny Walker met singer/songwriter Dana Cooper on an Inishfree "musical tour" of Ireland. They enjoyed his music, his stories, and his company and knew Victorian Station 'The Big Pink' would be the perfect place to share his talents with our 757 community. Dana will play a very special house concert with his long-time friend and local fave, Michael Lille.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Dana Cooper:
Acclaimed Singer/Songwriter Dana Cooper has amassed a catalog of 32 albums and many awards. His latest album “The Ghost of Tucumcari” features an All-Star lineup of guest artists. Artists lending their voices to this project are Lyle Lovett, Hayes Carll, Susan Gibson, Darden Smith, and more. "The Ghost of Tucumcari” takes listeners on a stirring musical journey across genres from Folk and Rock to Country and Americana.
Link to Album on ALL Digital Platforms - Voted #1 Album of 2024 on Americana Highways Readers Poll.
https://digital-delivery-services.lnk.to/WD4ChZK4EM
Cooper's first Album - released in the 70's on Elektra Records features the famous studio band - "The Section" - Now known as "The Immediate Family" - Russ Kunkel & Leland Sklar. Since then Dana has collaborated with Shake Russell, Kim Carnes (Betty Davis Eyes), Maura O'Connell, Susan Werner, Kim Richey, Don Henry, Tom Kimmel, Hal Ketchum and more.
Central to Cooper's unique artistry is his ability to connect with audiences through his authentic stories and warm stage presence. Dana's mixture of flat-picking, finger picking, and percussive strumming is "Legend Among Other Guitarists." His harmonica playing equally impressive. As one critic noted, "he sings like an angel and plays like the devil."
Dana has performed on many large stages including Austin City Limits, Woodsongs, Kerrville Folk Festival, 30A Songwriter Festival, Wheatland Music Festival and more.
"Dana has a poet's eye for beauty & detail, a blue's man's soul & a songbird's gift. He is remarkable." - Hayes Carll - Acclaimed Musician
Michael Lille:
Michael Lille is a Virginia native and award winning singer/songwriter who has traveled the globe and shared his music and love of adventure with friends and fans for nearly 5 decades.
Lille is a winner of the 1993 Kerrville new-folk songwriting award as well as a first place winner in the Telluride Troubador competition in 1996. In addition to his solo work, Lille is a member of The Sherpas (with fellow new-folk winners Tom Prasada-Rao and Tom Kimmel), SGGL, the popular DC/Charlottesville-based quartet, and Man from Tuesday with San Diego based songwriter Andy Lund. Lille was also one-third of The Famous Unknowns with fellow VA musicians Robbin Thompson and Lewis McGehee.
During Michael’s years in Nashville he opened shows for Alison Krauss, Bob Dylan, Warren Zevon, Leo Kottke and Little Feat, and his four solo projects feature guests such as Alison Krauss, Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Valerie Carter, Victor Wooten, John Jennings, Bonnie Raitt guitarist George Marinelli, and James Taylor violinist and vocalist Andrea Zonn.
From 1997 to 2018 Michael also represented Elixir Strings and Taylor Guitars as a product specialist/demo player, artist relations director, and International Sales Manager covering Canada, SE Asia and the US. In 2018 he returned to making music full-time.
Lille’s love of the road began in 1983 when he moved to Aspen, CO. There, he befriended Dan Fogelberg, who often joined Michael at his solo shows. Michael has lived in Austin and Nashville where he also added his guitar playing skills to dozens of fellow singer-songwriter’s recordings.
After a year long trip thru New Zealand, Australia and southeast Asia, Michael returned to North America where he was the house musician at Panorama ski resort in British Columbia. The following summer he was bitten by the whitewater bug which began a 15 year love of whitewater kayaking, taking him to exotic destinations including Nepal, Bhutan, Costa Rica, Mexico, France, Morocco, The Grand Canyon and dozens of other North American rivers and streams.
Michael spends time traveling in Gus the Bus, visiting friends, touring the National Parks, seeking adventure on the perfect motorcycle highway, as well as making music as a solo artist and with his compadres spread around the country. Lille is also a motorcycle/Harley enthusiast covering as many miles as possible on two wheels.
In 2023, releases from The Sherpas, “Promise to Harry”, and the self-titled, “Man from Tuesday”, dropped on all streaming platforms. April 24th, 2025 marked the release date of Michael's first solo project in 20 years. "Ashland Avenue" features 13 previously unrecorded songs with a stellar list of collaborators, co-produced by Michael and Chris Rosser and recorded at Hollow Reed Studios in Asheville, NC. Guests include David Wilcox, Don Henry, Jon Carroll, Casey Driessen and Dan Dugmore and a long list of old friends and extraordinary players and singers.
YOUR HOSTS: Andy Cohen and Johnny Walker
COST: $25 adv / $30 door
Advanced reservations strongly recommended
Seating is limited
Tickets: Venmo(@Andrew-Cohen-57)
Info: Email [email protected]
Doors open at 4:15 p.m. Show starts at 5:00 p.m.
