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Third Annual DIVAfest Roars Into San Francisco's EXIT Theatre May 20 - 29
Musical biography of Jack "Applejack" Walroth, appearing in Boxcar Bertha in DIVAfest 2004
Applejack is a veteran freelance San Francisco singer, musician, songwriter,
and music publisher, whose career hovers somewhat below the radar, even
though it has included longstanding associations with many better known
musicians in the San Francisco Bay Area. His recent credits include co-authoring
lyrics on two songs on Boz Scaggs CD, "Dig", playing harmonica
on "Quicksand: Songs of Kermit Lynch" CD featuring Alvin Youngblood
Hart and Jon Cleary, plus several stints with the Boz Scaggs Rhythm and
Blues tour. Lately he has developed an expandable solo /duo / trio ensemble
to play local venues in an acoustic or semi-acoustic format, featuring a
diverse repertory of originals, jazz, eclectic, and alternative sounds.
Applejack spent his formative years in Chicago, came of age during an
exciting era and plunged deeply into the amazing blues world existing there
due to the ongoing mass migration of talented southern blues musicians to
Chicago, especially after World War II. This milieu provided a rich and
irreplaceable firsthand experience. He is a founding member of the Blues
Power band, heard weekly at the Saloon in San Francisco. He has shared stage
and / or the recording studio with Bonnie Raitt, Earl King, Annie Samson,
Zigaboo Modeliste, Jules Broussard, Ned Boynton, Merle Saunders, Sam Lay,
Luther Tucker, Michael Bloomfield, Elvin Bishop, B.B. King, Barry Goldberg,
Nick Gravenites, Steve Freund, and Harvey Mandel, among others.
As an avid fiction, film and theater buff, has been drawn ever closer
to the realm of creating musical support and soundscapes for stage and screen.
On attending an early reading of Boxcar Bertha, became enthused with the
concept of shaping a simpatico musical backdrop to resonate with Bertha's
alternate universe of boxcars, soapboxes, and bordellos, and successfully
auditioned for the role of supporting guitarist (Hope that you enjoy the
results!).
