What do New England, Florida, Michigan, New York, Illinois, West Virginia and other US locations know about Don White that maybe other places might not know yet? Only that White is one of the country’s most enjoyable acoustic/folk entertainers and that his fans turn out in droves whenever he visits.
People familiar with the Village Voice, The Boston Globe, the Oakland Press and many other major publications throughout the country, have read about his lively and engaging performances and have seen the glowing reviews that his 6 CDs have garnered over the years. White has entertained at major colleges, festivals, concert halls, clubs and coffee houses nationwide. Fans from all corners of America have heard him on commercial radio and NPR stations and have caught him on TV. And, on Sunday, February 17th, he will be in concert at the Blue Moon Cafe in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
“I Know What Love Is” is White’s signature song, and in the mid-90s this cut was requested so often that the program director of the Coffee House radio program on WERS in Boston (Jan Brick) made a rule that it could only be played every third day. It was also the most requested song in the entire history of Carey Carlson’s Alice’s Restaurant program on Alice-107 in Detroit (a commercial station). Matt Watroba of the Folks Like Us program on WDET in Detroit, still refers to it as one of his most requested songs and the response to this song from the listeners of Michael Stock’s program on WLRN in Miami was such that he purchased 50 copies of White’s radio sampler (that includes “I Know What Love Is”) and offered them as a special gift for listeners who donated $75.00 or more to his station’s fund drive. In addition, White’s song “Rascal” – the tale of his “dumb as mud” mutt – became the most requested song on WCSX (a commercial station in Detroit).
White can count among his admirers the likes of: Livingston Taylor who proclaimed, "Clear eyes, sharp wit, perfect timing. Don White is a major talent" and none other than folk/earth mother Christine Lavin (White’s “Adolescent Rant” was included on Lavin's Stealth Project compilation CD and “Rascal” was on Lavin’s Laugh Track compilation CD) who said that "The audience went crazy for him - he's by far the best new performer I've seen in a long, long time - believe me, he's got it!"
All in all, not too shabby for a regular working guy from Lynn, Massachusetts who can take an audience from convulsive laughter to heartfelt tears on his humorous, touching and relevant musical journey about life, family, friends and the “backhoe thing”. (You’ll have to ask him about that yourself.) White looks forward to meeting new faces around the country and visiting with his long time fans who continue to flock to his always memorable concerts.
Admission to the concert is $12.00 at the door. Student admission is half-price.
Doors open at 5:30pm; show begins at 7:00pm. Food and drinks are available for purchase at all Blue Moon Sundays concerts. For reservations call the Cafe at 304-876-1920.