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Lauraville Farmers Market - June 28, 2011

And the excitement continues at the market in our fourth week of the season!

If you haven't stopped in yet, you are missing out on some very exciting Tuesday evenings.

"Color Light Theory" has been entertaining us for the past couple of weeks with their toe tapping and hula hoop swinging beats.

"Color Light Theory" can be found at the Market between 6-8pm

http://lauravillefarmersmarket.blogspot.com/

About this new drummer guy: - May 28, 2011

Hello Folks!


I'm Jamie Wilson, the new drummer for Color Light Theory and here is my story!


I moved to Baltimore in 1972 from Portsmouth, Virginia to attend the Maryland Institute-College of Art receiving a BFA degree in 1977. I have played a wide variety of music in the Baltimore / Washington area for over thirty two years, R&B, soul, traditional American, Punk and Irish.

Bands I have played with over these years include O’Malley’s March, The Bobwhites, The T.T. Tucker Bum Rush, The Burren Band, The Truetones, Red Jones, Da Moronics, Colleen Shanley & Grand Junction, Scrimshaw, Cousins - Mac Walters & John Cronin and now with Color Light Theory.

 

I have had the honor of sharing many stages with such notorieties as Patti LaBelle, Los Lobos, Blues Travelers, The Chieftains, Shane MacGowan & The Pogues, Black 47, The Saw Doctors, Bad Haggis, Charlie Musselwhite, Dennis Chambers, Carl Filipiak, Deanna Bogart, The Kelly Bell Band, The Slickee Boys, Half Japanese, The Prodigals, Eileen Ivers, Sue Richards, Maggie Sansone, Al Petteway, Billy McComiskey, Hasil Adkins, Almighty Senators, The Crawdaddies,  Edith Massey, Hibiscus & The Screaming Violets, Violent Femmes, Tinsley Ellis, Koko Taylor, Gaelic Storm, Flogging Molly, Great Big Sea, Robin Bullock and The Baltimore Symphony.

 

I have been performing throughout the DC/Baltimore area in various musical groups for at least thirty years,  performing at many of the area's premier venues, such as: 

 

Kennedy Center Millennium Stage in Washington DC

Kennedy Center's Annual Open House in Washington DC 

Artscape in Baltimore, MD

Glen Echo Folk Festival

Maryland BBQ Bash, Bel Air, MD

Damian Einstein's WRNR afternoon & evening programs in Annapolis, MD

Columbia Music in the Park, Columbia, MD

Pier Six in Baltimore, MD

Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore, MD

Oregon Ridge Park in Baltimore County, MD

Boordy Vineyards, Hydes, MD

Chesapeake Bay Foundation in Annapolis, MD

St. Mary’s College Summer Music series, St. Mary’s City, MD

C.B.G.B Club in New York, NY

The Avalon Theatre in Easton, MD

The Recher Theatre in Towson, MD

Prince Theatre in Chestertown, MD

Rams Head Live in Baltimore, MD

The Creative Allance, Baltimore, MD

The Theatre Project, Baltimore, MD

Rams Head on Stage in Annapolis, MD

Hammerjacks, Baltimore, MD

Bourbon Street, Baltimore, MD

Little Havana Cantina, Baltimore, MD

Liriodendron Mansion, Bel Air, MD

Load of Fun, Baltimore, MD

Joe’s Square, Baltimore, MD

Sonar, Baltimore, MD

Mick O’Shea’s, Baltimore, MD

Fletcher’s, Baltimore, MD

Nanny O’Briens, Washington, DC

Hard Rock Cafe, Baltimore, MD

Night of 100 Elvies, Baltimore, MD

The 8X10 Club, Baltimore, MD

The Funk Box, Baltimore, MD

The Otto Bar, Baltimore, MD

The Windup Space, Baltimore, MD

The Cat’s Eye Pub, Baltimore, MD

Maryland Irish Festival in Timonium, MD

The Quays Bar, Galway, Ireland

Eamon Doran’s, Dublin, Ireland

O’Shea’s Merchant, Dublin, Ireland

Mullaney's Harp & Fiddle Pub, Pittsburgh, PA

Ireland's Four Fields, Washington, DC

Shenanigans Irish Pub, Ocean City, MD

Mayor’s National Convention, Boston, MASS

Ocean City Convention Center, Ocean City, MD

Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD

Philadelphia Irish Festival, Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia, PA

