The pandemic prevented bluesman Rich Harper from playing normal overseas gigs in Thailand and Scandinavia.
But the North Sewickley Township native has found joy playing local gigs, particularly as a regular headliner at The Confluence, a unique coffeeshop in New Castle.
“We started playing there several times a year in 2018, after I moved back here from Nashville,” Harper said. “It’s the perfect place to put on an acoustic show with my really good friends, Sam Orrico (drums) and David Lucas (bass). Great layout. Great sound system with a really good sound engineer, John Ross. Great staff. Great food. No alcohol, so you don’t have to deal with any complications that come with that.”
Well, there is a BYOB policy for Thursday concerts.
“And, this is the most important: It’s an early gig — 7 to 8:30 p.m., so all of us old guys can get home at a reasonable hour to go to bed,” Harper…
