Great American Taxi will play at Sheridan Opera House June 11th

The Sheridan Arts Foundation Proudly Presents…

Great American Taxi

Great American Taxi

A Benefit for Wild West Fest
Live in Concert at the SheridanOpera House

Friday, June 11, 2010
Showtime: 8:00pm

Doors & Box Office: 7:30am

$25 Reserved Balcony Seating
$20 General Admission on Floor (Seats out for dancing)
Ticket fees also apply.

See the 2010 Wild West Festyouth perform a variety of new talents at 8pm. Great American Taxi, whosecurrent album Reckless Habits isclimbing the Americana radio airplay charts, will hit the stage at 8:30pm.

Telluride, Colorado, May 6,2010 - In the past five years, Great American Taxihas become one of the best-known headliners on the jam band circuit. Theiruninhibited sound is a swinging concoction of swampy blues, progressivebluegrass, funky New Orleans strut, Southern boogie, honky tonk country,gospel, and good ol’ fashioned rock ’n’ roll. Great American Taxi was born whensinger, guitarist, and mandolin player VinceHerman of Leftover Salmon joined keyboard player and singer ChadStaehly for a superstar jam to benefit the Rainforest Action Group in Boulder,in March of 2005. “We put together a dream band of the best local musicians fora one-off gig,” Herman recalls. “It worked so well we had to do it again, andagain, and again.” Great American Taxi quickly evolved into one of the bestcountry-, rock-, and bluegrass- influenced jam bands in the land, masterfullyblending acoustic and electric instruments into music they call “AmericanaWithout Borders.” Great American Taxi has been equated with roots rockers likethe New Riders of the Purple Sage, Grateful Dead, Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, TheByrds, and Little Feat.

Great American Taxi is proud to be a part of “Coal Country” toraise awareness of Mountain Top Removal

“Coal Country” is a film by Mary-LynnEvans and Phylis Geller that tells of the dramatic struggle around the use ofcoal, which provides over half the electricity in America. There is a greatCompilation CD for the cause and 100% of the proceeds go to The Alliance forAppalachia to help stop Mountain Top Removal. They have donated a free download of a songproud to have “Appalachian Soul” Featured on their website as a Free BonusTrack to their new album. Please check out the website.

This concert features opening performancesby the Wild West Fest Rock & Roll Academy & Drama mentorship groups.For more information or tickets, visitSheridanOperaHouse.com or call 970. 728-6363.

The Sheridan Arts Foundation was founded in1991 as a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization to preserve the historic SheridanOpera House as an arts and cultural resource for the Telluride community, tobring quality arts and cultural events to Telluride and to provide local andnational youth with access and exposure to the arts through education.

The Sheridan Arts Foundation is sponsored inpart by grants from the Telluride Foundation and CCAASE.