Finnigans Wake, Philadelphia, PA

The Baltimore Irish Festival in Baltimore, MD

The Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, MD

The 13th Floor in Baltimore, MD

The Marble Bar in Baltimore, MD

The Honfest, Baltimore, MD

The Sowebo Festival, Baltimore, MD

The Lauriville Fair, Baltimore, MD

The Hamilton Festival, Baltimore, MD

The Hampden Festival, Baltimore, MD

Johns Hopkins Spring Fair, Baltimore, MD

On the deck of USS CONSTITUTION, Baltimore, MD

Eubie Blake National Jazz & Cultural Center, Baltimore, MD

Atlantis Club in Washington, DC

The Barking Dog, Bethesda, MD 

9:30 Club in Washington DC

Madam's Organ, Washington, DC

Georgetown University, Washington, DC

Thurgood Marshall Academy, Washington, DC

Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, DC

Patterson Park Summer Music Series, Baltimore, MD

Lurman Woodland Theatre Summer Concert Series, Baltimore, MD

and numerous other festivals & park concert series both in VA and MD.


I'm glad to be on board with Color Light Theory.


Cheers from Jamie Wilson

Biz of Life CD - December 4, 2010

About a year ago, I thought My music was going to take a rest for a while I turned to a friend and asked, do You have a banjo? thought it would be nice in a song We were doing! It makes everything a comedy, even when the lyric is pretty and allowed Me to write this up coming CD " the biz of Life" . He said yeah ,and brought it by for Me to add it to a song, and !!!!!!!!! everything changed! When I started playing it ,I decided to not play it the way it's normal to play but just started funking around a bit .Suddenly I discovered it was a FUNK BOX! and I couldnt put it down

Biz of Life - August 19, 2010

Just finished "Biz of Life"....Old 40's style song ,If Sinatra was around could certainly do this one....

Graditude - February 9, 2010

Want to thank all of the people that visit "CLT" Our site has grown 10 fold this Year and We are now near extreme popularity thanks to You! tell Your friends to join! as We are on the verge of developing social programs to aid those who struggle in life .The Music and Art have been given freely ,so please get others to join in ! once again Thank You!

ColorLightTheory news - February 9, 2010

Release for Spring! Richard Crafton,banjo Marion Stanley,bass and Mike Oswald ,guitar are forming a band we call ......ready?....colorlighttheory. It's a band of invention the music has a churning energy and is impressionistic as these three musicians interpret the Music of the colorlighttheory.It's heavenly funky and filled with music and powerful emotion! Recordings will be released as they are completed in the spring stay tuned!

Wizard People - January 11, 2010

Richard Crafton and Marion Stanley are joining together to record and gig a funk/raggae/folk sound they call "Wizard People". Its a sound We have been waiting to get into for a long time ...We hope You enjoy Wizard People!

New CD release - September 18, 2009

Wizard People  presents the CD" Recite" to be available for digital download in October .Richard Crafton and Marion Stanley join to produce an exciting Genre of songs We call "Wizard People" We will be producing severl CD Of Our newly created Genre stay tune for new release...

New CD titled "Recite" - July 31, 2009

Working on the next CD ....stay tuned it is easily My best work!

My oh My - June 20, 2009

Put My pen down for a couple weeks,just picked it up for this tune ,hope You like it!

Transformation - April 3, 2009

The newest Green song of colorlight,Hope You like it!

"Follow Your Heart" - January 23, 2009

Just finished it ,hope You like it! Song appears off the new CD titled "Vita"

New Mixes - August 25, 2008

Just put up new mixes of Reggae Music and A side Of You and Production of Information Seekers,theatre of the obsurd. Fly Away and Woman440 the reggae story of Adam and Eve.Check em out.

Love Theme to "Natalya" - July 26, 2008

This is one of life's greatest Love Stories..."I was dead,and now alive again! Go to Audio listen to "Color/Light" it is the beginning of this story.

