Due to power outage in Grass Lake, this Saturday’s (3/4/23) Matt Watroba/Claudia Schmidt concert will be held in the beautiful historic Grass Lake train depot, 210 E Michigan Ave. Show time 7:30pm; doors 7pm. grasslakedepot.com
Amazing place for dinner before show: Sawd’s Village Inn, https://www.sirved.com/restaurant/grass_lake-michigan-usa/sawds-village-inn/779915/menus
Amazing place for dinner after show: Missy’s Grass Shack, https://www.allmenus.com/mi/grass-lake/414599-missys-little-grass-shack/menu/
Both establishments are owned by the extraordinary Missy. Photo attached is a burger you can order at either eatery.
Tickets $15 
Matt Watroba brings a very special set of talents to the stage whenever he appears as a folk musician. His excellent guitar playing, mellow voice, friendship with his audience, and knowledge of his presentations is impressive. Add to that Matt’s own special brand of humor and you are in for a most entertaining and enlightening evening. You will feel his obvious love of folk music, both traditional and contemporary; its writers and performers, its heroes and villains. Matt sings songs of compassion, inner strength, humor, and everyday living. www.mattwatroba.net
Michigan native Claudia Schmidt has covered a lot of musical ground, beginning with a stirring rendition of “Tammy,” at age 4, around a neighborhood bonfire. Claudia’s 3-decade career touring North America and Europe includes regular stints on “A Prairie Home Companion;” participating in the delightful Les Blank movie, “Gap-Toothed Women,” contributing a song as well as an interview; and performing a lead role in The Gales of November,” a musical retelling of the Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy from the point of view of three wives of the doomed crew of the Great Lakes ore-carrier. Claudia has recorded fifteen albums mostly of original songs, exploring folk, blues, and jazz idioms featuring 12-string guitar and mountain dulcimer. Claudia describes herself as a “creative noisemaker.” You may expect anything at a Schmidt concert: hymn, poem, bawdy verse, torch song, satire. www.claudiaschmidt.com
