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Concerts
GOVE SCRIVENOR RETURNS TO SAVANNAH ON OCTOBER 23 FOR
FOLK CONCERT
Ships of the Sea Museum
41 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
On October 23rd, 2011, the Savannah Folk
Music Society welcomes Gove Scrivenor back to the City of Savannah. A
frequent performer at Savannah’s legendary Nightflite, Gove has many fans
in this area. The performance will be at the Ships of the Sea Museum
gardens, 41 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. and starts at 7:30 PM. Tickets
will be available at the door for $10, general admission, $8, SFMS members,
and $5, children and students.
When looking for expressive and uncommon sounds, Dolly
Parton, Neil Young, Dan Seals, Hank Williams, Jr., Iris Dement and Glen
Campbell all turned to the evocative sound of Gove Scrivenor's autoharp.
When Gove released early albums on Flying Fish Records, his friends, Doc
Watson, John Hartford, Marty Stuart, and Buddy Emmons...all lined up to
contribute to his recordings. More recently
joined by John Prine, Nanci Griffith and Lari White for his first
Compass Records release, Shine On,
Gove has created a collection of five self-penned and selected favorites of
fellow artists. Gove, once again, introduces songs that are full of life
and energy and his very personal, soulful sound.
Gove moved to Nashville in the early 70's after a four-year
stint as a submarine sonar technician in the Navy. This move proved to be a
wise one, as he was signed by the largest music publishing company in the
world, Acuff-Rose. Wesley Rose saw in Gove the qualities that his
struggling TRX record label needed, and Gove was soon signed to a recording
contract as well as a songwriter agreement. Things began to happen.
Scrivenor signed a management and booking deal with the Don Light Talent
Agency in Nashville. During his years with Don Light, Gove toured with fellow
agency artists Delbert McClinton and Jimmy Buffett and the Original Coral
Reefer Band. These successes opened many doors and he was soon performing
two years in succession on the popular PBS series, AUSTIN CITY LIMITS with
Doc Watson and The Amazing Rhythm Aces. He played the character of Daniel
Boone on the National Geographic Recording written by Billy Ed Wheeler
entitled "Cumberland Gap". Gove was often called for jingle work
as well, including the early Opryland campaigns for TV and Busch Beer.
Gove’s first release, "Shady Gove"
featured such masters as Doc Watson, John Hartford, Buddy Emmons and a host
of others. It was the first of two highly regarded albums for Flying Fish.
“Coconut Gove,” his second release, features contributions by Marty Stuart,
Ben Keith (Neil Young), and Dave "Please Come To Boston" Loggins.
These two albums were re-issued by Rounder Records (Flying Fish) in 1999 as
a compilation entitled “Solid Gove.”
His CD, "Made Of Sand" was completed in the spring of 2007
features guest appearances by Emmylou Harris, Guthrie Trapp and Nanci
Griffith along with the best of the best pickers in Nashville. Gove’s music
has been described as "high energy folk blues," with inventive
slide work and powerful vocals, tempered with singular work on the autoharp
and beautiful ballads of his own writing. He's well known for his magical
rapport with audiences of all ages.
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