Beer, wine, and light snacks available for purchase
ABOUT THE SHOW
Andy Cohen and Jonny Walker met singer/songwriter Dana Cooper on an Inishfree "musical tour" of Ireland. They enjoyed his music, his stories, and his company and knew Victorian Station 'The Big Pink' would be the perfect place to share his talents with our 757 community. Dana will play a very special house concert with his long-time friend and local fave, Michael Lille.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Dana Cooper:
Acclaimed Singer/Songwriter Dana Cooper has amassed a catalog of 32 albums and many awards. His latest album “The Ghost of Tucumcari” features an All-Star lineup of guest artists. Artists lending their voices to this project are Lyle Lovett, Hayes Carll, Susan Gibson, Darden Smith, and more. "The Ghost of Tucumcari” takes listeners on a stirring musical journey across genres from Folk and Rock to Country and Americana.
Link to Album on ALL Digital Platforms - Voted #1 Album of 2024 on Americana Highways Readers Poll.
https://digital-delivery-services.lnk.to/WD4ChZK4EM
Cooper's first Album - released in the 70's on Elektra Records features the famous studio band - "The Section" - Now known as "The Immediate Family" - Russ Kunkel & Leland Sklar. Since then Dana has collaborated with Shake Russell, Kim Carnes (Betty Davis Eyes), Maura O'Connell, Susan Werner, Kim Richey, Don Henry, Tom Kimmel, Hal Ketchum and more.
Central to Cooper's unique artistry is his ability to connect with audiences through his authentic stories and warm stage presence. Dana's mixture of flat-picking, finger picking, and percussive strumming is "Legend Among Other Guitarists." His harmonica playing equally impressive. As one critic noted, "he sings like an angel and plays like the devil."
Dana has performed on many large stages including Austin City Limits, Woodsongs, Kerrville Folk Festival, 30A Songwriter Festival, Wheatland Music Festival and more.
"Dana has a poet's eye for beauty & detail, a blue's man's soul & a songbird's gift. He is remarkable." - Hayes Carll - Acclaimed Musician
Michael Lille:
Michael Lille is a Virginia native and award winning singer/songwriter who has traveled the globe and shared his music and love of adventure with friends and fans for nearly 5 decades.
Lille is a winner of the 1993 Kerrville new-folk songwriting award as well as a first place winner in the Telluride Troubador competition in 1996. In addition to his solo work, Lille is a member of The Sherpas (with fellow new-folk winners Tom Prasada-Rao and Tom Kimmel), SGGL, the popular DC/Charlottesville-based quartet, and Man from Tuesday with San Diego based songwriter Andy Lund. Lille was also one-third of The Famous Unknowns with fellow VA musicians Robbin Thompson and Lewis McGehee.
During Michael’s years in Nashville he opened shows for Alison Krauss, Bob Dylan, Warren Zevon, Leo Kottke and Little Feat, and his four solo projects feature guests such as Alison Krauss, Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Valerie Carter, Victor Wooten, John Jennings, Bonnie Raitt guitarist George Marinelli, and James Taylor violinist and vocalist Andrea Zonn.
From 1997 to 2018 Michael also represented Elixir Strings and Taylor Guitars as a product specialist/demo player, artist relations director, and International Sales Manager covering Canada, SE Asia and the US. In 2018 he returned to making music full-time.
Lille’s love of the road began in 1983 when he moved to Aspen, CO. There, he befriended Dan Fogelberg, who often joined Michael at his solo shows. Michael has lived in Austin and Nashville where he also added his guitar playing skills to dozens of fellow singer-songwriter’s recordings.
After a year long trip thru New Zealand, Australia and southeast Asia, Michael returned to North America where he was the house musician at Panorama ski resort in British Columbia. The following summer he was bitten by the whitewater bug which began a 15 year love of whitewater kayaking, taking him to exotic destinations including Nepal, Bhutan, Costa Rica, Mexico, France, Morocco, The Grand Canyon and dozens of other North American rivers and streams.
Michael spends time traveling in Gus the Bus, visiting friends, touring the National Parks, seeking adventure on the perfect motorcycle highway, as well as making music as a solo artist and with his compadres spread around the country. Lille is also a motorcycle/Harley enthusiast covering as many miles as possible on two wheels.
In 2023, releases from The Sherpas, “Promise to Harry”, and the self-titled, “Man from Tuesday”, dropped on all streaming platforms. April 24th, 2025 marked the release date of Michael's first solo project in 20 years. "Ashland Avenue" features 13 previously unrecorded songs with a stellar list of collaborators, co-produced by Michael and Chris Rosser and recorded at Hollow Reed Studios in Asheville, NC. Guests include David Wilcox, Don Henry, Jon Carroll, Casey Driessen and Dan Dugmore and a long list of old friends and extraordinary players and singers.
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Victorian Station 'The Big Pink', Victorian Station, 36 N Mallory St, Hampton, VA 23663, United States
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