Gus Moon, Bridge 19 perform at ParkFest

Sunday, June 5, 2016
Gus Moon (far right) will play ParkFest on Tuesday along with backing band (from left) guitarist Jason "JP" Payton, bassist Dennis Furr and drummer Mark Minnick. (Courtesy photo)

Week two of ParkFest will feature a couple of veteran acts to the free summer concert series.

The 6:30-8 p.m. show in the Bob Flanigan Bandshell at Robe-Ann Park will feature Gus Moon and Bridge 19 on Tuesday, June 7.

Like every week of ParkFest this summer, the event will feature food for sale from Anthony's New York Style Pizzeria.

Gus Moon is the stage name of Putnam County native Anthony Mullis. The singer-songwriter and guitarist is joined by bassist Dennis Furr, guitarist Jason "JP" Payton and drummer Mark Minnick.

"As true to himself as Gus Moon can seem," Patrick Barcus wrote in Nationl Road Magazine, "when pick hits string and he pulls that first lyric up from his gut, he transforms. A Gus Moon show is as much a séance as it is a musical experience, as he melds personal experience, troubled characters, and often more-troubling narratives into many of his songs. He becomes the persona of the songs, like an actor might embody a role."

Currently supporting his recent release "I Know Enough to Know Better," Moon spent part of the spring touring in support of the album in Kentucky, Tennessee, the Carolinas and Georgia.

However, on Tuesday he'll be back in front of a hometown crowd.

Bridge 19 is fronted by songwriters Amanda Lucas and Audrey Cecil.

The band released "Riding on a Wire" in October and was also a finalist for Folk Artist of the Year in the Louisville Music Awards.

Equal parts pop and folk, the music also borders on Americana.

Other upcoming ParkFest shows, sponsored by the Greencastle Civic League, include:

June 14 - Rockology (with a few students performing solo) and Mike and the Voices

June 21 - The Dogmatics and Legend Puncher

June 28 - Mike Balka and Blues Side Up

July 5 - Fret Set, Covered Bridge Harmony and The Syds

July 12 - Ryan Young, Mongrel Dogs and Saturday Shoes

July 19 - Mike VanRensselaer and Lexi Len and the Strangers

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