Trout Fishing in America to Play Free Concert at New Hampshire's Capitol Center for the Arts, 11/3

The Grammy nominated musical group Trout Fishing in America will perform a free concert on Sunday, November 3, at 2pm in the Spotlight Café at the Capitol Center for the Arts as part of the annual Gile Series. This event is free of charge, but tickets need to be reserved to ensure seating.

Trout Fishing's Keith Grimwood and Ezra Idlet have been performing, writing and recording for over three decades. The band has received over 20 national awards and honors, including four Grammy nominations.

Keith Grimwood's professional musical experience began when, as a precocious teenage bass player, he began sitting in with jazz musicians who had socks older than him. Always the good student, he earned a degree in music from the University of Houston and then quickly landed a position with the Houston Symphony. By that time, Ezra Idlet had given up his spot on the bench of a local junior college basketball team to pursue a life of rock & roll. It was shortly thereafter that Idlet and Grimwood met as members of the Houston based eclectic folk/rock band St. Elmo's Fire which became the perfect percolator for Trout Fishing in America. As St. Elmo's dissolved in 1979, Trout Fishing in America was officially born. Idlet and Grimwood had become best of friends and musical partners.

As Trout Records, TFIA was in the first wave of artist owned labels to successfully record and market their own music. Their infectious mix of folk/pop and family music is enriched by the diverse influences of reggae, Latin, blues, jazz and classical music. TFIA recordings have garnered three National Indie Awards and multiple Parents Choice Gold and American Library Awards as well as 4 Grammy nominations. TFIA has toured in over forty states and several Canadian provinces.

Sharing knowledge and encouraging art is a mission of TFIA. In the past few years they have developed a variety of songwriting workshops for teachers and students which illustrate how art and music come from the fabric of everyday life. Their willingness to make fun of our most annoying and sometimes disgusting habits in one song, then touch our hearts with tender and passionate images of family life in the next is what makes the connection between Trout Fishing in America and their audience so real.

The William H. Gile Concert Series opened on December 16, 1960 after a legacy of more than $700,000 was left by Helen B. Gile to finance a free concert series for the residents of Concord. The bequest was made in memory of Miss Gile's father, William H. Gile.

Tickets for this free Gile Series Performance are available Monday, October 7, at 11am by calling 603-225-1111, online at www.ccanh.com, and at the box office, located at 44 South Main Street, Concord, NH 03301, on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.