Ian George

* Sunday, June 11, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Smiley’s Saloon presents Ian George

Ian George delivers the sort of concert you’ll dance, sway, sing, laugh and probably cry too. The performance teems with whimsicality, clever arrangements – interrupted by triumphant tangents – and outlandish solos grounded by George’s emotive and gauzy voice and by the simple strength of a good song.

Expect an engaging and dynamic string of gentle and not so gentle folk-rock adventures.

Born and raised in the deciduous forests of Minnesota, Ian George’s musical expression (both on and off the stage) reflects the ephemeral seasonal landscape he was bred in.

A frisky and flamboyantly charismatic whipper-snapper of a young man (occasionally flaunting an enormously overgrown orange beard), Ian is really just a simple folk troubadour who takes great fancy in the occasional rock-out. For a decade Ian has been writing and singing songs for a handful of bands ever since the pivotal moment of being mangled and tasered by three brutally aggressive Eugene, Oregon police officers.

After leaving the front-lines of activism behind, he turned to homesteading and music as a form of activism. “I believe in music and stories, I believe they change people’s minds, therefore the world,” says Ian, often.