Funk You - July 20, 2008

Just finished yesterday.I don't know what got into Me ,but this Song just jumped out ,so I recorded it hope You enjoy it! richard

Hot off the the Press - February 20, 2008

Richard Crafton is about to release His trademark product! Fine and highest Quality Soaps and Incense.The Line is titled " Im mac Q Lette"
Look for it in the finest Aromatheory store's in the World... copyright 2-20-08

Poetry - January 25, 2008

Just Won! Editor's Choice Award for the song-poem"Blood of a Stone".congrats to My Father ,The Song appears on Our CD Talks Expensive,if You choose to listen.Poem will be Published in Immortal Verses,at Poetry.com Richard

New Songs for 2008 - January 12, 2008

Just put up 8 new songs check em out .If You want funky ,go to A Side of You -Fly Away,thats funky blue .For simple love song go to Miriam or Nevermine .Hope You enjoy,thanks for listening...Richard

Who is Hillbilly Guru? - January 12, 2008

Born an advahoot—an enlightened being—Hillbilly Guru entertainingly comments upon today’s politics as only a holy fool can. He is in the world, but not of it. Hillbilly Guru’s father is from the Appalachians and his mother is from the Himalayas. From his trailer high up in the Appalachian hills, Hillbilly Guru crafts songs which reflect a society dancing on the precipice. Hillbilly Guru plays the kind of music you can listen to on your way to the revolution.

Hillbilly Guru is an innocent; his songs are the truth told by an idiot savant. His birthright as an advahoot makes him incapable of intended malice or offense. He weaves compassion and humor even throughout his songs’ darkest explorations of the sacred and the profane.

From global warming through religious leaders to America’s involvement in the war in Iraq, Hillbilly Guru provocatively explores the territory between hope and despair that encapsulates the experience of living today. Taking on multi-national corporations, consumer culture and the isolation of the individual in am America in which shopping malls are the new temples, Hillbilly Guru thinks the unthinkable and says the unsayable.

Singer/songwriter Richard Crafton of Baltimore, Maryland wrote several songs embodying the spirit of Hillbilly Guru between 1999 and 2006. In the summer of 2007, Hillbilly Guru emerged in Crafton’s imagination as a fully developed character. A multi-talented singer, guitar player, and songwriter, Crafton’s oeuvres include danceable folk, blues and reggae. “I’m coming from so many places, if you listen to it, the influences are everything from Mozart to Marley.”

Although the earthy artistry and comic sensibility of Hillbilly Guru sparkle throughout Crafton’s songwriting, there’s a distinct sensibility in the Hillbilly Guru songs. “I’m just trying to heighten social awareness, and sometimes it takes an insult to do that. You finally have to use the right tool for the job. Hillbilly Guru insults people, that’s what he does.”

Hillbilly Guru’s songs are among the most frequently downloaded from Crafton’s site, <www.colorlighttheory.com>. They include the songs “Information Seekers”, “Blood is Thicker than Water”, “Higher Places”, “Stupid People”, “Om Song”, “W”, and “Heaven”. Thanks to Crafton’s free get-it-while-you-can approach, the songs are now listened top in 27 countries.

Hillbilly Guru is a musical messenger of the post-industrial age, who by virtue of his status of a fool can unselfconsciously proclaim, “But the emperor wears no clothes!” Perhaps the popularity of Hillbilly Guru comes from the fact that many music listeners wish they were just as outspoken.

Hillbilly Guru - January 9, 2008

Godlight is reflected in Our behavior,not in excuses for Our behavior.

Rumi - January 3, 2008

We are going to upload the final song on the Songs of Europe CD titled Rumi.Anyone who reads or writes poetry knows of this Great Persian Poet.The Song is written not as a story,it is a action! The Art of life in real time.One of My favorite styles of His

Prana Pots, Aromatic Incense, Botanical Waters, and Soaps - August 28, 2007

The concept of this aromatic line is to take you on a journey back through time. These blended aromatics are developed from ancient recipes and presented in their most pure form. Everything is natural; we use no synthetics in the creation of any of the products in this line.

Aromatics - July 28, 2007

After studying aromatics for twenty years, I have developed a line of incense based on a variety of ancient aromatic rituals from all over the world. I have also developed the world’s only charcoal heated essential oil diffuser, known as the Prana Pot.

Coming in August - June 14, 2007

We are working on some songs of Humor and a group of songs titled... "I wish I never said that!" The CD is finished! It is called All Come Now and after the 4th song, starts the Hillbilly Guru taking it out on Those who misuse our great human gifts.

2 Blues Tunes that could Stop A War - May 25, 2007

I Stopped whatever I was doing,To release 2 Blues Tunes that could stop A WAR.Let face it Our Troops are Dying more each mounth to try to stop a civil War that cannot be stopped! These Poeple have been fighting each other since Time.Get Our Troops Home and out of their way! Its clearly not our Problem. What They do with their destiny is in their Hands!
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